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Do you still use words/phrases like groovy, bummer, far out, keep on truckin', gnarly etc?

You whippersnappers won't know what I am talking about.

Posted - June 23, 2020
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  • 32664
    I don't think I ever used any of those phrases. 
      June 23, 2020 6:15 PM MDT
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  • 44232
    Freal?
      June 23, 2020 6:16 PM MDT
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  • 32664
    Yep. 
      June 23, 2020 7:36 PM MDT
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  • My dad said when he was a kid he used to say "boss" and "cherry" to mean "cool".

    I still say things are "sick" or "the s--t" if I like them. Those were very popular when I was in high school. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at July 9, 2022 8:37 PM MDT
      June 23, 2020 6:32 PM MDT
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  • 44232
    As a linguist, I imagine you find some of the generational differences interesting. I do.
      June 23, 2020 6:45 PM MDT
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  • 4631
    Groovy sounds wimpy these days, though I like it when I hear it.

    No, I don't use any of those words.
    In fact, I've gone the other way and avoid using the latest fad words.

    Although it's impossible, I prefer writing to have a timeless quality. For instance, one can read Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim, and it doesn't take an urban dictionary to understand it.

    You'd be surprised how often, on this site, I have to look up the meanings of American slang.
      June 24, 2020 1:22 PM MDT
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  • 52936

     

      iknowrite?

      June 24, 2020 1:23 PM MDT
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  • 44232
    I can't even pronounce some Aussie slang.
      June 24, 2020 5:28 PM MDT
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  • 13257
    A cunnilinguist? Seriously, when I was in college, the student humor magazine, "The Lunatic," put out a spoof football program for the homecoming game one year. One of the players was called Buster Hymen, listed as a double major in cunnilinguistics and nasal hygiene. This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at July 9, 2022 8:38 PM MDT
      June 24, 2020 8:22 PM MDT
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  • 44232
    Far out.
      June 25, 2020 8:00 AM MDT
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  • 52936

     

      Right on, Dude. 

    ~

      June 23, 2020 6:49 PM MDT
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  • 457
    Eat my shorts, poser!
      June 23, 2020 7:09 PM MDT
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  • 44232
    A classic song:

      June 24, 2020 5:32 PM MDT
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  • 10467
    Yep.  (get off my lawn!)
      June 23, 2020 9:54 PM MDT
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  • 44232
    I ain't no whippersnapper.
      June 24, 2020 5:33 PM MDT
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  • 10467
    Eh?  Eh?  Speak up!
      June 24, 2020 9:08 PM MDT
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  • 19942
    Of that group, the only one I use and still use is "bummer."
      June 24, 2020 6:45 AM MDT
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  • 17398
    I use the first three.
      June 24, 2020 8:12 PM MDT
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  • 13257
    I once knew someone who liked to say, "Farm out."
      June 25, 2020 8:02 AM MDT
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