Do you know what the slang adjective “ratchet” means? (1 Viewer)

[jobarules]

Same thing I told parasaurolophus upthread: I have almost no exposure to contemporary music or the culture surrounding it   Where else would I have run across it? My clubbing days are long, long over. What's left?

Your daughter?

I know all my son's stupid lingo

Thats cap- mean's you're lying

 

[wlwiles]

Drip is jewelry, mostly. Like gold or diamonds dripping off your ears, neck, wrist etc. Could also refer to expensive tech in some contexts like if you just got new headphones 

Jewelry is bling.  Or bling bling if it's really shiny, I guess.  Now you tell me bling = drip?  

 

[Steve Tasker]

Jewelry is bling.  Or bling bling if it's really shiny, I guess.  Now you tell me bling = drip?  

Drip is more of a general reference to nice, expensive, flashy accessories.  Could be jewelry, but could also mean something like exclusive Jordans or other apparel.

 

[Northern Voice]

I just learned who Dua Lipa was so I can relate.

Even after checking in and out of the Grammys last night ... I still don't know. Wasn't Dua Lipa nominated for Best New Artist? Or something?

"New cultural stuff" stopped for me in the mid-1990s. I have absorbed some from my wife and kids and my nephews.

"Being around for a long time", to me, means "pushing forty years". Nothing from the 2000s -- that is, the year two-zero-zero-zero forward to today -- has been around a long time. Heck, grunge music still feels new to me.

Don't start now...

 

[SWC]

what in the hell is going on in here take that to the bank brohans 

 

[Gally]

No. 

Hood slang that made it to mainstream. Ten years old maybe?

Closest term you know would be "skanky".

I assumed it was a ####### mispronouncing wretched

Started as a different pronounciation of wretched.

or is it a mispronunciation of rancid?

 

[Deepster]

I have a teenage daughter and a teenage nephew so I try to keep up enough to embarrass them.

No cap.  Like "no lie" or "for real".  This pizza is good.  No cap.

Sus.  Suspicious.  What did you do?  You're looking sus.

Hit different.  Like "This pizza is okay, but these wings hit different."

Nothing gets them worked up when I start throwing these into their conversations.  

 

[Thunderlips]

Anyone care to throw out anymore underground words that might bubble up into the mainstream sometime soon?

Fresh, on Fleek, Pippity Poppity....Give me the Zoppity, Dope, Fetch, #### Hot, Fo Schizzle.......

 

[SWC]

me and my buddies say brohan a lot take that to the bank bromigos 

 

[ChiefD]

Molly Ratchet would be a good cover band name.

They only cover Tool songs.

 

[madshot31]

Which TV programs? The stuff we watch in the house never really touches on hip-hop culture.

The internet ... I'm not on any social media. Really, just three message boards that I've belonged to for about 20 years each (this one being the 'youngest' at 19 years or so). No Facebook, Twitter (except when others link to it), Instagram, Snapchat, no dating apps, etc.

Pop culture in general, eh? Yeah ... just as soon call it "living under a rock"  

If you want to embarrass your kid(s) give tiktok a go. Its insanely addicting and you will discover culture.

 

[jobarules]

I have a teenage daughter and a teenage nephew so I try to keep up enough to embarrass them.

No cap.  Like "no lie" or "for real".  This pizza is good.  No cap.

Sus.  Suspicious.  What did you do?  You're looking sus.

Hit different.  Like "This pizza is okay, but these wings hit different."

Nothing gets them worked up when I start throwing these into their conversations.  

Your actin kinda sus

From the video game Among Us

 

[Summer Wheat]

Fresh, on Fleek, Pippity Poppity....Give me the Zoppity, Dope, Fetch, #### Hot, Fo Schizzle.......

fo shizzle? That is old.    Lol..you have to be in your late 40s.   My uncles use that term and they say is was from early 90s.

 

[massraider]

fo shizzle? That is old.    Lol..you have to be in your late 40s.   My uncles use that term and they say is was from early 90s.

It's from when Snoop was Dre's sidekick. Lol, yep, old

 

[beer 30]

Just ran across the adjective “ratchet” for the first time watching TV tonight. I asked my daughter what it meant, and she looked at me like I didn’t know what “blue” or “tall” meant

This word can’t be common knowledge for late middle-agers, can it?

LOL, vote is split almost right down the middle. I know it only because I have 25 & 19 year old daughters.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

A'ight bet.  Fat bet.

 

[-OZ-]

Your daughter?

