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[MMarston]

Hey guys, do people still say "for sure" / "fo sho"

I've known plenty of guys from Alberta who do. Particularly the latter.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

I say "Dynamite" all the time. Even though they don't say it in the movie, it's stuck in there because of my love for Black Dynamite. I also say "Word" all the time. It started out as a joke, but I kind of like it....

 

[M.W.]

My bad?

Da bomb?

Raise the roof?

 

[Volimar]

Sorry for long ass pic.

Not really sorry.

 

[DiscoJer]

Mint

Meaning good or great.

In college in the 90s, people from the Northeast would say that a lot and I picked up the habit. Last saw it used in the late 90s on the internet in someone describing a song.

 

[M.W.]

Mint

Meaning good or great.

In college in the 90s, people from the Northeast would say that a lot and I picked up the habit. Last saw it heard in the late 90s on the internet in someone describing a song.

Mint post.

Yeah, that sounds unminty.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

I said something was "awesome" to my cousin the other day and she cringed and called me a loser.

 

[HideyoshiJP]

This thread is tubular. It feela long, and very enclosed. Perhaps capable of transporting fluids.

 

[M.W.]

I still use rad.

It's rad.

 

[TickleMeElbow]

I remember when people said "joshin". Like " I'm just joshin you". Do people still use that?

 

[ThisGuy]

I said something was "awesome" to my cousin the other day and she cringed and called me a loser.

Did you tell her this was a no flex zone?
Can't be flex'n in a no flex zone.

I remember when people said "joshin". Like " I'm just joshin you". Do people still use that?

I never understood, or looked up why this was a thing. Who is Josh, and why is he always joking around?

 

[Speely]

Edit: I am Josh. ^

Meme word. Nobody says that in real life.

Precisely. Colloquialisms in real life have the benefit of being primarily affected by delivery (complete with inflection, body language, attitude, et al.) Internet memes are dependent upon lots of strangers who will never meet saying "Yeah, that captures it pretty well online via our shared pseudo experience."

I find fun in both kinds of expression, though. I love silly internet-only shit.

As for words, colloquialisms, or terms that are outdated and no one will say again, the context matters.

For example, "Gee whiz" will probably never again be said seriously or communicate what it originally did, but 100 years from now I can see people saying it sarcastically like they do now. So no, I don't think ANY part of our common parlance that isn't fairly fundamental to communication will be around forever, but those bits that seem dorky will probably stay around a pretty long time just because we have a huge capacity for irony and humor.

Context changes easily. Words are just words.

 

[Glendemonium]

Heh, slang. I grew up in the era of "radical" and "bodacious".

Kind of glad they're gone. Now it's all about the memes.

 

[Makonero]

I had a friend in college who used "boss" as a synonym for "awesome." That was so boss.

 

[Samimista]

I still use rad.

It's rad.

That sounds really rad.

I use 'rad' on a daily basis as well.

 

[JTripper]

Phat

 

[Diprosalic]

cool beans.

 

[King Al B]

Wicked Cool

 

[Puppet Shadow]

I said something was "awesome" to my cousin the other day and she cringed and called me a loser.

Whaaa?

'Awesome' is still awesome!

 

[Acorn]

I said something was "awesome" to my cousin the other day and she cringed and called me a loser.

I get shit for saying that all the time. But it never really caught on here so I sound like a California surfer from the 70s to them.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

There was an advert on the TV where the husband fist pumped the air because he got a good deal, his wife said "Did you just fist pump"? My Grandmother turns to me and asks what a fist fart is, after nearly dying on the spot I told her they didn't mean fist fart and that no one uses pump anymore in that context, I also explained what a fist pump actually is. Bless her.

 

[styl3s]

I remember when people said "joshin". Like " I'm just joshin you". Do people still use that?

I still say that, oh mylanta, lets blow this popsicle stand and son of a biscuit eater.

cool beans.

are you asking if people still say that or do you say that? Because that's the only appropriate thing to say to anything cool.

 

[Milksheikhs]

Remember when people used to say ‘boss’ when they were describing something really cool? Like,"Those shoulder pads are really boss, man." "Look at that perm, that perm is so boss!" It’s what made me want to become a boss. And I looked so good in a perm and shoulder pads. But now, boss is just slang for jerk in charge.

 

[Angelus Errare]

shway

 

[Nickle]

"I'm going to buy a new Wii U game"

 

[hie]

And hella migrated to the Seattle area in the early 90s and at least in my cirlce seems to be here to stay. It wasn't until recent internet threads that I realized it bothered the shit out of the rest of the country lol.

I can attest to "hella" being accepted currency from at least that time period in Seattle also. I can't completely quit it.

 

[Acorn]

Edit: I am Josh. ^



Precisely. Colloquialisms in real life have the benefit of being primarily affected by delivery (complete with inflection, body language, attitude, et al.) Internet memes are dependent upon lots of strangers who will never meet saying "Yeah, that captures it pretty well online via our shared pseudo experience."

I find fun in both kinds of expression, though. I love silly internet-only shit.

As for words, colloquialisms, or terms that are outdated and no one will say again, the context matters.

For example, "Gee whiz" will probably never again be said seriously or communicate what it originally did, but 100 years from now I can see people saying it sarcastically like they do now. So no, I don't think ANY part of our common parlance that isn't fairly fundamental to communication will be around forever, but those bits that seem dorky will probably stay around a pretty long time just because we have a huge capacity for irony and humor.

Context changes easily. Words are just words.

Remember when people used to say ‘boss’ when they were describing something really cool? Like,"Those shoulder pads are really boss, man." "Look at that perm, that perm is so boss!" It’s what made me want to become a boss. And I looked so good in a perm and shoulder pads. But now, boss is just slang for jerk in charge.