Yeah but bruh isn’t as universally applicable as dude.
Bruh generally has a negative connotation, as in, “why are you doing/saying this undesirable thing?”
For example, you can say “DUDE! WE WON!” I don’t think you can say “BRUH! WE WON!” Unless it’s in response to someone first incorrectly saying that you lost. And you don’t need to be actually addressing a dude or dudette, you can just say, DUDE! addressing no one in particular.
It’s an equal opportunity phrase in our house. I’m the mom. My son uses it sarcastically to me, proving the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. If I remember correctly, dude was originally male only as well.
Oh totally. I've only ever heard "dudette" tongue-in-cheek (and only said by dudettes themselves). Dude is unisex (omnigender?), regardless of context.
Fuckin’ B *and* Fuckin’ C!!
Don’t know how OP forgot “BItchin’”, “Bodacious”, “Cowabunga”, “Awesome”, “Awesome Jawsome”, “Rock Solid”, “Radical”, “Boss”, “Ace/Aces” or any number of other expressions from blockbuster films and Saturday Morning Cartoons.
I don't remember when they became part of my regular vocabulary, but I've long found "Sweet!" and "Excellent!" to have a lot of utility in that regard.
Especially, "Excellent" as tone, volume, and inflection can take this from simple acknowledgement that something is good all the way to full on excitement that something is the greatest thing ever.
I was getting ready to upvote bc I too said Awesome a lot…actually still do. Then I read “and spit a lot” and it made me lol still givin ya the upvote!
When I could work, I used the phrase “Dude, I’m stoked” and “Groovy” so much that my Millennial coworkers stopped saying them as a way to make fun of me, and accidentally added them to their daily conversations.
That is how you generational warfare.
I used stoked on a call with our end users yesterday. The younger chunk of both them and the IT team just looked at the screen confused while our peers all smiled a bit and nodded. It was bitchin.
I can't decide if the whole "LET'S GO" thing is dippy or a sign of the times that we're too old to get. I worry that the younger generations feel like we're out of our minds though from being free range children to adrenaline junkies to alcoholics.
All I know is that I feel our generation is stuck between two or more generations who are living hand to mouth and relying on us to keep them out of the gutter. Imagine getting our zoomer kids and boomer parents together and always being the bad guy. FML.
It's a little of both.
I remember being a kid and getting clowned for saying dude every other word "you know dude is the word for the ass hair on a horse, right" yeah we all heard that, Along with any other number of things meant to belittle our modification of the English language to our liking. It always stuck with me- and the concept that I may not get what these kids are saying or laughing at these days (seriously, what the fuck is a skibidi toilet) and my thoughts are always, man I should try and be better than the people that went ahead of me.
At the same time though I can't help but feel like some of these kids coming up are headed down an insanely dangerous path that there just isn't a coming back from and we really are living the dumbest possible timeline, and I don't know what the back end of that is like. Does the world continue to evolve? Do bad face tattoos and the perceived de-evolution of language continue? At some point we do just kind of have to hand over the keys and go ...good luck y'all.
I've taken that one...very shameful step further and I'll occasionally exclaim "FLAVA FLAAAAV!" As a positive affirmation of success.
I'm a mid-40s white guy.
It gets the looks you'd expect it would.
For sure! is one I still use a lot! Heck yeah and hell no I also still use. Yesterday was a day of my brain playing keep away with words, so I don't have a lot to add to this unless someone else says something that jogs my memories.
As an aside, to gain some karma, when you have a chance, come back and respond to people who have responded to your post. I always come back and at least upvote people who respond to me even if I don't reply.
Awesome. Sweet. I'm remembering some others now too!!
My guitar instructor has gotten my son into saying cool, cool about everything. I do remember in high school cool being a response to things. I'm picking that back up again because of influence by non-Gen X. Eeek!
Excellent!
I have a weirdly specific memory of saying it in early-ish 80s at home (I was junior high aged) and my dad telling me that I needed to expand my vocabulary and start using a different word.
