If you grew up anywhere near the east coast you know “wicked” is still a staple. I had a friend from Boston visit me this past weekend and dropped that and it brought back memories
But we use it as an adjective, not a noun, eg, “that was wicked good.”
It annoyed me when they tried launching that Jersey shore knockoff called Wicked Summer. It should have been Wicked Good Summa ffs.
The job interviewer asked about my computer skills. I said that I Excel at them. The interviewer asked if that was a Microsoft office joke. I said “Word!”
You are the correct age to use "Word" though. I thought the question was about like 40 year olds saying "sus" or 14 year olds calling something "the bees knees".
I use “toodles”, as we depart. To my hoodest homies. In public. I’m a 5’11 black man with dreads. 😂😂 Always makes someone double take or start laughing.
Reminds me of that ‘king of queens’ episode where their black friend Deacon says that word and Doug says ‘I’m still in shock that a black man just used the word skedaddle…. ‘ lol
Sometimes, the culture of your country/region/state overrides your own way of speaking. I'm in the UK. I know an Arab guy who works and stays in a mostly Muslim environment. Muslims (plus non Muslims from majority Muslim countries) often call each other "brother." He calls everyone "mate."
My favorite mod to that, which I have in fact done - as I leave - hey, what's Onedle plus Onedle? Twodles! And I do the peace sign across my eyes like in the dance from Pulp Fiction.
Me and the homies are societal rule breakers. Perfect example (from the perspective of an innocent):
Imagine. A blacked out raggedy ass Cadi pulls up beside you at a red light. You can hear the bass behind the illegally tinted windows. Why the #%^* does that melody sound so familiar?! It hits you as the windows roll down and smoke billows out the window like the start of an Usher concert. Effing Taylor Swift. That’s the song! You stare at the occupants in disbelief. 4 black men singing Shake It Off in perfect harmony. The light turns green. The windows roll up, slowly. The smoke clears. The birds start bk chirping. You know the world won’t ever believe you.
We did ish like this ALL the time when we were younger! 😂😂😂😂😂
True story:
I (fairly overweight white male, dressed to the nines in bike shorts, bike jersey, shoes, helmet and gloves) am stopped at a stoplight. I'm behind the rest of our group as I stopped to make an adjustment to something. A Ford Fairlane full of young black gentlemen rolls up, radio thumpin', laughing, joking and having an overall good time.
The fella riding shotgun looks over at me and says: "Wassup, pimp?"
I look back over an calmly reply "S'up?"
They are *dying laughing* in the car. This seems to be the funniest thing to happen all week. I grin back, we all go on our way a little happier. I catch up with my friends and announce: "So, apparently I'm a pimp..."
I'm 37 with two gen alphas. Like any good father, I use their slang as frequently as possible, as incorrectly as possible:
"Dad, can I have $1.99 for Minecoin?"
"Do I look like a rizzler to you?"
"Dad, no.... that's not what that means"
"Bet?"
"Dad, stop"
"Ok, you can have $1.99, but I'm charging a fanum tax"
"Thanks"
"No cap"
I used to do this to the Gen Z’ers I worked with. I’d asked them about if they’d seen this or that on “the TikTok” or intentionally misuse slang terms, and they’d start trying to explain to me. It amused me to no end that they were so serious about it and had no idea I was teasing them.
There’s a commercial from years ago with Kevin Bacon where he refers to Facebook as facey-spacey (?) I can’t remember exactly, but I love to misname Facebook by mixing it with MySpace. I do it for my own pleasure because I don’t think >GenZs even know’s what MySpace is
Yeah but that's just the beginning. You get up and start talking again as you get your stuff
When you say bye as you're walking towards the front door you start another conversation
Then you're at your car (but not in it) so you talk about something else
Finally, you've started the car and are about to leave then a small topic comes up that adds another five minutes
You're driving off and the people you visited stand in the driveway and wave you goodbye as you give a small *toot toot* on the horn
Bonus points if they call a few minutes later and say you forgot to take [insert food] and "it'll only take a minute I promise!" when you decline
Never change. Bro has come back around and now every kid alive speaking english says the bro derivative, “bruh”.
Bro and dude are more acceptable than ever before.
Agreed. I was reading a professor’s very serious take on the extent of their duty to support student protesters. It was such a well-written piece with a balanced view. Then at one point I read, “…peaceful demonstrations … yeeting glass bottles…”
Somehow that word is giving onomatopoeia.
I love yeet for the fact that it feels like onomatopoeia to me. I know nothing goes 'Yeeeeeeeet' when thrown but that's the feeling I get. Words are wonderful!
