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Young person lingo.

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Mysterian · 30/09/2025 19:43

I'm 50 and work with a lot of younger women including teenagers. What language can I embarrass them by using?
I remember to Yeet things rather than throw them. Are things still lit? Ideally AF? Any other good ones?

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CaptainMyCaptain · 02/10/2025 07:36

Yope · 01/10/2025 22:22

Remember the floss dance?
One of the most embarrassing things I've ever seen in my life was a grown woman doing the floss moves with her 2 kids.
Oh. My. God.
She looked so pleased with herself for learning it.
I died of second hand embarrassment.
Don't be that woman.

She was just having fun. White middle aged primary school teachers devising and performing 'raps' for times tables, phonics etc was truly excruciating and embarrassing.

BernadetteJune · 02/10/2025 08:56

Don't try to get down with them - embarrass them by using some of your phrases. Start by asking them "Are you courting?" I used to hate that when relatives asked me that (but that was many years ago!)

Yope · 02/10/2025 09:05

CaptainMyCaptain · 02/10/2025 07:36

She was just having fun. White middle aged primary school teachers devising and performing 'raps' for times tables, phonics etc was truly excruciating and embarrassing.

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She was a middle aged mother dressed in a Marks & Spencer outfit who was crushing her 2 teenagers with excruciating embarrassment.
The 2 teenagers (13, 14) were doing the moves to each other, then she sprinted over yelling "I can do this! I've been practicing!" And over excitedly started doing the moves with them, with an over exaggerated style and a Cheshire cat grin on her face.
Oh God.
Her kids died in front of all their mates.
I died for them.
Middle aged adults seriously need to stick to being middle aged adults.
Teenagers don't think these adults are cool, or down with the kidz, when they try to follow teenage trends.
They just think they're embarrassing.
I really do think, let teenagers be teenagers by themselves. Don't try and join in. You've had your time as a teenager. Move along now.

Summerhillsquare · 02/10/2025 12:02

Surely spilling the tea is old hat already?

What's the current way to say "old hat"?!

Baital · 02/10/2025 12:06

noblegiraffe · 30/09/2025 20:06

If you do something well, you cooked. If you did something badly and are going to get into trouble, you are so cooked.

If you need to get on with some work, you say 'I need to lock in'.

Good = ate and left no crumbs

Although DD hasn't said that recently. Maybe it doesn't apply any more.

Praising someone = gassing them up. Ithink still current, but who knows?

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Mysterian · 02/10/2025 19:16

Well, it worked. There were several cries of "stop saying that!" today. That'll teach 'em after that occasion when one asked me in all seriousness if I had to use a quill in school.

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ItIsReallyFine · 03/10/2025 14:56

My DS is home schooling because of anxiety and he doesn't get out much. He has developed a teen vocabulary that is entirely his own. Sometimes he can go whole sentence without using any actually meaningful words. It must be a teen thing. Usually we still know what he is talking about from the context and tone of voice.

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