I feel old

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• sagrotan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And now, dear Gen X, imagine that in German. Ooof.

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• postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  OPP sure swerved

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• rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I thought cheugy was more a synonym for tryhard, someone working really hard to ‘get with th youths’.

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  • tooclose104@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Which would be lame to do in the view of said youths, no?

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    • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure. I just think lame doesn’t quite hit the same meaning.

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    • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure. I just think lame doesn’t quite hit the same meaning.

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• tyler@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  At least cheugy is a new word. All these fucking morons literally redefining “giving” and it’s absolutely terrible. It doesn’t sound good. It just makes you sound idiotic and like you don’t know English.

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  • Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I believe giving actually comes from 90s gay/drag culture, and like most of these isn’t really as obtuse as it seems. It’s just word omission. It’s just shorthand for “it’s giving me thoughts of” or “it’s giving me memories of”, basically (okay, admittedly I’m extracted a little bit here).

    Here’s an example that I hope helps: imagine your friend or romantic partner comes to you wearing a new tweed jacket they’ve excited about, but all you can see when you look at it is memories of your tweed-clad college professor. You might respond with “i dunno, it’s giving college prof,” which is just shorthand for “I dunno, it’s giving me flashbacks to memories of my college professor.”

    Personally that seems a fairly functional evolution of language in the way it always evolves, not the degradation you seem to be finding, but of course I can only offer my own singular opinion on the topic, so do with that what you want

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  • Laticauda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They didn’t redefine giving, it’s literally being used for its original definition. Just add “energy” or “vibes” at the end of the sentence and it clarifies exactly how it’s used. If someone sees your outfit and says “It’s giving Beyoncé” -> “it’s giving Beyoncé energy”, your outfit is reminding them of Beyoncé. As in it is providing/offering said Beyoncé-like energy, aka one of the original definitions of giving something.

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      they literally redefined it. It no longer means to ’ : presented as a gift : bestowed without compensation ’ or ‘particular, specified’ or ’ : immediately present in experience ’ they’re using it as “it gives me the energy of” which already HAD A DEFINITION. THAT’S WHAT VIBE MEANS.

      That’s not the original definition of ‘giving’ something, i have no clue where you got that from.

      Bunch of morons downvoting too, bet y’all saying giving a hundred times a day. fucking idiots.

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• Emmy@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Most of these either aren’t right or I don’t understand the older language.

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• Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I want a Gen Z Immortan Joe in my life, on God

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• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In my age OPP meant something quite a bit different.

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