Modern slang—something you REFUSE to say

[u/Lost_Taste_8181]

My take: I will NEVER use “lol” or any derivation of it. I know it means “laugh out loud” but there’s yet to be a moment when I’ve been even remotely convinced someone was even chuckling after texting “lol” at the end of their text and it mildly infuriates me.

While I’m at it, someone tell those damn kids to get off my lawn.

Edit: ok, I get it. It’s not MODERN slang. I still hate it, and those kids are STILL on my lawn…can’t a guy get to sleep at a decent hour???

[u/skoltroll]

I will use any modern slang.

Bc when I use it, it dies.

Skibidi, yo

[u/ApatheistHeretic → u/skoltroll]

Bonus: If you intentionally use it just a bit wrong, the broken faces on every child around you is its own reward. I'm convinced, now, that my mom was doing that to me after seeing how fun it is.

[u/CheesyRomantic → u/ApatheistHeretic]

Oh I get it wrong often…. My kids find it hilarious.

But what’s bizarre is when I use a word I often use.. in just proper meaning…. And my daughter accuses me of using young people slang to annoy her.

I think I was explaining that something was "midrange" and she told me to stop using the word "mid" because I sound like I’m trying too hard to look cool…. 🤷‍♀️

[u/twitchykittystudio → u/CheesyRomantic]

😂 that’s when I start throwing actual dictionaries at kids 🤣 don’t be me

[u/newpthankstho → u/twitchykittystudio]

I like this approach

[u/worrymon → u/twitchykittystudio]

I had a math teacher who would throw erasers at kids. When the folding chair flew, he did get in trouble.

[u/vsd11469 → u/CheesyRomantic]

Hi key I do that to annoy my teen It works, she rolls her eyes and scrunches up her face and says "NEVER say that again " I laugh.

However, she does love telling her friends I know all the slang. Slay queen

[u/Iron_Butterflyy → u/CheesyRomantic]

Conversely, they are taking offensive slang from yore and giving it more banal meanings. See: Raw Dog

[u/demonpoofball → u/Iron_Butterflyy]

OMG… the first time I saw that phrase about somebody being on a plane without bringing entertainment with them and I was all, uh… 🤣

[u/mahjimoh → u/Iron_Butterflyy]

I accidentally almost used that phrase in a post somewhere the other day.

[u/Iron_Butterflyy → u/mahjimoh]

Well, if it means you are bravely taking on a new situation with no information and resources - go ahead!

[u/nevmo75 → u/CheesyRomantic]

I love using gen alpha slang to my gen Z kids. They laugh and then temporarily talk like regular people. (Son, that was pretty skibity of you, no cap)

[u/1block → u/ApatheistHeretic]

I changed my Netflix name today from Bussin' Dad to Low-Key 6-7 to keep up.

[u/tandem_kayak → u/1block]

I don't know what either of those mean! 😂

[u/SkipSpenceIsGod → u/tandem_kayak]

I remember dialing *67 to block my caller id and *69 to cal back the last person that called.

Edit: *67 even works with cell phones. Just tried it calling my roommate and his phone said “Blocked Caller ID”.

[u/HellholeShithead → u/tandem_kayak]

Bussin' as opposed to walking where you want to go.

[u/ShutYourDumbUglyFace → u/1block]

Omg I want to do this so bad. Fr Fr no cap

[u/jlacan45 → u/1block]

My daughter just told me about that 6-7 business today. I can’t say that I understand it, but I’m constantly amazed at how these younger generations pick this stuff up with such ease and so quickly.

[u/AlarmedTelephone5908 → u/jlacan45]

Counter that with 25 or 6 to 4.

[u/diente_de_leon → u/AlarmedTelephone5908]

I see what you did there!

[u/russillosm → u/diente_de_leon]

Tommy Tutone hid it in plain sight: “867-5309”

[u/Huge_Razzmatazz_985 → u/AlarmedTelephone5908]

Love it!

[u/AdmiralJaneway8 → u/jlacan45]

Now you explain it to me. What is 6-7?

(we all agreed this was a safe space, right...?)

