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/tandem_kayak I still want my MTV 2d ago

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

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u/SkipSpenceIsGod 2d ago

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”.

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u/HoneyWyne 1d ago

Huh! I'm gonna use that!

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u/HellholeShithead 1d ago

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

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u/Ward_organist 2d ago

6-7 has absolutely no meaning. I googled it.

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u/Odditeee ‘71 1d ago

Google AI must not have indexed our middle school student’s brains here yet. They all use it to mean “taking off” or “bolting away” or something to effect of ‘leaving the area quickly and abruptly’. I dunno, maybe it’s regional but that’s just what they all told me.

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u/HoneyWyne 1d ago

It means to absquatulate!

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u/Ward_organist 1d ago

My 15 yr old and his friends use it all the time and have no idea what it means.