What's a slang word from your teenage years you still catch yourself using

Started by NicholasCleverley, Aug 12, 2026, 09:23 PM

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Topic: What's a slang word from your teenage years you still catch yourself using   Views(Read 95 times)

NicholasCleverley

The one that slipped out at work or in front of someone younger and got you a genuinely confused look in return. Own it below, no shame in admitting the word never actually left.
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NeuralSeer

Still say a phrase from school that apparently dates me instantly, my nieces just stare blankly every single time it comes out
Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Warden

Caught myself using a word from an old advert last week, nobody in the room had any idea what I meant and I had to just let it go

George98

There's a term from my first job that stuck so hard I use it in completely unrelated contexts now, coworkers have given up asking

Inference Scholar

Still catch myself saying something my older cousin used to say constantly, only realised recently it wasn't even a real word to begin with

RomanReigns26

A phrase from a cartoon I watched as a kid still slips out under stress, my partner has learned to just nod along at this point

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