Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 9:17 am

penningtron wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:57 am Some of these are fine, but I'd be happy to never hear something is "cooked" again.

I’d also like to recommend “banger” for retirement,
especially when it’s used to praise, say, a folk song.

take it out in the yard and put it out of it's misery

losthighway wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:44 pm slaps

Bury it in the desert.

slaps is pretty cooked atp frfr

Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 9:17 am

penningtron wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:57 am Some of these are fine, but I'd be happy to never hear something is "cooked" again.

I’d also like to recommend “banger” for retirement,
especially when it’s used to praise, say, a folk song.

Ha, I came here to post that. Everytime I hear a song being described a "banger", it's lowest common denominator garbage, including before I hear it and including shit that is being "reevaluated".

"Bro, Fall Out Boy had a couple of bangers in their first..."

NO THEY DIDN'T.

Love "mid" and use it without shame. Like "eh" but clearer. Occasionally will use "vibes" but sparingly and winkingly, which should probably stop.

I'm just now able to unironically use "bro" and it's because that's the stand in for "dude" with my daughters.

I might occasionally throw out mid. That's a good one.

The rest of the time I'm lighting farts using slang to embarrass the kids.

PASTA wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:56 pm

losthighway wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:44 pm slaps

Bury it in the desert.

Agreed.

I’m running through all the late-gen slang I’ve heard in my head right now, and I don’t think I use any of it other than “meh.”

Nobody—even young people—should use “fire.” It sounds just as dumb as its immediate predecessor, “fierce.” Even the brief 1990s attempt to make “money” a thing was better, and that also sucked.

I use "mid" to describe TV shows and films clearly designed to be just those.

I'll never get used to "I haven't seen _______ in a minute" to mean "in a long time."

I also really don't like "sick" to mean "fucking awesome."

So yeah, I suppose I speak my age.

"Vibes" is eternal. Or at least very old. Hippies said it.
It's nice if kids are saying it now, but it's not theirs any more than it's mine (I use it a lot).

I only use the slang I grew up with, having elided anything too terribly thoughtless.

gnarly
dope
word
heavy
sweet
awesome of course
bitchin', occasionally
etc. etc.