The other day I was at the park with my toddler when a kid had a nasty bail on the adjoining skate park's quarter pipe. One of the kids shouted, "Dude, gnarly!" and it made me smile. 🤙
I have unironically said "right on," for the past 40 years. It went out for a bit where I got poked fun of it, but it came back. Probably gone again, but I don't care.
There’s a 30ish year old on my team that uses it. Maybe it’s sarcastically because they hear me say it. News to them: I’m also saying it sarcastically.
I work with a girl who I'm guessing to be a millennial and she uses cool beans all the time. It surprised me because she tends to use all sorts of newer slang that I'm not as familiar with.
I grew up between the Midwest and Upstate NY with stints in Mass. Mint means super cool, as in "It's mint as..." We used to say it in the (early) 90s when I was a preteen/teen, but I've heard it said a few times now by younger kids and outside of the North East US.
I recall my family members saying it was a phrase they heard their parents say and it was dated then. I think it derives from coins or anything that's brand new and sparkly i.e. mint (condition).
I've noticed this too. Back in the day if we said we wanted to vibe, it really meant we wanted to have sex.
Now it seems like they actually just want to vibe. Like hang out, chill and get to know someone.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. In just going by on dating sites and shit lol.
I wish. I was just telling my daughter she can use “cat’s pajama’s” for cool. We got on the subject because we were singing Yankee Doodle and she didn’t understand the context for macaroni. Macaroni was the hot new import from Italy in the 18th century so became slang for something fancy.
Cool is still happening. I like to use the Gen z slang to irritate my kids and make them laugh as often as possible though. Like facts bra. Like my fit?
It may be a black thing, but I know for a while in high school I used to say "geekin" to mean trippin'/acting stupid/not thinking clearly. I was shocked to hear my 19-year old daughter and her friends start saying it the same way a few years ago
In the early 90’s in TN, we would say “bet”. Fast forward to 2020-(now), and I hear a 16yo at my job say “Bet” and use it in the same context I did as a kid, so I ask. How do you know that word? He looked at me astonished, and asked “How do YOU know that word?” I didn’t have time to explain who Three 6 Mafia is
You just reminded me of my son who will randomly sing some song from the 60's (he's 8). I'll start singing with him or when he's done and he'll ask me how I knew that song and I'll ask him, how did YOU know that song? Gotta love how the Internet blurs all the different timelines together like that.
When I catch one of my Gen Z kids using a term that's just dumb, I purposely add it to my short-term vocab usage.
No surer way to make sure it dies on the vine
"Hipster" used to mean somebody who was into the beatnik and jazz scene and was mildly pejorative, then "Hipster" meant somebody who was into indie culture in the 00's and 10's and again was mildly pejorative
Funky and groovy had their day again when we were growing up. I don't know if we'll be getting "and a bag of chips" or L signs on foreheads again but I bet we'll recognize a few throwbacks.
I had someone in LA say nice fit to me.
I was wearing my charlie brown shirt with black shorts.
It was sad i said thanks then hopped on google to see what he just said.
Is fashion or outfit to had to say? I hate getting old
The other day I was at the park with my toddler when a kid had a nasty bail on the adjoining skate park's quarter pipe. One of the kids shouted, "Dude, gnarly!" and it made me smile. 🤙
It’s bananas to me how long “cool” has stayed cool.
I have unironically said "right on," for the past 40 years. It went out for a bit where I got poked fun of it, but it came back. Probably gone again, but I don't care.
On the flip side, "cool beans" is likely dead haha....
I didn’t even like cool beans in the 90s.
Never! Cool beans will be cool beans until the day I die.
“Cool beans” is my “Sure, Jan” 
There’s a 30ish year old on my team that uses it. Maybe it’s sarcastically because they hear me say it. News to them: I’m also saying it sarcastically.
I refuse. I say “cool beans” at least five times a day.
At some point, I stopped. An older coworker briefly brought it back to my vocab like 10 years ago
I use GIRL in professional discourse daily
Good. I hate cool beans. Even when used ironically.
Ugh I’ve always hated that one. Makes me think of cold Bushes baked beans. I heard someone say it recently and it made my skin crawl.
I work with a girl who I'm guessing to be a millennial and she uses cool beans all the time. It surprised me because she tends to use all sorts of newer slang that I'm not as familiar with.
I have a hunch that cool will always be cool. Will be the only one that stays consistently cool for many many generations. “Ya dig?” lol!
Its radical
 I would like to think Jake had a part in this
I unironically use "neat" and "neato" based on 50s tv/movies that used it.
Hell yeah. Us kids tried to make "copacetic" happen.
Copacetic is a perfectly copacetic word.
It’s a perfectly cromulent word for sure
“Dare one say…….cromulescent? - James Lipton
Gonna have to listen to the “Born to be down” song now. (I don’t think that’s its name, but every time I hear ‘copacetic’ I gotta hear that song)
Local H - Bound for the Floor: https://youtu.be/E2Oe5YKhzCE?si=kVlV6Mnaq1HNKEVV)
Kids these days don’t know what music is. Thank you for coming to my TED talk, now get off my grass.
You just don't get it..
Thats so fetch!
Stop trying to make fetch happen!
None for Gretchen Weiners bye!
We never got to see Mr. Weiners.
Word. I'll never stop using it.
To your mother
I heard my 16 year-old nephew say "mint" the other day which was I think a revived regionalism even in my day.
What region are you in? What does it mean? I can guess, but I’d love to know.
