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Benedict Arnold

Which do you think is the most cringey slang term created in the 2010’s?

A) on fleek 

B) Yolo

C) fam 

D) amazeballs

E) totes 

F) clapped back 

H) lit 

I) adulting 

J) doggo

K) thot 

L) Dank 

M) bae 

N) Something else. I doubt there is something else though,  Cos I know all of them cos I stole this list from twitter. 

Posted - December 28, 2019
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  • 10052
    Is amazeballs from the 2010's? Seems like it's older than that. 

    I've not heard 'doggo', which seem odd because I LOVE DOGS!! 

    I can't decide which is the worst. Either bae or on fleek. 

    I've never really understood the 'dank' thing. Is it good or bad?? The actual word 'dank' means old and musty. But dank weed is awesome weed. So confusing. 

    I wonder what lovely sh it the next decade will bring! 


      December 28, 2019 9:18 AM MST
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  • I got the list off Twitter so it has to be true :) it does seem older though. Doggo Is super annoying, especial when grown as’ adults use it. I HATE IT and I love dogs too. I can’t decide which one is the worst either. probably “bae” for me. 
      December 28, 2019 9:29 AM MST
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  • 10052
    I guess 'doggo' is derived from the term 'kiddo', which I happen to think is an annoying way of describing children. I'll continue to call dogs 'puppies' or 'pup-pups' because I want to. 

    Yeah, bae is just STUPID. 

    AF is cool, though. I like it. 


      December 28, 2019 9:37 AM MST
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  • I’ll be 80 still using “AF”  :) 
      December 28, 2019 9:50 AM MST
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  • "totes" is from the 2000s; I used to say that a lot in 2007. lol

    I'm sick of "fam" and "adulting" myself (even though I have been known to use the latter). 
      December 28, 2019 9:49 AM MST
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  • Totes is pretty gross lol. I’ve never actually heard the term “adulting” used in real world so maybe that’s why I don’t find it overly annoying. it seems to be an internet thing. I’ve heard “totes” enough that I find it vomit inducing. 
      December 28, 2019 9:52 AM MST
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  • 44649
    I have no idea what any one of them means in a slangy sense, so they are all cringey to me.
      December 28, 2019 10:21 AM MST
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  • They are all cringey and I know what they all mean, unfortunately lol. 
      December 28, 2019 10:24 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I don't pay attention to it.  But you know what angers the crap out of me?  


    You say something and the comment is I KNOW RIIIIGHT?  Over and over and it is supposed to be clever. I know, right?  

    Kiss off all people who say that stupid phrase.  It is tired.  
      December 28, 2019 10:27 AM MST
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  •  IKR?? 
      December 28, 2019 10:31 AM MST
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  • 46117
    arrrrgh.
      December 28, 2019 11:19 AM MST
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  • ;)
      December 28, 2019 11:20 AM MST
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  • 46117
      December 28, 2019 11:20 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I just wish to add that I don't know the meaning of any of those sayings that are now in the dustbin of history.  

    I do not ever want or need to know any of them.  I think I know what ADULTING means, but I don't want to be sure. I  want it erased from my psyche, like We're PREGNANT.  

    That was the worst.  I don't know what year it came out but it is  old and never should be used ever.

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 29, 2019 7:05 AM MST
      December 28, 2019 10:30 AM MST
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  • Adulting IS Just like we’re pregnant, you got it. 
      December 28, 2019 10:32 AM MST
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  • 1305
    I can't stand the term "It blew my mind," or "Mind blown." I also can't stand the overuse of the filler word "like." I don't like the word "sick," when used as slang to mean something "cool." But out of the list you have given, I'd choose "amazeballs," and "yolo," I haven't heard of the others in the UK.
      December 28, 2019 1:47 PM MST
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  • 44649
      December 28, 2019 2:45 PM MST
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  • 1305
    Exactly.
      December 28, 2019 2:59 PM MST
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  • 16829
    Blowing your mind, or mine, is hardly a 2010s term. "Girl, you're blowing my mind" is the last line of this song, which is almost as old as I am ...

      December 28, 2019 10:03 PM MST
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  • Maybe the rest of the list will take off there in the new decade :)
      December 29, 2019 9:59 AM MST
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  • 5451
    It's bae because if your bae is a bæ you should probably dump them.




    This post was edited by Livvie at December 29, 2019 7:06 AM MST
      December 28, 2019 4:19 PM MST
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  • Lol, myself and someone used to call each other “bae” ironically years ago. I had the true definition pointed out to me fast. 
      December 28, 2019 9:23 PM MST
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  • 17614
    Adulting has been around for many years.

    Bae.  I only had to tell him once to never call me that.  He thought it was short for baby.  I had no idea what it meant but it was stupid-sounding and I wanted no part of it.

    I don't know what your fam means.  I have used the term fam for family for 50 years.  Not new.

      December 28, 2019 6:08 PM MST
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  • Fam means your “squad“ 
      December 28, 2019 9:23 PM MST
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