I reject “sus” being zoomer exclusive. Among Us has been a huge hit for 5 years now, was popular across demographics, and made an appearance in Glass Onion, which is the boomeriest Millennial movie ever.
The rest of it, sure, go off fam.
Deadass on fleek
This comment is lit
I’ll dab to that
Despacito
Fr goated with the sauce
Swag
Chez Squilly Yo 💯💯
Man’s not cappin.
Frfr no cap
Oh no, I liked Glass Onion…
I have appropriated “sus” and “yeet” and sometimes “gucci”…I think those don’t even come from the same gens of slang, but they feel right in a sentence. Especially yeet.
I’m pretty sure my friends and I have incorrectly appropriated yeet. We’ll use it in the normal way but we’ll also say yeet like sweet or hell yeah. We’re all upper 20s now so it feels rather hilarious.
Yeet and Gucci are early zoomer at best, mostly later millenial terms as they became popular closer to 2015 than 2020
They’re definitely zoomer, MAYBE late millennial
Once you consider that “yeet” is the opposite of “yoink”, it really seems like it’s actually a millennial word. Though interestingly, my spell check considers “yeet” correct but not “yoink”
I always did the bird Caa Caaw instead of yoink.
I agree, but for a different reason. I had an Aussie friend that said “sus” all the time on IRC, and that was in the 00’s, so it well predates Among Us.
Ok, maybe suss is Australian. I was surprised to see it listed with “on cap” because I’ve heard suss being said all my life by a wide range of people, but I did grow up in Australia.
I get most of my slang from among us and then I learn the correct usage on tiktok and then I purposely do it wrong because aging is fun and I’m a parent.
Sus is literally part of the Australian vernacular and was in use when I was a kid.
Thank you! I thought I was going mad because I distinctly remember saying “sus” when I was in highschool in the early 2000s. It was definitely used both as “go sus it out” but also “don’t sus us miss” was something we said all the time when a teacher tried to catch students smoking behind the portables.
So it sort of just feels like Gen Z expanded the definition.
I’m using it ironically so it’s OK
That’s how it subtley becomes part of your vocabulary without your knowledge.
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“That’s fire” has an Urban Dictionary entry from 2007.
Yeah, that one was ours.
Filthy little hobbitses always stealing, always thieving, trying to take away our precious
My dad is in his 50s and has being using fire as an adjective for as long as I can remember
No cap?
I’m straight bussin
Straight bussin that bussy, amirite?
Frfr
I don’t know what it means either. I’ve heard the other two in casual conversation, but “no cap” is completely new to me.
in this specific context it means bullshit, like “no bullshit,” but it can’t be used literally any other way because “to cap” someone means killing them
Completely hatless.
I repeat, hatless
Ong ghawd bruh
My millennial (or maybe gen x) roommate spends a lot of time on tiltok, so she’s always teaching me (a gen z) new ‘gen z’ slang.
It’s fun, but on the other hand she has a pretty skewed perception of young people. She’s always watching engagement-bait content online, and she seems to think most people my age are complete idiots.
I mean don’t get me wrong, we are idiots, but we’re not a different species or anything lol.
She sounds like an idiot fr fr.
but we’re not a different species or anything lol
[Citation Needed]
Do not let generational gaps fool you, most people are idiots
Yup. I went to school and college with some monumental idiots back in the day. I had my moments too, of course. Idiocy transcends generations.
People who complain about younger people are the biggest idiots who forgot that other idiots said the same about them a long time ago. Same with those who complain about older people a little too much.
Growing up is realizing your parents were idiots too.
Highly disorienting to realize that the world is run by idiots.
And also invented the atom bomb.
In the glim flickering light, a moth invents a lightbulb which outshines the sun.
I try not to think too hard about it, for optimistic reasons.
There are always pearls among the swine.
For spooky AF reasons, look up the Demon Core incident.
Don’t drop the screwdriver.
No. Gen Z is the future. The rest of us are dinosaurs.
Love, someone who manages students at a university.
she seems to think most people my age are complete idiots.
Very boomer of her.
Radical
Bossa Nova!
…
Chevy Nova?
Kowabunga
art deco dude!
Gnarly
Cowabunga dude
Bawitdaba, da bang, da dang diggy diggy Diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the boogie
These arent meant to be spoken out loud anyway.
