Yo these kids don’t say ‘gank’ anymore

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imspirationMoveMe@reddit

I referred to something as “clutch” today. Anyone remember that one?

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cablestuman@reddit

I remember Gank be used to describe stealing something. As in I ganked a Walkman from radioshack

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thepuncroc@reddit

Taking something, yes

Like taking a life, as example and so it later gets miscondtrued to just mean kill.

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NaDarach@reddit

I learned that gank meant either stealing or a surprise attack, but since Supernatural started airing in the mid-aughts, it's shifted to a surprise attack that kills.

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Outlaw_Josie_Snails@reddit

This is how I rember hearing the term, for stealing.

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SnooChipmunks2079@reddit

I heard it from a teen who worked for me in the mid 90’s.

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Comfortable-Yak-8691@reddit

Gank (v): to steal. “That guy ganked my bike!”

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ZombieCrow13@reddit

That's the way we use it. "I ganked his shoes and he had to ride his bicycle home from the pool bare footed." laugh

It implies a practical joke type of theft.

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Puzzleheaded_Fuel787@reddit

It must be a West coast thing. I've never even heard anyone use it here tho. Only in NWA songs.

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thepuncroc@reddit

It existed in snooty new England prep schools in the 90s.

Don't think it was a West Coast thing, though some decent percentage were from West Coast

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Arizona native and a few kids in high school used it after we were introduced to NWA but it faded quickly. It didn't stick. It's fun going back listening to 80s and 90s stuff and hearing the fad words at the times :)

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wyohman@reddit

I've never heard this before

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Empty_Nestor@reddit

Sure, it’s from Brass on Pocket by The Pretenders. It means a TV broadcast. You know the line: “Got a news gank, so reet…”

I’ll see myself out…

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Cleverironicusername@reddit

Werd?!

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WeirdcoolWilson@reddit

Did we ever say, “Gank”? I had to look up what this meant

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East-Garden-4557@reddit

I certainly didn't say gank or yo.

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Legitimate-Offer-770@reddit

You call yourselves Gen X and didn't say gank all the time? If you didn't say Radical, you are in the wrong sub!!!!

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East-Garden-4557@reddit

Or maybe we just grew up in different countries, listened to different music, had different hobbies 🤷‍♀️

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Outrageous-Donut-607@reddit

Nerd!!! RIP Frederick “Ogre” Palowaski '54-'26

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Far_Kiwi_692@reddit

I play world of warcraft, I hear kids say, "yeet", "rip", and "bet" a lot. Bet is the newest one i heard but I think it's more like yes or ok.

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Melissaschwart@reddit

My cousins son says bet.it kinda gets on my nerves 😬

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Far_Kiwi_692@reddit

But it's better than 6/7, right?

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Melissaschwart@reddit

He is 31 years old now if he was to start saying 6/7 i would probably bury him 6ft below.my 7 year old grandson says 6/7.it’s the stupidest shit word ever said

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Far_Kiwi_692@reddit

🤣

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Rungi500@reddit

Short for "you bet". So you are correct.

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HA1LHYDRA@reddit

Bets was short for better that up. Its from early/mid 90s. Its was an acknowledgement of a sure thing, as in you could bet on it.

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bistro223@reddit

I knew someone that said bet all the time in like 1998

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notorious_lx@reddit

You betcha!

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ResistNecessary8109@reddit

No one says "common" anymore.

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spotspam@reddit

It was replaced with “basic” after that TV show

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Tbagts@reddit

What about gaffled?

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whitebean@reddit

I came to say, if they aren’t getting ganked, for sure ain’t nobody getting gaffled.

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Evil_Garen@reddit

Hank is now a video game term for sneak attack

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Slow-Objective-7440@reddit

NYC growing up, never heard it

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drew_almighty21@reddit

We definitely used this in the Detroit area.

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toomuchyonke@reddit

Did you mean "Dank?"

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Quarrels-ofKoi@reddit

No, gank means grab or take away

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toomuchyonke@reddit

I know, dank is more useful!!

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Plenty_Cress_1359@reddit

Me too! I say it all the time!

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Automatic-Unit-8307@reddit

Oh hell bah. Hell is wrong wit them kids. I ain’t down wit dat yo.

They still talk like that or am I showing my ages?

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Bjorn_CyBorg1@reddit

Wait... for some people to leave I got another trick up my sleeve Step with pep to the back of the house Looked in... all the lights are out Grabbed the door and it's locked, so Easily made my way to the window Lift it up slow, 'cause it takes timing Looked around, and then I climbed in Once inside, I start takin' 'Cause you know it's no time for shakin' Get what you gonna get, front and center Or get five years for breakin' and enter Move quickly, but no runnin' Shh, I think somebody's comin' Hear the front door key, and I flee Out the back with a fist full of jewelry Over the wall... don't fall Wipe my sweat 'cause that was a close call Gettin' ganked by the E is a lesson So... is there any more questions?

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Suspicious_Ad2354@reddit

Yes, as a matter of fact there is. Have you ever been involved in an armed robbery or a hold-up?

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Tbagts@reddit

You mean a Two Eleven?

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Wonderful_Pain1776@reddit

When I read that, I thought I’d never even heard of that word. So when I said it out loud, I realized I never seen it spelled before. Lol

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Kindly-Emotion-5083@reddit

Same

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Tbagts@reddit

If you're white, you will probably only know gank if you listened to gangsta rap or hung around with people that did

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Nairbfs79@reddit

Try showing them an old school $20 bill haha.

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Plantagenet_Smith@reddit

I worked with this young kid a while back. He came into work one day and I gave him an upward nod of the head and said, "Sup." He was, like, "What?" He seemed to genuinely not know what I had said. So I said it again. He looked at me like he was trying to translate a foreign language then slowly he responds with a slight upward nod and says" Sup" back at me. I felt the generations coming together just a little bit that day.

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Straight-Event-4348@reddit

Still say "I'm gonna gank yo shit" when i "dad tax" my kids fries.

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Stigger32@reddit

Why give a fuck what kids say?

JFC. Get some self respect…

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crunchyturdeater@reddit

Only person I ever heard use that was a Jerry curl wearing dipshit named Eric.

