• jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I had this conversation with one of my kids recently:

    Her: “This thing is gas!”

    Me: “Gas? Why are you talking like your grandpa in 1965?”

    Her: " What are you yapping about? They don’t know what ‘gas’ means!"

    Me: "You wanna bet? Ain’t you ever heard that Rolling Stones song? Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s a gas…?’

    Her: “Bruh…”

    Me: “Don’t shoot the messenger.”

    • BillyTheSkidMark@lemm.ee
      1·
      6 months ago

      Me looking at this meme nearing 40…“pretty sure we used sus and fire as teenagers”.

      Then again I didn’t grow up in USA and we had different “hip” words.

  • Codex@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 months ago

    I reject “sus” being zoomer exclusive. Among Us has been a huge hit for 5 years now, was popular across demographics, and made an appearance in Glass Onion, which is the boomeriest Millennial movie ever.

    The rest of it, sure, go off fam.

  • Razzazzika@lemm.ee
    1·
    6 months ago

    I… use sus all the time at 38… but I’m a gamer, and it’s kinda gaming slang.

  • pigup@lemmy.world
    0·
    6 months ago

    It’s all predominantly young kids adopting/appropriating American Black vernacular and calling it their own. Millennials did it, genz does it. Go ahead and down vote me, my back hurts.

    • SCB@lemmy.world
      0·
      6 months ago

      See people say this like it’s Black vernacular but dont recognize that it’s just urban vernacular. Urban vernacular changes frequently because there’s more people around. The internet adopts it quickly, and it spreads from there, as the actual initial definition of a memetic concept.

      There’s a reason society as a whole doesn’t co-opt rural Black vernacular, and it’s because it isn’t actually racially-based.

      • yeah@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        There’s MLE (multicultural London English) in the UK. Must be similar all over.

  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca
    0·
    6 months ago

    Not to sound like a boommer but I really dislike “finna” like how much do you need to shorten a term like finally gonna

    • tamal3@lemmy.world
      0·
      6 months ago

      It’s dialectic – there’s lot’s of them in the US, but this one afk belongs to Black American English, and is shortened from “fixin’ to.” Personally, I think it’s cool to see so many variations of English. The language is definitely not static; it is changing all the time!

    • d00ery@lemmy.world
      0·
      6 months ago

      😲 I thought it was slang for “fixing”!

      As in “Fixing to do x, y, z” which in my mind meant “I am preparing to do x, y, z”

      • Kiosade@lemmy.ca
        01·
        6 months ago

        Who the hell says “fixing to” over “going to” though? Seems like a small minority group trying to sound more important than they are, idk.

        • ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.orgEnglish
          0·
          6 months ago

          It shows up in US Southeastern slang quite a bit. Usually it’s a bit stronger than ‘going to,’ ex. “I’m fixing to give him a piece of my mind.” ‘Fixings’ is also slang for side dishes here.

          • flicker@kbin.social
            0·
            6 months ago

            As a Southern gal myself, I got whiplash from the implication that people sayin “fixin” are trying to sound important.

            I promise, among those of us who say that kinda thing, it’s seen as a mark of ignorance and bein low class in general. The idea that a hillbilly accent can seem “important” is banana sandwiches to me.

            • bitwaba@lemmy.world
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              6 months ago

              I wouldn’t say it’s trying to sound important as much as it is trying to sound serious / no bullshit tone: “I’m fixin’ to whop yo ass”, or as a response to your boss bitching at you to do something: “yeah yeah I’m fixin’ to”