• Adkml [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I was going to say I frequently don't know what the children are talking about and the most recent of these is like 2 years old.

    Bet is about as literal as slang could get

    Sus is 5 years old and is again short for a literal word.

    The boomers really are dumber than any of us give them credit for.

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      1 year ago

      the not-so-secret of American slang is that any "new" word was probably in use by black americans for at least a decade before it became "youth culture."

      • TankieCatgirl [she/her, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        100% this. Heck, a lot of "queer slang" originates from the ballroom scene. cracker absolutely love stealing culture from Black people and acting like they invented it.