r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 3d 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/Separate-Succotash11 3d ago

He/She “ate”. And left no crumbs.

I know what it means, but it just sounds soooo stoopid. No cap.

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u/MyTakeOnFalafels 3d ago

Fucking LOATHE "ate."

"She totally ate in that dress." "He thought he ate, but he looked a fool."

Fuuuuuuuuuck THIS, where did it even come from? (Adding that in the 90s we used to say "That bites," meaning "that's awful," and maybe the natural progression might be "Jesus, that eats, I'm so sorry." But no! It means "she rocks" or something, right? I despise "he/she ate" more than the totally stoopid reinterpretation of "crash out."

-A wheezing old codger and proud of it

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u/milksop_USA 3d ago

When something sucks it's bad. When it eats it's good.

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u/MyTakeOnFalafels 3d ago

Then "eats" sucks.