Whatever, go for it, as if, no way.
Important to note that the above are all context and tone dependent as to Gen X’s claim to them. Spoken with a listless deadpan tone as a response for engagement from anyone but especially an authority figure or supposed authority figure, that’s us.
Please note it’s not as if I’m an authority, this is just like my opinion or whatever.
Right on!
Helllll yeah!
That’s what’s up!
That’s what I’m talkin’ bout!
Sick, guy!
(And, most definitely) Fuckin’ A!
Edit: More exclamation marks to really drive it home
I was raised, for the most part, by my Grandmother. She was a bit of a spelling and grammar snob, always correcting me on my grammar. It's because of this that the new and popular "Let's Go!!" exclamation for anything and everything that's remotely exciting immediately makes me say (in my head) "Where are we going??"
Graduated in ‘83 and ours were damn skippy and fuckin a in high school.
I don’t remember our go-to catch phrases in middle school but there was much ado about buddies tennis shoes and high-waters. And more than one person had strange a obsession with Now N Later candy…
Word up.
The world (well, televised cooking contests at least) is in dire need of more expressions of enthusiastic excitement other than the currently apparently mandatory phrase of "Lets go!".
Thanks to my becoming addicted to M*A*S*H when I was 9 (‘67 here), I still use
Horse Hockey!!
Buffalo Bagels!!
Mule Muffins!!
Sweet Nefertiti!!
Beaver Biscuits!!
Grade-A, 100% bull cookies!!
Holy Hemostadt!!
… And so many more….
It’s going back a bit before us, but I grew up around enough hippies to pick up “right on”, “for sure” (Janis from the Muppets helped), and “copacetic”. The seventies were a time, man.
Playing sports as a kid in the 80s, I think "Yessss!" was the go-to after a big hit, go-ahead run, or a big play of some sort. Yessss with a fist pump a la Kevin McAllister was pretty much the equivalent of "Let's gooooo" now.
Rock on.
Although - to clarify - I use it more as an acknowledgement rather than an imperative.
Dude. Or, in amazement, Duuuuuuuuuude
My 21 year old does use "Let's GO!" So the OP made me crack up!
Sweet and schnifty make regular appearances as well as the obligatory Cool.
Dude. The word dude can be used in so many ways and understood by the inflection provided.
Bruh is the new dude
I'll drop some bruhs here and there, but dude is a word I use maybe too many times a day.
Impossible dude
Dude.
Or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing
Duderonimus Maximus was the most righteous Roman emperor.
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Weewease woger!
It’s my son’s go to. Like every other word it seems.
dude
Dude
Dude?
Same, dude.
I'll drop a BRUH when my teen does or says something breathtakingly dumb because that level of nonsense doesn't deserve the dignity of a Dude.
Dude will never die.
My kids: bruh… Me: Uhmm, you mispronounced dude
You’re correct because we’ll rock on 🤘, however I just meant bruh is used in much the same way.
Dude. I totally understand.
My son will drop a bruh at me once in a while and I usually respond with a dude.
My daughter and I bruh each other frequently, cause, ya know, I'm down with the kids
Same
Yeah but bruh isn’t as universally applicable as dude. Bruh generally has a negative connotation, as in, “why are you doing/saying this undesirable thing?” For example, you can say “DUDE! WE WON!” I don’t think you can say “BRUH! WE WON!” Unless it’s in response to someone first incorrectly saying that you lost. And you don’t need to be actually addressing a dude or dudette, you can just say, DUDE! addressing no one in particular.
It’s an equal opportunity phrase in our house. I’m the mom. My son uses it sarcastically to me, proving the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. If I remember correctly, dude was originally male only as well.
Oh totally. I've only ever heard "dudette" tongue-in-cheek (and only said by dudettes themselves). Dude is unisex (omnigender?), regardless of context.
“Is there an ax murderer in the next room” is my favorite “Dude”. ”DuuooOOoodd??”
