Comment by forgingahead
Comment by forgingahead 2 days ago
Where does "Smol" come from? It's supposed to mean "Small" right? If yes then what's the etymology and reason for popular usage?
Comment by forgingahead 2 days ago
Where does "Smol" come from? It's supposed to mean "Small" right? If yes then what's the etymology and reason for popular usage?
In the specific case of SmolLM, it originates from the meme in this dataset https://huggingface.co/datasets/bigcode/the-stack-smol
It's just internet speak from the days of tumbler. It usually has cutsie connotations.
Tumbler speak has a bunch of whacky things, notably "chimkin nuggers."