And How!? | TheaterFire

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Cubelock@reddit

I said FO SHIZZLE to my nephew once and he looked at me with pity in his eyes

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islipped83@reddit

My husband and I hit up our 7yo with the WHASSUPPP the other day, and he laughed so hard. I hope he took it to school to teach others the way.

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RedditAntiHero@reddit

Every time. EVERY TIME, I say any form of "What's up?" to my kids, the answer is always "the sky." Sometimes if I just ask "How is everything?", they still answer with "the sky".

This has morphed into me staring at the ceiling and saying "I don't see it" while they tell me to "look out the window". I then look out the window at the bushes or something and say "look up!", and I usually answer with "chicken butt."

They now sometimes answer "chicken butt" to the "what's up?" question.

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CuriousRiver2558@reddit

Guess what? Chicken butt

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Mean_Median_0201@reddit

So great! My kid had to do a drug awareness program and the cop played the whassup commercial for them. They still see each other and yell it lol.

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ThePizzaNoid@reddit

God, I remember when the original commercial came out. Everyone in high school the next day was riffing on it. That and the Budweiser frogs.

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MrDilbert@reddit

...er.

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djsynrgy@reddit

I still say this a lot, but exclusively with a weird, whimsical/cartoony voice, so they know that I know I'm not fooling anybody.

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Writefrommyheart@reddit

I actually managed to make my best friends daughter laugh whe she asked Guess what, and I replied with Chicken butt.

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vasectomy7@reddit

Guess why!? -------> chicken thigh.

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NewSpice001@reddit

Guess who? --------> chicken poo

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crystallmytea@reddit

Guess how? Chicken kung pao

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shankthedog@reddit

Winner winner chicken dinner

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Partucero69@reddit

Groovy and whack.

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lueur-d-espoir@reddit

Tell him don't be such a chud.

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InfectedSteve@reddit

"If you're edged 'cause I'm weazin' all your grindage"

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Zestyclose-Click7539@reddit

You’re so Boss!

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PixelFondler@reddit

LOL! That was one of my brother’s choice words for like a month in the mid 80s. When we got our first pair of hamsters one Christmas, one for him & one for me, he named his Boss. I found it so weird because I never heard anyone else anywhere use that word that way.

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JaxxisR@reddit

Peachy keen

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koei19@reddit

Tubular

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The_best_is_yet@reddit

sounds like you should use Fo Shizzle more often. I use it so much my kids don't even notice (and rad also) but i enjoy saying stuff like Rizz or whatever around their friends because they get so embarrassed! I had no idea how fun that would be.

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PickleFlavordPopcorn@reddit

I have amped up my use of “gnarly” and “hella gnar gnar” in the last few years just to lean allllll the way back into the slang of my time period

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peachwafffle@reddit

Hella gnar gnar 😂😂😂😂😂😂

That's both horrid and genius and I will be adopting it for self-embarrassment purposes immediately

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Odd_Middle_7179@reddit

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NachoNachoDan@reddit

Hi dude it’s taking you since the 90s to be able to use the word dude and awesome in regular conversation without sounding like a fool.

What I’m saying is, you can do this.

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Gonna_do_this_again@reddit

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Immediate_Regular@reddit

You sound bodacious and like you had a totally tubular time.

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Gravy_Sommelier@reddit

Most non-heinous!

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QuadraQ@reddit

I sortof understand this haha

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Epicardiectomist@reddit

IT'S NOT FOR YOU

leave it alone. Let the kids have their words WITHOUT adults trying to mock or follow along. Don't say them, don't try to understand them, just let them be.

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PixelFondler@reddit

Oh look, it’s a triggered child coming into our old folks subreddit and trying to gatekeep language because they think their generation literally invented the concept of slang and therefore own the patent & copyright to it.

Hey kid,

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Epicardiectomist@reddit

what a stupid response, and not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying let the kids be kids without you dumbasses clogging up their lives any more than you already do.

I think you all look like idiots trying to sound funny using modern day slang, just like the adults did when we were kids.

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PixelFondler@reddit

SMH. I could easily go into my backyard and dig up small rocks that have more self-awareness than you.

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Epicardiectomist@reddit

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jammin80@reddit

Sybau

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PickleFlavordPopcorn@reddit

But where will I get the same sick satisfaction my grandpa did from “hey is for horses”?

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Defiant_Cookie_4963@reddit

But it’s so funny when the olds (us) use them wrong!

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cb112280@reddit

Just texted this to my 15 and 16 year old boys, hopefully their friends see it too…..

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switheld@reddit

CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHKA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT

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SakaWreath@reddit

“1337 sp3@k” my dudes.

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BigBubbaMac@reddit

My 9 year old loves it.

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blue-marmot@reddit

I find using GenZ slang around my kids makes them use it less.

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Magmomies@reddit

Same... And if it doesn't always work I go to local 70/80:s weird slang when responding to weird them out.

