Thanks, Susan. Very cool. I love how the words hot and cool have been around as slang for generations and are so versatile. They can mean the same thing, the exact opposite or something in between. Somebody can be so cool they’re hot or so hot they’re cool. Been that way for decades.
Thank you Joanne. I'm way old, too...but I still think like I'm in my twenties! 😂 If I end up in a nursing home, will they let me blare my rock music?? HAHAH
I use groovy to my adult children just to yank their chains. One day my granddaughter who is 7 told her mother after spending time with me. On the way to her car, I need to stay with Mum Mum more this week because she’s always up for a groovy time
Love it. I feel like I'm hanging out with my son and his friends. A few years ago they were saying someone was "Mid" I had no idea and said" I guess I'm mid" thinking middle aged like I was. One said "Not really." And changed the subject. It was either a complement or insult.
OG is a new one. Bruh and Chuegy have been in his vocab for years. I like that Philly made the cut 😉
I looked up mid. It means average or so-so. You are far from average, so you just got compliment from a teenage boy! YAY!!!! Now, take one from way back and use it on them. 😂 I'd love to hear their reaction. Have a great weekend, Jane. 💙💙
My experience with "OG" was exactly the opposite of yours. In a psychology course a few years back, I told my students something like, "Piaget is the OG developmental psychologist." They had no idea what "OG" meant!
I had forgotten all about that one. Cray Cray! Adding it to my list of new vernacular ... I think Babel ought to have a course in their program on slang... or at least inside the chosen language so I dont get in trouble. 😂
So fun, I couldn't wait to see the comments. Urban Dictionary slays! My current favorite slang, (but not ones I should use) are "Skoden" ("Let's go then") and "Stoodis" ("Let's do this") that I heard on "Reservation Dogs." Then from England, "innit," used as emphasis in any context ("Musk is so lame, innit?"). One I wish would come back came from baseball, as in "bush league," so classless things were "bush!" And yes, as in both presidents.
If you looked back through the generations, each one has put their own slang into the language. Sports is full of it. (Ballin, glide, let it eat, etc.) It's the code words of youth. I can generally figure meanings out eventually. The next generation will have their own version of dialect.
True enough...and it's a product of subcultures and regions. I'm too 'black and white' because I wanted JAWN from Philly to have a meaning...and it doesnt. It's just whatever you want it to be. 😂😂
Charles, I dont think it has...I've heard my 14 year old granddaughter use it. I find it all very comical...as well as interesting! But then, I have a strong nerdy side!
WHAT!? Do you have the Urban Dictionary on your desk, Joan!? When I saw Sigma, I thought of Six Sixma as in a quality management tool. 😂😂 I'm so out of it!
Love this jawn, dude😆
Thanks, Susan. Very cool. I love how the words hot and cool have been around as slang for generations and are so versatile. They can mean the same thing, the exact opposite or something in between. Somebody can be so cool they’re hot or so hot they’re cool. Been that way for decades.
This was fun. Thank you Susan! I’m way old, but I still use cool, and occasionally, groovy! 😂
Thank you Joanne. I'm way old, too...but I still think like I'm in my twenties! 😂 If I end up in a nursing home, will they let me blare my rock music?? HAHAH
I use groovy to my adult children just to yank their chains. One day my granddaughter who is 7 told her mother after spending time with me. On the way to her car, I need to stay with Mum Mum more this week because she’s always up for a groovy time
😂🤣 that’s precious!
HA! 😂 Perfect! You go, Mum Mum!!
Love it. I feel like I'm hanging out with my son and his friends. A few years ago they were saying someone was "Mid" I had no idea and said" I guess I'm mid" thinking middle aged like I was. One said "Not really." And changed the subject. It was either a complement or insult.
OG is a new one. Bruh and Chuegy have been in his vocab for years. I like that Philly made the cut 😉
I looked up mid. It means average or so-so. You are far from average, so you just got compliment from a teenage boy! YAY!!!! Now, take one from way back and use it on them. 😂 I'd love to hear their reaction. Have a great weekend, Jane. 💙💙
Since the I realized the meaning no wonder why my son looked embarrassed. I keep my mouth shut and try not to be Riz 😶
HAHA!!! You ARE rizz, baby!
My experience with "OG" was exactly the opposite of yours. In a psychology course a few years back, I told my students something like, "Piaget is the OG developmental psychologist." They had no idea what "OG" meant!
HA! Now they know! :)
I think I meant dope. I should stop spilling the tea!!
LOL!
This is great! I gotta love cray cray, too.
I had forgotten all about that one. Cray Cray! Adding it to my list of new vernacular ... I think Babel ought to have a course in their program on slang... or at least inside the chosen language so I dont get in trouble. 😂
So fun, I couldn't wait to see the comments. Urban Dictionary slays! My current favorite slang, (but not ones I should use) are "Skoden" ("Let's go then") and "Stoodis" ("Let's do this") that I heard on "Reservation Dogs." Then from England, "innit," used as emphasis in any context ("Musk is so lame, innit?"). One I wish would come back came from baseball, as in "bush league," so classless things were "bush!" And yes, as in both presidents.
Bush...yes! I love that. Skoden and Stoodis are good ones, too. I love words...and we've been using slang for centuries...who knew!??
If you looked back through the generations, each one has put their own slang into the language. Sports is full of it. (Ballin, glide, let it eat, etc.) It's the code words of youth. I can generally figure meanings out eventually. The next generation will have their own version of dialect.
True enough...and it's a product of subcultures and regions. I'm too 'black and white' because I wanted JAWN from Philly to have a meaning...and it doesnt. It's just whatever you want it to be. 😂😂
Dude! That was great!
(I learned that the kids were calling each other dude (females included) quite awhile ago. I wonder if it has fallen out of favor.)
I hope not I use it all the time either gender
Lebowski means "Dude" will forever be cool!
Haha!!
Indeed!
I sense that "Bruh" is the new "Dude."
I think you're right!
Charles, I dont think it has...I've heard my 14 year old granddaughter use it. I find it all very comical...as well as interesting! But then, I have a strong nerdy side!
I live in senior affordable housing, I’m just catching up to the 55 year olds. 🤣😂
😂😂
Don't let Sharon fool you, Charlie...she's very well informed!! 👍👍
Thank you, my friend!
LOL!!
Thank you! I needed a conversational grandson dictionary. :)
I'm gonna need one too. 😆 For now, I'm happy to be a OG. LOL!!
This post is sigma, bruh! 😅
Nice!!😆
WHAT!? Do you have the Urban Dictionary on your desk, Joan!? When I saw Sigma, I thought of Six Sixma as in a quality management tool. 😂😂 I'm so out of it!
No ..I have two 17-year-old grandkids. I just ask them or Google it. I try to impress them using a word or two…. Without sounding too cool! 😅😀
HA! I love that! I'm sure they know how cool you really are!!
Cap = lie is my favourite. When I tell tall tales to my students, one of them at the back of the class doffs an imaginary cap to call me out.
This slays and slaps
😂😂😂 Yes!