Anyways he's dead now.

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NatalieBostonRE@reddit

if anything I would think that’s short for gangster.

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DKHawky@reddit

Never heard of it

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Disassociated_Assoc@reddit

Not something I ever heard used either

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Ana987654321@reddit

It’s a whole thing I missed. Oh well. Guess I’ll continue to Gank, or not Gank, as always.

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N-Y-R-D@reddit

Pretty sure I never have either.

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small_spider_liker@reddit

I think the kids say yoink. It’s the opposite of yeet.

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MMB_LLMN@reddit

Gank is probably millennial

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peteofaustralia@reddit

Watch Straight Outta Compton.
"You want me to say gank? Wtf?"
"Just say it, it'll sound cooler. Trust me."

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blyss73usa@reddit

I used to get ganked in WoW. It's not fun

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bigdunker21@reddit

They aren’t Original Gank-sters like us!

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Prudent_Charge_8101@reddit

70 here. hip hop. if ya know ya know. I was break dancing with all kinds of kids in Jr… That Yo thing is a staple. Still! gank was a known thing. West coast Sir Mix A lot Zone up in this m’fer‼️

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Dramatic-Elk4181@reddit

I haven’t thought of that in years!

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Quix66@reddit

Never heard of Gank. I’m older GenX if that makes a difference.

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wuukiee81@reddit

synonym "yoink", antonym "yeet".

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livinginfutureworld@reddit

Isn't gank like to steal?

If not then idk either.

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Quix66@reddit

Thanks. I’ve never hear this. New word to me.

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80s_baby90s_mademe@reddit

It does

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Bubbly_Following7930@reddit

Never heard that word

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Lady_Gator_2027@reddit

Same

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Fluffymanolo@reddit

I hate the change in "crashing/crashed out" How else do I describe the 5 hour nap I took today? I literally crashed out for 5 hours. If I said that to a kid they would think I meant I went on some kind of super long temper tantrum.

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RemyJe@reddit

They’re not too dissimilar. I wouldn’t say “crashing out” for 5 hours though, just “crashed.”

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Fluffymanolo@reddit

I woke up and found the time and, in my head, thought "wow, I really crashed out"

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Electric-Sheepskin@reddit

I know!! That word perfectly described crashing out, and now we have to get a new one? Get your own slang words, kiddos! Leave ours alone.

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ptindaho@reddit

I had this discussion with my 21 year old Gen Z kid!🤣

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BossKatana@reddit

Ganked means getting took for your bank or your gold or money or somethin’. Nine times outta ten she giving up nothing.

-Ice Cube- I Ain’t The One

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7_62mm_FMJ@reddit

Nobody ever said gank.

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Super901@reddit

It 100% was the word for "snatch away" when I was growing up. I think it's become "yoink", which is a Simpsons-ism

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undergroundutilitygu@reddit

Yoink is Scooby Doo!

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Super901@reddit

Of course it is! duh

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Tasty-Possibility627@reddit

Yeah, “somebody ganked my pen”. I’m from Michigan. Older millennial

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mmm_unprocessed_fish@reddit

Chicago area, younger Gen X. We definitely said gank.

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mellotronplayer@reddit

Still say it all the time. Ganking newbs in the Barrens...duh.

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Johnny_Radar@reddit

Same. Usually just in gaming though

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blooobolt@reddit

Did someone say... THUNDERFURY BLESSED BLADE OF THE WINDSEEKER?

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vietbond@reddit

We did. Still do

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Engchik79@reddit

Gank, right, like I’m gonna gank that brownie for dinner, yo

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actualelainebenes@reddit

Never heard of “gank” in my life

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BucktoothedAvenger@reddit

Ever heard of Snoop Dogg?

"Roll up the dank And pour the drank But watch yo stank (Why?) 'Cause Doggy's on the gank..."

Doggystyle album. "What's my name?"

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Stroker-Strong420@reddit

There’s this blurry line between Boomers, Gen Jones and Gen X. We are in a weird place.

Ganked to bust a cap in him, we get it. We just don’t include them in our daily language.

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jadedfaith7@reddit

I’ve never heard that word in my entire life. Is it a regional thing?

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Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit

1972 here. Never heard of it either.

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Few_Candle9432@reddit

I still gank, snatch and cop. These kids don’t even know and they crash out over it.

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SoUpInYa@reddit

Bogard that slang!

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mmm_unprocessed_fish@reddit

Isn’t it Bogart?

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Few_Candle9432@reddit

Way to tax someone’s gig, yo.

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SoUpInYa@reddit

Probably

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Irish755@reddit

I’ve been known to glom up a thing from time to time.

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Puckhead1973@reddit

This really shows the divide in Gen X. Some of us were in school for the death of Rock and the rise of Hip Hop and Rap, the rest were adults with responsibilities. I love Van Halen, but Eruption was just a REALLY cool solo because I had heard all the imitators at the same time. Music that was truly different and mind blowing? Extra points for pissing off parents who pissed off their parents with rock? The album starts with “You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge”. Mind blown.

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saltydancemom@reddit

I have never heard Gank ever (54). What does it mean.

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IThinkEveryoneIsNice@reddit

I think it means steal.

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Disembodied_Head@reddit

It also means to stab or kill.

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Swimming_Ad_8856@reddit

That was shank

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TheNolaCatLady@reddit

That mofo ganked me so I shanked him.

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TheNolaCatLady@reddit

54 and I still use "gank". 🤷‍♀️

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SuburbaniteMermaid@reddit

You clearly didn't watch Supernatural.

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saltydancemom@reddit

You would be correct, and i’m also not a gamer.

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Phog_of_War@reddit

Or play any MMO.

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RemyJe@reddit

This, really. It’s not even that old a term. I don’t recall ever hearing it 40 years ago. If you haven’t been tanked by an invisible Rogue, what are you even doing?

Young gamers are definitely using “gank.”

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NaDarach@reddit

My immediate thought as well.

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toodamcrazy@reddit

Maybe it's the younger GenX....I have always and always will use it. I'm 47

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capnsven@reddit

I’ve only used it or heard it used as steal.

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RemyJe@reddit

To be killed by a sneak attack, particularly in video games.

