Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down1·3 days ago“Cool” is eternally cool. 67 might still get ironic reactions like millennials do for 69.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI don’t think Cool is even slang anymore. It’s just a descriptive word
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days ago69 is older than that and it’s still here
minus-squareThe Mop Lord@moplemmy.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 days agoI do like the joke of being able to do cross generational references with “68 ± 1”.
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoThis is my guess too. I personally knew of some examples dating back to the 70s using it, but apparently ‘coolness’ as a term has been around since at least the 15th century.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoCool as a slang term in modern usage dates back to the late 1920s. It’s been a sustained century of constant usage
“Cool” is eternally cool.
67 might still get ironic reactions like millennials do for 69.
I don’t think Cool is even slang anymore. It’s just a descriptive word
69 is older than that and it’s still here
I do like the joke of being able to do cross generational references with “68 ± 1”.
This is my guess too. I personally knew of some examples dating back to the 70s using it, but apparently ‘coolness’ as a term has been around since at least the 15th century.
Cool as a slang term in modern usage dates back to the late 1920s. It’s been a sustained century of constant usage
That’s so cool.