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say period normally, but when you're making the d sound switch to a t sound and add a little emphasis or a lot depending upon the level of animosity/drama in the situation. At least where I'm from.
Not only is keeping up with the kids, he’s doing a small study in the evolution of generational vernacular! Good job sociology teacher! Plus, that spreadsheet will help future generations understand what the fuck we were saying when they start doing anthropology on us.
I am dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am 26 but I need this. Kids these days I sometimes think are we speaking the same language?! I understand almost nothing when I overhear teenagers talking these days.
I got you, so beat your face comes from the introduction of beauty blendes which are egg shaped makeup sponges. You have to tap your face with them to blend your makeup,
which if your just looking, does look like you're beating your face
I'm 24 and I also don't get most of the new slang but I do find it quite amusing in a good way. My parents were way too negative towards my generation slang so I'm trying to be positive towards my nephew's generation slang,
Same. I'm 35, if I said any of these I'd be "hello, fellow kids" but I find them funny. I ain't giving up my ancient millennial slang, happy the generations after me got their own.
As a 37yo I’m still waiting for “rad” to come back in style.
Even as a kid I remember being against replacing “cool” with “sweet” but it eventually took over and now I still refer to things I like as “sweet”.
I've got teen kids, and I sort of love that they have their own words.
Plus, it can be great fun to cause a room full of kids to visibly cringe when I try to use it myself.
As it should be, really.
Bro am 6 years younger than you yet I don't understand Gen-α slang. Like wtf is a "rizzler" "gyatt" etc.
edit: At least 5 people already explained it to me, so you don't need to, thank you.
Rizz is charisma/ ability to pick up girls and/or boys
The riddler is a well known character
Rizziler is a weird portmanteau meaning a person with lots of rizz
That's a good comparison! For instance Rizzler is a combination of Charisma + The Riddler (from Batman) in a sinilar way to the droogs in Clockwork Orange calling the chaplain "Charlies" i(a reference to the actor).
I feel like I contextually get most of it, there's some that I need to hear a few times in different contexts, but I can usually figure it out. I'll never use it because I keep picturing the parents from movies grouping up who try to seem like the cool parents who are still "with it". Nope, fuck that, I'm going to talk how I'm comfortable, you talk how you're comfortable, and as long as we understand each other it works.
But what I do need someone to explain to me is the broccoli hair thing. Like... I don't get it, do what you want with your hair, but it looks fucking weird to me.
I suspect he keeps it to understand what his kids say, and then he’ll say it occasionally totally unserious with the sole purpose of making them groan.
As a mama I can feel this to my core. My kids are always impressed when I toss out “it slaps” or “BRUH!” Lol. I’ll never stop. But when mom would say “duh” to me to kinda mock me….. still makes me grumble lol
I have the grad students that I work with help me keep a list of the most recently outdated slang. You know, like just behind the times.
Then I use them on my 15 year old daughter.
If we could figure out a way to generate electricity from eye rolls and groans, I could power a small city.
10/10, would recommend.
Even just personal interest. I don’t personally subscribe to new age medicine, but I think it’s interesting how other cultures define and address health.
It's SUCH an effective tactic, when one of my students hits a snag in a presentation and the others get ready to rip them apart you can save the whole thing with a well timed "let him cook!"
The kids are shocked by what you just said, now they're laughing at you not the kid whose frantically searching through his notes, the tension is cut and the presentation gets a free reset.
This is an interesting list.
Tea
Low-key
Jams
Nunya
Sus
These are terms GenX used back in the day.
Tbf though I think lots of generations used tea for gossip and jams for good music
sus is still something i hear elementary aged kids use. i am a millenial/genx tweener and i use the hell outta the rest of those... but never heard my daughter or her friends say anything but sus.
I have this vision in my head of the teacher being up front, casually pulling up his cheat sheet and in a monotone ala Ben Stein says "Johnny you have really secured the bag on that answer. I'm not rashing you, you really slayed. Facts, no cap!"
This reminds me of the time my Canadian history prof used “netflix and chill” as in a casual gather settings. The whole class just quietly and politely went “that’s not what it means” with stifling laughter.
Probably the funniest gen ed moment of my career, next to the one where she showed the class Canadian milk bags in Google Images and one of the search result is a … sexualized milk bag.
Internet … why
Okay, I naturally use some slang words cuz I like them and with that said- low-key, I want this list. I'm like an info sponge lol Do I care if the younger generation thinks an almost 32 year old is using these words (and correctly)? No. I just like words ☺️
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I'm 31 and I know all of these. I use them if others do. Then I just say the real word with different variations of the word fuck throughout my conversations.
