• Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    My 34 year-old brother says “rats!” when something bad happens. He learned from our grandpa.

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      2 hours ago

      I make it a point to adopt some of my grandpa’s lingo. Funnily enough my 18-20 year old students can smell 30yo slang from a mile away and will point out it ages me, but they’ve never said anything about the random 50s teenage slang I incorporate.

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      16 hours ago

      Oooh, I like that, I’m terrified of rats, so that would be a great replacement, for the usual word, when around kids, too.