Killercat103,
@Killercat103@infosec.pub avatar

Gen Z here. Guess I’m getting old.

sag,

Bro

onewaymars,

this meme got no rizz bruh fr fr Ong no cap

Alpha71,

I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!

RoquetteQueen,
@RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works avatar

Finally, never being cool is paying off. I have so much practice not knowing what “it” is and it makes getting old so much easier.

normonator,

It’s short for charisma and you use it if you have none.

dylanTheDeveloper,
@dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

Okay but what is minging

Ironfacebuster,

This Calypso. It’s minging!

ToeNailClippings,

The British weather.

fosforus,

I was kinda worried for a while that since kids these days don’t really have music as a tool to rebel against their parents, and as for shocking via clothing or something like goth or satanism… they’re just recycling 80s and 90s all over again. So how are they gonna do it?

Not so worried anymore. They always find something. And not just from language. The ways to be fucking idiots are endless and as a really novel thing, kids these days go up to 30 year olds.

GardeningSadhu,

We were not allowed to walk around in clothing that is revealing like today’s kids are. That’s the rebellion and well, call me a dirty old man but i’m sure enjoying it.

tegs_terry,

Woe betide you’re seen wearing the same top on instagram though, that’s where the opprobrium comes from nowadays.

GardeningSadhu,

I’m here every day. We’re ready for you when you’re ready… lemm.ee/c/[email protected]?dataType=Post&…

tegs_terry,

18 months sober dude

KingThrillgore,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

Rizz is a shortened word for ‘charisma’ and specifically for skill in charming or seducing a potential romantic partner, especially through verbal communication.

ItsMeForRealNow,

That’s so rizz

progettarsi,

knowledge rizz

solidsnake2085,
@solidsnake2085@lemmy.world avatar

That’s like when people say Drip. I usually reply with what’s dripping? I don’t see any water anywhere.

bane_killgrind,

The ladies dude. If you got drip that’s where you are getting it from.

MrShankles,

That drip do be a hydroplane hazard for my Heelys though

DevilOfDoom,

Ok, grandpa.

ShortFuse,

It’s fine as long as you don’t say “on accident”.

Raxiel,

Who axed?

doctorcrimson, (edited )

Haha

Swish

Haha

Kobe!

Haha

Yeeet

EDIT: It feels like some people aren’t getting the joke, to clarify all of these words mean roughly the same thing but are a few years apart from each other.

AngryCommieKender,

I used to be with “it,” then they went and changed what was “it.” Now what used to be “it” is lame, and what is “it” is new and scary. And it will happen to you too!!!

HexesofVexes,

Back in my day, we went with “giving it riz”.

Cethin,

Yeah, rizz isn’t new. It’s just short for charisma. Their usage of it is new and wacky though. You don’t charisma someone. You do something charismatically. It’s an adjective or adverb, not a verb.

PhlubbaDubba,

Well, it’s being used in English, so as long as the intended meaning comes across it can be all three and whatever else so long as it still communicates the intended message.

name_NULL111653,

This is what happens when your anglo-saxon, having just diverged from old Norse and Latin, begins to lose it’s declensions and conjugations… It’s its biggest problem, that that abominable process occurred…

pigup,

Except they didn’t make it up, like most previous generations, genz has stolen from black American vernacular.

Overshoot2648,

That’s how slang develops. It starts in ingroup vernacular and propagates out either fizzling out or sticking around as an actual word. AAVE is one of several sources. LGBTQ, sports, and video game lingo tend to be other popular sources.

slackassassin,

Ya, it comes from all over. Culture is a shared experience that brings people together and should not be treated as antagonistic, regardless of origin.

PhlubbaDubba,

Yup, “Y’all” is the example I’d raise for folks who say it’s all AAVE, Y’all pretty firmly comes into American vernacular out of its use among rural farming communities, not necessarily usage among black culture.

Not to mention how a significant chunk of new vernacular is going to always be coming from the diasporatic distribution pipeline bringing new languages and dialects to America constantly. Granted this is mostly how new kinds of food enter the American linguistic pallette, but you get the idea.

XbSuper,

Rizz was the final straw for me. I no longer have any interest in attempting to understand today’s youth.

They just need to shut up and get off my lawn.

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve never heard the term before. I guess that makes me extra old.

chiliedogg,

The first time I yelled at young people to get off the grass was oddly freeing.

I now fully embrace the grump.

HiddenLayer5,
@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml avatar

Every generation does this. The boomers had their fair share of dumb slang terms as well but for some reason everyone loves to hate the next generation for doing the exact same thing.

Retrograde,

“cool” though, “cool” never dies

HiddenLayer5, (edited )
@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml avatar

Honestly this is just the process of language evolving. Some slang words are born and fade into obsecurity once the novelty wears off, others get used so much that they become part of the language for ages to come. Some even become formal terms given enough time.

Annoyed_Crabby,

It’s nice to have slang for a word, but i do hate when people misuse it and then the word devolved. For example, gaslight.

Rodeo,

Gaslighting is when you hold a match to your butthole and fart.

HipHoboHarold,

I remember being young and referring to things da bomb. Or something cool could also be fly. People would refer to themselves as home skillet. Booyah.

rckclmbr,

Dang, Gina

I_Fart_Glitter,

Waaaaaaazaaaaaaabi

BigPapaE,

I still call things the bomb :(

TonyToniToneOfficial,
@TonyToniToneOfficial@lemmy.ml avatar

Yeah, but do you call even cooler things “the bomb dot com”?

BigPapaE,

Sadly I’m just not that cool

Karlos_Cantana,
@Karlos_Cantana@kbin.social avatar

I'm so groovy I will never get old, daddy-o.

CertifiedBlackGuy,

Back to the nursing home with you!

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