The kids’ new slang is fucking stupid. My son last night was excited about his skills in the game he was playing and told me he was " cracked " … cracked?
Man, like, I know we used " bad " to mean good, but come on. Cracked? Cracked is a crazy person. Cracked is how we pirated computer games. Cracked is your engine block after you poured cold water in an overheated car.
This is even stupider than " crashing out " meaning you threw a temper tantrum instead of falling asleep after an up all night acid trip.
Actually I just remembered that, even some 20 years ago (possibly more) in France, we used to describe OP characters in videogames as “craqués”, which could mean “broken” or “cracked”, so I was not weirded out by this one, as the meaning is similar enough.
I wonder how “cracked” came to be and whether this is one of the only contemporary instance where some French slang may have influenced the English one somehow? Probably just a coincidence.
It’s always some sht black ppl say, that some white middle school aged kid picks up and starts spamming, than the other kids spam it and change the meaining to reflect whatever they want, cracked means fucked
Video game context, it means you’re doing hella well, you’re tweaking, just seemingly on one with how well you are doing. So like crazy is accurate, but crazy good more like, insanely good to the point you seem unwelll. Idk it’s hard to describe, but try hard basically became a compliment and they call ppl cracked now to represent that.
But he was using cracked to describe how good he was. Cracking would make sense, maybe even I’m the crack or some such, but I’m cracked just doesn’t hit with me.
The kids’ new slang is fucking stupid. My son last night was excited about his skills in the game he was playing and told me he was " cracked " … cracked?
Man, like, I know we used " bad " to mean good, but come on. Cracked? Cracked is a crazy person. Cracked is how we pirated computer games. Cracked is your engine block after you poured cold water in an overheated car.
This is even stupider than " crashing out " meaning you threw a temper tantrum instead of falling asleep after an up all night acid trip.
I fucking hate it.
Bro you’re cooked.
So is crack
One day as I was leaving for work, my penultimate daughter said “mom, that fit shreds” and I was like, excuse me, WHAT did you call me?
“Your clothes are great!”
My outfit, it shreds. Apparently.
I don’t hate it but don’t remember being very slangy as a teenager.
Actually I just remembered that, even some 20 years ago (possibly more) in France, we used to describe OP characters in videogames as “craqués”, which could mean “broken” or “cracked”, so I was not weirded out by this one, as the meaning is similar enough.
I wonder how “cracked” came to be and whether this is one of the only contemporary instance where some French slang may have influenced the English one somehow? Probably just a coincidence.
It’s always some sht black ppl say, that some white middle school aged kid picks up and starts spamming, than the other kids spam it and change the meaining to reflect whatever they want, cracked means fucked
Video game context, it means you’re doing hella well, you’re tweaking, just seemingly on one with how well you are doing. So like crazy is accurate, but crazy good more like, insanely good to the point you seem unwelll. Idk it’s hard to describe, but try hard basically became a compliment and they call ppl cracked now to represent that.
Yeah it’s been around for a while. I think op just isn’t a gamer.
But he was using cracked to describe how good he was. Cracking would make sense, maybe even I’m the crack or some such, but I’m cracked just doesn’t hit with me.
So you could say he was all he was cracked up to be
Back in my day when we were leet and pwned noobs, it was gg.
Eh, slang was always dumb and obscure. That’s the point, isn’t it?
Yes, but really no. IDK. I’m not claiming to be right, just giving my opinions.
Edit: I was his age in the 80s.