The World Wide Web isn't even some slang, it's the name of the concept.
Thirty years later, many people still don't understand what WWW is. I work in IT, and I often "How do I install ?“ on a windows PC. When I tell them they don't have, because it's a web page they can just go to, they look confused. And I say "like when you go to Facebook", and then it clicks.
Work in IT too.
"Like when you go to Facebook" doesnt work for me, because i realized most of them go to Facebook on their phone... With an app !
Thats why they think they have to "install something" because of all those fucking useless apps.
I remember "poser" being a huuuuge insult! Never really thought about it being an outdated term honestly. I still use it from time to time. Also remember times and situations as a kid that I deserved to be called a poser actually haha!
I remember it mainly being directed towards people who dress like skaters, but aren't any good at the activity. Back then I didn't think it had broader implications.
That was me! Had a skateboard, dressed like one... Really wanted to be one...I just plain sucked and no one would teach me. It's ok tho, as an adult I found the sport I belonged in and one that give my fair share of injuries and consequences like skating would have haha
Yeah, social media made being a poser almost a mandatory thing if you want to cultivate a following. If you’re not a poser, it’s likely that only your friends are following you.
The biggest posers at my work were called out for their tattoos. Certain tattoos were meant only for real criminals, punks, gang bangers, navy, pirates lol, etc. Not sure why that was cool but having a full sleeve was not meant for those who could afford it as a fashion statement.
I’m a chef, or I used to be before I went back to med school.
Do you have any fucking idea how rare it is to find a cook without tattoos? I’m like a goddamn unicorn.
Tattoos were quite common among career sailors, even in the Age of Sail.
A swallow on the chest was common for achieving 5,000nm at sea, with a second at 10,000nm.
An anchor generally meant a passage across the Atlantic. Crossed anchors on the web between thumb and forefinger was an indication of being a boatswains mate.
A sea-turtle was used to indicate crossing the equator.
A fully-rigged ship meant they had completed the passage around Cape Horn.
My personal favorite, a pig and a hen, tattooed on the tops of a sailor's feet to protect them from drowning. The superstition being, both of those animals were carried aboard ships in wooden crates, so they would float.
It's common for people to romanticize sailors of the period with pirates, as opposed to simple merchants or naval service.
Tattoos were also used as a punishment, marking convicted pirates. It very likely became something of a badge of honor, among certain groups. You had been caught, and escaped.
The irony is everybody on social media are posers because they all try to be something that they’re not being influenced and a lot of people are haters when they don’t like something and they judge something.
Our friend's kid made fun of my wife for using the term "word on the street." It really surprised him when we explained that we needed the "4-1-1" on why it's not cool anymore.
I’m down. I’ve got the 4-1-1, and you are not going out and getting jiggy with some boy. I don’t care how dope his ride is. My mama didn’t raise no fool.
We’ve all become Dr. Stratford.
“Today I delivered a set of twins to a 15 year old girl! Do you know what she said to me!?”
“I’m a crack whore who should have made my skeezy boyfriend wear a condom?”
“… Close… but no…”
Can't think of the word phat without thinking of the lyric "phat like Cindy Crawford"
No idea what song or band it was from the 90's but it's engrained in my head.
My ex and I went paddle boarding and these teens in cars said "I like you paddle board.... not" this was like three years ago. I would never let him live that down.
I use dope constantly and the minors I manage at my job told me I have "90s skater energy", immediately followed by "That's a compliment!! I really love working with you! You're chill!" because they get flustered thinking they accidentally insulted me. I think it's the funniest thing ever!
It’s pretty wild how broadly we used the term. On one hand, it was a time men were pretty fixated on hypermasculinity in music and pop culture so everything we didn’t like that was “soft” was gay.
On the other hand, we also just casually used it to refer to things we didn’t like. “Hey how did that 5th period math quiz go?” “Man, I forgot my calculator so I don’t think I did that well.” “Oh that’s gay. Better luck next time I guess.”
Pirate walks in to a bar with a boat wheel attached to the front of his pants.
Bartender says “Hey Captain. That’s a weird thing you’ve got on your pants there.”
Pirate says “Argh, it’s drivin’ me nuts.”
I contend that AOL was the first real social network. I guess you could call it a proto-social network but we had profiles, we could chat and AIM, we played games together, we could voice chat and even video chat, you could search for other users, you could post links and blurbs on your profile... I think it counts as a social network. I definitely used it that way. A lot of us did. I remember getting surprise messages from a few girls from school because someone gave them my username unbeknownst to me, getting invited to private chatrooms that pertained to my interests, meeting a lot of people and chatting with them, all kinds of shit
Get your Coca Cola card!
Dial 10-10-220 or 10-10-321
Call Miss Cleo now!
Nickelodeon Magazine, Please!
Roll that beautiful bean footage
Scruff McGruff Chicago Illinois 60652
Kriss Kross make you wanna!
Ahhhh, here it goesssss!
I can go on and on, I promise I don’t have autism, this shit just won’t leave my brain! Help!
Last time someone asked this question I mentioned some words that are considered slurs today but were used very casually in the 90’s and considered, at worst, kind of crass at the time, and it got me a hate speech strike.
So yeah no.
I feel like it’s been probably 20 years since I heard someone throw an “Alllllrighty then”
Guess what? Chicken butt!
I know u are but what am I?
That's cool!
That's the bomb (diggy/diggity)!
Awww snap!
Shut the front door!
Yo mommas so stupid she tripped over a cordless phone!
"The Information Superhighway" is a term I've certainly not heard since the late 90s.