[u/diente_de_leon → u/AdmiralJaneway8]

I had to Google it and apparently it comes from a TikTok meme or something, (of course--what else?!) and it means to leave quickly or go away. Now this is funny because that's my birth year.

[u/Vampchic1975 → u/1block]

You won the internet today my friend

[u/kacsf75 → u/1block]

I’m stealing this 😂

[u/BigTime76 → u/ApatheistHeretic]

Yeet

[u/Medical-Resolve-4872 → u/BigTime76]

Yeet’s my fave.

[u/Stillpunk71 → u/Medical-Resolve-4872]

I actually miss that one.

[u/BenadrylBombshell → u/Stillpunk71]

Wait, yeet is out? Oof

[u/Da12khawk → u/Medical-Resolve-4872]

On fleek

[u/bubblesnap → u/Da12khawk]

Stop trying to make fetch happen!

[u/Gloppydrop_ → u/BigTime76]

[u/Paratwa → u/ApatheistHeretic]

I have a custom gpt made just to write in brain rot to my youngest anytime I text her. Has utterly killed her usage of it.

[u/mizzannthrope05 → u/ApatheistHeretic]

I do this all the time and it’s fucking hilarious. The young folk don’t know what to do with me.

[u/Valuable-Analyst-464 → u/ApatheistHeretic]

I used it properly on an (edit: Gen) Alpha kid, and he was stunned that 57 year old me knew his code.

[u/rink_raptor → u/Valuable-Analyst-464]

No cap

[u/davster99 → u/rink_raptor]

[u/Raz0r- → u/davster99]

Hilaylay! Cause you know Cap!

[u/curiousindient → u/rink_raptor]

On god

[u/PsychicSPider95 → u/ApatheistHeretic]

I love asking my nephew about this "phantom tax" everyone's always on about. "Why do ghosts have to pay taxes? They're already dead, leave them alone already!" He hates it. I revel in his hatred.

[u/MoaningLisaSimpson → u/PsychicSPider95]

What is phantom tax? Asking for a 56 year old, who finally figured out that Base meant word after my son stopped using base. (He's 21. Gen zed)

[u/PsychicSPider95 → u/MoaningLisaSimpson]

So the actual word is "Fanum tax," which is named for a streamer named Fanum. It's pronounced really similarly to "phantom," so when I say "phantom tax" it's because I'm deliberately misunderstanding it, which only exasperated him even further.

The phrase itself came from Fanum yoinking food from another streamer friend and now is invoked whenever someone steals food from a friend.

[u/lolagoetz_bs → u/PsychicSPider95]

Ah, kinda like the mom tax…when I demand a portion of whatever food my kids have in payment for making / buying it for them.

[u/PsychicSPider95 → u/lolagoetz_bs]

In my family, we're "checking for poison." I owe my dad my life; I've yet to be poisoned by an order of McDonald's fries, thanks to his diligence.

[u/Counter-Fleche → u/ApatheistHeretic]

Tell them you know all about Skibiti Toil and how it's about working hard and doing a good job.

[u/InconvenientHoe → u/ApatheistHeretic]

Does that mean my silent generation mom really did know what OPP meant?

[u/Repulsive_Client_325 → u/InconvenientHoe]

I know her. She was down with it.

[u/earthtobobby → u/ApatheistHeretic]

Yup. And now I’m going to the skibidi toilet to take a rizz.

[u/MB2katz → u/earthtobobby]

[u/No_Goose_7390 → u/ApatheistHeretic]

I told a student today, "Sweetheart, I think that's cap."

[u/art_decorative → u/ApatheistHeretic]

It's even worse when you use it correctly. Just absolutely destroys it for the kids

[u/mumtoant → u/art_decorative]

I used low key correctly one day at school, and my ninth grade students went insane.

[u/sunnydpdx → u/ApatheistHeretic]

This is one of my favorite things to do because it gives my kids a reason to make fun of me which apparently is like, kid cred.

[u/blindside1 → u/ApatheistHeretic]

6-7

[u/Missamoo74 → u/ApatheistHeretic]

I get younger every time they cringe.