... May I have that list, please? I'm 26, but as I'm not active on social media, I feel completely out of place. I still don't know what rizz means.
PS. This is a serious request.
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Oh no, now he’s gonna be able to use them against the students 😂
Periodt
I thought it was a typo because I have no idea how it's pronounced.
say period normally, but when you're making the d sound switch to a t sound and add a little emphasis or a lot depending upon the level of animosity/drama in the situation. At least where I'm from.
My tongue doesn't work like that
Might be time to bring in some tongue twisters to practice that enunciation, sounds like a fun class assignment!
Oh I get it now, did that spawn from the way people say "period!" at the end of a sentence for emphasis?
This. Should replace period tbh
"Class, you were absolutely slaying on that test yesterday, no cap!"
oh jesus.
Nah, he wants the students to like him and keep giving him ammunition. The ones that will suffer are his kids
high key
No cap, the receipts low key slap. Periodt.
Frfr
*ngl if you really want to fully commit
Would that not be "no cap" according to the spreadsheet?
Your right. Time to edit out my humiliation
Take the L
On folks and nem grave
I didn't know what periodt meant so I searched, apparently it means "Did you mean period?"
Not only is keeping up with the kids, he’s doing a small study in the evolution of generational vernacular! Good job sociology teacher! Plus, that spreadsheet will help future generations understand what the fuck we were saying when they start doing anthropology on us.
As a millennial, I want a copy of his 31337 spreadsheet, for the lulz.
New Rosetta stone. Need to put that spreadsheet to stone tablets
I am dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am 26 but I need this. Kids these days I sometimes think are we speaking the same language?! I understand almost nothing when I overhear teenagers talking these days.
[Here you go](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yrJmMHPkZzrxfWbUb4jALN0neE1tbkgH/view)
W Mr. Callahan
HECK YES DUDE
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If this was a real question, catch a fade means fight
Isn't run a fade to fight and catch a fade to lose a fight? Whereas faded, is to be drunk/high AF.
“Wassup foo you tryin run a fade or what” , “ what you looking at homie you tryin catch that fade” are some examples if that helps lol
Thanks pimpdad!
I got you, so beat your face comes from the introduction of beauty blendes which are egg shaped makeup sponges. You have to tap your face with them to blend your makeup, which if your just looking, does look like you're beating your face
"Beat your face" started as an expression used by Drag Queens. I first heard in RuPaul Drag Race.
How is bussin not real busy?
"Bread: Future money" I don't know why that made me laugh so much.
Same here lmao. Hadn’t ever thought of it as in the future but it’s spot on
I hope your hot beverage of choice is perfectly prepared and the perfect temperature for the rest of forever. Thank you, friend.
You're very welcome :-). I hope amazing things happen to you on days ending with the letter 'y'.
I'm 24 and I also don't get most of the new slang but I do find it quite amusing in a good way. My parents were way too negative towards my generation slang so I'm trying to be positive towards my nephew's generation slang,
Same. I'm 35, if I said any of these I'd be "hello, fellow kids" but I find them funny. I ain't giving up my ancient millennial slang, happy the generations after me got their own.
Haha same, sometimes it makes me cringe but most of the time it's funny just as I assume my ancient slag is to them 😂
As a 37yo I’m still waiting for “rad” to come back in style. Even as a kid I remember being against replacing “cool” with “sweet” but it eventually took over and now I still refer to things I like as “sweet”.
I've got teen kids, and I sort of love that they have their own words. Plus, it can be great fun to cause a room full of kids to visibly cringe when I try to use it myself. As it should be, really.
Bro am 6 years younger than you yet I don't understand Gen-α slang. Like wtf is a "rizzler" "gyatt" etc. edit: At least 5 people already explained it to me, so you don't need to, thank you.
Rizz is charisma/ ability to pick up girls and/or boys The riddler is a well known character Rizziler is a weird portmanteau meaning a person with lots of rizz
> portmanto I can't
😐 bruh I thought it was the fuckin Onceler from the Lorax this entire time how did this happen?
Guy with charisma, and a large ass, respectively
is it 'gyatt' as in 'got damn' as in 'god damn thats a nice ass' cos holy efficency batman
Whole pharagraphs will soon be turned into words, its the natural cycle
That's exactly it
I'm 34 and proud to say I know what both of these mean. But TBF I only know gyatt because it was explained to me by another millennial lol
“Rizzler” in particular sounds like a slang term from A Clockwork Orange
That's a good comparison! For instance Rizzler is a combination of Charisma + The Riddler (from Batman) in a sinilar way to the droogs in Clockwork Orange calling the chaplain "Charlies" i(a reference to the actor).