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Sterquilinus-616@reddit

So... and opportunity to play with linguistics, etymologies, and history as part of something you could enjoy with your kids you just want to weird them out using vintage grump tactics?

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DengarLives66@reddit

I don’t think you’re understanding how the two are the same.

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Sterquilinus-616@reddit

no... I did not... but now... bastard... I see.

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Magmomies@reddit

Ahh... Definitely. The thing is that when I talk on the phone with my old friends and they hear me, they look like I might be having another stroke. 🤣

I guess its just fair, cause I feel like I might be having one of they ever talk on the phone. I mean come on... It was invented for talking, not effin typing. 🥰

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LardLad00@reddit

Yes

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Sterquilinus-616@reddit

Do you remember that Steve Martin sketch about talking to your kids wrong? You might as well do that.

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Sterquilinus-616@reddit

The hate on the slang of the era is so fucking stupid... but at least it's not as racist as the hate of the slang the 70s.

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Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit

67 is so cringe, back then, our slang had meaning and depth behind it. anyway..

.(what's that symbol for sarcasm again?)

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ExtraNoise@reddit

F.R.F.R., glad I'm not the only one doing this, on God.

Need to practice that aura farming, fam. Teens cringing is the basis for measuring success.

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cellrdoor2@reddit

I pronounce that as Fruh-fruh just to annoy my kids. It goes really well with girly pop.

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CrouchingDomo@reddit

no lies but imma have to deduct points for using correct capitalisation and grammar

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ymOx@reddit

Erhm, it's "no cap", please.

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pawned79@reddit

67

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Tricky-Passion-7191@reddit

Wicked.

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w0rsh1pm3owo@reddit

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PapaTua@reddit

Piglet and Poo on the ocean.

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bitsy88@reddit

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melanthius@reddit

Bitch left you on read? That's harsh

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

Worf wasn’t left on red, he turned yellow:

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KireekBlackhound@reddit

Temba, his arms wide.

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shootXtoXthrill@reddit

Tanagra, you say?

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Feral_Sheep_@reddit

Temba at rest.

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ThePizzaNoid@reddit

Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

Zinda, his face black, his eyes red!

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Waldus792@reddit

Shaka, when the walls fell. 🙁

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Redhddgull@reddit

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iheartbaconsalt@reddit

r/StarTrekMemes knows.

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yayoffbalance@reddit

i mean, the meme is not wrong.

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WhoYouBoo_eek789@reddit

Actually?

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Sharpshooter188@reddit

My friends daughter told me to "Spill the T" some time ago and I was confused. I took a moment and replied with "I....Im not making tea??" To which she laughed. Thank God. Im an old fogey now.

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Hntrbdnshog@reddit

Isn’t that a resurgence of an old saying? I swear like my grandma would talk about gossip as tea. My brain is like mashed potatoes now so it could have been a movie or something.

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PickleFlavordPopcorn@reddit

I always heard it as, like, “come over for tea and sympathy” from the older folks and then “spill the tea” was maybe early 00s?

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lavasca@reddit

My guess is that is from the 60’s or 70’s but within only 1 or 2 communities. Then, it took until 2000s to start mildly, approaching mainstream. Then, it started to get more common 2010s then Gen S starter to latch on circa adolescence.

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PixelFondler@reddit

Gen S?

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lavasca@reddit

OOPS! I meant Gen Z.

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nothingwascool@reddit

Yeah that is a saying from the 90s as I recall

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Sharpshooter188@reddit

Really? Huh. I was born in 83 and Ive never heard that term or rather the slang of it.

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ymOx@reddit

82 here; me neither. I've heard "spill the beans", which seems to be the same thi8ng as far as i can tell, but tea? Nah.

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nothingwascool@reddit

Honestly once I saw “spill the beans” I had to question if i am misremembering. Spill the tea sounds right but I wasn’t using either of those sayings back then. Maybe it was regional? Pretty sure it was something I would hear on television shrug memory isn’t quite what it used to be amigos

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iheartbaconsalt@reddit

That's how we ended up with r/sipstea and this great stuff

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d3dk0w@reddit

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senorsmartpantalones@reddit

I think it comes from the drag community.... A lot of slang comes from marginalized and minority communities, and gets appropriated by the mainstream community.

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Ippus_21@reddit

Wow. I know just enough of those words to be cringing on their behalf. Ouch.

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memymomeddit@reddit

At easter brunch, my 70 year old aunt explained '67' to my 93 year old grandmother.

I really should have recorded and posted it. The trend would have been dead by Monday afternoon.

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WasteOfBerries@reddit

Please never say the hawk tua part of that to any children

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CarmenxXxWaldo@reddit

Grandpa over here still saying "Flob a loogie on that thang" to children like its 1997.

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Zerostar39@reddit

No cap.

(I’m still not sure what that means)

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Melancholy_Rainbows@reddit

That you’re not lying.

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tactical-potatoes-65@reddit

Chyeah, bruh!

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BeefSupremeeeeee@reddit

This is me.

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Redhddgull@reddit

Nothing brings me joy quite like using the word “yeet” and watching my children cringe.

