And How!?
Posted by Cyborgized@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 148 comments
Seriously though, it's getting heavy, Doc.
Posted by Cyborgized@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 148 comments
Seriously though, it's getting heavy, Doc.
Cubelock@reddit
I said FO SHIZZLE to my nephew once and he looked at me with pity in his eyes
Bacontoad@reddit
_frank_tank@reddit
Two words: COOL BEANS
Mean_Median_0201@reddit
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.
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.
CuriousRiver2558@reddit
Guess what? Chicken butt
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.
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.
MrDilbert@reddit
...er.
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.
Writefrommyheart@reddit
I actually managed to make my best friends daughter laugh whe she asked Guess what, and I replied with Chicken butt.
vasectomy7@reddit
Guess why!? -------> chicken thigh.
NewSpice001@reddit
Guess who? --------> chicken poo
crystallmytea@reddit
Guess how? Chicken kung pao
shankthedog@reddit
Winner winner chicken dinner
Partucero69@reddit
Groovy and whack.
lueur-d-espoir@reddit
Tell him don't be such a chud.
InfectedSteve@reddit
"If you're edged 'cause I'm weazin' all your grindage"
Zestyclose-Click7539@reddit
You’re so Boss!
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.
JaxxisR@reddit
Peachy keen
koei19@reddit
Tubular
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.
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
peachwafffle@reddit
Hella gnar gnar 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's both horrid and genius and I will be adopting it for self-embarrassment purposes immediately
Odd_Middle_7179@reddit
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.
Gonna_do_this_again@reddit
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Immediate_Regular@reddit
You sound bodacious and like you had a totally tubular time.
Gravy_Sommelier@reddit
Most non-heinous!
QuadraQ@reddit
I sortof understand this haha
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.
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,
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.
PixelFondler@reddit
SMH. I could easily go into my backyard and dig up small rocks that have more self-awareness than you.
Epicardiectomist@reddit
jammin80@reddit
Sybau
PickleFlavordPopcorn@reddit
But where will I get the same sick satisfaction my grandpa did from “hey is for horses”?
Defiant_Cookie_4963@reddit
But it’s so funny when the olds (us) use them wrong!
cb112280@reddit
Just texted this to my 15 and 16 year old boys, hopefully their friends see it too…..
switheld@reddit
CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHKA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT
SakaWreath@reddit
“1337 sp3@k” my dudes.
BigBubbaMac@reddit
My 9 year old loves it.
blue-marmot@reddit
I find using GenZ slang around my kids makes them use it less.
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.
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?
DengarLives66@reddit
I don’t think you’re understanding how the two are the same.
Sterquilinus-616@reddit
no... I did not... but now... bastard... I see.
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. 🥰
LardLad00@reddit
Yes
Sterquilinus-616@reddit
Do you remember that Steve Martin sketch about talking to your kids wrong? You might as well do that.
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.
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?)
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.
cellrdoor2@reddit
I pronounce that as Fruh-fruh just to annoy my kids. It goes really well with girly pop.
CrouchingDomo@reddit
no lies but imma have to deduct points for using correct capitalisation and grammar
ymOx@reddit
Erhm, it's "no cap", please.
pawned79@reddit
67
Tricky-Passion-7191@reddit
Wicked.
w0rsh1pm3owo@reddit
[4
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PapaTua@reddit
Piglet and Poo on the ocean.
bitsy88@reddit
melanthius@reddit
Bitch left you on read? That's harsh
BritOnTheRocks@reddit
Worf wasn’t left on red, he turned yellow:
KireekBlackhound@reddit
Temba, his arms wide.
shootXtoXthrill@reddit
Tanagra, you say?
Feral_Sheep_@reddit
Temba at rest.
ThePizzaNoid@reddit
Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
Rob_LeMatic@reddit
Zinda, his face black, his eyes red!
Waldus792@reddit
Shaka, when the walls fell. 🙁
Redhddgull@reddit
iheartbaconsalt@reddit
r/StarTrekMemes knows.
yayoffbalance@reddit
i mean, the meme is not wrong.
WhoYouBoo_eek789@reddit
Actually?
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.
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.
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?
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.
PixelFondler@reddit
Gen S?
lavasca@reddit
OOPS! I meant Gen Z.
nothingwascool@reddit
Yeah that is a saying from the 90s as I recall
Sharpshooter188@reddit
Really? Huh. I was born in 83 and Ive never heard that term or rather the slang of it.
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.
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
iheartbaconsalt@reddit
That's how we ended up with r/sipstea and this great stuff
d3dk0w@reddit
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.