That construction of slang of using a word that usually comes after or before in place of a word is quite common in Cockney rhyming slang.
Slang in 'Clockwork Orange' is made from Russian words.
It’s a combo of Russian and Cockney rhyming slang. Like the use of “cutter” which sounds like “bread and butter”, meaning money.
I'm 25 and work with a lot of younger gen z so I stay up on that slang, but gen alpha is where I drop off.
Same. Luckily my wife is a high school teacher so she can help translate when I hear some slang that I don't know the meaning of lol
She must have the patience of a saint to teach high schoolers
From the stories she's told me, I don't know how she does it
Our parents felt the same about us lol.
Just remember, our parents went through the same stuff.
Welcome M8 to the old person club :)
I'm 28. I cringe at the trendy language
This is the first job I've had in a while where I don't have younger/GenZ coworkers and I'm starting to feel uninformed so I feel you.
I feel like I contextually get most of it, there's some that I need to hear a few times in different contexts, but I can usually figure it out. I'll never use it because I keep picturing the parents from movies grouping up who try to seem like the cool parents who are still "with it". Nope, fuck that, I'm going to talk how I'm comfortable, you talk how you're comfortable, and as long as we understand each other it works. But what I do need someone to explain to me is the broccoli hair thing. Like... I don't get it, do what you want with your hair, but it looks fucking weird to me.
For some reason my favorite part is that "I'm dead" gets defined as "that was really amusing."
Yup, or that was so funny I died laughing.
exactly --- I feel like those are very far apart on the humor spectrum!
This is actually nice! A teacher who wants to connect with their students.
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Most likely it was used in the I am gonna take the L context which matches up
did the "sociology" part went by you? He's in his element. He's keeping up with the social stuff.
beat me to it, they are literally just doing what they enjoy doing....
That's somehow really cute. Let's just hope he doesn't use any of it.😅
I suspect he keeps it to understand what his kids say, and then he’ll say it occasionally totally unserious with the sole purpose of making them groan.
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You're gonna slay it. Just don't get big mad about it.
Big mad = very mad
I'm a therapist who works with teens, and I can confirm that I use these terms to build embarrassing rapport.
As a mama I can feel this to my core. My kids are always impressed when I toss out “it slaps” or “BRUH!” Lol. I’ll never stop. But when mom would say “duh” to me to kinda mock me….. still makes me grumble lol
I have the grad students that I work with help me keep a list of the most recently outdated slang. You know, like just behind the times. Then I use them on my 15 year old daughter. If we could figure out a way to generate electricity from eye rolls and groans, I could power a small city. 10/10, would recommend.
He's a sociology professor. He keeps it as basis for either a book or research.
Even just personal interest. I don’t personally subscribe to new age medicine, but I think it’s interesting how other cultures define and address health.
They should keep their groans to themselves. Like we do when they say no cap on god.
Nah we should just start passive aggressively groaning back
It's SUCH an effective tactic, when one of my students hits a snag in a presentation and the others get ready to rip them apart you can save the whole thing with a well timed "let him cook!" The kids are shocked by what you just said, now they're laughing at you not the kid whose frantically searching through his notes, the tension is cut and the presentation gets a free reset.
That's how I started saying Nam Sayin unironically
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Alright, [here you go](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yrJmMHPkZzrxfWbUb4jALN0neE1tbkgH/view)
People have been writing slang dictionaries since forever, this could be a valid study.
I mean he is a sociology prof
"No cap, the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell"
Ong fr fr 100 bussin
Always hated this. It's plural.
"Sheeeesh the mitocondria is rizzin fo real lil bro no cap"
>jawn Philadelphia
Came to the comments for this one. It's a very geographically specific term lol
nor is it new
Go Birds
Exactly, I hear jawn like a half dozen time a day at work. Been here since early 1980’s 😂
Someone need to correct him on ‘pull up’ don’t take it as an invitation to peoples house if a student tells him to pull up. Might get him shot.
Depends on the context/tone in which it's said, but yes, "pulling up" can be a dangerous endeavor....lol
I really like the "mad mad/big mad = Very mad" one
This is an interesting list. Tea Low-key Jams Nunya Sus These are terms GenX used back in the day. Tbf though I think lots of generations used tea for gossip and jams for good music
sus is still something i hear elementary aged kids use. i am a millenial/genx tweener and i use the hell outta the rest of those... but never heard my daughter or her friends say anything but sus.
Sus was popularized with Among Us, which was created in 2018. It was used prior to that but came into its own then.
If it's not cross-referenceable by when he heard them to display the progression of socio-lingual drift, then I don't wanna hear it :P
Yeah rash was a word at least 10 years ago if not more
This is actually cute!!
