I think this is true, but I also grew up without Internet or social media so maybe things were more regional as opposed to this larger shared culture those things have enabled. So that may be part of it?
You have a point, but when I was a kid we at least made sure the slang came from black people first. I don’t think anything good can come from white kids out there making up words.
Don’t pretend you didn’t become obsessed with whatever cool new slang was flavour of the month when you were a child
I don’t remember getting any new slang as a kid.
That’s because to you it was just normal.
What I remember from the 90/00s: sinch, hella, coolio, jam (going), spaz, poser, chillax, bitchin, burn, noob, booyah, aight, duh, phat, sup, stoked, jiggy, harsh, buzz kill
There’s a shitton more, but that’s what I got off the top of my head
Yes to all except jiggy. I feel like that was just Will Smith trying to make Fetch happen.
Idk, I got like all the jiggy’s before beating gruntilda
Don’t casually throw “spaz” in there with a load of inoffensive stuff!
You were learning slang along with everything else. At that age, it doesn’t stand out against everything else the same way it does when you’re older.
I think this is true, but I also grew up without Internet or social media so maybe things were more regional as opposed to this larger shared culture those things have enabled. So that may be part of it?
As someone who grew up in rural Canada, I feel that. We always felt a decade out of date on fads and slang lol.
80s had a ton.
Fr, no cap
You have a point, but when I was a kid we at least made sure the slang came from black people first. I don’t think anything good can come from white kids out there making up words.
LOL who’s that
You forgot the /s right?
I kind of figured it was implied but eh. Some things don’t land.
Yeah, well. World is full of racists. Can hardly even make fun of 'em without being mistaken for one, now.
This reminded me of the month ‘wigga’ was every fucking one’s favorite word at my very-nearly-all-white school. Nothing good, indeed.
Yikes
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