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(I guess this is the best community to post this on) Does anyone have any idea why teens keep saying “massive”? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by AuroraGlamour@lemmy.ml to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world
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Seriously, what’s the significance of the word? There are many teens in my neighborhood, as well as me having a teenage sister, who laugh hysterically at the word.

Some people will respond with “Wanna know what else is massive?” Is this a sex joke or something?

[I live in the US now but grew up where many people did not speak English so I may not understand jokes that well even if my parents are English speakers.]

Edit: Looks like it’s from someone called Ninja. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ninjas-massive-you-know-what-else-is-massive

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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 36 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

The kids are using massive as slang? Big if true.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

That's heavy

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

There's that word again. Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

[–] Oberyn@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

*Massive if true

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 22 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Don't worry. It's fetch.

[–] scott@lem.free.as 12 points 4 weeks ago

Stop trying to make "Fetch" happen.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sweet

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Dude! What's mine say?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I think you mean AGAIN.

90s kids know that jungle is massive

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Thread on "massive"? Ctrl+F "jungle". 4 results.

Sorted!

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It's a common error but I do believe the correct spelling is "junglist massive" as in "there are a lot of junglists". But many people say it like you did (or at least used to, no idea if junglist are still massive).

With that all said, I was also expecting the thread to be about this and thinking "I'm no teen and I definitely know massive".

[–] atoll@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I always assumed from context that the "jungleist massive" was a group of people that liked "jungleist" music.

He also talks about the east side and West side massive.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

both were known, and argued about pre internet of course. I never thought to look it up til now. It's possible it was just the pocket of dumb mostly white kids in my small town I grew up in that got it wrong tho

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 weeks ago

Def not if anything I think more people know it the other way around, it's just a fun bit of dnb trivia.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I can't answer the question exactly just giving some thoughts.
Slang words these days are quick to rise and fall. Unless you're in the in-group you'll have a hard time figuring it out.

I'd recommend following this guy on any of the platforms, he tries to keep up with linguistic trends.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you for linking the answer in the post!

[–] AuroraGlamour@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Of course!