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These Slang Terms Reveal Which Generation You Were Born In
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| 11/22/2024
| Bennett Kleinman
Posted on 11/22/2024 7:28:35 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
That was a waste of two minutes.
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:32:26 PM PST
by
HIDEK6
(God bless Donald Trump)
To: SeekAndFind
This is so retarded. Born in 1963 and I have nothing in common with folks born in the late 40s and 50s...
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:34:20 PM PST
by
HypatiaTaught
( Born Free, Live Free, Die Free)
To: HIDEK6
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:34:44 PM PST
by
cgbg
(It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
To: HIDEK6
Ten seconds before I closed it
To: HIDEK6
Stopped at the silent generation not having much slang. Never saw a film noir or read a Raymond Chandler book. They practically invented slang. And not “daddy o”.
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:36:14 PM PST
by
HYPOCRACY
(Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
To: SeekAndFind
My brother still says “crusing for a brusing”. I will NEVER forget my younger 1st cousin visiting me at college and being unable to say much besides, “Wow!” “Groovy!” “That’s a bummer!” Moved to Massachusetts and took forever to acclimate to “That’s wicked!” from the kids who are now old enough to be grandparents.
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:36:35 PM PST
by
mairdie
(GreenwichVillage ArmyPoet: https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/oldsoldiersdrums/frontcover.htm)
To: HIDEK6
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:39:27 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(If you voted for Kamala you're a squirrel murdering communist!)
To: HerrBlucher
Oh stewardess, I speak jive.
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:41:26 PM PST
by
HIDEK6
(God bless Donald Trump)
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
and a person was “cruising for a bruising” if they were looking for trouble A phrase my father used.
My own was a mix of some Baby Boom and some Gen X, which hits my age perfectly.
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:47:09 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Now unburdened by the Biden/Harris administration that has been.)
To: Windcatcher
Right in the middle of Gen X.
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:47:50 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Now unburdened by the Biden/Harris administration that has been.)
To: HIDEK6
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:50:47 PM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: SeekAndFind
There was plenty if slang even inthe 20s. Read Wodehouse. TV and movies are a poor place to judge contemporary slang. Dick van Dyke purposely avoided it so that the show would survive in reruns. Reiner was right about that.
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:56:33 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
11/22/2024 7:57:19 PM PST
by
Morgana
( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )
To: SeekAndFind
To: TigersEye
To: Robert DeLong
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posted on
11/22/2024 8:02:08 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(If you voted for Kamala you're a squirrel murdering communist!)
To: SeekAndFind
I was just going to add some moo juice.
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posted on
11/22/2024 8:05:51 PM PST
by
roving
(Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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