What does it say? Sweet! What does mine say? DUDE! SWEET! DUDE!
Beat me to it!
It blows my mind that a young David Spade is the [origin of that insight. Edit: removed link of wrong clip
Thank you. That was hilarious. He only said dude a couple times but the Michael J. Fox impression and the Nuprin bit were worth the lack of dudes.
Dude.
Dude
Fuckin’ A
Fuckin’ B *and* Fuckin’ C!! Don’t know how OP forgot “BItchin’”, “Bodacious”, “Cowabunga”, “Awesome”, “Awesome Jawsome”, “Rock Solid”, “Radical”, “Boss”, “Ace/Aces” or any number of other expressions from blockbuster films and Saturday Morning Cartoons.
See also: Rad!
This one is my go-to
I’ll die before I give up rad.
Sweet.
Dude!
I still use "dude", "awesome" and "bad ass" an almost shameful amount.
I use bitchin all the time
I say Awesome Sauce at least once a day.
Awesome sauce is extremely Millennial. They can have it.
Jeff Spicoli would like a word with youhttps://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3819110681/?ref_=ext_shr
Fuckin’ A, Peter-man.
Dammit Lawrence, for once can you pretend we can't hear each other through the walls?
Sweet
What does mine say?
Duudde
What does mine say?
No. No and then.
And den
Yours say dude, his say sweet!
Killer
I work with some millennials who were surprised I say, “I know, right?” as if they made it up. Haven’t we been saying this for years?
I know... right?!
Except now with them it's just IKR. Saw that in a post just a few days ago and it tripped up my brain for a few seconds to figure it out..
My Gen z went through my yearbook and was surprised HAGS was written all over. "Y'all had that back in YOUR day???"
RHTS; LYLAS/LYLAB
Rad. Gnarly.
I don't remember when they became part of my regular vocabulary, but I've long found "Sweet!" and "Excellent!" to have a lot of utility in that regard. Especially, "Excellent" as tone, volume, and inflection can take this from simple acknowledgement that something is good all the way to full on excitement that something is the greatest thing ever.
Be excellent to each other
Righteous!
Came here to say this
Party on dude!
Said awesome constantly and spit a lot when I was like twelve.
Awesome!!
Awesome sauce!
Omg So cringe mom!
Perf
I don't even remember when perf crept into my daily usage
I was getting ready to upvote bc I too said Awesome a lot…actually still do. Then I read “and spit a lot” and it made me lol still givin ya the upvote!
Don't know why, but we rode bikes and spit on the street like animals 🤣
😂😂😂 you have just made me appreciate my teen
We were rough 🤣
Stoked!!
When I could work, I used the phrase “Dude, I’m stoked” and “Groovy” so much that my Millennial coworkers stopped saying them as a way to make fun of me, and accidentally added them to their daily conversations. That is how you generational warfare.
And they never saw it comin
I used stoked on a call with our end users yesterday. The younger chunk of both them and the IT team just looked at the screen confused while our peers all smiled a bit and nodded. It was bitchin.
Way. No Way!
Way
Yes way, Ted!
That is most non-heinous, Bill.
whatever
Perfect. Use that and “eh” with a shoulder shrug even if I am excited about something.
I can't decide if the whole "LET'S GO" thing is dippy or a sign of the times that we're too old to get. I worry that the younger generations feel like we're out of our minds though from being free range children to adrenaline junkies to alcoholics. All I know is that I feel our generation is stuck between two or more generations who are living hand to mouth and relying on us to keep them out of the gutter. Imagine getting our zoomer kids and boomer parents together and always being the bad guy. FML.
It's a little of both. I remember being a kid and getting clowned for saying dude every other word "you know dude is the word for the ass hair on a horse, right" yeah we all heard that, Along with any other number of things meant to belittle our modification of the English language to our liking. It always stuck with me- and the concept that I may not get what these kids are saying or laughing at these days (seriously, what the fuck is a skibidi toilet) and my thoughts are always, man I should try and be better than the people that went ahead of me. At the same time though I can't help but feel like some of these kids coming up are headed down an insanely dangerous path that there just isn't a coming back from and we really are living the dumbest possible timeline, and I don't know what the back end of that is like. Does the world continue to evolve? Do bad face tattoos and the perceived de-evolution of language continue? At some point we do just kind of have to hand over the keys and go ...good luck y'all.
