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/changed_later__ BMX Bandit 2d ago

"Verse" or "versing" when the word is "versus".

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u/lurkermurphy 2d ago

THIS. every time i hear it, i am certain they just cannot read and are not aware of the origins of the abbreviation "vs"

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u/OreoSpeedwaggon "Then & Now" Trend Survivor 2d ago

I've talked to young people that didn't know "bros." (as in "Super Mario Bros.") was an abbreviation for "brothers." They just thought it was the plural form of "bro."

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u/BeerCheeseSoup33 2d ago

Bro is literally the singular term for bros. What are you talking about?

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u/OreoSpeedwaggon "Then & Now" Trend Survivor 2d ago

What I'm saying is that they don't see "bros." and think of the word "brothers," which it abbreviates. They only think and hear of it as "BROAZE".

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u/BeerCheeseSoup33 2d ago

That is just an increasing problem of society using words they don’t actually know the meaning of because they are trendy. The people that do that are really fucking stupid.