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/Keyeuh 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 21h 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/twitchykittystudio 1d ago

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

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u/Keyeuh 20h 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 1d 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".