• @stoly
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    711 months ago

    I was particularly surprised at how quickly millennial sayings aged.

    • @I_Fart_Glitter
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      711 months ago

      Which, um… which ones are we not supposed to be saying anymore…? Asking for a friend…

      • @[email protected]
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        611 months ago

        Calling things ‘retarded’ in both a good or bad way. Calling bad or annoying things ‘gay’. Adding izzle to the end of words.

        • @stoly
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          111 months ago

          I remember being in complete shock sometime in the late 90s when millenial high schoolers went around calling everything gay. Like mouth dropped open the first time I encountered it.

      • @stoly
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        311 months ago

        My observation as a Xillenial:

        Millenials tended to have negative-meaning slang. It’s like the generation expressed its angst.

        Zoomers tend to have positive-meaning slang. This generation does not try to follow the Boomer dream and focuses its energy elsewhere.