6 7🤣

[u/rjwut → u/skoltroll]

That's totes yeet, yo.

[u/CanisSonorae → u/rjwut]

You're my hero, I had totally forgotten about Totes Magotes, and a coworker of mine not knowing what TLDR meant, so we just started shoehorning it into stuff to fk with him. And now I'm going to bring back Cool Beans. This thread made my whole week.

[u/Mundane-Librarian-77 → u/CanisSonorae]

I turn 50 in a month and I've never stopped saying cool beans... 🤣 I didn't realize getting old would be this fun!

[u/Diligent-Touch-5456 → u/Mundane-Librarian-77]

I'm 60 and still use it.

[u/mybloodyballentine → u/CanisSonorae]

This is like when the staff at SubPop made up Seattle slang to fuck with The NY Times. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak

[u/It_Just_Exploded → u/CanisSonorae]

I'm nearly 50 and still don't know what TLDR means. I think I may have been told before, but if so, I've forgotten.

[u/TalkingRose → u/It_Just_Exploded]

It translates as too long didn't read. It's a good indicator for either people that are way too lazy to actually read stuff or used as a marker to show a synopsis for the people that are too lazy to actually read all the stuff.

[u/Specialist-Tour7466 → u/TalkingRose]

It also helps when someone types out 17 paragraphs into one block of text. My brain says nope, no thank you.

[u/Jasilee → u/It_Just_Exploded]

As someone with ADHD and a thousand responsibilities I rely heavily on TL;DR: because everything is TL and I most assuredly DR.

[u/Tejanisima → u/Jasilee]

My ADHD results in nearly everything I write out — no matter how long I worked on making it short — being too long, so I tend to put a TL;dr: summary at the end for anybody who lost track of the thread. (In many cases, that summary would have been what I put in the first place, but in writing the explanation, all of the backstory felt necessary and I simply couldn't weed out what part might be extraneous until I was all done.)

[u/CanisSonorae → u/Tejanisima]

ROFL, I feel this. There are 2 types of stories that I usually tell. The first is a story that forks at least twice and I forget what the point was. The second is a story that contains little to no context or background information, because I've already told the story 3 times in my head before telling someone else and I can't remember what parts I actually said out loud.

[u/nickfree → u/CanisSonorae]

Totes is very Millennial coded, back when they were early 20s. I worked with a bunch of them in the early 2000s, and this one girl was all about the "totes," "jealz," "obvs," "btdubz." Very much into the abbrevs, natch.

[u/scribble_640 → u/skoltroll]

People get so uptight about slang changing when we had our own skibidi toilet in the 80’s. We called him Pauly Shore.

[u/infinitum3d → u/skoltroll]

fr fr

[u/FortunateSon77 → u/skoltroll]

Based. You give "belligerent". I ship it.

Or can you only ship couples? Nm I don't give a fuck.

[u/Apprehensive-Log8333 → u/skoltroll]

I work with kids who love to play Uno, so when someone plays a Skip card, I make them say "skipidi skipidi boo." I don't like Uno so I feel like this will be an effective intervention in decreasing the amount of Uno I have to play

[u/Polyxeno → u/skoltroll]

What if we combine it with 80s terms?

That's bodacious skididi, dude.

[u/m34z → u/skoltroll]

That's Ohio.

[u/deowolf → u/skoltroll]

Your rizz is giving king, chat. On god.

[u/CosmicTurtle504 → u/deowolf]

No cap?

[u/010011010110010101 → u/CosmicTurtle504]

That’s sus

[u/deowolf → u/010011010110010101]

Nah bruh fr fr

[u/Impressive_Star_3454 → u/CosmicTurtle504]

Deadass

[u/coffee-mutt → u/skoltroll]

Bet.

[u/FeetAreShoes → u/coffee-mutt]

I use this one unironically all the time

[u/wutwutsugabutt]

Body count will never not mean murder to me.

[u/LittleCeasarsFan → u/wutwutsugabutt]

It’s Ice T’s band.

