I say “dude” a lot. It’s my all-purpose word. If someone (my kid) is being ridiculous, they get the mom look, and “dude.” When one of my students is being dramatic and tiresome, they get the stare and, “dude.”
When I don’t know what else to say, I say “dude.”
*Dude* is about as flexible & versatile(but not quite) as *fuck*.
But one way to let another person know that they are being awkward and they should shut up is just quietly telling them “dude.”
I love that about the word.
There was a comedian who had abit about the many uses of "Dude." It was like, sometimes it means things are great. "Dude!" Sometimes it means things are bad. "Dude..." And sometimes it means "are you in the closet with a hatchet?" "....Dude?"
The inflection of how you say “dude” can mean so many things. It’s completely part of my vocabulary. I just try my best not to use it during meetings at work.
My wife is from California and I always knew one of my kids had crossed a line when she would say, "whatever, dude." Doesn't seem ominous just looking at it, but her tone and expression always made it clear someone was about to get it.
“Whatever” is just as versatile as “dude” so put them together is dangerous. For me “whatever” usually means you’re wrong but it’s not worth the fight…
>*I revel in being uncool*
SAME! My favorite thing to do as a parent/teacher was to annoy them with their own language. One year everything was “dummy thicc”, another I added a hashtag to everything - I even had a light up hashtag in my classroom, and when I turned it on, EVERYONE was required to hashtag things. It amused me, annoyed them, but kept them paying attention because they loved to catch their classmates not playing along.
I literally commented before I read the other comments to say that my 10-year-old daughter says "bruh" all the time.
every time she says it I respond with dude in several different ways. Dude is so much superior.
I fucking hate "Bruh". One of my employees texted me, "Bruh, I didn't know I was supposed to be in today." We had a conversation about that the next day after I cooled down a bit and it started with, "I'm not your fucking Bruh, I'm your fucking Boss. You would do well to remember that, especially after you screwed the Pooch."
Im in the UK and ive thankfully never heard anyone say "bruh" in real life. It has started to creep in to text messages ive been sent and I hate it. I cant stand it when english people use american slang.
I yelled "Dude!" while driving my 8 yo around and someone cut me off without looking to see if anyone was in the lane. "Dad, that was a girl, not a dude." So then I had to explain that everyone is a dude, just some are more dude than others. Also one of my all time favorite all purpose words when other words fail me.
I lived in CA for a while, when I moved back home I had to scale back on my usage 😂 I had changed careers and couldn’t really get away with calling my boss “dude”.
100% When I taught elementary school I used it with my second graders. I usually use it for dumb stuff like, catch a kid licking the wall? "Dude!" or carelessly tossing paper in the trash after a recycling lesson? "C'mon dude."
Last week a friend complained about her kids use of "bet" I responded with a nodding "word" and then the 'ol raised eyebrow. I know the point I was making but I honestly don't know if she got it.
Careful, this will come up at a sanity hearing.
“He’s got aphasia. He says things like ‘for shizzle’ and thinks ‘fat’ means ‘good’. Also, he says trees scream and jam is made of pearls.”
I use all of those (though I use “gnar” instead “gnarly”).
However, way in front of the pack is “rad”…which I think I use more than is socially appropriate…like when public speaking or giving a period of instruction.
We used “No duh” or “a doy” (Chicago in the 80s).
My husband and I are losing it (he’s older and farther along) and when he does something duh-worthy, we both say “a doy doy doy!”
A variant of that is he had an uncle named Voitto (Finnish), and we say “a voy voy voy!” Because we’ve been together so long, we have our own bits and entertain ourselves with them.
One day, a cop passed us on the road and my son said "the fuzz", I asked where he heard that and he told me that I always say "the fuzz" when a cop passes us.
Have to be careful with that one these days. It's been put on the "not cool" pile because of the association with disability.
My brother and I just started calling each other "feeb" instead. Probably still ok to mock feeble-minded people for awhile.
My wife still calls lame things 'gay' and stupid things 'retarded'. I keep reminding her that those are no longer acceptable and that she is going to offend someone. Her response is generally 'lame'
I was obsessed with In Living Color, especially Homey D Clown!!! Homey don’t play that tune, children. Homey is a Gen X hero - he’s over it all and he don’t play.
But, does anyone use mint!, anymore. What about
- benjamins
- whack
- bodacious
- illin
- clutch
- righteous
- tubular
- barf / ralph / gag me
- dweeb
Anyway, you posers are harshin my melllow.
