First teenage slang to annoy me, I swear

[leebee]

"Prolly" drives me insane. There are days when I stop reading these boards because "prolly" bothers me so much. Another one that makes me crazy is "waiting on line." Unless there is a line painted on the floor that you're standing on, or you are physically standing on the person in front of you, you aren't waiting ON line, you are waiting IN line.

My biggest frustration, though, is the misuse (or non-use) of adverbs. You don't "eat healthy," you eat "healthily." It seems as though nobody knows what an adverb really is, much less how to use them, anymore. I know, it's annoying that I find this annoying, but there you have it!

 

[JVL1018]

Reminds me of another word..do your kids say versing?

When my kids have a game, they'll be like who are we versing today? Meaning who are we playing?
It's been around for years-I never said it, but they and all their friends do, all the time!

I always say waiting on line. It's a NY/NJ thing. I get that everyone else says in line, but I like saying on line, and I'm not changing! LOL

 

[Dani784]

"cumming" in a text makes me crazy.

Nuts.

The other one that really bothers me "adorbs" and "obvs."

Another instance where I don't think they realize what it means when it is spelled that way. I can't stand seeing anyone spell "come"; "cum". Ewwwww!!!! Someone needs to read urban dictionary!


Also, regarding the use of ratchet to mean ugly or gross, are you sure they aren't trying to say wretched? I could understand that.

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[JVL1018]

Another instance where I don't think they realize what it means when it is spelled that way. I can't stand seeing anyone spell "come"; "cum". Ewwwww!!!! Someone needs to read urban dictionary!

Also, regarding the use of ratchet to mean ugly or gross, are you sure they aren't trying to say wretched? I could understand that.

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Nope, they say ratchet and spell it ratchet.
It may have started out that way, but now it's used like a separate word.

I agree with you on the spelling of the word cum. :-x

When I was a teenager, we always said hee-deous for hideous. No clue how that got started.

My DD texts real words, no stupid "wit, do, da" thank God! My son IMs me and writes like that just to me to annoy me. It works! I want to beat him! OL

 

[Dani784]

Nope, they say ratchet and spell it ratchet.
It may have started out that way, but now it's used like a separate word.

I agree with you on the spelling of the word cum. :-x

When I was a teenager, we always said hee-deous for hideous. No clue how that got started.

My DD texts real words, no stupid "wit, do, da" thank God! My son IMs me and writes like that just to me to annoy me. It works! I want to beat him! OL

Wells maybe they mean wretched but hear it and say it as ratchet. You should show them what a ratchet really is. It's not ugly at all! Lol!

I find most teen jargon to be incredibly stupid. This is why I'm not allowing my kids to become teenagers! Lol! We'll just skip right over those annoying teen years! I don't know how yet but I'll figure it out.

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[Robbi]

My teen does not use that phrase but she has 2 others that annoy me.

She starts just about every story with the words, "so apparently" and instead of asking for the butter or saying, "please pass the butter" she says "can I see the butter" We hold it up for her to look at, say "see" and put it back down, she still persists

This brought back memories of the dinner table when I was still at home. We had to ask someone to please "hand" us whatever we wanted. If we said please "pass" my mother would say, " It is not a football."

 

[emer95]

Wells maybe they mean wretched but hear it and say it as ratchet. You should show them what a ratchet really is. It's not ugly at all! Lol!

I find most teen jargon to be incredibly stupid. This is why I'm not allowing my kids to become teenagers! Lol! We'll just skip right over those annoying teen years! I don't know how yet but I'll figure it out.

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I tried to get my girls to skip the teenage years. We had a deal. They were going to go straight from childhood to adulthood. They reneged on the deal, and I'm in the thick of it.

One of the things that bothers me is when they didn't hear what I said, and they say, "what happened?" I tell them, "Nothing happened. I said I'm going to the store." It makes me crazy!

 

[KristaTX]

I haven't heard that one. And it would bother me. Probably not as much though as around here where (Im in Texas) its acceptable to say "wanting". Like "anyone WANTING more information call me". I see it on official type emails from teachers etc...Drives me insane. I weep for our youth......

I live in Texas, and it must be common because it sounds okay to me. I can think of other ways to say it (e.g. "Anywone who wants more information can call me."), but is it really grammatically incorrect to say it the way you are complaining about (e.g. "Anyone wanting more information can call me.")
I may have just heard it so long that it doesn't sound wrong to me. There are other things like "fixing to" that sound normal to me but that I know why they are wrong.

Not limited to teens, but what is with the "Go ahead and..". For example, you are at a store, and the clerk will say "Go ahead and swipe your card." I hear "go ahead" all the time. Drives me nuts.

I can't tell what's wrong with that either. I guess that it would sound more formal to say, "You may slide your card now", but what's wrong with the "Go ahead and slide your card", at least informally? It sounds normal to me. I guess maybe it's redundant?

 

[Schmeck]

I'm just glad that YOLO finally wore out it's welcome!

I saw a dentition slip one time that cracked me up, I'm not sure if it's real or not, but

I hope it is a fake, because it hurts that the teacher spelled sandwich incorrectly!

 

[penn19]

I live in Texas, and it must be common because it sounds okay to me. I can think of other ways to say it (e.g. "Anywone who wants more information can call me."), but is it really grammatically incorrect to say it the way you are complaining about (e.g. "Anyone wanting more information can call me.")
I may have just heard it so long that it doesn't sound wrong to me. There are other things like "fixing to" that I sound normal but that I know why they are wrong.



