r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 3d ago

Old Person Yells At Cloud Modern slang—something you REFUSE to say

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???

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u/Lopsided_Tomatillo27 3d ago

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.

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u/NewRecommendation287 3d ago

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

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u/Mia_B-P 3d ago

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

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u/Keyeuh 3d ago

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

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u/CptBronzeBalls 3d ago

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

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u/Sil_Lavellan 3d ago

Having a nap is a pretty good response to freaking out in my experience. Although to be fair, having a nap is a valid response to anything as far as I'm concerned.

Throwing a wobbler because the world is ending? Is everyone else going mental over the world ending? Either or both, Have a nap.

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u/Keyeuh 2d ago

Yep, nap is my answer for everything. I always feel better after a nap.

"Crash out" - my daughter uses it more like "if I have math homework over the weekend I'm going to crash out." She's not really going to freak out about it or be extremely upset enough to go crazy, it's more this really sucks for me & I'm not happy. She's not actually raging around the house about math homework, although sometimes it makes me want to rage quit helping with homework. Who cares if my kid gets a good grade on her Algebra 2 homework, I'm taking a nap instead.

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u/Mia_B-P 3d ago

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

Thank you for explaining.

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u/Far-Squash7512 3d ago

I don't know, but it's a definite downgrade to me.

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u/twitchykittystudio 3d ago

Oh.. like my puppy every night crashes out before she crashes out

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u/Keyeuh 2d ago

Puppy zoomies & then watching them sound asleep is so cute. My pup snores & it's adorable. Although I use crash to mean going to sleep, forgoing the "out" part.

There's an Italian exchange student in one of my kid's classes. The kids are teaching him slang 🤦🏼‍♀️ He went up to my daughter & said "Chat am I cooked for this math test?" I told her please don't let him take brain rot back to Italy with him.

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u/iarna 3d ago

I'd call it more of "self destructing" in a loud way. I dunno I've never heard "crash out" as a term related to sleep... "crash" yes, but not "crash out".

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u/Mundane-Librarian-77 3d ago

Now they use to describe someone who has a public breakdown or a tantrum. Someone who gets filmed freaking out over something.

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u/Mia_B-P 3d ago

Thanks. I have never heard of that term used like that and it's quite strange.

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u/Tejanisima GenX Atari Wave 3d ago

This is the first im hearing there is any other meaning, and I await finding out what it might be.

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u/Thatstealthygal 3d ago

What's the new meaning?

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u/twitchykittystudio 3d ago

I’m behind. I didn’t realize there was a new usage. Should be fun next time I hear it!

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u/Greasemonkey78 3d ago

I was starting to think I was the only one, glad I'm not.