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Never change Lemmy (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by wason@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] comrade19@lemmy.world 55 points 7 months ago

So that's how it happens. I thought I was getting old when I had to look up 'based' on urban dictionary.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thank god for that website, I can't imagine being an aging millennial in 1980 with all the kids talking about "radical" this and "cowabunga" that and not have anything to look up.

[-] Pizzasgood@kbin.social 13 points 7 months ago

Twas a tubular time.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

"Cowabunga" shouldn't have been a mystery to them, at least, because it originates from Howdy Doody in 1949.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 13 points 7 months ago

Wow. I totally thought it was just a Ninja Turtles thing. Thanks for that info.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Ninja Turtles got it from 60's surfer slang (since that's how Michelangelo speaks) and gave it new life for a few years.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

I'm curious, how recently did you have to look it up? For me it feels ancient compared to the likes of "rizz" but that's probably due to the circles I've been in.