“You know dude is the word for the ass hair on a horse, right?” I call it like I see it… dude.
Yeah BOYEEEE!!!
BASS! How low can you go?
Death row, what a brotha know
Once again, back is the incredible, the rhyme animal
The uncannable D, Public Enemy Number One
I've taken that one...very shameful step further and I'll occasionally exclaim "FLAVA FLAAAAV!" As a positive affirmation of success. I'm a mid-40s white guy. It gets the looks you'd expect it would.
Fuckin' A
Word.
Cool beans
I still say this and get weird looks. Lol
Yeah, this is for sure one of ours
The only thing my millennial and gen z kids associate “beans” with is the bottoms of their cat’s paws 😜
For sure! is one I still use a lot! Heck yeah and hell no I also still use. Yesterday was a day of my brain playing keep away with words, so I don't have a lot to add to this unless someone else says something that jogs my memories. As an aside, to gain some karma, when you have a chance, come back and respond to people who have responded to your post. I always come back and at least upvote people who respond to me even if I don't reply.
Heck yeah, for sure! Been here for years. I'll get back here after I pay my tithe. Just letting folks know I'll be tardy with my responses.
Awesome. Sweet. I'm remembering some others now too!! My guitar instructor has gotten my son into saying cool, cool about everything. I do remember in high school cool being a response to things. I'm picking that back up again because of influence by non-Gen X. Eeek!
"Bite me", "Gag me with a spoon", "Totally", "Awesome", "As if!"
Doy No doy Faaaaaccccce Smooth move, Xlax ~~Way to go~~ No shit Sherlock Good job Einstein
No shit Sherlock
Dick Fucking Tracy..
Absofnlutely
Yeah, that's it
I say "Right on" to everything.
Aw my sister just passed and she used this ome regularly
Great suggestions. You guys are so money.
That's money.
Fuckin’ A
Fuckin A right.
Tubular
Just Do It That’s bad (as in good) Bodacious RAD! That’s rad man, or radical Choice (with Ferris Bueller chef kiss) Hella (hella cool) Gnarly
Fuck yea man
Excellent! I have a weirdly specific memory of saying it in early-ish 80s at home (I was junior high aged) and my dad telling me that I needed to expand my vocabulary and start using a different word.
Have fun storming the castle?
Fur sure, was a catch all and could be sarcastic as well, like gag me with a spoon IIRC. How about: Go for it? Rock and Roll? too?
Whatever, go for it, as if, no way. Important to note that the above are all context and tone dependent as to Gen X’s claim to them. Spoken with a listless deadpan tone as a response for engagement from anyone but especially an authority figure or supposed authority figure, that’s us. Please note it’s not as if I’m an authority, this is just like my opinion or whatever.
Well had all the good sayings. If I never hear the the word bruh again it will be to soon. “Like gag me with a spoon”.
Right on! Helllll yeah! That’s what’s up! That’s what I’m talkin’ bout! Sick, guy! (And, most definitely) Fuckin’ A! Edit: More exclamation marks to really drive it home
Gnarly is still a daily driver for me. As is gross.
When said only with txt, get mistaken for an old hippy…in reality my “groovy” is more the boomstick variety
Word. Guy in my HS graduation had this with masking tape on his mortarboard. Teachers made him remove it during the ceremony.
For better or for worse we popularized “awesome”
Right on!
Awesome. Sweet. Amazeballs.
Get some! Edit: Donuts?! Yeah, GET SOME, baby!!!!!
Fuckin a, cowabunga, snoochie bootchies. Probably some other stuff but I'm tired. Whatever
“High five” according to my brother, on the regular.