No cap, fr fr
No cap, fr fr
I’d like to upset some niblings with “fr fr, ong”… Does anyone know if “fr” is pronounced as one word like in “from”, or if I’m supposed to just say “eff arr”? Same for “ong,” please.
I always thought it was like an abbreviation for “for real”
For some reason “fr” is so frustrating. I am such a boomer :/
Not to sound like a boommer but I really dislike “finna” like how much do you need to shorten a term like finally gonna
It’s dialectic – there’s lot’s of them in the US, but this one afk belongs to Black American English, and is shortened from “fixin’ to.” Personally, I think it’s cool to see so many variations of English. The language is definitely not static; it is changing all the time!
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That’s what I mean gonna is already shortened
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But why would I do that?
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Ah so instead of disliking something I’m just going to double think my way into liking it
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Short form of “fixin to” (pronounced “fixin tuh”)
Usually implies “I’m” fixing to. Often said without much emphasis, as it’s just introducing the important part of the phrase. I think it’s actually a pretty neat way to keep the emphasis where it needs to be.
“Finna get outta here” uses 3/4 of the phrase to convey the important action of “leaving”
vs. “I’m fixing to get out of here” uses 1/2 of the phrase on useless info that “I” am the one doing the leaving and that it hasn’t happened yet but is about to.
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😲 I thought it was slang for “fixing”!
As in “Fixing to do x, y, z” which in my mind meant “I am preparing to do x, y, z”
Fixing to? is that some texas thing
Who the hell says “fixing to” over “going to” though? Seems like a small minority group trying to sound more important than they are, idk.
I have no idea! I’m neither young or American 🤣
It shows up in US Southeastern slang quite a bit. Usually it’s a bit stronger than ‘going to,’ ex. “I’m fixing to give him a piece of my mind.” ‘Fixings’ is also slang for side dishes here.
As a Southern gal myself, I got whiplash from the implication that people sayin “fixin” are trying to sound important.
I promise, among those of us who say that kinda thing, it’s seen as a mark of ignorance and bein low class in general. The idea that a hillbilly accent can seem “important” is banana sandwiches to me.
I wouldn’t say it’s trying to sound important as much as it is trying to sound serious / no bullshit tone: “I’m fixin’ to whop yo ass”, or as a response to your boss bitching at you to do something: “yeah yeah I’m fixin’ to”
That’s correct
My day, never came, I am old and without prime
I’m Gen-X. My 13-year-old daughter is under instructions to never call me ‘bro’ or ‘bruh.’
My nephew’s do that to my brother-in-law. They also call him ‘dude.’
Dude is weird to me, but calling me ‘bro’ is just wrong. I want to be called Dad or Daddy. She’s mostly okay with that.
I am not partial to informal nicknames. If I stand with a group of my male coworkers I usually greet them with “gentleman” or something that. I don’t work with a lot of women but I’m not sure what to say to a group of women. Ladies seems kind of demeaning and gentlewomen sounds weird to me. I usually just go with miss or ma’am.
“Sup fuckers”
“Bitches” while nodding politely.
Howdy.
Having come up in the 90s-00s, the few times I’ve been called “daddy” were a little surprising at the time (“it’s just something I say, don’t overthink it”, etc), but thankfully said moments were in the rear-view quickly enough.
In later years, my kids didn’t add the “y” and one even asked why other kids say it that way. Hell, I’m ok with “dude” from my kids or their friends, in certain contexts, but “bruh”? Might as well try calling me “son” or “boy”, and see how that flies, child. 🤪
I’ll be keeping “AF”, thank you very much
They’re trying to change that to ASF 🙄
Wtf is the s?
Literally the word “as”
Wt(a)f do they want from our slang?
Mmm, no, rejected. AF is clean
I… use sus all the time at 38… but I’m a gamer, and it’s kinda gaming slang.
That’s because gamer slang is made up of whatever shit kids are saying
Gamer slang is made up of whatever gamers are saying
Gamers are made up of whatever gamers are saying.
I’m Australian, I’ve been calling things sus since the 90s.
Same, it was just a happy accident that our slang made it mainstream I guess.
How is “it’s sus” a Gen Z thing when we were saying it in the 90s?
