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The Real King Gordon@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

What is something only old people say?

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What is something only old people say?

The Real King Gordon@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago
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    My dad called rootbeer floats “boston coolers” and called BigBoy’s restaurants “Manners”

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    I couldn’t remember the song title Pink Pony Club and called it Hoke Pokey Unicorn the other day… so that

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    Dad gum

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    pulling myself up by my bootstraps

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    “Knee high to a grasshopper” (short)

    “Beyond the pale” (outside social norms, I think. Maybe just strange)

    “Dance maven”

    “I’ll just do that in my copious free time…” (sarcastically, because you are too busy)

    “Copacetic” (it’s all good)

    “Heavy” (meaning important, grave)

    I learned all of these thirty years ago from a man in his fifties. He was full of interesting expressions.

    • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml
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      If the question is things “only” old people say, you have to exclude phrases old people say that were repopularized through media.

      “Heavy” (meaning important, grave)

      For example this is a really quotable line from Back to the Future, so kids would pick it up.

      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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        40 year old movies are not really a major influence on slang & pop culture…

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          Lmao, k

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        Heavy? Is there something wrong with the earths gravity??

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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      I’ve started saying “beyond the pale” and “copacetic” after playing Disco Elysium

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      23 days ago

      You just don’t get it, you keep it copacetic…

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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      The only time I have ever heard the word copacetic and only reason I know it exists is because of a song that probably only dinosaurs and hipsters listen to anymore: Bound For The Floor.

      Other than that, I’ve never heard it used in any context. So I’mma agree that it’s definitely an old person word ( or a pretentious “I’m BeTtEr ThAn YoU” kinda word ).

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        23 days ago

        Copacetic has an interesting history. I heard about it in a video I can’t currently find, but this article gives some history: wordorigins.org

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    In my day.

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