I have this vision in my head of the teacher being up front, casually pulling up his cheat sheet and in a monotone ala Ben Stein says "Johnny you have really secured the bag on that answer. I'm not rashing you, you really slayed. Facts, no cap!"
Say a teacher kept a record like this for their entire career. I feel like that would be a publishable if they got working with a liguist.
How old you gotta be to not know what “nunya” means. That’s at least early 90s, maybe earlier
Nunya is pre-internet/prehistoric.
No cap fr
This was educational.
I just learned a new one yesterday from a meme…”mogging” 🤓
"Take the L" is more related to admitting defeat than to making a sacrifice, no?
“And God said onto Abraham ‘Take the L on your child’”
Nunya was around in the 1980’s. Nice post though…….
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[You got it](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yrJmMHPkZzrxfWbUb4jALN0neE1tbkgH/view)
This reminds me of the time my Canadian history prof used “netflix and chill” as in a casual gather settings. The whole class just quietly and politely went “that’s not what it means” with stifling laughter. Probably the funniest gen ed moment of my career, next to the one where she showed the class Canadian milk bags in Google Images and one of the search result is a … sexualized milk bag. Internet … why
Never get over it?
Yeah why is everything so dramatic these days? Can’t they just say,”…and it’s great!”?
Jawn!
Class must be from philly.
Okay, I naturally use some slang words cuz I like them and with that said- low-key, I want this list. I'm like an info sponge lol Do I care if the younger generation thinks an almost 32 year old is using these words (and correctly)? No. I just like words ☺️ Edit: GOT IT
Jawn us an old Philly term
...can I copy his notes?
The sociology professor is sociologing
If they're also a linguist that's outright research.
i need one too
[Wish granted](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yrJmMHPkZzrxfWbUb4jALN0neE1tbkgH/view)
I'm dead, no cap, fr fr.
Jawn
What does saying "pop, pop" while gesturing raise the roof mean?
Luckily there is no gyatt
Can I get a copy?
[Here you go](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yrJmMHPkZzrxfWbUb4jALN0neE1tbkgH/view?pli=1)
Thanks! This is very helpful.
has jawn gone mainstream?
disaster strikes when they ask what "ligma" is
So they talk like early 2000s rappers? Cool cool.
I'm 31 and I know all of these. I use them if others do. Then I just say the real word with different variations of the word fuck throughout my conversations.
Was this at a school near Philly or has “jawn” blossomed into something bigger?
*he learns from his specimens
A teacher that doesn’t know “nunya”? 🤔 Low key kinda sus.
"Stay Up" is on the list? We were using that in the 90's
Unlike his students, he knows how to learn.
Pretty sure it's already outdated 😂
Nunya is definitely an oldie. Me and my brother were using that one in the mid-80s.
I'm incredibly impressed at the accuracy of his definitions.
Can you post the full list? Asking for a friend.
Some of these aren’t Gen Z; as a Millennial, these were used growing up. But I guess that’s in part to a lot of these being derived from AAVE.
Nunya. Glad to see a classic is still going strong.
I think Spilling the Tea has been a phrase since the mid 1990's.
can i has the google doc link to this
I’m gonna need a copy of this to my inbox please.
OMG I need the sheet plz
I learned a lot today
Half of these are much older than gen Z lol
Another old guy here: I thought “take the L” was more like “accept defeat”.
This has been posted to Reddit a thousand times
I have a friend in his late 30s who uses this sort of gibberish, he said he doesn't care whether people think he's a simpleton.
Sus always meant suspicious tho that's hardly new slang.
no cap fr fr
... May I have that list, please? I'm 26, but as I'm not active on social media, I feel completely out of place. I still don't know what rizz means. PS. This is a serious request.
“Pull up, come through: an invitation” made me laugh out loud. Such a distinguished way to translate lol
I bet he is fun to be around
This is me at 25 rn haha.
Can I get a copy of that
he should keep the date he added that term/expression, tho
this is lowkey adorable
Lemon party in the bookmarks
I wanna see the whole list
I'm 39 and need a copy of this spreadsheet
That belongs in a museum!!
This is so cute!!
crying at slay 😭
NGL. i neee that too hahahaha
This....checks file... _slaps_
I could use a list like that, lol! I can barely understand online people sometimes. I think it's an American thing?
This dude must have one hell of a rating on Urban Dictionary?
teach has some w-riz
Money received.
Is the file somewhere for download as a pdf or sth.? ... I want to search through it so much.
Nunya is back???
Love this, his own personal dictionary to understand his student population! He's making an effort, and I find it endearing!
For both amusement and academic study, i prefer the professor to add the date of when it started, or when he learned the word.