OP is wrong, TBH.

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ExtraAd7611@reddit

When were the kids saying gank?

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Wactout@reddit

We did back in the early and mid 90’s

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BabiesLoveStrayDogs@reddit

I have never heard nor used this word. I was in Oregon then, worked in the ski industry and never ever heard it.

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Wactout@reddit

This was in Chicago west side.

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BabiesLoveStrayDogs@reddit

Interesting! Back when colloquialisms didn’t travel quite so easily…

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addage-@reddit

Everquest, late 90s

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Breklin76@reddit

“Gank” was stealing.

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upsidedown-funnel@reddit

It was popularized in gaming. Primarily PvP servers (player vs player). Someone of a higher level goes out of their way to kill your toon for fun.

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addage-@reddit

Ok and yet that doesn’t match my exact experience. Have a good day

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Breklin76@reddit

Late 80s-early 90s for my crew.

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esp735@reddit

Dude. I just ganked my hip into the countertop again.

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

I was talking to some women in their 20s and 30s and I referred to my husband as “my old man.”

They were SUPER grossed out by what I was saying because they thought I meant my DAD.

I’ll admit, saying “my old man” or “my old lady” is a VERY old thing—started by boomers. But I heard it growing up so I adopted it once he really WAS an old man 🤪🤪🤪🤣

But apparently the youths don’t get it.

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mmm_unprocessed_fish@reddit

I call my husband “Old Man (our last name)” and my dad “Old Man (my maiden name)”.

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Gwaptiva@reddit

I got weird looks when I referred to my current SO as "her indoors".

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Super901@reddit

I love this expression, but my ol' lady's not a fan.

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FakenFrugenFrokkels@reddit

Next time call him the ol’ ball and chain😂

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GrowlingAtTheWorld@reddit

I don’t get it either.

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Jason_TheMagnificent@reddit

What's the new in word?

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Key-Elderberry90@reddit

Cracked. Chopped. Lowkey. Deadass.

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Jason_TheMagnificent@reddit

Rad!

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ScabieBaby@reddit

I'm not a fan of any of these, admittedly because I'm old, but the one that really annoys me is "lowkey," especially on the internet. Once you put forth an opinion on a worldwide forum such as the internet, doesn't it cease to be "lowkey??" It baffles my aged mind!

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Key-Elderberry90@reddit

Totally agree

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Deeschuck@reddit

It just means they're not going to get that worked up about it, not that it's a secret.

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MissRepresent@reddit

Bet

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SolomonGrumpy@reddit

Sussy

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DorktorJones@reddit

What about Bogart?

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Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit

As in that joint, my friend.

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haleontology@reddit

He didn't bogart the spliff, he outright ganked it

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chrissymae_i@reddit

Straight up ganked it!!

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

Ganked that bitch, then horked it down to nothing but a roach in three seconds flat, yo.

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Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit

I didn’t exhale?

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turtle0831@reddit

Tbf I have never said gank lol. I still say yo sometimes though.

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w1lnx@reddit

No, they say bro.

Constantly. To everyone. For everything.

My daughter called me bro.

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NaDarach@reddit

Reddit, I see bro the most from Gen Zers. I only ever use bruh, myself. "Bro" always referred more to Black people where I lived back in the day. Bruh was more universal.

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Quiet_File_11@reddit

Mine calls me bro or girl. I call her dude.

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

I call both my parents dude 🤣😂🤣 I call everyone dude.

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Just-Finish5767@reddit

Are you me?

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Quiet_File_11@reddit

Maybe. You 1/3 Pirate on yer mamma's side? In all fairness, the kids heard me calling everybody Brother and Buddy their whole lives.

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Just-Finish5767@reddit

Not 1/3, sadly, no. But I do have Ruari MacNeil, the Pirate Laird of Kisimul Castle, on me mam’s side. My kids were just kiddo, and every poor driver on the road is “my dude”

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mumtoant@reddit

I hear bruh from my students, not bro.

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w1lnx@reddit

See? Showing my age. We used to say "bro". But it has, indeed, morphed into "bruh".

And then there are those who pronounce the abbreviation "bros." instead of saying "brothers". But that's a separate rant.

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Iammine4420@reddit

I’ve been responding by calling them sis.

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Rays_LiquorSauce@reddit

And our parents complained about “dude” all the time. “I’m dad not dude”

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Solid_Association_49@reddit

Or bruh. I get that from my daughter all the time

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SkyRepresentative309@reddit

or cuh!

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kevbayer@reddit

"Bro" is usually a friendly or affectionate direct address: "Bro! What's up?!" "Check out this bro!" "Take it easy Bro"

"Bruh" is kind of like "I am Groot" as it's much more versatile and can have various meanings and functions depending on context and tone of voice, is often sarcastic, and can often take the place of a complete sentence.

Some examples: "Bruh"

"Bruh"

See the difference?

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GrowlingAtTheWorld@reddit

What is a Hank?

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tabicat1874@reddit

Someone stole something

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haileyskydiamonds@reddit

I have only heard it used in PvP video games.

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Curious_Owl78@reddit

I've said Jank or janky. Never heard of gank.

Maybe it's regional?

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Dramatic_Wear_6948@reddit

It started as regional because it was used a lot in early 90s rap (mostly cali) but also made its way (at least in my social circles) into southeast slang. I suppose it would have more to do with music exposure. I’ve also used jank and janky lol

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Slight-Selection4298@reddit

That's 2 completely different things...

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Curious_Owl78@reddit

I wouldn't know... since I've never heard or used gank

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Sad-Signature-5491@reddit

Hopefully they will continue to not say it. Dumb

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Run_with_scissors999@reddit

I’ve never heard of gank? My current nails on a chalkboard slang is “low key” everything.

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NaDarach@reddit

I lowkey hate that I've adopted "lowkey," but at least it actually conveys something that would usually take multiple words to express... unlike the many new slang terms that just replace a single word.

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Run_with_scissors999@reddit

But is everything lowkey? According to my son, it is! 🤣

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NaDarach@reddit

Maybe he's just a nonchalant, noncommital kind of guy?

