• Chill Dude 69OP
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      1810 months ago

      It refers to stylish clothes in particular, as well as a general stylishness and swagger.

      • @SinningStromgald
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        1510 months ago

        Is the word “cool” just good enough anymore? Shouts the Old Man at the sky.

        • Chill Dude 69OP
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          1810 months ago

          Be grateful that “cool” is still in common use. One fine day, we may wake up and find people think of it the way we think of terms like “the bees knees,” “keen,” or “swell.”

          • flicker
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            710 months ago

            I… I still use “the bee’s knees.”

            • slingstone
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              410 months ago

              Use it with pride, my friend, for you, yourself, are the bee’s knees.

              • flicker
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                210 months ago

                Wow! Aw! Thanks!

                There’s still kindness in this world.

          • @[email protected]
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            710 months ago

            But those are so specifically old that they’re used ironically or as a joke. And sometimes that happens enough that they get unironically re-injected into local slang.

            This happened around here with “cool beans” lol.

            Whatcha doing today? Workin’ on the truck. Cool beans. We were gonna run into town for a box of beer, you in?

            I think you’d be looking more for 80s ninja-turtles style slang like “radical”, “gnarly”, etc. Or overuse of stale slang like “yeet”

            Amusingly even “radical” can still be relevant as an adjective to describe an 80s retro vibe now. Slang and the relative cringe levels of it are pretty bizarre.

            • Chill Dude 69OP
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              I would also submit “BITCHIN’” as one of those that can be taken out of long-term storage, for special occasions.

          • @[email protected]
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            310 months ago

            “Cool” is from before the time of probably any of us on here-- the 1930s! It’s possible its usage might have slightly shifted over time (?) but that one just doesn’t go away.

            Meanwhile expressions like “radical,” “bad,” “on fleek” (ugh) didn’t last long.

        • @other_cat
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          110 months ago

          I heard someone use ‘cold’ in place of ‘cool.’ That was the moment I instantly became a Shouting Old Woman.

      • @banichan
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        710 months ago

        I think you mean “rizz”

    • @[email protected]
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      710 months ago

      You’re stylish. You ooze style. It’s dripping off you.

      Honest, having dealt with decades of bullshit like “fleek” it’s nice to encounter a wave of slang that makes a little bit of sense.

  • @gmtom
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    1110 months ago

    Literal boomer Facebook meme

    • @RaoulDook
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      -310 months ago

      Yep and he is right, anyone who says “drip” about clothes is a lame goober

        • @RaoulDook
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          -410 months ago

          Yes, it is in fact the kids who are wrong on this one. You can laugh at me for being old all you want, but your laughs can only hide the truth from yourself.

  • @[email protected]
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    810 months ago

    As it turns out, it you post a line that starts with “some” and contains “told me” soon thereafter, my brain tries to add a tune.