Seriously, what’s the significance of the word? There are many teens in my neighborhood, as well as me having a teenage sister, who laugh hysterically at the word.

Some people will respond with “Wanna know what else is massive?” Is this a sex joke or something?

[I live in the US now but grew up where many people did not speak English so I may not understand jokes that well even if my parents are English speakers.]

Edit: Looks like it’s from someone called Ninja. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ninjas-massive-you-know-what-else-is-massive

  • @edgemaster72
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    344 days ago

    The kids are using massive as slang? Big if true.

    • @[email protected]
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      It’s a common error but I do believe the correct spelling is “junglist massive” as in “there are a lot of junglists”. But many people say it like you did (or at least used to, no idea if junglist are still massive).

      With that all said, I was also expecting the thread to be about this and thinking “I’m no teen and I definitely know massive”.

      • @[email protected]
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        04 days ago

        both were known, and argued about pre internet of course. I never thought to look it up til now. It’s possible it was just the pocket of dumb mostly white kids in my small town I grew up in that got it wrong tho

        • @[email protected]
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          13 days ago

          Def not if anything I think more people know it the other way around, it’s just a fun bit of dnb trivia.

  • @Crackhappy
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    204 days ago

    Don’t worry. It’s fetch.

    • Scott
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      104 days ago

      Stop trying to make “Fetch” happen.

  • @[email protected]
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    4 days ago

    I can’t answer the question exactly just giving some thoughts.
    Slang words these days are quick to rise and fall. Unless you’re in the in-group you’ll have a hard time figuring it out.

    I’d recommend following this guy on any of the platforms, he tries to keep up with linguistic trends.