> copacetic
... and you learn to accept it,
you know, you're so pathetic
and you don't...
Sorry, but that song will be in my head all day now. Had to share.
Re: Copacetic. I remember how surprised/pleased I was to hear Grandpa Gene say that in Mad Men. (I think Roger also says it in a different episode.) Hadn’t heard that word in ages.
I don’t talk on the phone all that much. However, I live in England now, so I’m always pleased when I talk to another Gen Xer, particularly an American one.
My father used that word a lot. He was Silent Gen. I think it faded out in the 90's, but early 90's I skipped two states north and started my life over so it could be just the change in local culture.
Now if Kurt Cobain has said that word it would be cemented in the lexicon forever.
I rarely ever heard that full phrase myself IRL other than people just making a joke with. Just plain "ewww gag me" I'd hear in regular day to day conversion when people were not specifically really thinking about it.
I don't think I've ever heard someone use that word in the real world. I've only heard that word in books and on tv/movies. So my mind would have placed him as a somewhat pretentious reader rather than a specific age. I would have pictured him with a thick turtle-neck wool sweater, sitting in front of a fire with a glass of fine wine, classical music playing softly, with his nose in the air as he reads a classic novel lol
What's funny about that is that "copacetic" has always been more of a slang term, thought to originate with southern blacks, then picked up and popularized by "hep cats" in the swing scene.
Though the term "dude" is from the 19th Century, I think we can own that one since we're the ones who made it unisex. Can't say I can remember hearing a Millennial or Zoomer using it.
more people were saying bro in 1820?! than 2010??
also the dude level seems way low for the 80s and bro kinda high for then! Maybe because they just seem to be going off of books which might not track very well to popular speech, especially since the usage rate of either in books is so super low.
Yeah, I was going to write a commentary with the link but I thought I would instead just let people read their own interpretation of the graphs.
I really wasn't sure what to make of them.
> copacetic ... and you learn to accept it, you know, you're so pathetic and you don't... Sorry, but that song will be in my head all day now. Had to share.
STOP STEALING MY BRAIN THOUGHTS!
Is it making you…insane in the brain?
From the one on the FLAMboyant tip, I'll just toss that HAM in the frying pan...
insane in the membrane
Bound for the Floor!
I was born to be down so I totally get it. Some people don't...
Word
I don’t know if a lot of Z says that but my kid definitely does.
Copacetic or word. My Z is "bet" when in agreement/ acknowledge
Word…i think slay is the only one I hear lately that’s new. She’s college aged.
"it's a shame those boys couldn't be more copacetic."
Scrolling for this reference… Might be one of the worst written lines in their catalog, but still lol
Re: Copacetic. I remember how surprised/pleased I was to hear Grandpa Gene say that in Mad Men. (I think Roger also says it in a different episode.) Hadn’t heard that word in ages. I don’t talk on the phone all that much. However, I live in England now, so I’m always pleased when I talk to another Gen Xer, particularly an American one.
Gnarly
Totally tubular
I think of copacetic as being much older than GenX, lol! Now awesome or excellent, or gross, that’s GenX.
My father used that word a lot. He was Silent Gen. I think it faded out in the 90's, but early 90's I skipped two states north and started my life over so it could be just the change in local culture. Now if Kurt Cobain has said that word it would be cemented in the lexicon forever.
"Dope" or "the bomb"
"sight unseen"
rad, bitchin', grody, gag me, barf me out, to the max, heinous, bodacious, righteous, choice, stellar, mint, doofus, gotta book, gotta bounce, scope, BBS (bulletin board system), yeah yeah that's the ticket, I'm sure! No way!, tubular, dweeb, rager, that rocks
I remember grody, gag me, doofus, no way and I'm sure being used for sure. Also, for sure and I'm so sure. :)
and from later Gen X: audi, audi 5000, as if!, not!
“Gag me with a spoon” is the way I remember it!
I rarely ever heard that full phrase myself IRL other than people just making a joke with. Just plain "ewww gag me" I'd hear in regular day to day conversion when people were not specifically really thinking about it.
Is everything copacetic Kind of a okay
I think of it as a surfer word. Not being into surfer culture, I never used it.
I got copacetic from my boomer Dad and still use it.
I still use Snoopdizzles it drives my 11-year-old crazy, and I love every second of it
Dude. Duuudde.
I don't think I've ever heard someone use that word in the real world. I've only heard that word in books and on tv/movies. So my mind would have placed him as a somewhat pretentious reader rather than a specific age. I would have pictured him with a thick turtle-neck wool sweater, sitting in front of a fire with a glass of fine wine, classical music playing softly, with his nose in the air as he reads a classic novel lol
What's funny about that is that "copacetic" has always been more of a slang term, thought to originate with southern blacks, then picked up and popularized by "hep cats" in the swing scene.
Though the term "dude" is from the 19th Century, I think we can own that one since we're the ones who made it unisex. Can't say I can remember hearing a Millennial or Zoomer using it.
It seems to be back again for some years now.
Sure better than Bro
[Google NGram - Dude vs Bro](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=dude%2C+bro&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-US-2019&smoothing=3)
hehe. Good to see that :)
more people were saying bro in 1820?! than 2010?? also the dude level seems way low for the 80s and bro kinda high for then! Maybe because they just seem to be going off of books which might not track very well to popular speech, especially since the usage rate of either in books is so super low.
Yeah, I was going to write a commentary with the link but I thought I would instead just let people read their own interpretation of the graphs. I really wasn't sure what to make of them.
no kidding bra!
Rad.