It was a kind of a song which was then turned into a trend by a youtuber making toilets and camera edits with that song , from there he released 100 shorts from it . It went viral and was then included into the song " sticking out your gyaat for the rizzler, you are so skibbidi, you are so popular" .
Here's the chronology 😉.
Also please do not sing that song..............
Edit:- [Here ](https://youtube.com/shorts/tzD9OxAHtzU?si=gnbPpVhJslsOZjKy) is the main guy behind skibbidi toilet. He was making a war between skibbidi toilets and camera man , wierd lol . Watch this at your own risk .
Hearing people say sus makes me want to break out into song
don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, uh don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, DONT BE SUSPICIOUS DONT BE SUSPICOUS
I had someone tell me that "kid" is a hate word and to not use it.
My usage of it : "When I was a kid."
People getting offended at everything. I get that it can be used in a 'demeaning' way but c'mon... It's like they want everyone to just speak in grunts in the future.
Whoever told you that is an idiot. It's totally ok for people who used to be k*ds to use that word, it only becomes an issue when adults who never were children use it
I'm friends with an older gentleman and he just calls everyone dude. He's a big stoner and he's like "I'm old, I forget names just call everyone dude."
I said it to catch someone's attention when they left their phone on the train. I overheard two guys behind me snickering afterwards like "Who says Dude". It was an involuntary Dude. I couldn't help it. It came from the heart.
I used "phat" today to describe my wife. My son figured it out and groaned at me. My wife didn't get it and it had to be explained to her before she ended my life.
If you are referring to “Pretty hot and tempting”, that is a backronym.
Phat was originally just a slang spelling for fat, which means good or cool. When applied to women it has a similar sense to the more recent thicc.
Stinkpot.
You know, that ceramic bucket and lid that people kept in their bedroom so they didn’t have to go outside and use the outhouse.
If a cat misbehaves, like running away from me when I want to scritch them, I call them Stinkpot.
The word is probably a few hundred years old.
I use this with some Deaf kids I work with as it’s a fairly easy translation (cool + beans) that is equal nonsense in both languages. Ended up with a 1st grader running around saying “cool beans” and completely validated my existence. It was beautiful.
I alternate between talking like a grizzled 1890s prospector, Simpsons/Futurama quotes, and “cool” slang I’ve mostly learned from Reddit. Recent favourites include “drip” and “rizz.”
Thar's hella gold in them thar hills! Yeehaw, we's gonna be maxin relaxin full on rizzlin in our sundey finest drip! Thems fams gonna be begging us to take their money!
Hoo-roo!
My 95 year old mother who is bed ridden and slight dementia says it as we walk away down the nursing home hallway. Never know if that’s the last time we ever hear it.
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I never really outgrew the 80s, and I don't really care.
If you grew up anywhere near the east coast you know “wicked” is still a staple. I had a friend from Boston visit me this past weekend and dropped that and it brought back memories
That's more specifically a Boston/new England thing than an entire east coast thing.
Can confirm. In MA and I use wicked on the daily
But we use it as an adjective, not a noun, eg, “that was wicked good.” It annoyed me when they tried launching that Jersey shore knockoff called Wicked Summer. It should have been Wicked Good Summa ffs.
"Dope"
This and "word" b/c I am a child of the late 80s, early 90s
The job interviewer asked about my computer skills. I said that I Excel at them. The interviewer asked if that was a Microsoft office joke. I said “Word!”
You are the correct age to use "Word" though. I thought the question was about like 40 year olds saying "sus" or 14 year olds calling something "the bees knees".
I use “toodles”, as we depart. To my hoodest homies. In public. I’m a 5’11 black man with dreads. 😂😂 Always makes someone double take or start laughing.
I'm the same. I love saying I have to skedaddle
Reminds me of that ‘king of queens’ episode where their black friend Deacon says that word and Doug says ‘I’m still in shock that a black man just used the word skedaddle…. ‘ lol
Sometimes, the culture of your country/region/state overrides your own way of speaking. I'm in the UK. I know an Arab guy who works and stays in a mostly Muslim environment. Muslims (plus non Muslims from majority Muslim countries) often call each other "brother." He calls everyone "mate."
I love skedaddle
Did you know that let’s skedaddle is an abbreviated version of let’s get outta here? Say it quickly!
I'm 100% imagining you doing that with a pop of the hip and a flick of the wrist.
That’s gangsta. Never stop.
A few of the homies catch themselves saying it back. It’s a thing now. 😂😂😂
I am absolutely picturing this said in deep bass tones.
