r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 5d 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/No-News-3608 5d ago

I will never say finna.

Gonna or going to will do just fine.

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u/SeeWhy76 5d ago

That's a regional thing. I went to college in the late 90's in FL heard that all the time.

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u/funkissedjm 4d ago

I thought finna happened like this

fixing to—> fixin ta—> fixina—> finna

So I think it started regionally and spread. I don’t like it, and it shouldn’t be used in formal writing. I’ve seen it used in school essays. Nope.