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FakenFrugenFrokkels@reddit

You’re being a bit high key mom

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Run_with_scissors999@reddit

Na, life’s too short for that. I just need to keep him out of jail.

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boulevardofdef@reddit

I too have never heard "gank," I'm glad someone else said it.

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fetiddingokidneys@reddit

Let's Gank 'Em!

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harmonimaniac@reddit

You yes, gank no. Never heard of it.

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ParsnipDecent6530@reddit

We used to smoke GPC's. Ganked pack of cigarettes ..... we stole them

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DubiousPinkUnicorn@reddit

Gank?

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Kalnessa@reddit

I've only used it in terms of being killed in player vs player games.

"I was getting ganked by some trolls, so I called my buddy to help me teach them a lesson. He teabagged them so hard"

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Gwaptiva@reddit

Yeah, we used it in Eve Online 2 decades ago

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

Also I hate it when people call things “addicting.”

It’s “addictive.”

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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Super901@reddit

Exactly, you ganked someone's shit, meant you grabbed it.

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SoUpInYa@reddit

'To be gank is to be taken fo yo bank'

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NFLTG_71@reddit

Yeah, or he ganked my stank

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Infinite-Lychee-182@reddit

Gank?

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lazertittiesrrad@reddit

Stab or kill

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Smallmyfunger@reddit

Epitome of "proper" use of the word gank - 2005 Playin WoW low level player farming herbs gets killed by a high level rogue then posting on barrens chat "MFR rogue just ganked me & now he's tea baggin my corpse!"

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lazertittiesrrad@reddit

Go ahead and downvote me dumbass. It means what it means 🖕😂

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kevtay1969@reddit

I always knew it to mean kill also, never grabbing anything. Early 80s gaming lingo.

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HA1LHYDRA@reddit

Gank is something you do to someone else like an ambush. Early 80s gaming was primarily single player with atari and pacman. Nobody referred to Inky, Blinky and Dot as the gank squad.

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lazertittiesrrad@reddit

Think one of the Corey's might have said it in Lost Boys, but they used it all the time in Supernatural.

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7eregrine@reddit

Grab + yank = gank

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Infinite-Lychee-182@reddit

Gotcha!

It's like D'Jeet

Did you + eat ≈ D'Jeet

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Hydroidal@reddit

Yeah, a new one for me too.

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ImJustRoscoe@reddit

Colloquial hybrid of "grabbed" and "yanked"

To snag, snatch, yank, or pocket something, usually unintentionally, but not always....

"Hey I left my lighter here by my bowl... annits gone!! Who gank'd it this time?"

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jojowhitesox@reddit

And we didn't say "groovy". Lingo changes with the times.

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Altus76@reddit

Speak for yourself. I grew up with army of darkness.

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jojowhitesox@reddit

Great flick

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Uztta@reddit

Gimme some sugar baby

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cugamer@reddit

I still say groovy, it's a perfectly cromulant word.

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Temporary_Cow_8486@reddit

Never hear this. While we’re at it,

I ganked my __________

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darthjazzhands@reddit

(dabs)

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BFR5er@reddit

Boo. Get outta here wit dat shit.

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darthjazzhands@reddit

I love embarrassing my son with dat shit

(Dabs)

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BFR5er@reddit

Lol

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haleontology@reddit

Dabs are NOT in the same universe as joints (especially ours, which were often pressed Mexican shwag w/ stems and seeds). I learned this when a friend offered a dab, and I could do nothing but lay on the floor for 4 hours.

Anyway, za.

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theHollowTarnished@reddit

They dont listen to Eazy E either

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BFR5er@reddit

This is the season to let the real mutha fuckin G’z in

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theHollowTarnished@reddit

Rather than the storybook gangstas

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BFR5er@reddit

Both of you bitches can come and suck my doggy dick

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Papa-Cinq@reddit

“Literally”

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CheeseburgerSmoothy@reddit

Those kids say it “LITCH-rully”.

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Dry-Character-6331@reddit

And most use it incorrectly anyway...

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demonsidekick@reddit

That and POV. It makes me irrationally upset.

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InterestingHippo7524@reddit

I referred to my brobdingnagian protuberance the other day and people had no idea what I was on about. Kids these days.

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nullpassword@reddit

In what way did you reference thy nose?

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BlaZenDuderino@reddit

Nobody must be getting ganked up anymore. Times were rougher back in the day.

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makeup1508@reddit

I've never said yo or gank-I don't even know what that is

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stunneddisbelief@reddit

Same

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RealCrazySwordGirl@reddit

We gamers say it. "Oh crap man i just got ganked by all these skellies!"

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RemyJe@reddit

Those are similar, really.

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RealCrazySwordGirl@reddit

Haha you're not wrong. Although I'd rather Get cheated out of a half gram of blow in a street deal than have a gang of angry skeletons kick the shit outta me and leave me for dead 😆

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Altus76@reddit

To gank is to steal. Like if I asked someone for a lighter, lit my cigarette and then pocketed the lighter when you later realized you didn’t have it you might say “that guy ganked my lighter”.

Among my social group at least we also used the word gaffle which meant that you did the exact same thing but unintentionally. “Sorry man, I didn’t mean to gank your lighter, I just gaffled it.”

It usually referred to smaller objects. Not like stealing a car.

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RealCrazySwordGirl@reddit

Haha, well in gamer culture to gank is to ambush, usually a bunch of foes on one player. Gang kill.

In my day we used "teef" as you used "gaffle" 😄 "don't teef my lighter, dude!"

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Altus76@reddit

Way later usage though. We were using that term before realtime online gaming existed. I’m familiar with it as I came up in the early online gaming culture.

I am curious how that happened. If it evolved from steal (like that dude stole my life) if it developed independently and just used the same word/sound it certainly is an odd evolution.

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DumpsterAflame@reddit

The gamers ganked our gank

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See_more_ops@reddit

I only knew the gamer slang🤷‍♀️ I’ve been so confused in this thread until your post

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Electric-Sheepskin@reddit

Yeah, that's a pretty common usage. It's actually the only time I've ever heard it used, apart from a similar context in an episode or two of Supernatural.