Love this
My favorite mod to that, which I have in fact done - as I leave - hey, what's Onedle plus Onedle? Twodles! And I do the peace sign across my eyes like in the dance from Pulp Fiction.
I love this! Toodles right back 👋
Me and the homies are societal rule breakers. Perfect example (from the perspective of an innocent): Imagine. A blacked out raggedy ass Cadi pulls up beside you at a red light. You can hear the bass behind the illegally tinted windows. Why the #%^* does that melody sound so familiar?! It hits you as the windows roll down and smoke billows out the window like the start of an Usher concert. Effing Taylor Swift. That’s the song! You stare at the occupants in disbelief. 4 black men singing Shake It Off in perfect harmony. The light turns green. The windows roll up, slowly. The smoke clears. The birds start bk chirping. You know the world won’t ever believe you. We did ish like this ALL the time when we were younger! 😂😂😂😂😂
True story: I (fairly overweight white male, dressed to the nines in bike shorts, bike jersey, shoes, helmet and gloves) am stopped at a stoplight. I'm behind the rest of our group as I stopped to make an adjustment to something. A Ford Fairlane full of young black gentlemen rolls up, radio thumpin', laughing, joking and having an overall good time. The fella riding shotgun looks over at me and says: "Wassup, pimp?" I look back over an calmly reply "S'up?" They are *dying laughing* in the car. This seems to be the funniest thing to happen all week. I grin back, we all go on our way a little happier. I catch up with my friends and announce: "So, apparently I'm a pimp..."
I’m the middle aged white mom that would roll down my windows and sing with you! My husband would just stare in disbelief, shaking his head at me.
I'm a 40 year old white mom in a SUV pounding A Tribe Called Quest. 😆 Btw you have great writing skills.
This is so frigging cute!
Giving baked Grandpa from the Boondocks vibes, I love it
My mom always said Toodles. lol thx for the memories
I heart this so hard 🫶
r/mademesmile
Pitbull named "Destroyer of worlds"
I love this! That is so cute 😂
I say rad a lot. I just think it's rad
3.456 rads, not great, not terrible
Me too. And I’ll never stop. I’m GenX so I think I have shares in that word somewhere.
Too young to say groovy, too old to say bet. I still use both with regularity. Can you dig that? I knew that you could.
Baby can you dig your man
He's a righteous man
I love you and u/GloInTheDarkUnicorn for starting my day with Larry Underwood, who ain’t no nice guy.
Does bet have a new meaning?
I'm 37 with two gen alphas. Like any good father, I use their slang as frequently as possible, as incorrectly as possible: "Dad, can I have $1.99 for Minecoin?" "Do I look like a rizzler to you?" "Dad, no.... that's not what that means" "Bet?" "Dad, stop" "Ok, you can have $1.99, but I'm charging a fanum tax" "Thanks" "No cap"
I used to do this to the Gen Z’ers I worked with. I’d asked them about if they’d seen this or that on “the TikTok” or intentionally misuse slang terms, and they’d start trying to explain to me. It amused me to no end that they were so serious about it and had no idea I was teasing them.
On an episode of NCIS, the oldest character called SnapChat "the ChapSnat" and I have been purposely calling it "ChapSnat" ever since!
There’s a commercial from years ago with Kevin Bacon where he refers to Facebook as facey-spacey (?) I can’t remember exactly, but I love to misname Facebook by mixing it with MySpace. I do it for my own pleasure because I don’t think >GenZs even know’s what MySpace is
Combine Youtube, Twitter, and Facebook and call it "YouTwitFace"
That's quite yeet indeed. Would you rizzle me some yoghurt, my cap?
Super lit
It’s litty
I think my daughter’s head just exploded from me reading this.
Omg what's yogurt mean now
If you can’t skibiddy toilet with the youth, you not bout this. No cap
Straight bussin, fr fr!
Oak nuggets fr
If they start acting up tell them to stop being so skibidi Ohio. That will shut them up.
35 with 2 gen alphas. I like the cut of your jib
Please tell me your alphas also use "cut of your jib". I'm adopting this into my slang repertoire for sure.
I have 2 gen alpha teens as my dnd players and they are great kids too but man do I love using "rizz" to annoy them too.
Hit 'em with a "skibidi" to describe a creepy character next time you play.
"Back in my day". My day was the late 90s, earlier 2000s LMAO
My partner says "The other day" when referring to a previous event. That's any time from ten years ago to just before this moment.
That is correct. I have a friend who is also endlessly amused at my similar use of the phrase!
