Yass - originated from LGBTQ+ (esp Black LGBTQ+) spaces to be used as a noise of excitement and encouragement
Yassify means to make something look prettier/conventionally attractive, but to the point that it makes a person unrecongizable, hence t’s been used more in a negative way. It’s like putting a TikTok filter on a person because you feel like they’re too ugly, but then they come out a different person. Such as the asian girl in this Stanford AI promotion scandal who was “yassified” (slimmed down, lightened, make up, etc.)
While it was used in the wider black LGBT äQ community, “yass queen” is/was particularly big in the drag (or at least black drag) community and those folks tend to have super over the top makeup and outfits for their shows, which is probably why yassify now means (generally AI generated) over the top glow-ups (except not in the fun, flamboyant way like drag queen’s). I’m pretty sure the beauty influencer scene also co-opted it sometime in between those timelines, but then there’s some overlap there anyway
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Yass - originated from LGBTQ+ (esp Black LGBTQ+) spaces to be used as a noise of excitement and encouragement
Yassify means to make something look prettier/conventionally attractive, but to the point that it makes a person unrecongizable, hence t’s been used more in a negative way. It’s like putting a TikTok filter on a person because you feel like they’re too ugly, but then they come out a different person. Such as the asian girl in this Stanford AI promotion scandal who was “yassified” (slimmed down, lightened, make up, etc.)
While it was used in the wider black LGBT äQ community, “yass queen” is/was particularly big in the drag (or at least black drag) community and those folks tend to have super over the top makeup and outfits for their shows, which is probably why yassify now means (generally AI generated) over the top glow-ups (except not in the fun, flamboyant way like drag queen’s). I’m pretty sure the beauty influencer scene also co-opted it sometime in between those timelines, but then there’s some overlap there anyway