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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 38 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Every generation does this. The boomers had their fair share of dumb slang terms as well but for some reason everyone loves to hate the next generation for doing the exact same thing.

[–] HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I remember being young and referring to things da bomb. Or something cool could also be fly. People would refer to themselves as home skillet. Booyah.

[–] rckclmbr@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago
[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Waaaaaaazaaaaaaabi

[–] BigPapaE@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I still call things the bomb :(

[–] TonyToniToneOfficial@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Yeah, but do you call even cooler things "the bomb dot com"?

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"cool" though, "cool" never dies

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Honestly this is just the process of language evolving. Some slang words are born and fade into obsecurity once the novelty wears off, others get used so much that they become part of the language for ages to come. Some even become formal terms given enough time.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's nice to have slang for a word, but i do hate when people misuse it and then the word devolved. For example, gaslight.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

Gaslighting is when you hold a match to your butthole and fart.