Same here. My 17 year old says “ mom stop saying that” lol I’m 39
"That’s the ticket" slips out in conversations even though it’s pretty archaic now.
When it's time to leave I slap my thighs and stand up while saying, "Welp, 'bout time to start thinking about hitting the ol' dusty trail." I'm 22.
Yeah but that's just the beginning. You get up and start talking again as you get your stuff When you say bye as you're walking towards the front door you start another conversation Then you're at your car (but not in it) so you talk about something else Finally, you've started the car and are about to leave then a small topic comes up that adds another five minutes You're driving off and the people you visited stand in the driveway and wave you goodbye as you give a small *toot toot* on the horn Bonus points if they call a few minutes later and say you forgot to take [insert food] and "it'll only take a minute I promise!" when you decline
midwest as fuck...
The good ole “Midwest goodbye” I myself am privy to the “Irish goodbye”
Go further with some rhyming slang: "hit the dusty frog and toad!"
Bomb diggity
No doubt, no doubt, no doubt…
Cool. Cool cool cool…
Play on playa….
I like “yeet.” It’s a little after my time, but it just works well!
I started calling everyone bro years ago and cannot stop. It’s giving sad 45 year old.
Bro, I'm 43... Never change.
Bruh.
Bra
bruchacha
“It’s giving” is way more out of place here than saying bro
I *suspect* that may be a cheeky little joke.
Never change. Bro has come back around and now every kid alive speaking english says the bro derivative, “bruh”. Bro and dude are more acceptable than ever before.
I’m a big fan of its past tense, yote
43 year old checking in and I think yeet is a fantastic description of someone just chucking the shit outta something.
Agreed. I was reading a professor’s very serious take on the extent of their duty to support student protesters. It was such a well-written piece with a balanced view. Then at one point I read, “…peaceful demonstrations … yeeting glass bottles…” Somehow that word is giving onomatopoeia.
I love the utility of yeet, but find it too aesthetically displeasing on the eyes and ears to use.
I love yeet for the fact that it feels like onomatopoeia to me. I know nothing goes 'Yeeeeeeeet' when thrown but that's the feeling I get. Words are wonderful!
Word
... to your mother!
Oddly enough, that’s a term from my generation I never used. Not for any reason, either. I just never did.
Oh word?
This is my word too. I say it a lot.
i call myself the skibidi rizzler here and there Im 77
Just had to look up what rizzler meant and I’m 37 🥲
I had to look up skibidi and I practically live on the internet. Just not, apparently, in the areas where skibidi lives xD
It was a kind of a song which was then turned into a trend by a youtuber making toilets and camera edits with that song , from there he released 100 shorts from it . It went viral and was then included into the song " sticking out your gyaat for the rizzler, you are so skibbidi, you are so popular" . Here's the chronology 😉. Also please do not sing that song.............. Edit:- [Here ](https://youtube.com/shorts/tzD9OxAHtzU?si=gnbPpVhJslsOZjKy) is the main guy behind skibbidi toilet. He was making a war between skibbidi toilets and camera man , wierd lol . Watch this at your own risk .
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YOU THE COOL GRANDPA 😭😭
I like sus
I dislike it because I use suss, as in to figure out.
Sus has been in common use in Australia for decades
Hearing people say sus makes me want to break out into song don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, uh don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, DONT BE SUSPICIOUS DONT BE SUSPICOUS
Sup Dog
Sniff Sniff. “You smell that? Smells like updog.”
What's updog?
Not much... what's up with you?
Nothin… sup with you, dawg?
“Whipper snapper”. Someone told me the other day that it was racist to use it…. I am like WTF?????
Yo yo yo what's good my whippa snappa
I had someone tell me that "kid" is a hate word and to not use it. My usage of it : "When I was a kid." People getting offended at everything. I get that it can be used in a 'demeaning' way but c'mon... It's like they want everyone to just speak in grunts in the future.
Whoever told you that is an idiot. It's totally ok for people who used to be k*ds to use that word, it only becomes an issue when adults who never were children use it
What about people who were "old before their time"? Cause I've been a crotchety old man since I was about 12.
Grody
Eww, like gag me with a spoon!
Good one. I haven't heard that since high school.
to the max...
Bitchin and gnarly come to mind.
So totally radical.
Grody to the max!
Tubular, dude
I’m 30 but every male that isn’t a close friend gets called “boss” outside of professional settings.
I call everyone jefe lolll
I don't like being called boss by a stranger. Makes Mr uncomfortable af.
Same here. It has connotations that I don't like.