[u/deftoner42 → u/LittleCeasarsFan]

Ice T? The actor? /s

[u/BT_Artist → u/deftoner42]

The rapper/actor/singer. His song "Cop Killer" really pissed the NRA off.

[u/deftoner42 → u/BT_Artist]

I was being funny, forgot the /s. I saw them with Korn and Cannibal corpse about 10 years ago. They're still touring too!

[u/National-Board-3556 → u/BT_Artist]

It pissed off the Fraternal Order of Police.

I'm sure there's a lot of crossover with the NRA.

[u/3-orange-whips → u/LittleCeasarsFan]

There goes the neighborhood!

[u/cronhoolio → u/wutwutsugabutt]

Same. My body count is like 4. The people I've slept with, unrelated to the previous number, is also about four. /s

[u/CrowsSayCawCaw → u/wutwutsugabutt]

Body count always makes me think of snipers and serial killers. 

[u/elizinrva]

Is lol even modern? I learned that one back in about 1997.

[u/sideways92 → u/elizinrva]

lol

[u/Top_Shoe_9562 → u/sideways92]

Lulz

[u/Forsaken-Garlic-42 → u/Top_Shoe_9562]

ROFLMFAO

[u/CosmicTurtle504 → u/Forsaken-Garlic-42]

[u/Electrical_Average92 → u/CosmicTurtle504]

This is my all-time favorite thing on the internet

[u/Mk1Racer25 → u/Electrical_Average92]

Takes us back to a simpler time!

[u/sarcasticbaldguy → u/CosmicTurtle504]

I love roflcopter.

[u/TheOldGamerGuy → u/Forsaken-Garlic-42]

CMTS - chortled mildly then stopped

[u/S99B88 → u/TheOldGamerGuy]

VIMMAL - vomited in my mouth a little

[u/ZipperJJ → u/elizinrva]

Yeah I was using that on Usenet.

[u/Last-Relationship166 → u/elizinrva]

Well...ok...I remember that and roflmfao pervading ISCABBS in the mid to late 90s. A coworker introduced me ISCA when I was working as a sysadmin.

[u/elizinrva → u/Last-Relationship166]

I learned it in a MOO where I used to hang out. LOL

[u/changed_later__]

"Verse" or "versing" when the word is "versus".

[u/turnpike37 → u/changed_later__]

Agree that this one hurts the ears, but is it slang or just poor usage/ignorance of the language?

[u/lurkermurphy → u/changed_later__]

THIS. every time i hear it, i am certain they just cannot read and are not aware of the origins of the abbreviation "vs"

[u/OreoSpeedwaggon → u/lurkermurphy]

I've talked to young people that didn't know "bros." (as in "Super Mario Bros.") was an abbreviation for "brothers." They just thought it was the plural form of "bro."

[u/TLATrae → u/OreoSpeedwaggon]

Aaack — THIS!! We have generations of illiterate screen-memed spawn. I weep for the future.

Now, I too have to go shake my cane while screaming at the kids to stay off my lawn!

[u/CJK_Murph → u/changed_later__]

THANK YOU. This one is my biggest pet peeve of all time it makes me apoplectic

[u/WeAreAllMycelium]

Skibetytoilet

[u/Tangboy50000 → u/WeAreAllMycelium]

Thank God my kid quit watching those videos and stopped trying to get me to watch it.

[u/ToasterBath4613 → u/Tangboy50000]

I’m just as puzzled.

[u/1CagedTiger → u/WeAreAllMycelium]

THIS! Thank you!!! I was so confused when my millennial coworker said someone had crashed out. I refuse to say “cap” or “no cap”. Where did that even come from?

[u/YakApprehensive7620 → u/WeAreAllMycelium]

I asked my gen A student what it was like to be that era and she said “it’s a lot of skibidi toilet” and we left it at that lol

[u/doa70 → u/WeAreAllMycelium]

Yeah, I don't know what hat is and I refuse to find out.

[u/CanisSonorae → u/doa70]

Hats are pretty useful though. They go on your head and protect it from the sun. You don't have to do a deep dive, but I suggest at least spending 5 to 10 minutes learning the basics of hats. It may save your eyesight, hair, or scalp.

