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Abbreviation of "j'en peux plus" ("I can't take it anymore") — used to express exhaustion, exasperation, or being completely overwhelmed, including by uncontrollable laughter, but broader than just "dying laughing."

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Fourth all-nighter this week and she just texted the group chat "jpp"."

LORE & ORIGIN

Originates in French SMS-abbreviation texting culture of the late 1990s-2000s, when character-limited text messages popularized clipped phonetic abbreviations for common expressions. It is not a fresh Gen-Z coinage but a decades-old shorthand that has persisted into everyday spoken and online French.

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late 1990s-2000s
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2000s-present (SMS-era abbreviation still in daily use)
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