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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 148 points 2 months ago (4 children)

My school district is WAY smarter than this, all the teachers and staff just start saying the words more than the kids do until they think it's corny.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This

Making lists like that is authoritarian and won't work. Making the words worthless works

[–] miridius@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why is it even a goal to stop kids saying these words

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Because some adults feel out of touch and must crush the new slang while forgetting that the same thing happened to them as kids until their slang became common parlance. Eventually this current crop of kids will do the same to the next generation and the cycle will continue.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

What? You mean language changes? I can't take it, that's literally insane!

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe this is why republicans watch child porn so they think it's corny and nobody else does it anymore.

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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am almost 28 and use way more gen z/alpha slang than my 21 year old sister does. It becomes your permanent lexicon after a while and you keep using the words no matter how outdated they are. I say yeet at least once a day still.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Unironically started saying hella after life is strange made me cringe out of my fucking seat when the characters say it.

Reclaim it like slurs. Lmfao

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I have been saying "groovy" for as long as I have been aware that the word existed, and that's early 70s

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can imagine that working, actually.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago

As a teacher, I can attest that it works beautifully.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Ill bless you Youngins🥷 with the Rizz🔥 your gonna need for the low 🔑test on Monday, no cap 🧢💯!!!"

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[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Students, I'm a total baka hentai amirite?

Guys??

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[–] multiplemigs@sh.itjust.works 76 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Bruh, on God I'm not even gonna cap - you're being such a sigma male with that low key bussin mood, but say less about the rizz because you're doing too much with that type shit. Gucci fit, and I love that for you, but it's giving major gyatt energy, so no cap, that's high key straight fire, baka!

[–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So “on God” means like “on God’s authority” or “for reals”?

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It’s short for “I swear on god”

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[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Demerits for misuse of "say less" and "baka". Other than that, high marks!

"Say less" is etymologically tied to "say no more". It is possible that I am wrong about "baka", because I'm an otaku, but I presume they're using it in the anime way, and not just completely divorcing it from its actual meaning. I might be giving them to much credit.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

hastily scribbles fetch on the board

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Stop trying to make fetch happen.

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[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You doin too much

Love that for you

Why?

Also, you can't stop language from changing. Change is certain. We don't talk like people 100 years ago and that's a good thing.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Those are phrases that get repeated verbatim as responses, which is the hypothetical reason they might be included on this (maaaaybe fake?) list. I'm actually slightly tired of them too, I have a couple students that really overuse them as responses to everything.
...Though I'd never be dumb enough to tell them that.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah making a list like this deserves doubling down on that kind of slang.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

I'm betting (hoping?) this was done with a bit of tongue in cheek, especially since there's a nice, close up picture of the list and it uses up significant board real estate.

Humbling kids with some self awareness is great, especially in middle school. Self reflection and metacognition (why do we do what we do?) are super important tools for kids and leads to more empathy and better conflict resolution.

If this is just a teacher being a crotchety conservative, then yeah, you're right. But I'm willing to bet the kids even helped make the list and had a good time doing it.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

Love that for you

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

My guess is they are used sarcastically/ironically and whoever made the board is sick of hearing them.

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Can we get a date on this? I don’t see skibidi or sus. And I’m most surprised to see the youths embracing finna

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Based on my experience in the NE U.S., this list is current.

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[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It took me a while to realize this wasn’t a lookup table

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] bran_buckler@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It’s never gone away!

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If my kid ever comes home from school with a picture like this I'm having words with the teacher. Let the children have their fun ffs

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[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

On my list ...

Um

Like

Perfect

Know what I mean?

End of the day.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I hate finna more than all the others.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (16 children)

it's AAVE, not made up, and there's literally no reason why "gonna" should be more legit. it's the exact same construction.

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[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 11 points 2 months ago

Kids are gonna kids

I don't understand what teachers think a "banned words list" is gonna accomplish except being the new target of bored kids/teens

(Unless they're just tired of hearing it, but this isn't a good solution imo)

[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (6 children)

It's such a bizarre list too.

They're not cusses. What's wrong with "love that for you"? I could've easily seen myself saying that in 2009, is the meaning vastly different than what I think?

[–] CtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Bless your heart

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[–] officermike@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Type S? Not an Acura fan?

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago
[–] Matteo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Where grimace shake and skibidi shit

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Literally 1984

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

How did all of this brain damage manifest itself?

start listing them out continuously untill you get expelled

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