I know all my son's stupid lingo

Thats cap- mean's you're lying

The single most annoying word in the english/ slang language is "boujee"

For whatever reason, my daughter learned it at St jude's. She thinks it means nice or fancy. So she always talks about how things are boujee, and how she's boujee. My wife does it too. I don't think they know it annoys me but maybe.

"A critical term used to describe people, things, and places that are definitively high-class. Something that is affected, inauthentic, gentrified, exclusive, and/or otherwise sheltered from the dirt and grime of the real world."

Get off my lawn

 

[massraider]

The single most annoying word in the english/ slang language is "boujee"

For whatever reason, my daughter learned it at St jude's. She thinks it means nice or fancy. So she always talks about how things are boujee, and how she's boujee. My wife does it too. I don't think they know it annoys me but maybe.

"A critical term used to describe people, things, and places that are definitively high-class. Something that is affected, inauthentic, gentrified, exclusive, and/or otherwise sheltered from the dirt and grime of the real world."

Get off my lawn

I put the percentage of people using that word that know the original word (not even meaning) around 5%. 

 

[Thunderlips]

fo shizzle? That is old.    Lol..you have to be in your late 40s.   My uncles use that term and they say is was from early 90s.

I said...."Fo schizzle"....... that's new street lingo that all the hep cats are spitting.  

 

[massraider]

The single most annoying word in the english/ slang language is "boujee"

For whatever reason, my daughter learned it at St jude's. She thinks it means nice or fancy. So she always talks about how things are boujee, and how she's boujee. My wife does it too. I don't think they know it annoys me but maybe.

"A critical term used to describe people, things, and places that are definitively high-class. Something that is affected, inauthentic, gentrified, exclusive, and/or otherwise sheltered from the dirt and grime of the real world."

Get off my lawn

Also, thinking boujee is a compliment or nice thing to say is about as boujee as it gets.  

 

[DallasDMac]

Seems like you've answered your own question as to your lack of vocabulary.  I say stay true to yourself and as long as you're happy, keep riding that out of touch, old white guy schtick.  It'll continually make for a good laugh amongst your kids and you can embarrass the hell out of them with ease 

I'm pushing 60. My youngest is pushing 30. If you think my not knowing the word is "schtick" or that my kids are even remotely embarrassed about me not knowing the latest street lingo (or whatever this is supposed to be), then you may want to stop referring to other people as "out of touch." One of the great parts of getting older is the fact that you quit giving a #### about what others think. It's pretty liberating actually.

 

[-OZ-]

Also, thinking boujee is a compliment or nice thing to say is about as boujee as it gets.  

In my daughter's defense, she was 5. 

The 20 something nurse should know better. Or maybe she does

 

[Summer Wheat]

I said...."Fo schizzle"....... that's new street lingo that all the hep cats are spitting.  

Heard that when I was a kid from my uncles. Dem cats aint hep.

 

[-OZ-]

Heard that when I was a kid from my uncles. Dem cats aint hep.

It's hep to be square? 

 

[Thunderlips]

It's hep to be square? 

If peeing your pants is hep...consider me Miles Davis!

 

[Leroy Hoard]

It's hep to be square? 

I'd say it's hex to be square, but that would be adding two more sides to the story.

 

[Major]

I'm pushing 60. My youngest is pushing 30. If you think my not knowing the word is "schtick" or that my kids are even remotely embarrassed about me not knowing the latest street lingo (or whatever this is supposed to be), then you may want to stop referring to other people as "out of touch." One of the great parts of getting older is the fact that you quit giving a #### about what others think. It's pretty liberating actually.

While age is a contributing factor, I think it's mainly a culture thing.  I'm middle aged and still have a pulse as to what's going on outside.  That probably has something to due to my work, musical preferences, city dwelling, etc.   As for schtick, I was referring to using the words incorrectly in conversation or just throwing them in there at odd times in conversation with fam (i.e. family).

And congrats on almost 60!  I have another 20 to hit that mark so maybe my position will change.  

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Molly Ratchet would be a good cover band name.

You'd be skirting with disaster.

 

[Chaz McNulty]

Did the slang word 'fetch' ever catch on?

 

[Steve Tasker]

Did the slang word 'fetch' ever catch on?

Stop trying to make fetch happen.  It's not going to happen.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Stop trying to make fetch happen.  It's not going to happen.

I used to have a dog that held the exact same opinion.

 

[DallasDMac]

And congrats on almost 60!  I have another 20 to hit that mark so maybe my position will change.  

Congrats. 40-45 was absolutely the happiest phase of my life. Old enough to know better, young enough to still be it able to do it anyways, and I had the money to do it.