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parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago

What slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?

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What slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?

parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago
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  • MantisToboggon@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Retard.

    • FrowingFostek@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Eh, I use it for very stupid people. Obviously devoid of ableist intent.

      I feel as though the context matters with this. For the genuinely evil and criminally unintelligent I would use the clinical “Mentally retarded”.

      “Retard” and music (low volume) on buses are the controversial hills I’m willing to die on.

      • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        Pick better hills.

  • Melllvar@startrek.website
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    3 months ago

    Information superhighway

    • fizzle@quokk.au
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      3 months ago

      We were so full of hope.

  • IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
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    3 months ago

    it’s a free country!

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    Syke. Or psych. Early 90’s kid slang, had a definition akin to just kidding or fooled you but more mean spirited. Said to mark the previous statement as intended purely to mess with the listener’s mind or psych them out. Similar in spirit to ending a sarcastically spoken sentence with “NOT!” though distinct.

    “Yeah man, you can drive my car. Psych! You’re not touching my ride.”

    The more I type about it, the less “psych” looks like a valid English word.

  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    All that and a bag of chips

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