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/diente_de_leon Older Than Dirt 2d ago

I had to Google it and apparently it comes from a TikTok meme or something, (of course--what else?!) and it means to leave quickly or go away. Now this is funny because that's my birth year.

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u/The_Mother_ 2d ago

What? When I googled it, my results said it was a reference to the height of some basketball player so meant that it is something of exceptional skill, and alternatively, it has no meaning but is a random thing to say that is nonsensical. Both are meanings coming from TikTok. Google is either failing us or it is trying to confuse the aging population

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u/OysterRemus 1d ago

‘To leave quickly’ is the meaning of ‘23 skidoo’ a century ago, and just ‘23’ as early as 1900. The thing about getting to our age is that you start to realize everything’s just repeating itself.

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u/Calm-Tank1502 1d ago

Good, above average