I can't tell what's wrong with that either. I guess that it would sound more formal to say, "You may slide your card now", but what's wrong with the "Go ahead and slide your card", at least informally? It sounds normal to me. I guess maybe it's redundant?

Maybe I used the wrong example. I was WANTing to go to the store. I was WANTing to ask him for more information. That and DO what? If you don't hear correctly the first time. DO what?
I probably feel that way because I wasn't raised here. Its nails on a chalkboard. But people here might not like to hear yous guys. And that sounds normal (well maybe not normal but...) to me

 

[krcit]

My girls say ratchet. So silly!!!


I say waiting on line.

 

[Disney Doll]

This isn't teenage slang but seems to be becoming the corporate "lingo
at my place of employment.

"What is your ask?" or "My ask is ___".

In other words, someone who wants to know what you want or need, instead of saying "What do you want? " or "what do you need?" or "what are you asking for?" the person says "what is your ask?".

Or I am the person who wants, needs or is asking for something so I would say "My ask is ___" instead of saying "I want ___" or "I need ___" or I am asking for___".

Drives me insane.

 

[OhMari]

I am going to date myself, but I was in high school when Mork and Mindy premierd. Last week TV Land showed the very first show. At the end of the show Robin Williams, yanked his ears and said, "nano nano" or "Neno, Neno"

Kids in h.s. walked around and said those words all the time. When I saw Robin Williams do that, I was embarrassed for him.

 

[pampam]

"Prolly" drives me insane. There are days when I stop reading these boards because "prolly" bothers me so much. Another one that makes me crazy is "waiting on line." Unless there is a line painted on the floor that you're standing on, or you are physically standing on the person in front of you, you aren't waiting ON line, you are waiting IN line.

My biggest frustration, though, is the misuse (or non-use) of adverbs. You don't "eat healthy," you eat "healthily." It seems as though nobody knows what an adverb really is, much less how to use them, anymore. I know, it's annoying that I find this annoying, but there you have it!

I wonder if perhaps they were on line on their computer, waiting? Or using the telephone line, waiting? I'm just wondering what the context could be that they would say that.

Also, I agree with what you say about adverbs. We hear these terms so much lately on tv and other media that I think they are becoming accepted. I guess it's the evoloution of the English language.

 

[NY Disney fan]

Not limited to teens, but what is with the "Go ahead and..". For example, you are at a store, and the clerk will say "Go ahead and swipe your card." I hear "go ahead" all the time. Drives me nuts.

Really?

 

[Pugsley]

This isn't teenage slang but seems to be becoming the corporate "lingo
at my place of employment.

"What is your ask?" or "My ask is ___".

In other words, someone who wants to know what you want or need, instead of saying "What do you want? " or "what do you need?" or "what are you asking for?" the person says "what is your ask?".

Or I am the person who wants, needs or is asking for something so I would say "My ask is ___" instead of saying "I want ___" or "I need ___" or I am asking for___".

Drives me insane.

Oh, that's horrible. I haven't heard it here yet but it's probably only a matter of time.

 

[disneymom2evie]

Wells maybe they mean wretched but hear it and say it as ratchet. You should show them what a ratchet really is. It's not ugly at all! Lol!

I find most teen jargon to be incredibly stupid. This is why I'm not allowing my kids to become teenagers! Lol! We'll just skip right over those annoying teen years! I don't know how yet but I'll figure it out.

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When you figure that out, can you please let me know?? I'd absolutely LOVE to skip right over teenage years (periods, drama, more drama, ATTITUDES, drama...)

 

[Dani784]

When you figure that out, can you please let me know?? I'd absolutely LOVE to skip right over teenage years (periods, drama, more drama, ATTITUDES, drama...)

Lol! Definitely! I'll write a book and be über famous! And rich. Can't forget rich! I need to do it soon before I have FOUR teens at once in this house! Maybe I'll just vacation to Disney for those years instead! Then I won't be rich. I'll be very poor!

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[jen0610]

My teen does not use that phrase but she has 2 others that annoy me.

She starts just about every story with the words, "so apparently" and instead of asking for the butter or saying, "please pass the butter" she says "can I see the butter" We hold it up for her to look at, say "see" and put it back down, she still persists

We do that with ours as well. Be it the butter, the milk, the remote, anything that they just ask to see. Dh and I have both perfected what we call "The price is right prize presentation" hand gesters. The kids found no humor in it, until the one time - just ONE time - that I said it the wrong way and they took turns passing the remote between them showing me all the wonderful funcitons of the remote.

 

[luvsJack]

Another instance where I don't think they realize what it means when it is spelled that way. I can't stand seeing anyone spell "come"; "cum". Ewwwww!!!! Someone needs to read urban dictionary!


Also, regarding the use of ratchet to mean ugly or gross, are you sure they aren't trying to say wretched? I could understand that.

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Nope, they say ratchet and spell it ratchet.
It may have started out that way, but now it's used like a separate word.

I agree with you on the spelling of the word cum. :-x

When I was a teenager, we always said hee-deous for hideous. No clue how that got started.

My DD texts real words, no stupid "wit, do, da" thank God! My son IMs me and writes like that just to me to annoy me. It works! I want to beat him! OL

The kids here use ratchet but they pronounce it "rat-chee" and it does mean ugly or trashy.

They didn't hear "wretched", it came from a you-tube comedy/music video and the two guys in the video used the word.