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Miguel de Maria

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More words I wish I'd never heard

http://www.inc.com/john-brandon/15-words-and-phrases-millennials-use-but-no-one-else-understands.html

I had only heard a few of these--evidence that I'm old. That few is too much.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 19 2015 22:40:32

Sr. Martins

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

"5. I can't even"

That explains a lot. Seems like it is used as an expression alone. I always thought "why do they start the sentence and never finish it?".

I only knew 2 or 3 on that list. The rest are either too dumb or just a passing (still dumb) trend I guess.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 19 2015 23:09:52

Leñador

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Im a millennial, English is my first language and I've never heard of any of those words so not all hope is lost.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2015 3:26:41

Miguel de Maria

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Leñador)

That is a relief, tbh.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2015 4:47:50

El Kiko

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Leñador)

i havent even heard of a millenial ...

So i cant even ....Phub a hondo P on this one ,,.. I suppose its just the JOMO i feel .
but sorry .. not ..the struggle is not real anyway ....

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2015 17:38:18

Miguel de Maria

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

I'm not sure, I'm of the Generation X. I thought there was a Y, but maybe they changed that and now call them "Millenials"? I think it means people under 30, approximately. Maybe this is all a silly American thing.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2015 22:27:52

Leñador

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Yeah, Generation Y and Millenials are the same thing. There's no official age range but it starts around 1983, my year of birth.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 20 2015 23:19:41

estebanana

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Leñador)

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Yeah, Generation Y and Millenials are the same thing. There's no official age range but it starts around 1983, my year of birth.

What frightens me more that language usage is that if you were born in 1983 you could be my kid.

I don't worry about new language every generation comes up with these kinds of contractions, most of them don't stick into the greater spoken language. One reason is that media tends to use more basic proper English. It keeps leveled out.

On that score my generation and the two before it came up with plenty of stupid contractions and alternate words. We don't use them, and some of them have stuck...but the language is none the worse for it.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 0:27:31

Leñador

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

quote:

What frightens me more that language usage is that if you were born in 1983 you could be my kid.

You could adopt me!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 1:17:41

Sr. Martins

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Leñador)

Iam from 83 too, maybe we're twins!!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 2:05:30

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

9. Bae

They got that wrong. Should be

9. Baa

Very useful when talking to sheep or anyone with a similar intellect.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 4:06:05

Grisha

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to estebanana)

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ORIGINAL: estebanana

What frightens me more that language usage is that if you were born in 1983 you could be my kid.

Are you sure he's the one?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 5:30:13

Leñador

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Stephan could adopt us both!!
What an international family!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 5:30:21

Grisha

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

He seems frightened about it, so there is a good possibility you ARE his kid. At least that's how I read it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 5:32:57

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Grisha)

And what frightens him is he will be issued a court order to pay Lenny all of the unpaid child support that has accrued over the years.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 5:51:00

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

I was around LA in 1983 too.
But no risk there, as it was in Orange County where the civilzed folks reside, while I was looking remotely like a hippy. Apparently to their perception sort of a wolf midst sheep. No target for traditional dating routines of local chicks.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 12:26:49

Leñador

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Hahahaha!! Don't worry Stephan, I'll absolve you of all back pay for child support. Your only responsibility will be to sit uncomfortably with me at family gatherings.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 21 2015 14:20:01

Miguel de Maria

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RE: More words I wish I'd never heard (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Lenny needs some child support if he's paying $2K for rent. That hurts just thinking about it.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 22 2015 15:32:38