▲ 356 ▼ "Rizz", "cooking" and "based" are going to be stereotypical old people words one day (sh.itjust.works) submitted 11 months ago by Preventer79@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) rizz comes from African Americans Vernacular English and has been around for decades…. white kids on tiktok recently learned it… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) I've been around for decades too, even living in California, and the first time I've heard the word is recently with the new generation of tiktok people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago well slang is very regional, as well as specific to different subcultures… like gamers have tons of slang/jargon… seems like kids like to appropriate slang from elsewhere (often black slang, probably from music), then they assume they invented it and gatekeep it, then it progresses to boring or becomes part of the language like “cool”…. but whatever, i’m down with it… it’s totally tubular! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) I've been around for decades too, even living in California, and the first time I've heard the word is recently with the new generation of tiktok people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago well slang is very regional, as well as specific to different subcultures… like gamers have tons of slang/jargon… seems like kids like to appropriate slang from elsewhere (often black slang, probably from music), then they assume they invented it and gatekeep it, then it progresses to boring or becomes part of the language like “cool”…. but whatever, i’m down with it… it’s totally tubular! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago well slang is very regional, as well as specific to different subcultures… like gamers have tons of slang/jargon… seems like kids like to appropriate slang from elsewhere (often black slang, probably from music), then they assume they invented it and gatekeep it, then it progresses to boring or becomes part of the language like “cool”…. but whatever, i’m down with it… it’s totally tubular! permalink fedilink source parent