I feel like "based" is also being phased out, though "cringe" seems to have more staying power. TBF I feel like we didn't quite have something that really evoked the same emotion that "cringe" does before it came into the lexicon.
I still say wicked, sweet hella and sick and those came from the 80s mostly. It's still pretty common slang amongst punks and skaters and such, we still talk like Bill and Ted.
1337/leet/l33t means "elite" and was a term to show that you were computer savvy or in on internet culture. 1337 H4X∅R would mean, "Elite hacker." According to Wikipedia, it originated on early BBS message boards where users could have "elite" status, giving access to special chatrooms, but I'd say most people encountered it later, in the context of gaming, where it could be used to brag about winning through hacking a game or using exploits, or just to brag about being good at it.
I swear some people just don't get that language changes over time and some slang just gets dropped really quickly.
Things people used to say when I was a kid that no one says anymore includes:
Epic
Wicked
Hella
Gay and the r slur as an insult, although some edgelord chuds try to force it back.
Sweet
Noob
l33t
The one comparing feminists to Nazis (thank god this one is gone)
Sick
And many, many more that I've forgotten
That's still in rotation
I feel like "based" is also being phased out, though "cringe" seems to have more staying power. TBF I feel like we didn't quite have something that really evoked the same emotion that "cringe" does before it came into the lexicon.
People used to use "gay" for that before cringe became a thing
It was nice to get a non slur replacement. It took a while
please let it be true
🙏TYBG
I still say wicked, sweet hella and sick and those came from the 80s mostly. It's still pretty common slang amongst punks and skaters and such, we still talk like Bill and Ted.
So, like wicket wicket junglist massive... you mean?
What?
I just got reminded of that song, "Incredible" by General Levy...
it includes those lyrics...
I still say sick regularly, but I know what that says about my age.
Roxxors my soxxors
teh epic wootage
w00t!
The removed shit is very alive in chud circles
i think the tweet is a joke but you're 100% right
We definitely grew up in a similar time but wtf is l33t
1337/leet/l33t means "elite" and was a term to show that you were computer savvy or in on internet culture. 1337 H4X∅R would mean, "Elite hacker." According to Wikipedia, it originated on early BBS message boards where users could have "elite" status, giving access to special chatrooms, but I'd say most people encountered it later, in the context of gaming, where it could be used to brag about winning through hacking a game or using exploits, or just to brag about being good at it.
Ah, it seems I didn't know this one because I wasn't online enough at that age. Wish I could say the same now lmao
Stop making me feel old!
they meant 1337
When I say I go to 1337x.to for torrents, I just say "one three three seven ecks" because the kids do not know
I see this one on the regular, you sure it's gone?
Maybe I've seen it less because I don't read Reddit or YouTube comments anymore lol