"When I was younger, I remember how hard my siblings and I would laugh when our parents tried to use the phrase "hook up" in the proper context. "Are you going to hook up with your friends at the mall today?" my dad would ask, clearly not understanding the millennial usage of the term. But oh, how the tides have turned. Recently, I've been hearing young people throwing around terms like "no cap" and "rizz,""
"12. "The obsession with life hacks. Recently I saw a young person explaining how if you plant the seeds from your capsicum (bell pepper) it will grow a plant! Wow! That's not a life hack, sweetie, that's called gardening." 18. "My young sister-in-law writes her college essays on her phone. That's just wild to me." "I'm a Gen X'er, and the thought of typing an entire paper on my phone gives me an anxiety attack." - CopyCat93"
Older adults often find younger-generation slang and behaviors confusing. Parents sometimes misuse terms like 'hook up', prompting laughter from their children. Younger people commonly use slang such as 'no cap' and 'rizz,' which older adults do not recognize. There is a trend toward calling everyday activities 'life hacks', for example suggesting that planting seeds from a bell pepper is a hack rather than basic gardening. Many younger people draft long documents on mobile phones, including college essays, which seems surprising to older generations. These examples show how language, habits, and technology choices create recurring misunderstandings between cohorts.
Read at BuzzFeed
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]