@wason to [email protected] • 10 months agoNever change Lemmyimagemessage-square71arrow-up1976arrow-down119file-text
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minus-squareTimeSquirrellinkfedilink48•edit-210 months agoThank god for that website, I can’t imagine being an aging millennial in 1980 with all the kids talking about “radical” this and “cowabunga” that and not have anything to look up.
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish12•10 months ago“Cowabunga” shouldn’t have been a mystery to them, at least, because it originates from Howdy Doody in 1949.
minus-squareTimeSquirrellinkfedilink14•10 months agoWow. I totally thought it was just a Ninja Turtles thing. Thanks for that info.
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish13•10 months agoNinja Turtles got it from 60’s surfer slang (since that’s how Michelangelo speaks) and gave it new life for a few years.
minus-square@Viking_Hippielink5•10 months ago I can’t imagine being an aging millennial in 1980 Well technically aging means getting older, which would mean that an infant counts as aging… 😛 That aside, as a fellow elder millenial/junior middle aged person, I 💯 agree. Urban Dictionary has been an invaluable resource for me over the years!
Thank god for that website, I can’t imagine being an aging millennial in 1980 with all the kids talking about “radical” this and “cowabunga” that and not have anything to look up.
Twas a tubular time.
“Cowabunga” shouldn’t have been a mystery to them, at least, because it originates from Howdy Doody in 1949.
Wow. I totally thought it was just a Ninja Turtles thing. Thanks for that info.
Ninja Turtles got it from 60’s surfer slang (since that’s how Michelangelo speaks) and gave it new life for a few years.
Well technically aging means getting older, which would mean that an infant counts as aging… 😛
That aside, as a fellow elder millenial/junior middle aged person, I 💯 agree. Urban Dictionary has been an invaluable resource for me over the years!