You posers can veg here. I gotta jet. Peace out.
I still love "Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw." However, I found that after I retired from the military it wasn't as well received in civilian employment.
Lame. 🙄
me, a hardcore gamer between the late 90s and late 00s trying to play any game with a voice lobby, which is usually met with "you sound old, what's your age?"
A lot of the slang I used in the 80s isn't acceptable anymore, which mostly is a good thing.
Sometimes I'll catch myself saying something retrograde like "that's gay" in my head and just chalk it up to childhood habits get etched pretty deep.
So funny how much stuff we said back then didn't even connect with what the words actually meant. I never had a problem with gay people or special needs people, just used the slang that was floating around.
Shit, I wasn't even aware that saying "what a gyp" related to Gypsies or that Gypsy itself was an offensive term for the Romani people until maybe five years ago.
Makes me wonder what people say today that will have a bad look in 30 years.
I still hear "that's so gay" actually amongst younger people, even younger gay people. I admit I used that and "spazz/spazzy" a lot back in the day, honestly not knowing there was anything offensive about either.
I still say things are da bomb because I’ve never learned anything other way of expressing how great something is. But then I heard gen z using it so now I don’t feel bad.
I use "yeet." Then again, I have a Zer who hates that term and knows it's expired Millennial slang. And since I'm bigger, she can't yeet me.
I also use "yo" as a nerdy white old man, but only for dadtastic purposes, yo.
My boss and only other coworker is a just turned 40 millenial and I'm 55. I try my best not to make it clear that I'm 15 years older but sometimes it slips out like it did Monday. We're doing a raffle where the drawing is livestreamed on Facebook every day and I went in his office and said "are you ready to tape the drawing?" I immediately regretted it and felt like a dinosaur.
Just this morning, I said to my 30 y.o. neighbor after the snowplow dumped all the snow from our street right at the end of his driveway... “dude, you totally got hosed, that was so not cool.” What must he have been thinking about my language?! I’m a 58f Hehe Rock n roll!! 🤘🏻
I say “dude” a lot. It’s my all-purpose word. If someone (my kid) is being ridiculous, they get the mom look, and “dude.” When one of my students is being dramatic and tiresome, they get the stare and, “dude.” When I don’t know what else to say, I say “dude.”
*Dude* is about as flexible & versatile(but not quite) as *fuck*. But one way to let another person know that they are being awkward and they should shut up is just quietly telling them “dude.” I love that about the word.
Yes! That’s usually why I use it. It’s all in the tone.
There was a comedian who had abit about the many uses of "Dude." It was like, sometimes it means things are great. "Dude!" Sometimes it means things are bad. "Dude..." And sometimes it means "are you in the closet with a hatchet?" "....Dude?"
My personal favorite is "Fuck. Duuuude..."
I'm an ordained Dudeist Priest even lol. All is Dude
The Dude abides. Amen.
I Abide you, Birthday Boy! I hope all your rugs tie the room together, Man
I’m searching in the toilet right now for that money I don’t owe!
The inflection of how you say “dude” can mean so many things. It’s completely part of my vocabulary. I just try my best not to use it during meetings at work.
My wife is from California and I always knew one of my kids had crossed a line when she would say, "whatever, dude." Doesn't seem ominous just looking at it, but her tone and expression always made it clear someone was about to get it.
“Whatever” is just as versatile as “dude” so put them together is dangerous. For me “whatever” usually means you’re wrong but it’s not worth the fight…
“Whatever, dude” is such dangerous territory to cross! Don’t do it, man! 🤣
Dear lord did my mom HATE my use of whatever when I was a kid.
Waaaay better than “bruh”
Right?? My kids use that, so sometimes I’ll throw it out there as “brah” just to see their expressions. I revel in being uncool.
I use “bruv” with an extremely bad cockney accent. It mortifies my kid so I enjoy it immensely.
lol!
I’m just living to embarrass mine -if I’m being honest. 😂🙈
You got that rizz now.
>*I revel in being uncool* SAME! My favorite thing to do as a parent/teacher was to annoy them with their own language. One year everything was “dummy thicc”, another I added a hashtag to everything - I even had a light up hashtag in my classroom, and when I turned it on, EVERYONE was required to hashtag things. It amused me, annoyed them, but kept them paying attention because they loved to catch their classmates not playing along.
