The Real King Gordon@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoWhat is something only old people say?message-squaremessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down12
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something only old people say?The Real King Gordon@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareconsidine@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 days ago“Knee high to a grasshopper” (short) “Beyond the pale” (outside social norms, I think. Maybe just strange) “Dance maven” “I’ll just do that in my copious free time…” (sarcastically, because you are too busy) “Copacetic” (it’s all good) “Heavy” (meaning important, grave) I learned all of these thirty years ago from a man in his fifties. He was full of interesting expressions.
minus-squareWhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoIf the question is things “only” old people say, you have to exclude phrases old people say that were repopularized through media. “Heavy” (meaning important, grave) For example this is a really quotable line from Back to the Future, so kids would pick it up.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoHeavy? Is there something wrong with the earths gravity??
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours ago40 year old movies are not really a major influence on slang & pop culture…
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoI’ve started saying “beyond the pale” and “copacetic” after playing Disco Elysium
“Knee high to a grasshopper” (short)
“Beyond the pale” (outside social norms, I think. Maybe just strange)
“Dance maven”
“I’ll just do that in my copious free time…” (sarcastically, because you are too busy)
“Copacetic” (it’s all good)
“Heavy” (meaning important, grave)
I learned all of these thirty years ago from a man in his fifties. He was full of interesting expressions.
If the question is things “only” old people say, you have to exclude phrases old people say that were repopularized through media.
For example this is a really quotable line from Back to the Future, so kids would pick it up.
Heavy? Is there something wrong with the earths gravity??
40 year old movies are not really a major influence on slang & pop culture…
Lmao, k
I’ve started saying “beyond the pale” and “copacetic” after playing Disco Elysium