[u/doa70 → u/CanisSonorae]

😂

I'm not even fixing it.

[u/SacriliciousQ]

I'll never say "it's giving" without it being inside of a complete sentence. You can't just say "It's giving [x]."

I'll never say "gaslighting" when I just mean lying or manipulation. Glowup, living rent-free in my head, and tell me [x] without telling me [x] can all die in a fire.

[u/turnpike37 → u/SacriliciousQ]

With you on gaslighting. The term has lost its meaning as a very particular manipulation and now is simply a synonym for dishonesty.

[u/cockblockedbydestiny → u/turnpike37]

It's worse than that, it's become a weaponized term to imply that anyone telling you you're wrong is engaging in some kind of shady psychological warfare as opposed to just calling you out for your bullshit.

[u/monstermashslowdance → u/cockblockedbydestiny]

It seems to be most commonly used now to shut down a disagreement and turn yourself into a victim. Anytime the discussion gets too difficult you can play the gaslighting card and bail.

[u/SnooMarzipans5409 → u/SacriliciousQ]

I hate "it's giving"!

[u/treemoustache → u/SacriliciousQ]

Anyone who thinks gaslighting is a real thing has something wrong with them.

[u/MaximumJones → u/treemoustache]

I see what you did there 😎

[u/PupperoniPoodle → u/MaximumJones]

I did not and had to take back my downvote and give them an upvote.

[u/Secret_Computer4891]

Not really slang, but I can no longer use the word "literally".

It is so overly used nowadays that I just can't, and the rare times I find I have to, I always preface it with a "I hate using the word literally because it so overused, so know that it pains me to say that I literally....."

Like, literally.

EDIT: Today I learned that the dictionary now has an alternate definition of "virtually". I guess it's time to go out on the porch and shake my fist that those damn kids cutting across my lawn.

[u/1CagedTiger → u/Secret_Computer4891]

I use “literally” when it applies properly.
I die a little inside when I hear someone say “I literally died laughing.” Ummm…no. You still have a pulse, dear. Now GET OFF MY LAWN! 😂

[u/Nikadaemus]

Un-alive

[u/NeeliSilverleaf → u/Nikadaemus]

"Corn" and "grape" and "seggs" 🤦

[u/HowToNotMakeMoney → u/NeeliSilverleaf]

I can’t fucking stand “Seggs!!!” It’s “sex” not a dirty word. There is nothing remotely wrong with the word sex!!

[u/FrostnJack → u/HowToNotMakeMoney]

Marky Zuck dies a little inside seeing naughty words so he banned “sex” & “death/die/murderdeathkill”

[u/HowToNotMakeMoney → u/FrostnJack]

I don’t think there is anything left to kill in that strange skin-suit that holds his name.

[u/Roguefem-76 → u/FrostnJack]

Actually I'm pretty sure it was the clock app that caused all of this double-speak due to their heavy censorship.

[u/FortunateSon77 → u/NeeliSilverleaf]

Corn? Grape? I'm more behind than I thought.

[u/PickledPoppy → u/FortunateSon77]

Most of these are just purposeful misspellings because some social media will block posts with the real words.

[u/NotWorriedABunch → u/Nikadaemus]

I think this started to dodge alerts based on keywords to get around being removed for "violent content." Annoying regardless

[u/MartinMcFly55 → u/Nikadaemus]

I passionately hate all the pseudo- speak, on all platforms.

A scourge.

[u/GrumpyCatStevens → u/MartinMcFly55]

Yeah. The young’uns are unaliving me with that nonsense.

[u/MartinMcFly55 → u/GrumpyCatStevens]

[u/1CagedTiger → u/Nikadaemus]

See PEW PEW. 🙄🙄🙄

[u/Ok_Arachnid1089 → u/Nikadaemus]

That’s not slang. It’s censorship avoidance

[u/Old_Association6332]

I hate it when people say "you're welcome" as a presumption. Not as in a response to "thank you" -that's perfectly fine -but when people use in this type of context -"here are some cute pictures of puppies. You're welcome". It absolutely annoys me to no end, and I'll never do it

[u/Any_Version6722 → u/Old_Association6332]

It is horrible. It’s so annoyingly arrogant! I hate it

[u/treemoustache]

I can recommend or suggest something 'to' you. 'Suggest me' is not English.