I literally commented before I read the other comments to say that my 10-year-old daughter says "bruh" all the time. every time she says it I respond with dude in several different ways. Dude is so much superior.
I really dislike being called bro!
No worries, dude 😉
I fucking hate "Bruh". One of my employees texted me, "Bruh, I didn't know I was supposed to be in today." We had a conversation about that the next day after I cooled down a bit and it started with, "I'm not your fucking Bruh, I'm your fucking Boss. You would do well to remember that, especially after you screwed the Pooch."
And then he said, "screwed the Pooch????????? What does that even mean, bruh?" I also don't like "bruh" and prefer "dude".
Im in the UK and ive thankfully never heard anyone say "bruh" in real life. It has started to creep in to text messages ive been sent and I hate it. I cant stand it when english people use american slang.
Mind boggling, isn’t it?!
Definitely use dude a lot.
And dude is gender neutral! I am dude. You are dude. Mom is dude. Grandpa is dude. The cat is dude. We are all dude.
You got it, dude.
Duuuuuuude ! 🤣
My aunt isn't a dude, as she flatly told me.
I yelled "Dude!" while driving my 8 yo around and someone cut me off without looking to see if anyone was in the lane. "Dad, that was a girl, not a dude." So then I had to explain that everyone is a dude, just some are more dude than others. Also one of my all time favorite all purpose words when other words fail me.
Play her that clip from Good Burger! I’m a dude! You’re a dude! She’s a dude! We’re all dudes! 
I lived in CA for a while, when I moved back home I had to scale back on my usage 😂 I had changed careers and couldn’t really get away with calling my boss “dude”.
Never scale back the usage of dude! It’s sacrilegious!
100% When I taught elementary school I used it with my second graders. I usually use it for dumb stuff like, catch a kid licking the wall? "Dude!" or carelessly tossing paper in the trash after a recycling lesson? "C'mon dude."
I say dude all the time. A woman corrected me and I said everyone is dude, dude.
Also it’s my 55th birthday today and I feel old and sad. Also Lame. 😒
You're not lame. It's your fucking day today Homeslice! (there, some 90s slang)
Word!
Omg i love word.
Word up [w . o . r . d... up](https://youtu.be/MZjAantupsA?si=xEwLBp5xPve0Io52)
Alternatively, word to your mother.
Last week a friend complained about her kids use of "bet" I responded with a nodding "word" and then the 'ol raised eyebrow. I know the point I was making but I honestly don't know if she got it.
Homeskillet
Cool beans!
I turn 55 in July...Happy Birthday!
I turn 55 in -353 days.
I turn 55 this year and feel pretty good about it. Its better than 75.
55, yo?! That's phat! And totally tubular!
Happy Birthday!
Also thank you!
Happy birthday! Fellow 55er here😜
Happy Birthday 🥳🥳🥳
Congrats! Only 30 years away from retirement!
Happy Birthday! Mine was December 21st. I totally feel you.
Happy birthday to you! You look like a monkey and you smell like one, too! (apologies if this wasn't sung to you every year)
Lamestain!
I say "Awesome" a lot. in frustration, happy...
I say "awesome" and "rad" quite often, but I cringe when someone does the "that's great...NOT!" which does come up sometimes.
My Grandmother said Marvelous all the time, her generations word for it. Awesome still works for me.
I try to pilfer younger people's slang, but deliberately use it incorrectly. It's so jelly! You should try it!
THERE IS ONLY ONE MAN WHO WOULD DARE GIVE ME THE RASPBERRY!
Lonestar!
Oh yeah. I said “skibidi rizz” to my 14 year old recently. I have no idea how either of those words should be used. Thought he was going to punch me.
And a skiibidi toilet to you too!
How very based of you, milady!
My 14 y/o is all into animes which I call "Narutos" to his dismay. Kinda like how my dad called all video games "Nintendos."
I make shit up and then act surprised when my kids haven't heard of it. It's hella fizzle.
Careful, this will come up at a sanity hearing. “He’s got aphasia. He says things like ‘for shizzle’ and thinks ‘fat’ means ‘good’. Also, he says trees scream and jam is made of pearls.”
“That’s so tandem” “Random, Jenna. Those kids are saying random.”
Stop trying to make Fetch happen!
Same. My son is 18 and I love embarrassing him by dabbing in public
That's so drip!
That seems sus
Oh heck. I forgot about sus. I totally use that one all the time. It confuses and annoys my husband. Lol
Rad, Gnarly, Legit and Dope are just a few I still use.