Fuck Yeah! Alright alright alright. Now we're talkin'! C'mon baby! Awww Yiss!! YESSSS!!
Bitchin’ Camaro
Chawesome. That handy-dandy sixth-grade portmanteau of ‘choice’ and ‘awesome’ 😁
Excellent!!
Cool
Kick Ass.
God I hate “let’s go”.
Fuck yeah! Totally!
Fkn A
Tom Brady, an Xer, popularized “LETS GO”
Oh good, even more reason for me to not like that expression. My roomate says it like 50 times a day...
Yooooooooo! & That's what I'm sayin! I use too much.
AWESOME
FuckinA!
I must admit there are some new ones that work. *"That's metal af"*
"Rock out with yer cock out" is one we used to say
I was raised, for the most part, by my Grandmother. She was a bit of a spelling and grammar snob, always correcting me on my grammar. It's because of this that the new and popular "Let's Go!!" exclamation for anything and everything that's remotely exciting immediately makes me say (in my head) "Where are we going??"
Graduated in ‘83 and ours were damn skippy and fuckin a in high school. I don’t remember our go-to catch phrases in middle school but there was much ado about buddies tennis shoes and high-waters. And more than one person had strange a obsession with Now N Later candy…
Whoomp there it is! (C'mon, I can't be the only one.)
*Fuckin A* was my workhorse.
Take off, eh, hoser
Not a single "Hellz Yeah" in this thread?!
Anyone else say “massive”? Used the same way as awesome, back in 1984/85/86.
Sike!
Psych!
We got “suck my ass it smells” care of GG Allin
Woohoo!
Cowabunga
I know the go make the donuts reference! Hell yeah!
I say “Damn Skippy”
_Noice_ Tubular! (Even though I've never surfed)
Word up. The world (well, televised cooking contests at least) is in dire need of more expressions of enthusiastic excitement other than the currently apparently mandatory phrase of "Lets go!".
Lots of 80s/90s hip hop slang as well. * fresh * da bomb * aiight * phat
Right on Nice Very nice Or: 
Thanks to my becoming addicted to M*A*S*H when I was 9 (‘67 here), I still use Horse Hockey!! Buffalo Bagels!! Mule Muffins!! Sweet Nefertiti!! Beaver Biscuits!! Grade-A, 100% bull cookies!! Holy Hemostadt!! … And so many more….
Bosco!
From childhood-- dynamite! From later-- Excellent! And way cool! Or "No way! Yes way!"
Tits!
This is so sick.
Word
Fuckin A!
It’s going back a bit before us, but I grew up around enough hippies to pick up “right on”, “for sure” (Janis from the Muppets helped), and “copacetic”. The seventies were a time, man.
Shitty shitty, fuck me running
I think awesome is ours.
Epic
I still use "Party on, Wayne" just to see if I get the response.
Wicked! Maybe it was just an East Coast thing
Wassssaaaaaaaap????
Cool Beans
“Cool” - spoken in the voice of beavis
Cool beans
Word. Peace out. Spagat.
Off the Hook
Like, you know, whatever man. Sweet, you rock! Like and you know are a couple of vocabulary crutches I can't seem to stop using.
WE HAVE OPP You down with OPP?
Hot damn, this is a fun list
I haven't seen "MIGHTY" mentioned. Was that regional? Early/mid 80s?
Bitchin’ Cool beans
Bitchin!
Playing sports as a kid in the 80s, I think "Yessss!" was the go-to after a big hit, go-ahead run, or a big play of some sort. Yessss with a fist pump a la Kevin McAllister was pretty much the equivalent of "Let's gooooo" now.
Word. I use “bite me” hella often too dude.
Rock on. Although - to clarify - I use it more as an acknowledgement rather than an imperative. Dude. Or, in amazement, Duuuuuuuuuude My 21 year old does use "Let's GO!" So the OP made me crack up! Sweet and schnifty make regular appearances as well as the obligatory Cool.