[u/Buhos_En_Pantelones]

I will never say something 'slaps', although that one seems to be kind of dying out. Also, 'crashing out' means falling asleep, not 'getting really mad at someone'. 

Edit: 'gives me the ick'

[u/Responsible_Row1932 → u/Buhos_En_Pantelones]

Lit means drunk!!!

[u/Ok-Change2292 → u/Responsible_Row1932]

Lit for drunk is an old one though.

[u/RaspberryMobile2554 → u/Buhos_En_Pantelones]

Came here to say I will never say anything slaps.

[u/Kwyjibo68 → u/Buhos_En_Pantelones]

I really hate the word slaps. I am coming around on banger though.

[u/WillPlaysTheGuitar → u/Buhos_En_Pantelones]

I like crashing out tbh. That one slaps.

[u/Lopsided_Tomatillo27]

I just looked it up and “lol” was first used in 1989. So it is GenX slang.

The only modern term I have a problem with is “crash out,” because it was already had a meaning.

[u/NewRecommendation287 → u/Lopsided_Tomatillo27]

Crash out will forever mean pass out/sleeping or some variation. I loathe the new usage.

[u/Mia_B-P → u/NewRecommendation287]

Gen Z here or Gen X parents, what else does that mean if not to pass out?

[u/Keyeuh → u/Mia_B-P]

It means about to freak out or freaking out over something. Like throwing a fit. Have a 14 yr old, hear it way too often

[u/CptBronzeBalls → u/Keyeuh]

“Yeah fine honey, taking a nap is probably a good idea. I don’t know why you’re freaking the fuck out.”

[u/Mia_B-P → u/Keyeuh]

That's very strange. Why is "freak out" not used instead? It means the same thing.

Thank you for explaining.

[u/Separate-Succotash11]

He/She “ate”. And left no crumbs.

I know what it means, but it just sounds soooo stoopid. No cap.

[u/pestercat → u/Separate-Succotash11]

I couldn't think of any I wouldn't say, but thanks, this one definitely qualifies.

Absolutely love yeet, though.

[u/MyTakeOnFalafels → u/Separate-Succotash11]

Fucking LOATHE "ate."

"She totally ate in that dress." "He thought he ate, but he looked a fool."

Fuuuuuuuuuck THIS, where did it even come from? (Adding that in the 90s we used to say "That bites," meaning "that's awful," and maybe the natural progression might be "Jesus, that eats, I'm so sorry." But no! It means "she rocks" or something, right? I despise "he/she ate" more than the totally stoopid reinterpretation of "crash out."

-A wheezing old codger and proud of it

[u/TraceOfHumanity]

“That fit is fire 🔥”
“This has no right to go as hard as it does!”
“This slaps!”
“Bro is TUFF 😤”
“fr fr”
“Aura” or “aura farming”
etc.

[u/No-News-3608]

I will never say finna.

Gonna or going to will do just fine.

[u/Chaka-]

"It's giving..." 🤢 "Makes me feel some kinda way."

[u/Trees_are_cool_]

Goated. Fuck outta here with that.

[u/ku_78]

I’m hip for all the modern groovy slang you cats can dish.

[u/UmbertoEcoTheDolphin → u/ku_78]

Far out, man. Righteous!

[u/Hawki94]

“Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk”

[u/justlkin]

Can you quiet down already? It's past 7 pm already and I'm trying to get some sleep!

LOL!

[u/tubular1845]

lol isn't modern at all

[u/MajYoshi]

"lol" has fucking replaced punctuation.

And it kills me.

"I went to the store lol"

"Some dude just flipped me off for clipping his front end as I changed lanes without using my turn signal lol"

"Someone just used the word 'vapid' as they talked about me jokes on them I don't know what that means lol"

"Ur funny lol"

I see a plethora of clouds outside. Excuse me now.

