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Post by fredfreddy on Jun 14, 2017 2:17:34 GMT
My 14 yo son went on a plane to SO CA by himself for the first time yesterday. I asked him how the flight was alone and I got the massive introspective deep response of "great".
Today, I said " tell me how today was in more than 10 words." Granted I got a long rambling no periods text that included "(my) friend ended up getting four we had chicken and waffles for lunch and it was woke".
So I read it to my 17 yo son and said "what is woke?" Apparently Woke = awesome.
Well this is a new SO CA expression because 14 yo son said, yes, he just learned it.
God bless slang. I watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High last night. I guess I could reverse explain slang as revenge. |
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Post by bc2ca on Jun 14, 2017 2:47:38 GMT
Well, DD(20) must be out of the loop. I asked her and she said she said it means you are aware. In fact, she was shook to hear it used that way. And I learned shook=surprised.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 2:49:41 GMT
mmmm... woke in these parts means a shift in cultural awareness. Something that has made you aware of, and have a larger appreciation for, differences between diverse people (generally ethnic diversity)
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Post by garcia5050 on Jun 14, 2017 2:51:08 GMT
Early in the school year, I sneezed and DS (14) yelled NO BLESS! He said this was a thing at his school. I didn't love it
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Post by KB on Jun 14, 2017 2:59:44 GMT
mmmm... woke in these parts means a shift in cultural awareness. Something that has made you aware of, and have a larger appreciation for, differences between diverse people (generally ethnic diversity) same here. This is how I've understood it: general examples |
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Post by LeaP on Jun 14, 2017 3:01:57 GMT
Asked my 16 year SoCal girl and she said some guy texted "stay woke" to her but she didn't know what he meant.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 14, 2017 3:03:44 GMT
That's not what woke means. I mean, unless you're a 14 year old boy who appropriated it.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Jun 14, 2017 3:10:19 GMT
I think your DS may have confused woke for lit. I have teenage nieces and nephews in SoCal and they use the same slang my desert rat teens do in So Nv. Woke defiantly means an awakening, stay woke is keep paying attention, shook is shocked/surprised, and lit means awesome. I guess if it was the first time he's ever had chicken and waffles it could have been a culinary awakening.  |
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Post by prapea on Jun 14, 2017 3:32:58 GMT
Early in the school year, I sneezed and DS (14) yelled NO BLESS! He said this was a thing at his school. I didn't love it Hahahahaha. I am sorry but I am totally giggling at this. I might use it on DH just for giggles. You brought my inner 14 year old out.lolol |
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Post by fredfreddy on Jun 14, 2017 3:45:03 GMT
Says a 20 yo quote "those 14 yo don't know anything about them modern terms." Unquote.
Ahahahahaha |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 14, 2017 9:36:33 GMT
Well, DD(20) must be out of the loop. I asked her and she said she said it means you are aware. In fact, she was shook to hear it used that way. And I learned shook=surprised. Ugh, if you're a regular reader of Buzzfeed you will be well aware of what "shook" means. And if the comments whenever they use that stupid word are anything to go by, everyone else hates it as much as I do! |
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Post by pelirroja on Jun 14, 2017 11:28:07 GMT
I feel soooo old ((sigh)). In my time, "lit" was to be in a chemically altered state. My 17yo said someone was being "salty" and I had to look it up on urban dictionary. I guess it's true: parents just don't understand.  |
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Post by Olan on Jun 14, 2017 14:24:19 GMT
I associate the term with the BLM movement and black consciousness.
Woke probably stems from the idioms involving the word "sleep". Don't sleep on X. Sleeping on something kinda means you dismiss/disregard x and then x sneaks up on you suddenly.
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Post by annie on Jun 14, 2017 14:32:25 GMT
I'm with Olan - woke has to do with black consciousness. Your kid is using it wrong lol. I believe he was trying to say lit. |
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Post by ellen on Jun 14, 2017 15:30:16 GMT
Last night my 14 year old asked what we were having for dinner and I replied that we were having tacos. She responded with, " Lit." I figured that must be positive. Sounds like the flight was also lit.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 14, 2017 16:23:14 GMT
Thankfully my boys communicate with movie quotes that I usually understand. And Kevin Hart quotes. Those are my favorite.
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Post by PaperAngel on Jun 14, 2017 17:10:21 GMT
At home, I'm the translator who bridges the generational gap between our teen's slang (eg salty, triggered) & my husband's corporate lingo (eg at the end of the day, soup to nuts).  |
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Post by colleen on Jun 14, 2017 17:23:14 GMT
i like salty. The old fashioned way and the new slang way. Goal for today: use it in a sentence.
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Post by stumpedagainof3 on Jun 14, 2017 17:36:16 GMT
My teens have us all using salty around here. They use lit also, but I don't.
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Post by Judie in Oz on Jun 14, 2017 17:44:57 GMT
I'm still getting used to my sons saying they were "a bit dusty" the morning after a big night out. Turns out "dusty" means hungover. Who knew?!!
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Post by lemondrop on Jun 14, 2017 17:54:14 GMT
i like salty. The old fashioned way and the new slang way. Goal for today: use it in a sentence. I like "salty" too! My other favorite is "butt hurt"  In December, I was in Target and saw a lawn ornament that was described as "Lit Tinsel Hippo". I took a picture and texted it to my kids. My DD responded "Mom."  I crack myself up! |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Jun 14, 2017 19:21:17 GMT
We're East Coast and my kids haven't heard of it. I wonder if we should start using it now and be ahead of everyone else.
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Post by Zee on Jun 14, 2017 19:52:26 GMT
We're East Coast and my kids haven't heard of it. I wonder if we should start using it now and be ahead of everyone else. You're too late, even this old mom has heard it. Though I tend to think of it as a black awareness phrase as in #staywoke. Salty, DD and I use all the time. We enjoy that one. Often when we're irritable we'll just send each other a pic of the Great Salt Lake or a salt mine or whatever. |
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Post by my.unquiet.mind on Jun 15, 2017 2:45:50 GMT
I live in a very small town, but teach high school in a much larger city about 30 minutes away. By the time a word or expression starts being used at the local school where my son and daughter attend, it's usually old news to me. My kids do not find this nearly as amusing as I do. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 15, 2017 3:57:32 GMT
i like salty. The old fashioned way and the new slang way. Goal for today: use it in a sentence. I like salty too, and I use it often. I'm still getting used to my sons saying they were "a bit dusty" the morning after a big night out. Turns out "dusty" means hungover. Who knew?!! I like that one too! But it's not new, it has been around for many years. My DSO used to say it ages ago. ETA: Here's a reference to it from 11 years ago: Dusty |
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Post by Merge on Jun 15, 2017 4:07:49 GMT
I'll concur that woke means to be aware. Lit, shook and salty are all in frequent use here with two girls ages 14 and 16. Between all that, my husband's business speak and my edu-babble, plus our own family slang, an outsider would be confused in our house!
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Post by berty on Jun 15, 2017 4:53:43 GMT
Good lord, I feel old. And I thought I was so in the know when I told my mom that hard lemonade has liquor in it.  |
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Post by knit.pea on Jun 16, 2017 17:54:56 GMT
My DS (15) was being really funny in the car one day, and I said "You slay me!" and he immediately looked aghast and told me never to say that again! Apparently slay now means to F someone  It's like a minefield to talk to their age group! |
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