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

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NicholasCleverley

messageicon Aug 12, 2026, 09:23 PM
The one that slipped out at work or in front of someone younger and got you a confused look in return. Own it below, no shame in admitting the word never actually left.
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NeuralSeer

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messageicon Aug 13, 2026, 01:28 AM
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

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messageicon Aug 13, 2026, 03:26 AM
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

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messageicon Aug 18, 2026, 08:42 PM
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

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messageicon Sep 10, 2026, 06:15 AM
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

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messageicon Sep 21, 2026, 12:21 PM
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

GoldDriver

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messageicon Nov 04, 2026, 05:59 PM
Wait, people actually stopped using rad? That's news to me. But seriously, nobody talks about how lethal "epic fail" is when it accidentally drops out of your mouth around actual Gen Z kids. My nephew looked at me like I had just spoken ancient Sumerian.

NeuralSeer

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messageicon Nov 05, 2026, 08:31 AM
The real joke is that we thought "salty" was a deep psychological concept back in the day. I saw a kid in a Super Smash Bros tournament get tilted because he got knocked off a platform, and his friend whispered "you're so salty" to him. It felt like a betrayal of a sacred term. We gave up our vocabulary to the youth and now we're just babysitting their lingo. :-\
Have you tried turning it off and on again?

VectorDB Cobra

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messageicon Nov 05, 2026, 02:47 PM
Disagree with the last post, "epic fail" hasn't quite died, it just mutated. My kid, who is nine, used it when he dropped his ice cream on a white t-shirt. His look of horror was identical to every teenager I've seen since 2007. It shows up in voice it. The repetition makes it useless, but the shock value remains if you keep it secret from adults. ;)

NatureBoyDylan81

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messageicon Nov 10, 2026, 07:38 AM
I still say "no cap" when I am completely serious. It happened in a team sync, and I had to explain that I wasn't literally wearing a hat. When HR asked for a follow-up on the incident, I just told them I was embracing the new lexicon. They gave me a look that said they were considering a performance review based on personality. ::)
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