It is a difficult task to understand the younger generation these days. I sometimes feel as if we need a translator for communicating with them. The new slangs, terms and acronyms are totally confusing for me, and I think people of my generation.
Turns and twists on the modern day terminology are bamboozling and can mean something entirely different than what we think. Alternating between amusement and frustration I try to get what my grand son and his friends mean when they use words like “savage” “goat” “snatched” “100“!!! And don’t get me started on the acronyms! I have to google what these letters stand for. Apparently being a “savage” is a good thing and so is a “goat“- Greatest of all times! I must be spending my life under a stone or something to be so out of touch with the language of today!
The map for language used these days is obscure to me and I have lost the ability to communicate with the younger people.
I am afraid to use old complimentary phrases, however tasteful they maybe because they may mean the total opposite of what I think. One day being a Scrooge may mean something good!
In response to the following prompts;
3TC ;
FOWC;
RDP;
Word of the day Challenge;
#Keepitalive
#FOWC
#3TC
#RDP
#DailyPrompts
Keep it alive 
Thank goodness for the internet. Can you imagine having to do it the “old fashioned” way… library, card catalog, microfiche???😱😂😂
Or, I guess we could just ask…🤔😂
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Exactly. I know the stares I get when I am totally clueless! 😅
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too true, I have teenagers and young adults around too and when we have conversations I feel i am in a foreign land. but we learn and assimilate, it is a good thing.
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It sure is. But I don’t like where we are going with language. Or lingo as it’s called now!!!😅
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Love a good combo….I m also lost in the whatever the younglings might say 😁
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True. Thanks 😊
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Awesome post Sadje. I do hope that Scrooge does not end up with a “new” meaning. You are right language today seems to be about turning words and their meaning inside out Fascinating times.
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Thanks a lot Suzette. Fascinating indeed. 😅😇
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Awesome post Sadje… Prompt queen 👑
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Thanks a lot Riya!
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😂😂 I hear you! Despite of being a millennial myself, I don’t get the current ‘lingo’ most of the times; more often than not, I end up googling things especially the acronyms (trends of which changes so fast).
great post, Sadje 👍
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Thanks A S! It’s a challenge.
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I must admit I’m getting better can almost sound like a nerd now. But ask a few questions and it’s clear that I’m bluffing.
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Yes, we are not in the “know” you know!!!
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Our grandkids have a way of making us feel ancient sometimes don’t they? 🤣 I wonder what goat means? I’ll have to Google it
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Greatest of all times.
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Great post, Sadje! We used to have our lingo when we were young. Lingo will always exist and change from generation to generation. In fact, the sixties were famous for slang. Our parents thought we were speaking a different language.
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That’s true the only difference is that note these changes are so rapid that it is difficult to keep up.
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Yes, I agree.
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I hear you Sadje, complete sentences are not in their vocabulary. And if they manage to complete anything resembling one, you can’t hear them… because their mumbling! 🤔🤦🏽♂️😔
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