Remember when comic artists and cartoonists would make up some outlandish slang for a character and it was supposed to make fun of millennials, but we thought that was stupid too?
Gen Z actually talk like that.
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I know you probably joking but as a millennial I kinda hate this take.
Every generation used words that our elders didn’t and every future generation will continue to do so and I support that.
In fact I like to try and learn the new words as it’s cool to know what’s happening. Don’t use them though else the kids will cringe.
Do use them though, because it makes the kids cringe
I would but I’m not allowed within 50 feet of child. You beat one child and you’re labelled for life.
Unlucky, I caught them in a group.
I don't have a problem with new slang in general - it's interesting to see what new words become popular. Sometimes, though, I just don't like them. I never got used to "yeet" and still dislike it.
Ugh… yeet and Kobe were some of the best at that time for me.
Like yeet sounds somewhat like an onomatopoeia. Like the sound of it flying through the air.
Yeah, it just never connected with me. Which is fine, since I'm an old fart Gen X and it's not for me anyway.
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do they? maybe i'm hanging out in the wrong places but the only place i've ever seen this sort of "slang" is posts mocking Gen Z
I've got some coworkers that fit this meme pretty well. Though I do admit they may be among the... slower ... of their generation.
Oh, stewardess! I speak jive.
No they don’t. My Zoomer son and his friends mock this bs savagely.
Can someone translate back to non-fuckwit human please?
Nah fam, it's lit ong fr fr
Is this cap
On God, you are cappin' rn fr.
I am the danger.
A hater gets caught lackin' in the crib and you think that's my vibe?
A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me?
Deadass,
No,
I am the one that's bussin'
I am the one who knocks!
I will note that a line for line translation doesn't quite work, as you can see above. This is more of a general translation than a direct word for word translation.
I too want the translation so I can brush up on my Fuckwit. Still not available in Duolingo!
No cap seems to mean "no lie". So it maybe means "I swear to god, you are talking shit right now for real". Bit I don't know.
Fo shizzle.
No
Skyler be like: "Are you having a stroke?"
Nah Skylar's response is just "cap"
On god, you cappin' rn fr
"Honestly, you are lying right now for real"
A hater gets caught lackin' in the crib and you think that's my vibe
"Someone who doesn't like me gets caught without enough to defend themselves in the house, and you think that's what I'm about/like"
Deadass, I'm bussin'.
"...in all seriousness, I'm great/fantastic/amazing."
Interesting as the second caption should be I am the one who knocks right?
It was pretty funny on an unintended meta level because the Italian verb for knocking is "bussare."
Huh the more you know. Thanks.
To be clear I'm fairly sure that that was not intended, but still :P
Is it cap because of capslock or what is the origin?
It's believed to have been a part of black American slang for decades, possibly from the term "high-capping" which essentially means bragging. Rapper E-40 used the term in his 1995 song "Da Bumble".
Thanks for the explanation and link!
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He was a pretty big crybaby for being "the one who knocks".
I wonder why I never see this for The Sopranos
Be the hero we need
Somehow, we're using the same language.
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