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snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Ick is just short for icky and vibe has been around for decades.

Gnarly list.

Icaria ,

The whole trend is nothing new. Millennials and some GenXers were stealing all their slang from American rappers when they were young, too.

DrBob ,

Uh Gen X predates rap.

CaptainSpaceman ,

True, but people using cool sayings from black culture has been a thing for a long time

Icaria ,

Rap got popular in the 80’s, like NWA and Run DMC, right as GenXers were entering their formative years. Really not hard to figure out before posting pointless replies.

DrBob ,

I am GenX so I can speak from my personal experience, which I realize is not universal.

I actually bought “Rappers Delight” on a 45 rpm single the year it was released. But it’s also true that Blondie’s “Rapture” was the first rapping song I heard on the radio. I would have been 13 at the time and rap was far from a mainstream musical style.

Looking back now there certainly were specific individuals of GenX and Jones who had access to rap, but it was certainly not available to me as a suburban kid in Canada. Even that Sugarhill Gang single was hard to find because “rap” as a concept didn’t really exist at that point. I am trying to find a recording of the Extras song “Hip Hop Hip Hip” as an example but it’s so obscure neither YouTube nor my streaming service seem to have it available. It would be unrecognizable to you as hip hop because nobody knew what hip hop was then. People were experimenting broadly and some of those experiments are now considered part of the movement. But we didn’t know that then. Another example that stands out for me was “White Lines” by Grandmaster Flash. It was largely spoken word and I would have identified it as funk then. Now I guess I don’t know.

“Straight Outta Compton” came out when I was in university. I really liked it because of the anger. The raw emotion felt like the best of the punk movement from 15 years before.

So yeah I could have been clearer. The early seeds of what we now consider “rap” were around when I was young. But I would not have called it a popular genre in my circles, or even mainstream. I don’t remember rap shows in the clubs (and I spent a lot of time there in my teens and twenties).

KingJalopy ,

Radically tubular

RHSJack ,

Very heather.

BluesF ,

“Giving” is ballroom slang from like, the 80s. Extra is also LGBT slang that has been around at least since I was a teenager > a decade ago.

4am ,

Yeah but giving is seeing a surge, particularly as attitudes about LGBTQA shift

johannesvanderwhales ,

I think they’re saying “the ick” or something but that’s also pretty understandable by everyone.

tyler ,

At least cheugy is a new word. All these fucking morons literally redefining “giving” and it’s absolutely terrible. It doesn’t sound good. It just makes you sound idiotic and like you don’t know English.

Vespair , (edited )

I believe giving actually comes from 90s gay/drag culture, and like most of these isn’t really as obtuse as it seems. It’s just word omission. It’s just shorthand for “it’s giving me thoughts of” or “it’s giving me memories of”, basically (okay, admittedly I’m extracting a little bit here).

Here’s an example that I hope helps: imagine your friend or romantic partner comes to you wearing a new tweed jacket they’ve excited about, but all you can see when you look at it is memories of your tweed-clad college professor. You might respond with “i dunno, it’s giving college prof,” which is just shorthand for “I dunno, it’s giving me flashbacks to memories of my college professor.”

Personally that seems a fairly functional evolution of language in the way it always evolves, not the degradation you seem to be finding, but of course I can only offer my own singular opinion on the topic, so do with that what you want

edit: typos

Laticauda ,

They didn’t redefine giving, it’s literally being used for its original definition. Just add “energy” or “vibes” at the end of the sentence and it clarifies exactly how it’s used. If someone sees your outfit and says “It’s giving Beyoncé” -> “it’s giving Beyoncé energy”, your outfit is reminding them of Beyoncé. As in it is providing/offering said Beyoncé-like energy, aka one of the original definitions of giving something.

tyler ,

they literally redefined it. It no longer means to ’ : presented as a gift : bestowed without compensation ’ or ‘particular, specified’ or ’ : immediately present in experience ’ they’re using it as “it gives me the energy of” which already HAD A DEFINITION. THAT’S WHAT VIBE MEANS.

That’s not the original definition of ‘giving’ something, i have no clue where you got that from.

Bunch of morons downvoting too, bet y’all saying giving a hundred times a day. fucking idiots.

Laticauda ,

Those were not the only original definitions of giving by a long shot. Another original definition was to provide, offer, impart, communicate, or pass on something, (hence the phrase “giving off” which has been around for a long time, example: it’s giving off radiation), etc. It’s not gen Z’s fault you don’t know all the definitions of giving.

tyler ,

Yeah if used in that manner you have to put a word after it. Not doing so is redefining it

petrol_sniff_king ,

mfer never heard of a synonym

saltesc ,

This is what happens when friends don’t give friends shit for acting like a wigger and you end up with a bunch of Pretty Fly for a White Guys making everyone cringe.

1stTime4MeInMCU , (edited )

Bruh I don’t think that’s ok,hopefully just ignorance and not malice. even if you change out the first letter you’re still kinda implying other people can be n-words.

BruceTwarzen ,

You what?

Asafum , (edited )

That one has me a bit torn because the n-word is used for any black person and obviously meant to hurt them. On the other hand, “the w-word” just means a white guy who dresses and acts like a gangsta rapper from the 90s-00s

Is that offensive? The root of it is I suppose, I just don’t know if the actual meaning lessens how offensive it is

Laticauda , (edited )

I mean, they’re technically calling black people the N word by proxy (it’s meant to essentially be white + N word to refer to a white guy pretending to be/acting black). So it seems like a case of “if you’re not black you probably shouldn’t say it”.

KillingTimeItself ,

so does digger get a pass because it has context? Or how does this work?

Laticauda ,

What would the D even stand for? 🤔

KillingTimeItself ,

who knows, follows the same construction as the other two though.