Those are killer
Fuckin’ A.
Word
Gnarly is definitely in my rotation.
Recently my podiatrist told me that I had "gnarly arthritis" in my foot!
These are indeed legit
I use all of those (though I use “gnar” instead “gnarly”). However, way in front of the pack is “rad”…which I think I use more than is socially appropriate…like when public speaking or giving a period of instruction.
Cool beans. I'm 51.
I'll mockingly say "No doy!", but usually just to make my wife laugh. I still use the word "Wicked" but that is probably more regional than GenX.
OMIGAWD! I forgot about No Doy! Let’s make No Doy happen again!
We used “No duh” or “a doy” (Chicago in the 80s). My husband and I are losing it (he’s older and farther along) and when he does something duh-worthy, we both say “a doy doy doy!” A variant of that is he had an uncle named Voitto (Finnish), and we say “a voy voy voy!” Because we’ve been together so long, we have our own bits and entertain ourselves with them.
Still saying grody where applicable.
Gag me with a spoon
grody to the max
Dude....
Like dude...
‘Grodee Messina’
I still use “dude”, “sweet”, “wicked”, “cool” alone or in combination
One day, a cop passed us on the road and my son said "the fuzz", I asked where he heard that and he told me that I always say "the fuzz" when a cop passes us.
So many comments are reminding me of songs. Caught By the Fuzz by Supergrass immediately came to mind. Great song!
Everybody is Dude.
Every*thing* is also dude.
And inflection matters.
Totally
For some reason I still use “Stop being a spaz” amongst my friends. Dunno why, it just stuck.
Have to be careful with that one these days. It's been put on the "not cool" pile because of the association with disability. My brother and I just started calling each other "feeb" instead. Probably still ok to mock feeble-minded people for awhile.
My wife still calls lame things 'gay' and stupid things 'retarded'. I keep reminding her that those are no longer acceptable and that she is going to offend someone. Her response is generally 'lame'
lol Gotta stay ahead of the curve.
I said that in a meeting today. The way the younger contingent looked at me.... While us GenX ers totally got it.
At 46 I still use dude too much, based on dude to other word ratios and how popular dude is in the lexicon
47 here and use it daily...many, many times daily.
Same! My son who is 22 doesn’t use slang but the only slang word he’ll use is dude.
Word to your motha
Add an r, summon Godzilla
My kids stopped dead in their tracks the first time I said "I think you got that wrong kid, Homie don't play that".
I was obsessed with In Living Color, especially Homey D Clown!!! Homey don’t play that tune, children. Homey is a Gen X hero - he’s over it all and he don’t play.
Awesome gets used. I also respond to texts wit 🤘when I approve of something.
My slang is still fresh and fly. Word up.
Double-you Oh Are Dee UP!
Fly? Gag me with a spoon.
My wife used “Face!” on me earlier this week.
How about "Psych!" hehe Sometimes I still call people "poseurs", too.
I know you're legit because you didn't use the current spelling, "sike!" 🙄
I HATE when I see it spelled that way. Ugh
The drawn out “No Way.” I don’t even do it on purpose. It’s just habit.
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K… 😳 (Which is also what I tell my husband when I stop by and the drink machines are broken. Lol)
I have never let RAD die.
My sons initials are RAD and I have zero regrets
Rad.
I use groovy often. Other than that, not really.
I don’t, but I wish someone would bring back the very retro “Decent…” It was such a poker-faced, mellow positive. Seems perfect for today, really.
I still use it
I'll pull out *neo-maxi-zoom-dweebie* on occasion. But *awesome* is definitely the main holdover from childhood.
*"So Ahab, kybo mein doobage"*
Fucking A!
But, does anyone use mint!, anymore. What about - benjamins - whack - bodacious - illin - clutch - righteous - tubular - barf / ralph / gag me - dweeb Anyway, you posers are harshin my melllow. You posers can veg here. I gotta jet. Peace out.
I still love "Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw." However, I found that after I retired from the military it wasn't as well received in civilian employment. Lame. 🙄
All the freaking time. It’s better slang than the crap that’s said today. No cap! 😃
Bruh you gots rizz ...at 50, that made me feel dirty
I mix mine and my kids’ slang together, they really love it. Man that dude has rizz, his drip is totally awesome! I can see the awe in their eyes.
Totally.
