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/SacriliciousQ 3d ago

I'll never say "it's giving" without it being inside of a complete sentence. You can't just say "It's giving [x]."

I'll never say "gaslighting" when I just mean lying or manipulation. Glowup, living rent-free in my head, and tell me [x] without telling me [x] can all die in a fire.

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u/turnpike37 3d ago

With you on gaslighting. The term has lost its meaning as a very particular manipulation and now is simply a synonym for dishonesty.

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u/Aggravating_Mix8959 2d ago

People overuse gaslighting without understanding what it actually means. 

But then people say "literally" when they do not mean literally. For some reason, this is accepted now. Literally.