My daughter just showed me a picture that had the words “Jay AF” written on it. I know what “AF” means, but what’s the “Jay” mean? She went to a cirque du solil show and wrote it on a pic of some shirtless guys twirling around.

Any help from someone more hip than myself?

  • Sparky678348
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    7 months ago

    Jay is a person, and the picture that was written on invokes the same feeling that this Jay does, the picture is Jay AF.

    • @[email protected]
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      47 months ago

      This is most likely the correct answer. Jay Is probably either a classmate she has a crush on, or a celebrity that she she has a crush on.

    • @Crackhappy
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      26 months ago

      I’m going to just assume it’s Jay Mohr. He’s dreamy.

    • vlad
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      17 months ago

      Why is your comment yellow for me? I’m using the browser.

      • @TootSweet
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        7 months ago

        Maybe don’t use highlighter markers on your monitor?

        (But seriously, it’s no different color than other comments in this thread for me. Maybe it was a “new” post for you when you wrote that and the rest weren’t?)

        • vlad
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          177 months ago

          You’re probably right. I’ll stop coloring on my monitor.

      • u/lukmly013 (lemmy.sdf.org)
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        27 months ago

        Because it was a new comment then, so it got highlighted. As of Lemmy 0.19.0-rc.5 it’s orange. Or yellow. I don’t know what it really is.

  • @Num10ck
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    127 months ago

    i would guess theres a boy at her school who fits into that picture for her.

  • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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    7 months ago

    Jay is more than likely a person, because I don’t think the kids are trying to bring back the old slang “jay” which was a somewhat derogatory term meaning “rube” given the context here.

    • Davel23
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      47 months ago

      a somewhat derogatory term meaning “rube”

      Also where the term “jaywalking” comes from.

  • @thatsthespirit
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    My wild guess: “Jay” stands for “Jordans”, that is, a pair of shoes which are deemed to be very cool by most kids.

    So, “Jay AF” could mean “cool as fuck”.

  • @AsudoxM
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    46 months ago

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    • @[email protected]
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      347 months ago

      Whenever you look up names on urban dictionary you have to remember it’s mostly middle schoolers trying to boost their own ego or signal to others that they’re hot

      • @FireTower
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        37 months ago

        Sometimes you see one written by someone who hates a person with that name.

  • @felixwhynot
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    Jay, obviously, is a person who isn’t from the city — hence the term, Jaywalking! JK, but that is a real thing. It’s probably not the real answer here.

  • @Geek_King
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    I’ve most frequently seeing AF mean “As fuck”. It’s even gotten to the point of bumper stickers that say things like “Mommy AF”. Outside that meaning, I’m not sure what else AF could mean.

    • SuperDuper
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      137 months ago

      Did you just not read the post?

      I know what “AF” means

      • @Geek_King
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        117 months ago

        My apologizes, apparently I failed my reading comprehension check.

      • @garbagebagel
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        AF means “as fuck” I think, I’m not sure what else it could mean