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FakenFrugenFrokkels@reddit

No cap

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jetpack324@reddit

That’s so fetch

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Swimming_Ad_8856@reddit

Raw dog now vs before

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SeatSix@reddit

55 year old Gen-Xer and I don't say it anymore*. I didn't say it before, but I don't say it any more also.

*never heard of it

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WolfThick@reddit

Generation Jones here I've never heard it either maybe they've been bogarting the word though 🤣

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Slipstream_Surfing@reddit

Anytime I hear Vogue by Maddona I can't help using shortened form as a parody

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WolfThick@reddit

I'm definitely one year so everything I hear is interesting LOL

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iaMBictrochee@reddit

56yo ... wtf is a gank?

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7GrenciaMars@reddit

Yeah, I'm 55, we never said gank. But I miss me some Yo.

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Slipstream_Surfing@reddit

Yo. Wazzup.

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7GrenciaMars@reddit

Word!

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knoxcos@reddit

I recall “janked” rather than gank - same meaning.

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

The shift in meaning of jank from "steal" to "low quality" may well be the greatest crime against English of our generation.

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iaMBictrochee@reddit

Doesn't ring a bell.

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Ancient-Cow-1038@reddit

I don’t think I’d heard it until it was used in Supernatural.

57, UK.

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iaMBictrochee@reddit

I've never watched Supernatural either! 😅

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BFR5er@reddit

It’s “to take” or “steal”

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iaMBictrochee@reddit

Yeah... I never heard anyone use that term.

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Korvanacor@reddit

You’ve never been ganked by a Forsaken while minding your own business in south shore?

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iaMBictrochee@reddit

I grew up in NYC and moved to AZ in the early 90s. No joke, I honestly have no idea what you're asking.

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0hheyitsme@reddit

57 and idk either. Never used that word.

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TheDarkTurd@reddit

We used to say "man you got ganked" meaning someone took advantage of you, stole from you, etc.. We'd also say, "we should gank that fool for his weed" meaning we should steal it from him. Yeah, I ran with a tough crowd back then. Different times, eh?

If you didn't listen to gangsta rap back then or hang out with anyone who did, chances are you didn't come across that word.

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Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit

E.g., “My SuperSonics Starter jacket got ganked!”

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Training_Salad_5301@reddit

That sucks. They gaffle ganked my triple fat goose.

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OrlandoOpossum@reddit

Or gaffled

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CatPurrsonNo1@reddit

I caught myself saying “gank/ganked” recently, and then I thought to myself, does anyone know what it means anymore?

Yup, we used it as a synonym for “steal”.

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Kid_supreme@reddit

"Gaffled" is another word we used for stealing.

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omysweede@reddit

What is "gank" says a 50 year old.

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Electric-Sheepskin@reddit

I guess to a lot of people it means to steal something—"that dude ganked my lighter"—but I never heard it used that way.

We used it a lot in gaming culture. It meant that you were ambushed or easily overpowered by a stronger opponent or bigger numbers. "I was heading out to the frontier, but I got ganked by an assassin."

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Altus76@reddit

I’m 49 and we used it a lot. Were you a stoner? I associate it with stoner culture mostly.

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OkArmy7059@reddit

Means the same as gaffle

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Altus76@reddit

In my circle gaffle always meant unintentionally while gank was malicious

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

...which it largely replaced.

I have held on to both, though I vastly prefer gaffle.

I also use horked in both its connotations, "having greedily consumed" and "stole".

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sanctimoniousfsck@reddit

I still say gaffle!!

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chrissymae_i@reddit

It means "steal". As in, you ganked my pencil. 49 years old here.

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cleveland_leftovers@reddit

Same. 51F.

Ex: Who the bell ganked my Zima?

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Takara38@reddit

44, still use it all the time.

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DeepGreenThumbs@reddit

When we used it in the nineties in a computer programming context, it meant "delete with prejudice", to make something irrevocably no longer exist. However, apparently gamers were using it at the same time, for a variety of vaguely related meanings (steal, frag, ambush, etc).

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barb_dylan@reddit

51 here. We used that a lot on the 90s. Or somewhere between then and now.

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SkibidiBlender@reddit

My daughter was explaining “yeet” and I told her it would never be as cool as chuck or huck.

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Fluffymanolo@reddit

I find it funny when it's used in a funny context? How do I explain this... It's when someone tosses and item that's really too big to be tossed. For example, "he yeeted that car right out the window"

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Majik_Sheff@reddit

They do say yoink though. So we got that.

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Rays_LiquorSauce@reddit

Thought it was Yeet

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lazertittiesrrad@reddit

The Lord yeeteth and the Lord yoinketh away

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Salty_Pancakes@reddit

Are things still on fleek though?

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lazertittiesrrad@reddit

I care not for this "fleek" you speak of.

I come from the before times. When things were tubular and gnarly to the max and Dudes were excellent to each other

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Salty_Pancakes@reddit

I still say groovy. And maybe it was just my neck of the woods, but we also said stoney.

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Deer-in-Motion@reddit

Yoink is the opposite of yeet. Pulling towards instead of throwing away.

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Majik_Sheff@reddit

That's the opposite of yoink. I've heard both used.

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cgram23@reddit

I’m 52. I’ve never heard anyone say gank. Ever.

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Couldbelater@reddit

You never heard of anyone getting their duckets ganged?

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

Ducat: "universal trade currency" first introduced by the Florentines in the early Renaissance; has peaked and valleyed in popularity in the intervening years, but has always retained its meaning as money. Literally, for several centuries following their inception, figuratively since the coins stopped being minted.

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Couldbelater@reddit

Duckets: Slang for money, funds, or riches (derived from "ducats," historical gold coins)

Can’t be caught using ducats these days, not in this economy.

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cgram23@reddit

Duckets I know. Ganged isn’t ganked tho. Unless OP forgot his readers when he typed this.

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Couldbelater@reddit

I had ganked, meant ganked and the last second, Siri said NOPE. lol

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cgram23@reddit

Fcking Siri.

But no. Never heard it.

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Couldbelater@reddit

NWA and Eazy E days

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Couldbelater@reddit

Siri autocorrect hasn’t either

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Callec254@reddit

As part of the following generation of 51 year olds, yes, we used it extensively.

