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parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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What slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?

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What slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?

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    Radical. Tubular. Bodacious. Gnarly. Basically anything a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle would have said.

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      Cowabunga it is, then!

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      I love surfer slang because it’s rooted in a verbose comprehension of the English language. The hyperbole of it brings me joy lol.

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      18 year old daughter just uttered “gnarly” tonight during a horror movie.

      We were shocked!

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        “gnarly” still exists as a word for convoluted or fouled.

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          Gnarly is back thanks to Katseye

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      God its hard to remember but yes all of those were said completely seriously, not a drip of sarcasm or tongue in cheek. Now it’s hard thinking that anyone would say tubular without being completely ironic

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        “Tubular” is from surfer lingo right? It makes a lot of sense when you realize they’re comparing whatever cool thing you’re talking about to a wave like this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1mXQaSA3-rE

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          It only works when you say it with that TV California surfer accent too though, like

          Shyeah, duuude, it’s like tohtally tubular! 😎

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