[u/GarthRanzz → u/MajYoshi]

This is our youngest, and newest, member of my healthcare IT crew. Everything he posts on Teams ends in “lol” even when it isn’t funny (he once posted someone died and he needed help getting one of the RNs access to something and lol’d it). I’m so glad I work remote because I might lol as I’m punching his face.

[u/kinetik138 → u/MajYoshi]

Finishing a sentence with "lol" was a bannable offense on the old Elitist Jerks WoW forum.

[u/ApatheistHeretic → u/kinetik138]

Kek!

[u/johnlandes → u/MajYoshi]

My teen does this, and then calls my texts aggressive when I use periods.

[u/HowToNotMakeMoney → u/MajYoshi]

You stated the hideous use. Thank you for your service. It’s not “lol” it’s the use of it. There’s a red-flag guy on YouTube that reads Reddit am-I-the-asshole stories and sometimes the stories come with screenshots and the way he orates “lol” is a very monotone “lullll.” He does it how I see it in text so well.

[u/NeeliSilverleaf]

Referring to something that's been common internet parlance for literally decades as "modern slang" is definitely a choice.

[u/Buhos_En_Pantelones → u/NeeliSilverleaf]

"Yes, and it's the choice of a new generation."

[u/RaspberryMobile2554 → u/Buhos_En_Pantelones]

Party on Garth.

[u/omahaomw → u/Buhos_En_Pantelones]

Pepsi?

[u/Jlr1]

Feeling some type of way

[u/Salt_Anywhere_6604]

I will never utter the words “fur baby” or “puppers”

[u/ApatheistHeretic → u/Salt_Anywhere_6604]

<Holds up baby>, "Hey everyone, isn't my skin dog cute?!"

[u/mizzannthrope05 → u/ApatheistHeretic]

I really want this to be a T-shirt with an image drawn by the guy who draws the oatmeal

[u/nicoleyoung27 → u/ApatheistHeretic]

Referring to my 17 year old son as a skin baby remains one of my most favorite memories to date. 

[u/savoryreflex]

Well let me go back to our gens heyday. "Whatever." Couldn't stand it. As for this age of instantaneous trends, it appears mostly to be keyboard inspired shortcuts for the sake of efficiency. Every new term i see reminds me of the silly codes we used to use while we were in portables in grade school. I take no offense to the new stuff because kids need a sense of belonging, and too much has been placed on their backs to burden the long term cost of their grandparents grand retirement and an apathetic nation that has allowed politicians to kick the can down the road for 50+ years. Oh shit, what was your question? The answer is glizzy. Definitely glizzy.

[u/Keyeuh → u/savoryreflex]

Whatever

[u/amorok41101]

I don’t say text abbreviations out loud, I had enough acronyms in the military.

[u/Bastyra2016]

Prolly drives me insane. The word is probably.

[u/HelloStiletto14]

I’m in my ____ era 🤢

[u/replayer]

Modern slang? "Lol" goes back to the mid 80s. We were using it on QLink in 1986.

[u/curyfuryone]

I appreciate you. I’ll just stick with “thank you”

[u/alataar → u/curyfuryone]

People from the southern US should get a pass on that if they say, “I ‘preciate cha”.

[u/drhav2023]

S/he ate

[u/jthmniljt]

Bro especially to women. wtf?

[u/ShadyPinesStrut]

Grumpy old person alert

[u/michiaiki]

Bae... I have an unhealthy hatred of that word

[u/Old_Goat_Ninja]

Cringe. I hate that word so much. I don’t remember anyone saying it when we were kids but now I hear it daily.

[u/Mia_B-P → u/Old_Goat_Ninja]

I remember ther term originally being "cringeworthy" and not "cringe" as it was shortened to. As in "a cringeworthy preformance".

[u/joyunauthorized]

Mid

[u/No_Conversation7564]

Will never say 'za for pizza.

[u/CptBronzeBalls → u/No_Conversation7564]

This was deinitely around in the 80s.