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[–] inari@piefed.zip 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funny how many of these became mainstream and stuck around

[–] Loco_Mex@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which means Gen-z slang will be the norm for a century as well.

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

That's lit, fam fr ong

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Do one the other way like

Flower power … bloommaxxing

It’s not my bag … Ohio

Out of sight … POG

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Huh. The only one whose meaning is obvious to me is the fake one.

I would have thought Ohio was more negative. Gen Z doesn’t remember the cuyahoga river catching fire more than a dozen times. Apparently you can even eat the fish from it now (determined between trump terms, so it might even be true)!

[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How to talk to your grandparent, the boomer

The few that remain which actually remember what flower power was all about.

[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago
[–] Axeman666@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I like how it has "Bringing me down" = "Taking off a high" but then also has "Taking off a high" at the bottom.

[–] twitchingbits@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

up your nose with a rubber hose

it it don't fit, sit on it

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Oooooh. So gold is the same as money!

Very useful.

[–] wylinka@szmer.info 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Isn't some of this AAVE? Like "crib".

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago
[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wasn't ready to sip this tea

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 1 points 1 month ago

guess I'm mid

[–] knacht1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Sergio@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Bummer, man. Keep on truckin!

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 month ago

Hold on, if you’re going to make it multiple choice you gotta do all of the nicknames for weed too.

(The) Grass, Pot, Mary Jane, Acapulco Gold this Chick, Bird gave me made me Freak Out and Flower Power

Post title should be in the brandnewsentence community.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub -1 points 1 month ago

I need one of these to figure out Gen Z lingo.