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

I felt too old for “yeet“ too.

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fubo@reddit

Yeet it? It's already yote. I yot it yesterday!

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cordelaine@reddit

Type shit, type shit.

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ailish@reddit

Meh, whatever. It wasn't that long ago when the adults were making fun of us, too.

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Agreeable-Chart-5561@reddit

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Gotta hit em with the Weasel

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djsynrgy@reddit

NO WHEEZING THE JUICE!

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herseyhawkins33@reddit

PSA Urban dictionary is a lifesaver

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fubo@reddit

Warning: Urban Dictionary will tell you that "a Chomskian grammar" means taking a dump in a box, covering it with glitter, and mailing it to your ex.

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HomerSectual@reddit

Idk but broski has a chomo vibe

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fubo@reddit

Dude. Chillax to the max or your fax pays the tax.

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ButterscotchAware402@reddit

Around December, my stepdaughters (9 & 13) were laying on the floor, coloring and having some girl talk. We were all kinda facing their bookshelf and the younger one noticed my Chronicles of Narnia box set, nudged her sister, pointed and they started giggling like mischievous little demons. I'm looking at where are pointed, confused for a moment when I realize the books have the numbers on the spine. I casually sat up, looked right at them and then busted out with "6-7!" in an obnoxious voice, complete with the stupid hand gesture. After they recovered from the shock I proceeded to tell them all the stupid slang we used when we were their age. They couldn't wrap their heads around it.

Just this past weekend the younger one tried to explain "oddly satisfying" and the different types of "brain rot" videos they've been watching at their cousins house (🙄). In my head I was thinking "my sweet, baby angel... I'm a Xennial... we know things" (and then promptly texted mom about the YouTube usage. Sorry, not sorry, kids).

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fubo@reddit

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It's not every day the English language invents itself a whole new pronoun.

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firewings42@reddit

This is me at work. Surprisingly I pull it off well and it makes people think I’m much younger than I am. 🤷‍♀️

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ctrl_f_sauce@reddit

Let me just edge my way into this shin dig.

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MyKidsArentOnReddit@reddit

This meme is very 6-7.

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TheRealGageEndal@reddit

I don't remember my parents trying to talk like a 90s kid. They missed out because I love for the eye rolls.

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DeadSeaGulls@reddit

i'm absolutely gonna say "moggin hard, or hardly rizzin" to my nephew. He's gonna 6 7 his pants

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EGOtyst@reddit

Mogging hard or hardly rizzing is hi8larious

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Eastern_Equipment708@reddit

i cant say this out loud with a straight face

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ImmediateLoquat6877@reddit

There are a few that I love, and after using them sarcastically a few times have entered my lexicon and get used regularly if subconciously

"No Cap" "Hey Chat" "Fire" or "Straight fire" "Gigachad" "Sigma" "Spill the tea" "Put the fries in the bag" < favorite by far "Mogging"

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PickleFlavordPopcorn@reddit

Can you elaborate on the fries in bag, please? I am here to learn

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

It's a response to a statement made by a person unqualified to hold an opinion on the subject.

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PickleFlavordPopcorn@reddit

Ohhh I quite like this

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Rob_LeMatic@reddit

"These tariffs are really good for the economy."

"Just put the fries in the bag, please."

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ScrumptiousPrincess@reddit

Eh, you know, just 6 7

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Kilgore47@reddit

I think of this meme at least once a day, lol, I love it

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Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit

I'm just out here slangmaxing, frfr

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Defiant_Cookie_4963@reddit

This is low key one of the best parts of parenting 🤣

Related: my mom still unironically says “jiggy”

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caffeinatedscientist@reddit

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Defiant_Cookie_4963@reddit

Yessss 🤣

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MicMacMagoo82@reddit

The only way to get my daughter’s attention is a terrible impression of that stupid slang. FR FR, no cap.

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Sad_Egg_5176@reddit

https://youtu.be/07xvchH1rPk?si=Li1R-38qwA3q_rkZ

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Zeqhanis@reddit

Kids need to learn that there's a time and place for ridiculous slang, and it's not as a meaningless placeholder in everyday casual conversation.

It's for plausible deniability when trying to buy drugs.

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TiredOldLadySays@reddit

Mogging hard or hardly mogging?

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DisgruntledTexan@reddit

You need at least 6 or 7 more sayings here

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ihavenoidea81@reddit

You need to leave the premises

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DisgruntledTexan@reddit

I’ll see myself out

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bratikzs@reddit

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ThePerfectSnare@reddit

And then they'll be all that and a bag of chips.

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Smokeythemagickamodo@reddit

I choose real words, in books that I read.

Not my fault if someone doesn’t know what they mean.

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anOvenofWitches@reddit

Lamemaxxing

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MajesticLow@reddit

I didn’t even realize that was English until I reread it 😅

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ihavenoidea81@reddit

Just keep parentmaxxing and you’ll be fine.

BRB, need to lock in and go rizz up my wife

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