Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agoWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?message-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·edit-29 days ago“Cool” is eternally cool. 67 might still get ironic reactions like millennials do for 69.
minus-squareThe Mop Lord@moplemmy.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 days agoI do like the joke of being able to do cross generational references with “68 ± 1”.
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 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-up3·8 days agoCool as a slang term in modern usage dates back to the late 1920s. It’s been a sustained century of constant usage
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days ago69 is older than that and it’s still here
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoI don’t think Cool is even slang anymore. It’s just a descriptive word
“Cool” is eternally cool.
67 might still get ironic reactions like millennials do for 69.
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.
69 is older than that and it’s still here
I don’t think Cool is even slang anymore. It’s just a descriptive word