I reject “sus” being zoomer exclusive. Among Us has been a huge hit for 5 years now, was popular across demographics, and made an appearance in Glass Onion, which is the boomeriest Millennial movie ever.
The rest of it, sure, go off fam.
This comment is lit
I’ll dab to that
Despacito
Fr goated with the sauce
Frfr no cap
Man’s not cappin.
I agree, but for a different reason. I had an Aussie friend that said “sus” all the time on IRC, and that was in the 00’s, so it well predates Among Us.
Ok, maybe suss is Australian. I was surprised to see it listed with “on cap” because I’ve heard suss being said all my life by a wide range of people, but I did grow up in Australia.
I have appropriated “sus” and “yeet” and sometimes “gucci”…I think those don’t even come from the same gens of slang, but they feel right in a sentence. Especially yeet.
Yeet and Gucci are early zoomer at best, mostly later millenial terms as they became popular closer to 2015 than 2020
They’re definitely zoomer, MAYBE late millennial
Once you consider that “yeet” is the opposite of “yoink”, it really seems like it’s actually a millennial word. Though interestingly, my spell check considers “yeet” correct but not “yoink”
I always did the bird Caa Caaw instead of yoink.
I’m pretty sure my friends and I have incorrectly appropriated yeet. We’ll use it in the normal way but we’ll also say yeet like sweet or hell yeah. We’re all upper 20s now so it feels rather hilarious.
Deadass on fleek
Oh no, I liked Glass Onion…
Sus is literally part of the Australian vernacular and was in use when I was a kid.
Thank you! I thought I was going mad because I distinctly remember saying “sus” when I was in highschool in the early 2000s. It was definitely used both as “go sus it out” but also “don’t sus us miss” was something we said all the time when a teacher tried to catch students smoking behind the portables.
So it sort of just feels like Gen Z expanded the definition.
I get most of my slang from among us and then I learn the correct usage on tiktok and then I purposely do it wrong because aging is fun and I’m a parent.
“That’s fire” has an Urban Dictionary entry from 2007.
Yeah, that one was ours.
Filthy little hobbitses always stealing, always thieving, trying to take away our precious
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No cap?
I’m straight bussin
Straight bussin that bussy, amirite?
Frfr
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I don’t know what it means either. I’ve heard the other two in casual conversation, but “no cap” is completely new to me.
in this specific context it means bullshit, like “no bullshit,” but it can’t be used literally any other way because “to cap” someone means killing them
Completely hatless.
I repeat, hatless
I had this conversation with one of my kids recently:
Her: “This thing is gas!”
Me: “Gas? Why are you talking like your grandpa in 1965?”
Her: " What are you yapping about? They don’t know what ‘gas’ means!"
Me: "You wanna bet? Ain’t you ever heard that Rolling Stones song? Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s a gas…?’
Her: “Bruh…”
Me: “Don’t shoot the messenger.”
It’s amazing watching young adults discover that their new fad is a rehash of concepts that are decades old.
You mean bellbottoms and “cottage core” aren’t new & edgy? D’oh.
In the 90s, when everyone started using the word fat/phat, I found out from an article that it’s usage that way could be traced back to 1920s jazz musicians. Everything old is new again.
I always thought the word “ginormous” (a portmanteau of gigantic and enormous) was totally modern, but then I read a book published in 1943 by a Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot which had “ginormous” in its glossary section.
Me looking at this meme nearing 40…“pretty sure we used sus and fire as teenagers”.
Then again I didn’t grow up in USA and we had different “hip” words.
That’s fire was definitely a millennial thing, possibly Gen X.
OP is just that hip.
“Fire” goes back to at least the early 90s, when I was in highschool.
fire and sus have been around for ages but gen z can have the lack of caps.
Millennials reading this post
I’ve heard fire my whole life but I’m calling cap on sus being as popular or common for so long
fire has always been a weed strength measurement… fire being the most best…
See also: mixtapes
so white gen z is just claiming all the black stuff from the 90’s?
i guess it’s par for the course…I think every generation has claimed fire mixtapes.
back in the 1920’s, mixtapes were rolls of paper for player pianos…
they called them “fire mixtapes” because you could use them to start a fire…
That’s fire 🔥
I was using sus as a kid 30 years ago. I’m quite confused by how it’s apparently a gen Z thing
Among Us
Heard sus my whole life in Aus, we shorten everything.
Hey good to see your instance updated lol
Yeah, I’d never heard “no cap”, but the other two almost feel old at this point.
My favorite part of growing older is misusing slang to pain The Youths™
Growing up, I thought adults were out of touch. Now I realize that kids just take some things way too seriously and it’s hilarious to exploit.
Right? It’s one of the better parts of growing older
Yeah that’s pretty yeet
Yeah that’s all rizzed up
I swear down you finna cap that bruh
skibidi morning to you fellow gyamer
My millennial (or maybe gen x) roommate spends a lot of time on tiltok, so she’s always teaching me (a gen z) new ‘gen z’ slang.