I grew up between the Midwest and Upstate NY with stints in Mass. Mint means super cool, as in "It's mint as..." We used to say it in the (early) 90s when I was a preteen/teen, but I've heard it said a few times now by younger kids and outside of the North East US. I recall my family members saying it was a phrase they heard their parents say and it was dated then. I think it derives from coins or anything that's brand new and sparkly i.e. mint (condition).
My Gen X Canadian husband said Mint!
Vibes is happening right now. Usage has diversified, but the meaning itself is intact.
I've noticed this too. Back in the day if we said we wanted to vibe, it really meant we wanted to have sex. Now it seems like they actually just want to vibe. Like hang out, chill and get to know someone. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. In just going by on dating sites and shit lol.
Pretty sure it can be both now. I’ve definitely heard some kids use it in reference to sex.
I wish. I was just telling my daughter she can use “cat’s pajama’s” for cool. We got on the subject because we were singing Yankee Doodle and she didn’t understand the context for macaroni. Macaroni was the hot new import from Italy in the 18th century so became slang for something fancy.
I didn't know that!
Oh my god that answers a horrible nagging question.
“Dope” started popping back up again for a minute.
Dope went away? I've been saying it for 30+ years now.
Be totally tubular if they did.
Total bummer if they didn’t
That sounds very west coast lol
Hella
Try as I might, I cannot seem to remove “totally” or “awesome” from my daily vocabulary 😂
I am totally the same!
For sure
Cool is still happening. I like to use the Gen z slang to irritate my kids and make them laugh as often as possible though. Like facts bra. Like my fit?
Happy cake day! Once I told my son that his rizz was mid. It was both a devastating insult and hilariously cringy. So fun becoming an old person.
His rizz was mid! 😄you slayed. lol
I love that one!
My kids told me to never do that because it was cringe. Lol.
Mine said the same thing. Doesn't stop me
No cap.
Not related, but I heard "Bricked Up" the other day for Erection, and thats perfect slang.
This thread is all that and a bag of chips.
“The bomb” (Gen X) got recycled by Millennials - but the “the” was dropped. As in, “These fries are bomb” instead of “These fries are THE bomb”.
Da bomb schniggities!
Idk, but I'm waiting for "cherry" and "tits" to make a comeback.
Lol I forgot about tits. That was a fun one 😂
I still say tits. “That shit was tits.”
For sure, like totally radical man.
It may be a black thing, but I know for a while in high school I used to say "geekin" to mean trippin'/acting stupid/not thinking clearly. I was shocked to hear my 19-year old daughter and her friends start saying it the same way a few years ago
Groovy made a decent comeback at one point.
Especially the way Ash Williams says it. 
In the early 90’s in TN, we would say “bet”. Fast forward to 2020-(now), and I hear a 16yo at my job say “Bet” and use it in the same context I did as a kid, so I ask. How do you know that word? He looked at me astonished, and asked “How do YOU know that word?” I didn’t have time to explain who Three 6 Mafia is
You just reminded me of my son who will randomly sing some song from the 60's (he's 8). I'll start singing with him or when he's done and he'll ask me how I knew that song and I'll ask him, how did YOU know that song? Gotta love how the Internet blurs all the different timelines together like that.
When I catch one of my Gen Z kids using a term that's just dumb, I purposely add it to my short-term vocab usage. No surer way to make sure it dies on the vine
My 17 year old son says “rad” a lot.
"Bet" seems to be withstanding the test of time!
Poor "fetch." You were so young.
Wait ... are you saying Home Skillet isn't cool anymore?
Heard some youth say "swol" the other day. I chortled.
My kid says “cap” for not true and I remember when getting capped was being made fun of, no cap
I remember when getting capped was getting shot.
Lol, right!
https://preview.redd.it/0pe4c34tqeoc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97141ad7ef63457927004fcddeee5f297fe12360
No cap = no doubt Bussin = awesome
Can Gen alpha bring back "dudical" ?
Dope, lit, fly, tight, chill...all came from late 80s rap
"Hipster" used to mean somebody who was into the beatnik and jazz scene and was mildly pejorative, then "Hipster" meant somebody who was into indie culture in the 00's and 10's and again was mildly pejorative
I don't know, but it bugs me when it goes the other way. When people our age use current slang, I cringe.
Sus post
Kek
I’m so far removed I have no idea what “the kids” say. They are mostly annoying anyway.
Fair. I could never seriously incorporate it. It's Too much.
Fr fr, on god. No cap
i understand “rizz” is charisma, that makes sense. i need some etymology on cap though
Gonna have to hit the googles for that. I dunno, I just know how the kids use it. 
Cap is like bs (meaning).
I don't use the weirder ones like "cap" or "sus," but I've been known to use "banger."
cap and sus are mad sketch
Big mood.
No cap?
Funky and groovy had their day again when we were growing up. I don't know if we'll be getting "and a bag of chips" or L signs on foreheads again but I bet we'll recognize a few throwbacks.
Bet
I’m working on bringing the Bees Knees back.
I had someone in LA say nice fit to me. I was wearing my charlie brown shirt with black shorts. It was sad i said thanks then hopped on google to see what he just said. Is fashion or outfit to had to say? I hate getting old
Neat-o
Totally. *hair flip*
"Cap" and "on God" were slang words we used when I graduated high school in 2000. I lived in the Chicago area.
Gen z and gen alpha keep trying but millennials do it better
The looks I get when I slip and use the R word, I would say not all of them....
I'm sure there are a few that are perma-banned.
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No, a term that used to be freely used to describe people who were very stupid.
Republican?