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"Rizz", "cooking" and "based" are going to be stereotypical old people words one day (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

As an old person today, I have no clue what these words mean. Assuming cooking has nothing to do with food. I've never heard rizz. I've at least heard people use based, though I don't know its use.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Rizz = Charisma

    Based = Cool; Awesome; Good.

    Cooked = Fucked (as in up, not sexually).

    Cooking = Doing something (usually good, but does not necessarily have to be).

    Sincerely,

    A 40 year old Millennial.

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    'cooking' specifically implies either creativity or efficacy (or both, some novel solution that results in success)

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

    Ah but then there is the phrase "let him cook," which tends to be used when someone starts doing something that seems foolish. I would think it at least somewhat relates to "cooking." If you fail, you are "cooked."

    Edit: To clarify, this phrase is commonly seen after someone says something like "hey, don't do that;" I did not mean to imply the phrase itself has an inherent good/bad connotation, merely what has been pointed out that they want to "wait and see" the results before making judgement.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    This version of cook seems aligned with "hold on."

    As in "it's not yet apparent that what's happening makes sense/is good."

    Where's that tiktok linguist kid when ya need him.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    Cooking - you are doing something good

    Cooked, getting cooked - someone is messing around with you and you fall for it, kinda like this maybe could be better explanation.

    "You are cooking" - you made a song, for example, and it was great song.

    "You are cooked" - kinda like when you, as a child, do something bad and your parents are going to be mad when they find out — you are basically cooked.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    I consider 'based' an opposite of 'sour' or 'acidic'. That is, being alkaline and having high pH is considered socially desirable. Mixing based and sour personalities will naturally produce salt, that is, dried tears.

    Cooking is a term for any time-consuming chemical reaction, which happens to include food preparation.

    I have no chemistry-related explanation for rizz. Something to do with sparks?

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