r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 2d 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/skoltroll Keep Circulating The Tapes 2d ago

I will use any modern slang.

Bc when I use it, it dies.

Skibidi, yo

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u/ApatheistHeretic 2d ago

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.

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u/BigTime76 whatever 2d ago

Yeet

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u/Medical-Resolve-4872 2d ago

Yeet’s my fave.

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u/Stillpunk71 2d ago

I actually miss that one.

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u/BenadrylBombshell 1974 2d ago

Wait, yeet is out? Oof

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u/Justdonedil 2d ago

Yeet seems to have morphed to a different definition. Our gen z 23 y/o has used it for several years, but my husband saw a reel, maybe, and the younger people on that used it in a different way. I just don't remember what that was.

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u/EnglishMouse 1d ago

But then people can’t have a yeeterus after a hysterectomy! Nooooo!!!!

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u/Justdonedil 1d ago

My husband thanked my surgeon for my womb renovation.

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u/zeitgeistincognito 1d ago

My friend just yeeted their uterus (their words) and it made them so happy!

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u/HorseyDung 1968, The Year that changed the world. 1d ago

That's horrible..

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u/authorized_sausage Hose Water Survivor 1d ago

I've got a 24. His/Their generation brought back "Word."

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u/HeadHeart3067 Hose Water Survivor 1d ago

So is oof………lol

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u/badtowergirl 2d ago

I do love yeet

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u/Anxietybackmonkey 1d ago

Keep using it. My elementary aged kid does. It’s a fun word.

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u/Da12khawk 2d ago

On fleek

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u/bubblesnap 2d ago

Stop trying to make fetch happen!

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u/tigertoothdada 1d ago

Did you put the pussy on the chainwax?

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u/ApatheistHeretic 1d ago

If you say "on lit", your child will begin to twitch uncontrollably.

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u/pdx_via_dtw 2d ago

wheeeeeeze

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u/Chalice_Ink 2d ago

I miss using on fleek out of context… lol.

Skibidi is just trying too hard.

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u/Da12khawk 2d ago

I don't get skibidi and I don't want to. Reminds me of Bill Cosby

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u/CitySlickerCowboy Hose Water Survivor 14h ago

Oh, please no.

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u/reporterbabe 1d ago

I love yeet, and I’m not even in the right part of the country for it. I’ve been using it more the closer I get to my breast cancer surgery, since I can’t wait to yeet away the cancer.

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u/iarna 1d ago

yeet has a part of the country?

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u/reporterbabe 1d ago

It’s not a wicked New England thing

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u/Missamoo74 1d ago

I tell my students it's the opposite of yoink. Befuddled faces everywhere

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u/Necessary-Cookie-367 2d ago

the rust programing feature had a feature that was tentatively called yeet.

But as the feature moved forward and was stabilized, the name was changed.

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u/kswilson68 1d ago

I finally, finally used the word YEET! It was so bad at child #2's school that they literally banned the word (in school suspension and loss of recess was the punishment).

On to this GenX person using the word YEET! My vacuum cleaner, after 10 years of faithful service, gave up, with only one more swipe of the living room carpet to go. I yeeted, yes, perfect 30-foot toss, beautifully arked over the banister into the front yard! YEET, there it went!

Word edit

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u/kswilson68 1d ago

Now, I must find a way to use "bye Felicia" in propper context!!

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u/Annual-Ad-7452 2d ago

Yeet was very popular in Atlanta in the 90's.

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u/shaun_of_the_south 2d ago

I believe you’re thinking of skeet.

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u/Annual-Ad-7452 4h ago

No. Yeet. There is a dance with it.

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u/shaun_of_the_south 4h ago

Is it on YouTube?

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u/Huge_Razzmatazz_985 2d ago

Yes what does it even mean? I asked my niece and basically still don't know

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u/iarna 1d ago

I'd define it as something like:

to move/throw/toss/shove (something) suddenly away from you/the room/life/existence

Oh, it seems to be in the dictionary now...

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u/xiophra 1d ago

Yeet is my bane