• Mouselemming
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    8 hours ago

    Side note: “I’mma” is a contraction of the whole phrase “I’m going to” or “I’m about to” so it’s followed immediately by the verb indicating what you’ll be doing:

    “I’mma rawdog this sucker without backups.”

    Yes, I added sucker, because it’s going to suck up all your time and data, sucka!

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      7 hours ago

      Op should have used “I’m finna rawdog this jawn no backup style”

      For no reason other than mixed US slang from different regions sounds funnier to my ear

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        That’s the lightly slangy version I would normally use, but as long as I was being pedantic I thought I’d better avoid any contractions in that part.