Update your phraseology / lexicon

[LordEggForgotHisPassword]

Trying to keep up with the whipper snappers and the general drift of the English language into the abyss of dumbassery it’s clearly headed for… with that in mind share updated terminology here if you would so I don’t have to go a’lookin’ fer it.

mine is … when did “showing off” become “showing out”? Or is this a regional usage I missed? In my background I understood showing off to be demonstrating all your ability for the watcher. It had a connotation of bragging. Showing out was misbehaving.

thanks. Please type in bold face large print so my out of date ass can read it, I guess.

 

[funKYcat75]

May we, or may we not, stand on your grass?

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

I’ve adopted “mid” and “cap” from my children. Really enjoy those tbh.

 

[LordEggForgotHisPassword]

"mid" i know, "cap" I do not. Outside of midcap equities...what is "cap"?

 

[funKYcat75]

what is "cap"?

"You are promoting a fallacy, Good Sir or Madame."

 

[LordEggForgotHisPassword]

Well, why must we have new words for old ideas?

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

“mid”
“sus” (I think this one is old & not used now)
“slaps” (usually in reference to a song or beat)
“vouch” (this one is my favorite)

 

[funKYcat75]

Vouch hasn't made it to Central KY yet. What, pray tell, is that?

 

[Caveman Catfan]

what is "cap"?

Cap that beotch?

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

Vouch hasn't made it to Central KY yet. What, pray tell, is that?

Someone says something that you agree with & you say “vouch”. As in “I can vouch for that”.

Basically replaces the 80’s/90’s version of “word”.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

“A great joy is seeing someone in their late 20s not know what a teenager is saying.”

Vouch!

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

Somewhere along the way it has become acceptable to use “literally” to mean not literally.

“Yesterday I went bowling and rolled 6 consecutive strikes. I was literally on fire!”

Ummm…no, you were figuratively on fire.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Somewhere along the way it has become acceptable to use “literally” to mean not literally.

“Yesterday I went bowling and rolled 6 consecutive strikes. I was literally on fire!”

Ummm…no, you were figuratively on fire.

 

[wildcatsboston1984]

I’ve adopted “mid” and “cap” from my children. Really enjoy those tbh.

I use mid, I refuse to use cap.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Can we stop saying squash when we mean quash?

 

[It'saDoneDeal]

Mid is old. That has been played out for like a year now.

Let's goooooooooo is still running strong tho.