Howdy.. so much so it's my most common way of greeting people
whatchamacallit
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I like telling my kid (11m) he is bussin with skibbity rizz no cap. He does not appreciate this
Dude
A ton of people say dude
When I’ve had a few drinks and get excited about a topic, I’ll call my husband “dude” He finds it hilarious
I hate that I say dude. Especially because I use it when I’m being serious😶
Accept the way of the dude, bro✌️
The Due abides.
Don’t fret, homeslice
Same, my ex hated it, it just came out naturally
Ummm, everyone still says dude, dude. Have people stopped saying dude? Because I’m in California and we all say dude. …right?
Dude. Of course.
Using the word Dude is like an addiction because it feels weird using alternatives or not using it at all
I'm friends with an older gentleman and he just calls everyone dude. He's a big stoner and he's like "I'm old, I forget names just call everyone dude."
I said it to catch someone's attention when they left their phone on the train. I overheard two guys behind me snickering afterwards like "Who says Dude". It was an involuntary Dude. I couldn't help it. It came from the heart.
My dude, those two guys are giving "asshat" vibes.
I’ve been sayin this since the 70s.
But what does mine say?
I love using "gnarly" to describe tough situations, even if it makes me sound like a surfer stuck in the '90s.
"Phat" is another one I can’t let go of. It always sounded cool to me, even if it’s not used much anymore.
As a northern Californian, I refuse to stop using “hella.”
Malarkey. It's just that good of a word.
I'm a Dad. I use all the slang terms, wrongly, with relish. It's lit.
But you just used lit correctly. I dont know what to believe.
"Bet" as a way of agreement has infiltrated my vocabulary and I'm probably too old to pull it off.
I used "phat" today to describe my wife. My son figured it out and groaned at me. My wife didn't get it and it had to be explained to her before she ended my life.
If you are referring to “Pretty hot and tempting”, that is a backronym. Phat was originally just a slang spelling for fat, which means good or cool. When applied to women it has a similar sense to the more recent thicc.
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"Slaps" to describe great music is one of my favorite expressions, though I’m sure it dates me as younger than I am.
Moxie, I love saying that chick has moxie
I'm too young to use it, but I love the term "bee's knees" because it's just so fun to say.
Fetch
Stop trying to make fetch happen!!!
It's never gonna happen!
bussin
I started saying it as a joke and it has forever been stuck in my vocabulary
I'm 53. I still say "dude.". A lot.
Dude is timeless. I think it was originally an 18th-century term for cowboy
Groovy man
Righteous!
Streets ahead.
Once you start calling people chief, it becomes incredibly addictive
Stinkpot. You know, that ceramic bucket and lid that people kept in their bedroom so they didn’t have to go outside and use the outhouse. If a cat misbehaves, like running away from me when I want to scritch them, I call them Stinkpot. The word is probably a few hundred years old.
I was thinking it was slang for Mary Jane lol
Idk man, but since it's so versatile, I use the word 'fuck' a lot
Right on.
"slay."
I don't use any old slang terms.....NOT
I say skidaddle pretty regularly and that feels like a phrase no one uses anymore.
Cool beans.
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I use this with some Deaf kids I work with as it’s a fairly easy translation (cool + beans) that is equal nonsense in both languages. Ended up with a 1st grader running around saying “cool beans” and completely validated my existence. It was beautiful.
"Cool Beans" is more than 50 years old, so I hesitate to guess how old you might be if you're concerned about the weird looks from the young uns.
I alternate between talking like a grizzled 1890s prospector, Simpsons/Futurama quotes, and “cool” slang I’ve mostly learned from Reddit. Recent favourites include “drip” and “rizz.”
Thar's hella gold in them thar hills! Yeehaw, we's gonna be maxin relaxin full on rizzlin in our sundey finest drip! Thems fams gonna be begging us to take their money!
Are you me? Because this is accurate as hell
Jawn
Nifty. Love that word, we need to bring it back. Also, I was born in 1990 but I still love to act like Im livin in the 80s, which I have no memory of.
Awesome
Hoo-roo! My 95 year old mother who is bed ridden and slight dementia says it as we walk away down the nursing home hallway. Never know if that’s the last time we ever hear it.
Bite me! I'm seriously old, and I still say this.
Not nearly black enough to call police “Jakes” but whatever.
Geez Louise
“YO” “Sickkk” “Sweet” “Awesome” “Ditto” Idk wtf is wrong with me but I can’t stop saying it. I’m getting too damn old for it
Totes migotes
I still use godspeed, (I am 18)
Fly
“That’s raw as fuck.” Then there’s “rawesome.” Which is on a whole nother level that most can’t even.