Ippus_21@reddit
Wow. I know just enough of those words to be cringing on their behalf. Ouch.
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.
WasteOfBerries@reddit
Please never say the hawk tua part of that to any children
CarmenxXxWaldo@reddit
Grandpa over here still saying "Flob a loogie on that thang" to children like its 1997.
Zerostar39@reddit
No cap.
(I’m still not sure what that means)
Melancholy_Rainbows@reddit
That you’re not lying.
tactical-potatoes-65@reddit
Chyeah, bruh!
BeefSupremeeeeee@reddit
This is me.
Redhddgull@reddit
Nothing brings me joy quite like using the word “yeet” and watching my children cringe.
BritOnTheRocks@reddit
I felt too old for “yeet“ too.
fubo@reddit
Yeet it? It's already yote. I yot it yesterday!
cordelaine@reddit
Type shit, type shit.
ailish@reddit
Meh, whatever. It wasn't that long ago when the adults were making fun of us, too.
Agreeable-Chart-5561@reddit
Gotta hit em with the Weasel
djsynrgy@reddit
NO WHEEZING THE JUICE!
herseyhawkins33@reddit
PSA Urban dictionary is a lifesaver
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.
HomerSectual@reddit
Idk but broski has a chomo vibe
fubo@reddit
Dude. Chillax to the max or your fax pays the tax.
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).
fubo@reddit
It's not every day the English language invents itself a whole new pronoun.
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. 🤷♀️
ctrl_f_sauce@reddit
Let me just edge my way into this shin dig.
MyKidsArentOnReddit@reddit
This meme is very 6-7.
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.
DeadSeaGulls@reddit
i'm absolutely gonna say "moggin hard, or hardly rizzin" to my nephew. He's gonna 6 7 his pants
EGOtyst@reddit
Mogging hard or hardly rizzing is hi8larious
Eastern_Equipment708@reddit
i cant say this out loud with a straight face
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"
PickleFlavordPopcorn@reddit
Can you elaborate on the fries in bag, please? I am here to learn
Rob_LeMatic@reddit
It's a response to a statement made by a person unqualified to hold an opinion on the subject.
PickleFlavordPopcorn@reddit
Ohhh I quite like this
Rob_LeMatic@reddit
"These tariffs are really good for the economy."
"Just put the fries in the bag, please."
ScrumptiousPrincess@reddit
Eh, you know, just 6 7
Kilgore47@reddit
I think of this meme at least once a day, lol, I love it
Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit
I'm just out here slangmaxing, frfr
Defiant_Cookie_4963@reddit
This is low key one of the best parts of parenting 🤣
Related: my mom still unironically says “jiggy”
caffeinatedscientist@reddit
Defiant_Cookie_4963@reddit
Yessss 🤣
MicMacMagoo82@reddit
The only way to get my daughter’s attention is a terrible impression of that stupid slang. FR FR, no cap.
Sad_Egg_5176@reddit
https://youtu.be/07xvchH1rPk?si=Li1R-38qwA3q_rkZ
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.
TiredOldLadySays@reddit
Mogging hard or hardly mogging?
DisgruntledTexan@reddit
You need at least 6 or 7 more sayings here
ihavenoidea81@reddit
You need to leave the premises
DisgruntledTexan@reddit
I’ll see myself out
bratikzs@reddit
ThePerfectSnare@reddit
And then they'll be all that and a bag of chips.
Smokeythemagickamodo@reddit
I choose real words, in books that I read.
Not my fault if someone doesn’t know what they mean.
anOvenofWitches@reddit
Lamemaxxing
MajesticLow@reddit
I didn’t even realize that was English until I reread it 😅
ihavenoidea81@reddit
Just keep parentmaxxing and you’ll be fine.
BRB, need to lock in and go rizz up my wife
naileyes@reddit
ngl "mogging hard or hardly rizzing" is pretty good
Obi_Wan_Benobi@reddit
Christyle24@reddit
Vegetable-Money5250@reddit
I know that feeling.
EZE333@reddit
I do this and my daughter (11) asks where I learn it. I tell her from memes. I used "the whole lobby" the other day and she said I couldn't say that. Told her I've been in lobbies since it was a wired connection, I most certainly can
BobbyGuano@reddit
TOTAL Goblin Mode.
ZedArkadia@reddit
My guilty pleasure is watching videos of dads embarrassing their kids by using their slang, no cap.
Kitchen-Fisherman280@reddit
I memorized this meme and broke it out to all the kids are Halloween tbis year. They were very pleased