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Sly3n@reddit

Me either😂

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temerairevm@reddit

Born in 71 and have never heard that word.

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TLKimball@reddit

Have you played WoW on a PvP server?

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temerairevm@reddit

Nope. I think I was in grad school in that era and already on the computer way too much so when I wasn’t working I wanted to be outside staring at grass and trees.

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Slipstream_Surfing@reddit

Exactly. Pretty big difference in experiences between us early X and those born late 70s.

Also, assuming this is World of Warcraft being referenced, the youngest GenX would've been 25 in 2004. A bit old to be adopting gank into one's vernacular, in my opinion.

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upsidedown-funnel@reddit

Thats exactly where my mind goes. Needed a good guild for pvp severs.

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Goodrun31@reddit

I texted a younger person I was going to crash the other day meaning go to sleep, and woke up to texts asking if I was Ok and was everything alright.

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Distinct-Lynx-2063@reddit

What about "mark a$$ biaatch"?

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Milesotooleaudio@reddit

Gank, if I remember properly, was the proto- yoink

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At0mJack@reddit

Yoink is the noise you make when you gank something.

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thorneparke@reddit

This is the textbook definition, right here.

auntieup@reddit

This is an example of correct usage

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Arielist@reddit

the children also do not know the meaning of gacked, although that might be because so many of them don't party the way we used to 👵

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xRVAx@reddit

Also, gleeking

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thorneparke@reddit

Oh God, "gleek". You just brought back a flood of memories. No pun intended....

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overmonk@reddit

What do they say when they gank something?

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Hobgoblins83@reddit

Yoink

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thorneparke@reddit

Snatch-pops

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Ok_Two_2604@reddit

They call it blagged now. It’s part of the British fad.

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sonic_couth@reddit

Truf bruv

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jjillf@reddit

I’ve never heard that before ever. Doesn’t ring the tiniest of bells (F55/Texas)

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faintly_nebulous@reddit

Probably more properly belongs in r/Xennials , because I'm F46, Tx and this was common parlance.

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Curious_Owl78@reddit

Same. Never. TN here.

We said janky

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hapster85@reddit

Not familiar with this one at all.

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mayhem77@reddit

My 16 year old daughter just said gank this morning

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Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit

Whatta buncha dweebs

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sarcasticbaldguy@reddit

Hosers

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Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit

Take off eh 🇨🇦

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Stidda@reddit

Never’eard of it.

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Acceptable_Stop2361@reddit

55, TX, it fell from my regular usage but it means to steal something

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HeftyAd2780@reddit

What’s gank?

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TheHrethgir@reddit

Word, that's whack they dont say gank anymore, homie.

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BFR5er@reddit

Hella

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egret_society@reddit

Fuckin a

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Slight-Selection4298@reddit

Fuck a B, it's got 2 holes!

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Spicercakes@reddit

I use gank on almost a daily basis. 😅

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Slight-Selection4298@reddit

Same. Someone thinks it means "janky" lmao 1st time I literally spit my drink out

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7GrenciaMars@reddit

Yeah, what's wrong with "yo"? And "Word!" That was a great one. What's up with these kids? 😁

In a lot of ways I 100% do not miss high school, but in some ways I totally do.

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Spirited_You_1357@reddit

Word

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Drslappybags@reddit

Word, that's dope.

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mzskunk@reddit

Ugh, the other day I said "It's good stuff, Maynard" and then had to go look it up the source. I truly couldn't remember.

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

Pretty sure I've never said "gank" in my life. Had to look it up.

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Big_Gassy_Possum@reddit

Checking in from Southern Cali....My brother and I (49 & 51) still use it. Often.

Someone ganked your favorite parking spot. You're eating lunch and your wife ganks a french fry. You get up to get a beer and the dog ganks your spot on the coach.

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Zendarrroni@reddit

Yeah, gank was always, to steal, in the southern US when I was growing up.

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ZookeepergameOwn8573@reddit

They also look at you weird if you mention gang bangers.

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implicate@reddit

Yo, they don't even say 'gaffle,' either!

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Training_Salad_5301@reddit

Dude gaffle ganked my bike while I was in the 711.

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BFR5er@reddit

A friend and I combined gaffle, Steven Segal and David Hasslehoff to form “Segafflehoff”

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BobsMustache@reddit

Ah yeah homie, go on and reach ahead here
Got a lot of donuts left
Duck ya head in here man

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Aggressive_Ad6948@reddit

Play video games with a PVP component..often mmorpgs or space games (Elite Dangerous, EVE online, come to mind) you'll hear it

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TheSwedishEagle@reddit

Made-up gank moves and foolish fairy tales said by sissies to snatch the record sales.

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AdequateOne@reddit

I always heard and used ganked in reference to pirating software, music and movies.

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_thekev@reddit

Sup homes? Ganked any hot warez lately? Yo, I got this dope flick I'll swap ya for. Hook me up. Like don't bogart the stash man.

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Generally_Tso_Tso@reddit

It works in that context.

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bemenaker@reddit

Same meaning. It means to steal.

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bigpapirick@reddit

Gank was used in gangsta rap interchangeably with jacked to imply being took, robbed, accosted etc.

For reference see Ice Cube’s lyrics including “when will they shoot?”, “Ghetto Bird.

Also 2Pac’s infamous “Hit ‘em Up” refers to it in the same way.

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7GrenciaMars@reddit

Props to the guy with the references, yo. 😁

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BraveG365@reddit

I have noticed that a lot of the younger guys like to use "boss"....it be like "hey boss" or "ok boss"....and this is not in a job setting.

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marshallkrich@reddit

Andre the Giant use to say boss to everyone in the from the 70s till he died. Doubt he's the reason though.

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Ivotedforher@reddit

How big would you have to be to be bigger than Andre?

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marshallkrich@reddit

Think he was legit 7'2

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PrairieGrrl5263@reddit

What is this "gank" of which you speak?

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ep3dmik@reddit

Gang basically means "took", or "you got took/taken."

"I ganked his Reebok pumps and Jordans while he was sleeping."

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Duggeek@reddit

Sounds too much like "dank" to be used in casual convos, really throws the vibe.