Laticauda ,

No I don’t think people who use the word “digger” are specifically and purposefully altering the N word and directly referencing it.

saltesc ,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigger

About 130 years ago it was a racial slurs but died out and resurged in the 70s as a dergatory term for white people that try to (poorly and offensiviely) emulate black culture. Aka white trash wannabe.

It could still be used offensively, but it rarely is. I learned the term from a bunch of black American Navy visiting and ended up hanging out with them all weekend. They were shocked to know we have them too and pulled up “beatboxing” videos, realising just how offensive a wigger can be, especially when they start using the n-word in their raps like it applies to them.

xorollo ,

I got this as a fax, and it said I had to mail it to at least seven other people to be blessed.

SamWoof03 ,

Mine arrived in a mail box

billwashere ,

Here I thought OPP was other peoples pussy…

summerof69 ,

Original Poster’s Pussy

MIDItheKID ,

As for the ladies, OPP means something gifted The first two letters are the same but the last is something different It’s the longest, loveliest, lean- I call it the leanest It’s another five letter word rhymin’ with cleanest and meanest

hydrospanner ,

Yeah you know me.

JakenVeina , (edited )

The fuck is “cheugy”? How the hell do you pronounce that?

HatFullOfSky ,

I’ve heard my BIL pronounce it “chew-gee”

Manalith ,

Still on the fence here is the g pronounced like in GIF?

Vespair ,

chew-ghee, like the clarified butter.

Ottomateeverything , (edited )

Yes. But only if you don’t pronounce GIF like a heathen.

KingJalopy ,

I pronounce it gif so I’m good either way

KillingTimeItself ,

today is a terrible day to be literate in english

KijinSeija ,

I literally had never encountered the term “cheugy” until I first played Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, in which the old principal asks you what kids these days meant by “cheugy”. I had to look it up. Sadge

moon ,

Gen Z has even ruined our programming! https://lemmy.cafe/pictrs/image/0b645b71-47af-46c8-9ded-ae2c3cedfb6c.webp

scottywh ,

TIHI

RustyShackleford ,
@RustyShackleford@programming.dev avatar

I prefer death.

Emmy ,

Most of these either aren’t right or I don’t understand the older language.

Drusas ,

"Vibe" is just a regular noun.

Retrograde ,
@Retrograde@lemmy.world avatar

Okay grandpa, let’s get you back to bed

don ,

That’s a dope-ass list, shit’s ill af. Just don’t be bitin someone else’s stilo, cuz that shit’s wack, yo. If ya do, just tell ‘em “my bad, b!”, or expect peeps gonna be poppin caps in your ass, ya heard?

Word to ya motha.

KevonLooney ,

Wicka wicka Slim Shady. Uh… leave Britney alone!

nonfuinoncuro ,

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/bf2d24b5-14b3-4153-8e38-364a57a340d0.webp

KingJalopy ,

Yes, Cuban B!

RHSJack ,

sup. /the ‘p’ is silent and the vowel becomes elongated with a drop; off. “SUh h”

garbagebagel ,

Bruh

root_beer ,

Okay gramgram, let’s get you to beddy-bye

SaltyIceteaMaker ,
@SaltyIceteaMaker@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

Gyatt was originally just a different pronunciation of god: GOD DAMN! = GYATT DAYUM!

ickplant OP ,
@ickplant@lemmy.world avatar

That actually makes sense, thank you for explaining.

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

I thought the youngsters these days were using thicc to refer to big butts, as in GYAT DAYUM DAS THICC

madsnielxyz ,

looks like a intern project at a graphic design shop. get that Gen Z kid to write us up a slang Rosetta stone!

Gabu ,

Gen Z/Alpha is fine… except for this shit. Talk like a fucking human, for fuck’s sake.

thorbot ,

On god you cheugy fr fr

nolight ,

bro be spitting fax, on God

thorbot ,

Based reply

rektdeckard ,
@rektdeckard@lemmy.world avatar

I bet they’re always on your lawn too

Gabu ,

I don’t have a lawn. Both, because I’m thankfully not American, but also because millenials don’t get to buy houses.

deur ,

Uh ohhh someone is experiencing getting older. It only gets worse!

KillingTimeItself ,

something something damn kids these days and the way they wear their hair, something something and the fashion they engage in.

Nothing is new under the sun gramps.

Gabu ,

Slang was words repurposed in meaning. Had been for thousands of years. The fuck is a “delulu”? The fuck is a “gyatt”? This is a symptom of terminal online-ness, like kids addressing groups as “chat”.

KillingTimeItself ,

i don’t think you’re defining that correctly. Isn’t slang literally just defined at it’s most simplistic as “terms used in non formal communication, that are understood between a group of people, due to collective contextual understanding.”

I.E. workplace lingo would also be a form of slang.

Toneswirly ,

As a younger millenial I gotta say some of these are ours. We were calling things “extra” since like '06. Vibe is as old as the hippies, and mid is weed slang from like the early 2000s.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Wait, those are real?

Toneswirly ,

Unfortunately

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I apparently live under a rock.

Pulptastic ,

You down with OPP?

devnull406 ,

Yeah You know me

oatscoop ,

Every generation uses old slang they mistakenly believe they invented.

postmateDumbass ,

Or in the case of ‘out of pocket’ every generaation just ignorantly bastardizes random shit.

oatscoop ,

Fax, no printer.

postmateDumbass ,

No baseball hat.

Rusty ,

Yeah, our generation was streets ahead of those zoomers.

hardcoreufo ,

Ok Pierce.

boatsnhos931 ,

I think the Gen z column is more like ebonics. B rad from the boo would approve

johannesvanderwhales ,

Not uncommon for a term to start in AAVE and then later cross over into wider use. Drip is definitely an example of this.

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