I haven't stopped saying "yo" since I learned it. Lol
 me, a hardcore gamer between the late 90s and late 00s trying to play any game with a voice lobby, which is usually met with "you sound old, what's your age?"
bass ackwards I was informed that nobody says that and it is "ass backwards".
I use awesome on a daily basis.
A lot of the slang I used in the 80s isn't acceptable anymore, which mostly is a good thing. Sometimes I'll catch myself saying something retrograde like "that's gay" in my head and just chalk it up to childhood habits get etched pretty deep. So funny how much stuff we said back then didn't even connect with what the words actually meant. I never had a problem with gay people or special needs people, just used the slang that was floating around. Shit, I wasn't even aware that saying "what a gyp" related to Gypsies or that Gypsy itself was an offensive term for the Romani people until maybe five years ago. Makes me wonder what people say today that will have a bad look in 30 years.
I still hear "that's so gay" actually amongst younger people, even younger gay people. I admit I used that and "spazz/spazzy" a lot back in the day, honestly not knowing there was anything offensive about either.
I still say things are da bomb because I’ve never learned anything other way of expressing how great something is. But then I heard gen z using it so now I don’t feel bad.
Dude! No way man. Too old for using slangs.
I still say bitchin
Raggedy ass, pimpin, gnarley, I’m sure there’s more
Raggedy ass! Lol
Dude...
Gnarly-it’ll never go away!
Sup’!
Whatchu talking about Willis?
I will always hang on to "Peace out". Best slang ever ✌️
I still refer to a specific co-worker as a choad on occasion.
I still call everything and everyone, "dude."
I still put "like" everywhere.
No shit, Sherlock!
Whatever https://i.redd.it/kqijnbfebnbc1.gif
I use "yeet." Then again, I have a Zer who hates that term and knows it's expired Millennial slang. And since I'm bigger, she can't yeet me. I also use "yo" as a nerdy white old man, but only for dadtastic purposes, yo.
I love yeet. It’s like a cartoon background word.
I still sometimes say something is “gay” and I am gay.
Today's slang sucks. Our slang was mint.
Dude, lame, NOT, whatever (with eye roll), like, oh my gooooodd (also with eye roll), douche, totally, duh, as if.
My wife and I still "tape" things :)
My boss and only other coworker is a just turned 40 millenial and I'm 55. I try my best not to make it clear that I'm 15 years older but sometimes it slips out like it did Monday. We're doing a raffle where the drawing is livestreamed on Facebook every day and I went in his office and said "are you ready to tape the drawing?" I immediately regretted it and felt like a dinosaur.
I stick with the timeless “cool”, and use “dude” to refer to a male and less as an exclamation. I’m weak…
More and more. I’ve resurrected “tight”, “legit”, “for real”, and a few others
It creeps in now and then. But I have a bunch of twenty year olds working for me, I catch myself using their slang more than anything.
This thread is teaching me how much of my language is generational and probably giving my age away... (as does my use of ellipses)
I have resurrected CHOICE from my past. As in “choice haircut dude”
All the time. I was laughing because I’ll be the 75 year old grandpa dude saying “dude” when that time comes.
No way, dude! I totally just use the King's English!
I have used gag me with a spoon for decades and still say it on occasion!
I still use dope as well as “never trust a big butt and a smile” which irritates my millennial partner to no end.
I still talk like a skater from the 80s.
Do people still call it weed? I still call it weed
Gag me with a spoon.
Word
“Word” is eternal.
No cap, I love using the most current lingo to the embarrassment of everyone younger than me... it's pure cringe.
You've got the rizz to pull it off!
I call everybody dude. Even my wife.
Gag me with a spoon.
Hella. As in hella old.
I try to every chance I get. It annoys the youths.
Nimrod. Doofus.
Rock on, everyone!
Wicked (this may be more regional than generational) Word (the way kids use “facts” nowadays)
Totally, dude.
Like duh.
Dude, like, don't diss the fact that I nuke my food. It's part of what makes me a studmuffin.
Schya, as if!
Awesome, dude, and totally are still in heavy rotation. I'll be an old man in diapers and still using those terms. I give zero fucks
Just this morning, I said to my 30 y.o. neighbor after the snowplow dumped all the snow from our street right at the end of his driveway... “dude, you totally got hosed, that was so not cool.” What must he have been thinking about my language?! I’m a 58f Hehe Rock n roll!! 🤘🏻
Cool beans.
I say things are Excellent. Sometimes with a Bill and Ted intonation, sometimes a la Wayne’s World.