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PrairieGrrl5263@reddit

Ah. Thank you, kind Xer.

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SingleStak9@reddit

Think "yoink", but a little more gangster.

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watchwatertilitboils@reddit

Some static started in the pool hall
Hit a motherfucker's face with the cue ball
Then I met this girl she tried to gank me
So I smacked her in the pootie with a Plank, B

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NapoleonBlownapart9@reddit

Welcome to Paul’s Boutique

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TreaclePerfect4328@reddit

Dude!

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gameraturtle@reddit

Yo, I don't know. Turn off the lights, and I'll glow

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Mr_SunnyBones@reddit

I thought you meant like ganking in mmos ?

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kermitsfrogbog@reddit

That’s all I know if from.

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bigpapirick@reddit

I thought that’s where the gaming term came from?

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smellmyfinger22@reddit

Same goes for "fresh" or "rad." I enter this sub at my own risk and more often than not I end up wishing I could go back on a permanent basis. Hopefully, I'll be alive when someone cracks the code to time travel because I'll be the first one to volunteer to go even if they're still working out the kinks and I might end up coming back with three heads or thirty fingers.

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R-Voodoo@reddit

Either option seems rad

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Injustry@reddit

“Hey Peter, did you gank my TPS report from the printer, it’s not there.”

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dbrmn73@reddit

Never heard before.

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JustinDestruction@reddit

We stopped using it after GANK got arrested and switched to GKAE. That was 30 years ago. Replaced by “Rack.”

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Key-Cattle-2866@reddit

What is “gank”?

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bemenaker@reddit

Gangster rap way to say stealing

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geoelectric@reddit

I’m 53 and have used it for years. Wonder if this is either a regional (NorCal for me) or a cultural (eg stoner) thing.

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HearingDue2119@reddit

It’s a hip hop term

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teeliny@reddit

Never heard this before, I’m from New York

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ThatMeasurement3411@reddit

Never heard of Hank

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PhatBitty862@reddit

I heard it mainly in the 90s in Maryland near the dc border

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One-Replacement1676@reddit

PG in da house!

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Perle1234@reddit

I used to say it in Tennessee. People still say it lol.

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Pale-Championship946@reddit

Aka “kype”.

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cowboyJones@reddit

I heard it from N. W. A.

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marshallkrich@reddit

NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE!

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StreetFriendship1200@reddit

Ditto

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Grand_Taste_8737@reddit

Gank? Never heard it before.

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iamsooldithurts@reddit

Inconceivable!

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Minirth22@reddit

Dude, my boss and my teammate didn’t recognize “quorum” or “Robert’s Rules of Order”. The HELL?!?

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Pale-Championship946@reddit

What about “kype”?

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ep3dmik@reddit

My 11 year old does lol

Ima bad influence lol

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bkcarr87@reddit

Gank is fake dope, think of it as baking soda sold as coke; as in that dude is out gankin’ dudes. I’m 56 and heard it first in ‘89. Common term in any Geto Boys rap

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awmaleg@reddit

See, I didn't want to gank you, But don't make me bank you, Thank you

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Tuffmuff34@reddit

Ice Cube would be proud 👏

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miss_scarlett1211@reddit

My group exclusively used it referring to stealing someone’s lighter. “Yo, did you gank my lighter?” Or “He totally ganked my lighter!”

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BBennett40@reddit

Parking spaces where the most ganked in our group.

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HeinousWalrus@reddit

I used to hear it in reference to shoplifting and theft. Like 30 years or so ago.

Fuck I’m old

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awmaleg@reddit

Still bumpin after all these years

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Tired_o_Mods_BS@reddit

Gankin', jackin', and gafflin'

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SamHandwich0@reddit

Its been a minute since ive heard gafflin...i need to dig out some ice cube.

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awmaleg@reddit

JD?

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Tired_o_Mods_BS@reddit

Someone who knows my sources!

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_ism_@reddit

that's wack

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Extension-Rabbit3654@reddit

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fallcreekprepper@reddit

I seem to recall using "gank" to mean to steal or rob, somewhere like late 80s to mid 90s, then later on, I remember in the mid 2000s people were using it again in video games when they would get jumped by other players in PVP, usually referring to a much higher level player or a group of players jumping or "ganking" a low level player

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Impressive-Yak-7449@reddit

I know it from video games as well

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Salty_Pancakes@reddit

Gank squads checking in.

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Three3Jane@reddit

Ya same here, like "who ganked my weed" or "someone ganked my parking spot".

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free_is_free76@reddit

I think today's kids say "yoink" when they gank something

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ohfrackthis@reddit

Yep this is exactly what I remember also.

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Most_Maintenance5549@reddit

Ok. I had no idea what this was until your comment and it came back. It was stealing. Thank you.

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anotherNotMeAccount@reddit

meh, it's all in the upbringing.

My kids still "rockin", "ya dig", "groovy"

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sfdsquid@reddit

Gank?

I know "jank" but I don't know "gank." Unless this is a gif thing.

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bylebog@reddit

One of the younger guys at work was complaining about his mouse and I explained that I had been using a janky one from Amazon for a couple years and it had been fine and I, you know, liked it.

He thought that was an endorsement and said that it didn't work when he bought it.

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Beefgrits@reddit

They deffinitely say yo, its all over youtube so they ganked it for daily use.

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therocketn00b@reddit

I knew things were changing when kids started putting yo at the end of phrases rather than at the beginning.

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sfdsquid@reddit

MTV raps yo

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Frosty-Solid5460@reddit

1988 called they want their Raiders Starter jacket back.

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LiquidSoCrates@reddit

They can still get ganked though. Jack these zoomers for their Nissan drift cars. Right in the drive thru.

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zedgrrrl@reddit

I've only heard the word Gank used on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Example: To Gank a vampire.

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Melissaschwart@reddit

In supernatural as well dean is always saying Hank

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zedgrrrl@reddit

Good point, I almost forgot about Supernatural.

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Significant-Peach-44@reddit

Ditto Supernatural

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

As on to steal?