It’s fun, but on the other hand she has a pretty skewed perception of young people. She’s always watching engagement-bait content online, and she seems to think most people my age are complete idiots.
I mean don’t get me wrong, we are idiots, but we’re not a different species or anything lol.
Do not let generational gaps fool you, most people are idiots
Growing up is realizing your parents were idiots too.
Highly disorienting to realize that the world is run by idiots.
And also invented the atom bomb.
In the glim flickering light, a moth invents a lightbulb which outshines the sun.
I try not to think too hard about it, for optimistic reasons.
For spooky AF reasons, look up the Demon Core incident.
Don’t drop the screwdriver.
There are always pearls among the swine.
People who complain about younger people are the biggest idiots who forgot that other idiots said the same about them a long time ago. Same with those who complain about older people a little too much.
Yup. I went to school and college with some monumental idiots back in the day. I had my moments too, of course. Idiocy transcends generations.
she seems to think most people my age are complete idiots.
Very boomer of her.
She sounds like an idiot fr fr.
No. Gen Z is the future. The rest of us are dinosaurs.
Love, someone who manages students at a university.
but we’re not a different species or anything lol
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It’s all predominantly young kids adopting/appropriating American Black vernacular and calling it their own. Millennials did it, genz does it. Go ahead and down vote me, my back hurts.
See people say this like it’s Black vernacular but dont recognize that it’s just urban vernacular. Urban vernacular changes frequently because there’s more people around. The internet adopts it quickly, and it spreads from there, as the actual initial definition of a memetic concept.
There’s a reason society as a whole doesn’t co-opt rural Black vernacular, and it’s because it isn’t actually racially-based.
Exactly. I just had this argument with a couple of friends who were raised rich white kids, in the rich white neighborhood. They were criticizing me for appropriating black vernacular, and wouldn’t believe me that my entire neighborhood and school spoke that way. It’s inter-urban (poor) slang, not specifically black. Most of my neighborhood was Mexican, yet they all used these terms. Granted, they have different inflections on the words, but the vocabulary is pretty much the same. Anyways, now I have friends accusing me of racism for speaking the way I’ve spoken my entire life. I just hadn’t loosened up enough to speak that way around them before. Ain’t identity politics grand?
I find it charming in a way. Urban vernacular becoming the lingo of even contemporary rich kids.
Then again, I just said I found something charming, so maybe I’m out of touch.
I think you’ll find it’s the children who are wrong
There’s MLE (multicultural London English) in the UK. Must be similar all over.
I’m Australian, I’ve been calling things sus since the 90s.
Same, it was just a happy accident that our slang made it mainstream I guess.
I’ll be keeping “AF”, thank you very much
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Mmm, no, rejected. AF is clean
Wtf is the s?
Literally the word “as”
Wt(a)f do they want from our slang?
I like to mix and match to annoy my younger brother. Example, “fr fr, no skibidy, on cap”.
I’m pretty sure skibidi isn’t even used except to annoy the youngins lol
Reminds me of skatman john I wonder if it’s a reference Frfr
I’m using it ironically so it’s OK
That’s how it subtley becomes part of your vocabulary without your knowledge.
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I’m approaching 40 rapidly, I can’t say “based” without cringing.
I’m almost 37 and dunno what based, rule, or no cap mean. They all make me cringe though.
I’ve found that if I don’t say those things and just treat younger people with respect then I don’t get made fun of for being old so much.
Based God, Li’l B is 34, so don’t feel bad
Wait, it’s named after a guy!?!
Yo give me my walking cane, I’m out of this game.
#Bitches
#And
#Sex
#Every
#Day
I’m not making this up.
You’re not, but someone did. After the fact, I mean. Like not as part of its origin. Like as a lie.
No, no. This was Li’l B’s blueprint from the outset. Li’l B has bitches and sex every day. That’s how he became BasedGod. It’s like One Punch Man.
TIL lol
46 here. It irritates me for reasons I can’t explain.
I can. We’re old and it’s new.
I’m old and don’t mind it. I absolutely hate “yeet,” though.
That’s a millennialism.
I could swear “based” has been around about as long.
Well these things always have their roots in the past and get re-appropriated from other uses, but I don’t recall seeing the term before 2 - 3 years ago.
Based comment? lol
Based.
I… use sus all the time at 38… but I’m a gamer, and it’s kinda gaming slang.
That’s because gamer slang is made up of whatever shit kids are saying
Gamer slang is made up of whatever gamers are saying
Gamers are made up of whatever gamers are saying.
I use these terms sometimes, but I’m 26, I don’t feel old enough to be a millennial but not young enough to be Gen Z. I’m in college now though and I’m older than all my classmates and that makes me feel old as shit.
Zillenial gang
Hello fellow transitional generation member.
I feel like fire was ours unless it’s just been a localized slang. I feel like I’ve been saying it for like 10 years, maybe more. Maybe I just got the ole dementia.
Yeah, that’s one that I think just never totally went away but has had a resurgence
