Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat current bit of slang do you think will still exist in a decade?Stern@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-21 month ago“Cool” is eternally cool. 67 might still get ironic reactions like millennials do for 69.
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month ago69 is older than that and it’s still here
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI don’t think Cool is even slang anymore. It’s just a descriptive word
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThis is my guess too. I personally knew of some examples dating back to the 70s using it, but apparently ‘coolness’ as a term has been around since at least the 15th century.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoCool as a slang term in modern usage dates back to the late 1920s. It’s been a sustained century of constant usage
“Cool” is eternally cool.
67 might still get ironic reactions like millennials do for 69.
69 is older than that and it’s still here
I don’t think Cool is even slang anymore. It’s just a descriptive word
This is my guess too. I personally knew of some examples dating back to the 70s using it, but apparently ‘coolness’ as a term has been around since at least the 15th century.
Cool as a slang term in modern usage dates back to the late 1920s. It’s been a sustained century of constant usage