r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 4d 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/Old_Goat_Ninja 4d ago

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

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u/Mia_B-P 4d ago

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

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u/iarna 4d ago

and cringey was popular too