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Essycat@reddit

I always used it in space combat games, especially multiplayer games

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Ryn421@reddit

Since when. My kid and his friends say it all the time during pvp battles

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00sucker00@reddit

I haven’t heard this word in at least 25 years

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a_youkai@reddit

Good thing I still do. Also, have heard it semi-recently as a term in MOBA-style games.

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The_Subtle_Shift@reddit

I always thought getting ganked was to get stabbed. And kind of morphed into getting violently robbed.

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WillPoleDance4Carbs@reddit

I think you’re thinking of getting “shanked”.

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TheReadyRedditor@reddit

I’m 54 and have never in my life heard that.

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PermuhGrin@reddit

You got ganked

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KarateKid84Fan@reddit

I remember when Uber meant a large guild or powerful weapon in an MMO and not a drive share company

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IDontNeedAnotherNqme@reddit

Oh yes they do! My teenager has been saying it since he was 4 after he heard it on Supernatural. His friends even say it too

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xamott@reddit

Shit I haven’t heard gank in forever. But now I’m gonna get back to using it every day. How tf did we come up with that word?

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SergeantBeavis@reddit

Time to confuse the youngin’s.

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kbsd1972@reddit

I mentioned that someone was mad-dogging me the other day. I was met with blank stares. After I explained it, I was told they’re gonna bring it back

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Breklin76@reddit

I still use “mad-dogging” to describe an unwanted stare.

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kbsd1972@reddit

Great cause we’re bringing it back!

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ProtozoaPatriot@reddit

Never ever heard gank before. Could it be specific to your local area? What does it mean?

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upsidedown-funnel@reddit

I think gaming made it popular

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SbMSU@reddit

I’m with you. Never heard gank. Sounds wack, yo.

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AcanthocephalaDue715@reddit

I even say “gaffle”

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MikeOrTara@reddit

One time gaffled em up

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NotoldyetMaggot@reddit

Fucking yes! I use both, and sometimes I get blank stares, the older people laugh.

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HouseHead78@reddit

Gallywacked

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Weird-Grape-5884@reddit

As in, “my chain got ganked,” and the response is “damn you got gaffled.”

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MikeOrTara@reddit

Gank was all over 80's/90's hip hop, which is where I picked it up.

Ice Cube's Jackin' for Beats used it for example.

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Square-Wing-6273@reddit

I've never heard the word gank before.

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DubbulG@reddit

Pretty sure Hank was some dumb xennial shit anyway, always hated that one.

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Breklin76@reddit

Pretty sure Xennial is some Xennial shit. I’m 76 and and we were slanging “gank” in the late 80s, early 90s. Might have been a younger GenX thing.

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Rungi500@reddit

Yep. Might have been localized. NEast coast US and we used gank then.

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Iammine4420@reddit

In my Gen-x circles, it meant take or steal.

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doubtaboutit@reddit

Yep, same

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Mako3303@reddit

Same here. Used it to steal or take. Mid 80s to mid 90s.

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daphatty@reddit

The kids in my area say Yo all the time. Can’t say I’ve heard them use Gank.

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biffbobfred@reddit

There’s some Minecraft fanfic, written by a dude named CubeKid, that uses Gank in a pretty different context. Just kinda unnerved me.

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texan01@reddit

Yo that gank is jank.

I always thought it mean to yank or grab.

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DaCarolinaKidd@reddit

Gank does mean rob so you’re close

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MaximumJones@reddit

When we were young "gank" meant stealing something.

Today it is a video game term for when a player of much high level (or a group of players together) kill your character who is alone or much lower level.

"Dude, I was level 17 minding my own business just trying to level up when I got ganked by two level 80s"

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Itis-caught-BearsWin@reddit

This is the only definition I’m familiar with. I’m 56. I’m too old to be dealing with ganking so I avoid PvP servers.

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DaCarolinaKidd@reddit

They still say YO

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IHeartCuteThings@reddit

Don't gank my shit!

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Ferrindel@reddit

I’ve heard “gank” for decades, in the context of gaming. Cheap kill, like in Counterstrike.

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ZetaWMo4@reddit

I’ve heard of jank but not gank

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bird9066@reddit

I was sitting outside and the neighbor was talking on the phone next to me. He's maybe early twenties?

If I did a shot every time he said bro I'd be dead, lol

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Shalleni@reddit

Gank? Never ever heard ever. I remember Jank and Janky though.

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Stereo_Jungle_Child@reddit

Not only to the kids today still say "Yo", they think they invented it.

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Reader47b@reddit

This is the first time in my life I heard the term gank, and I had to Google it.

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No_Consideration_339@reddit

Word.

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HistoricalTowel1127@reddit

As if. That is our word.

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Ok-Juggernaut-353@reddit

Not!

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otf_dyer_badass@reddit

I say this almost daily lol 😂 especially if someone ganks my case at work.

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slade797@reddit

Whatever

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Difficult_Clerk_1273@reddit

Never heard of it.

They do say “yo.”

Recently I’ve heard “tuff” a lot.

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Adorable-Tiger6390@reddit

Waiting for “bitchen’” to come back around lol

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Ok-Juggernaut-353@reddit

It’d be hella cool if it did

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Pretend_Passenger586@reddit

That’s a new one for me. I may use that next time my daughter says bruh don’t PMO when I don’t answer her texts fast enough.

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Melissaschwart@reddit

Omg my 11 year old says bruh and bro when she’s being a smart ass

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Ok-Commercial-924@reddit

What's pmo?

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Just-Finish5767@reddit

Piss me off

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AyBeeVee@reddit

Piss me off

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MuddyPig168@reddit

Piss me off.

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Bokononfoma@reddit

Meh, they can learn - the easy way or the hard way. Hehe

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HistoricalTowel1127@reddit

These young little dudes and dudettes are lame. They need a chill pill but it’s probably will never make them gnarley.

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AbsolutesDealer@reddit

Fahrvergnügen fell off, too.

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Antique-Ant5557@reddit

Gotta resurrect that mofo!

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this_kitty68@reddit

I’ve never heard or seen this word in my life.

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mikebushido@reddit

Give you money? Why bother? 'Cause you know I'm lookin' nothin' like your father Girl, I can't be played or ganked Ganked means gettin' took for your bank Or your gold or your money or somethin' Nine times outta ten, she's givin' up nothin'