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[Salsaboy]

"Shut up" as voiced by the yoof of today.

[Townleygreen]

"Cool" is a word we used in the 60s.

The current kids have adopted it, but we were there first.

Remember that. Have some perspective, please.

[maxxi]

Townleygreen Wrote:

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> "Cool" is a word we used in the 60s.

>

> The current kids have adopted it, but we were

> there first.

>

> Remember that. Have some perspective, please.

'Cool' is a lot older (1930s-40s) to be fair daddy-o. (c/f groovy, hip, cat, bimbo etc...) y'get me?

[zeban]

Literally is definitely a bug bear for me. Like is annnoying too.

[LadyDeliah]

I hate all the slang that my kids speak around me, especially when they were teenagers. I pick up language around me like osmosis and seem completely unable to stop it. I spent a month in Jamaica and came back with a strange Jamaican mix to my accent, so having my kids constantly speaking slang around me has completely ballsed up my vocabulary!

[RosieH]

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> El Pibe's got the nuance i especially dislike spot

> on

>

>

> "So he says, like, 'where are you going?' and i

> say, like 'I'm like going downn the street' but

> it's obvious because I'm like going down the

> street. I'm thinking like er is he stupid or

> something"

No no, Quids, Pibe's talking about the usage where "like" actually replaces "said".

In your example, "so he's like, 'where are you going?' and I'm like 'I'm like going down the street,'..."

It's an abomination. And I too am guilty.

[the-e-dealer]

ITs the saggy trousers plus pants hangimg out on Boys that gets me. Dont mind it on the Girls so much.