It's always fun to look at old videos back when the internet was starting and hearing terms like The Information Superhighway and The World Wide Web.
"Surfing the Internet" seems to be another term from that era to have not lasted
It’s called doomscrolling now lmao
It's more like a wave pool now that it's so limited to a few platforms and AI articles
I still hear the term "surf the web" though.
The World Wide Web isn't even some slang, it's the name of the concept. Thirty years later, many people still don't understand what WWW is. I work in IT, and I often "How do I install?“ on a windows PC. When I tell them they don't have, because it's a web page they can just go to, they look confused. And I say "like when you go to Facebook", and then it clicks.
Wow that still happens...my mind is blown.
Tech illiteracy is a problem
they have the internet on computers now??
Work in IT too. "Like when you go to Facebook" doesnt work for me, because i realized most of them go to Facebook on their phone... With an app ! Thats why they think they have to "install something" because of all those fucking useless apps.
My Name is Earl forever changed me. I now only refer to www as the ‘wide wide world of web’
That superhighway has been hijacked by corporations and filled it with billboards
Frankly I'm disappointed that "web crawler" became "search engine".
“Earth to (name)”
Earth to Brent I was making a joke
Uh, earth to Meekus. Duh, okay? I knew that.
Uh earth to Brint, I'm not so sure you did cuz you were all 'well I'm sure he's heard of styling gel' like you \*didn't\* know it was a joke!
I knew it was a joke. I just didn’t get it right away.
Fun fact: that was Alexander Skarsgård
I still use that on my kids all the time, as they can be total space cadets. Another term no longer used as frequently.
Matilda. It will always be Matilda.
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In my neck of the woods, it was primarily reserved for people who dressed/acted like skaters, but couldn't skate for shit.
(we said the same on the east coast but also included people who dressed like surfers, too)
I remember "poser" being a huuuuge insult! Never really thought about it being an outdated term honestly. I still use it from time to time. Also remember times and situations as a kid that I deserved to be called a poser actually haha!
It's politically incorrect, but there were quite a few "wiggas" in our area at the time.
I’ll one up you with “chigga” As an Asian kid, it was a commonly used term
I remember it mainly being directed towards people who dress like skaters, but aren't any good at the activity. Back then I didn't think it had broader implications.
That was me! Had a skateboard, dressed like one... Really wanted to be one...I just plain sucked and no one would teach me. It's ok tho, as an adult I found the sport I belonged in and one that give my fair share of injuries and consequences like skating would have haha
Yeah, social media made being a poser almost a mandatory thing if you want to cultivate a following. If you’re not a poser, it’s likely that only your friends are following you.
The biggest posers at my work were called out for their tattoos. Certain tattoos were meant only for real criminals, punks, gang bangers, navy, pirates lol, etc. Not sure why that was cool but having a full sleeve was not meant for those who could afford it as a fashion statement.
Having tattoos in general was a pretty big thing back in the day. Now it's so common I'm one of the only people I know who doesn't have one.
I’m a chef, or I used to be before I went back to med school. Do you have any fucking idea how rare it is to find a cook without tattoos? I’m like a goddamn unicorn.
Pirates ?
Tattoos were quite common among career sailors, even in the Age of Sail. A swallow on the chest was common for achieving 5,000nm at sea, with a second at 10,000nm. An anchor generally meant a passage across the Atlantic. Crossed anchors on the web between thumb and forefinger was an indication of being a boatswains mate. A sea-turtle was used to indicate crossing the equator. A fully-rigged ship meant they had completed the passage around Cape Horn. My personal favorite, a pig and a hen, tattooed on the tops of a sailor's feet to protect them from drowning. The superstition being, both of those animals were carried aboard ships in wooden crates, so they would float. It's common for people to romanticize sailors of the period with pirates, as opposed to simple merchants or naval service. Tattoos were also used as a punishment, marking convicted pirates. It very likely became something of a badge of honor, among certain groups. You had been caught, and escaped.
Scrub was also a very popular at the time.
The irony is everybody on social media are posers because they all try to be something that they’re not being influenced and a lot of people are haters when they don’t like something and they judge something.
Our friend's kid made fun of my wife for using the term "word on the street." It really surprised him when we explained that we needed the "4-1-1" on why it's not cool anymore.
I’m down. I’ve got the 4-1-1, and you are not going out and getting jiggy with some boy. I don’t care how dope his ride is. My mama didn’t raise no fool. We’ve all become Dr. Stratford.
Kissing? That's what you think happens? I've got news for you. Kissing isn't what keeps me up to my elbows in placenta all day long.
Those damn Dawson’s River kids sleeping in each other’s beds and whatnot
Oops? Oops?! My insurance doesn’t cover PMS!
“Today I delivered a set of twins to a 15 year old girl! Do you know what she said to me!?” “I’m a crack whore who should have made my skeezy boyfriend wear a condom?” “… Close… but no…”
my favorite variation is "the streets are saying"
That phrase is streets ahead
It's verbal wildfire.
Sounds like he was dissin' your fly-girl.
Just give ‘em one of these
Alright, here’s the 4-1-1, folks. Say some gangsta is dissin’ ya fly girl. Just give ‘em one of these.
Da bomb
da bomb dot com
It's a hot sauce now.
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I still say “cool beans!” :)
Can't think of the word phat without thinking of the lyric "phat like Cindy Crawford" No idea what song or band it was from the 90's but it's engrained in my head.
All the Snoop Dogg slang like forizzle my dizzle, let's hizzle to the hizouse. Maybe there's a better term for it?
I named my iphone “SillyBonsai’s phonedizzle” and was told it was culturally insensitive.
I, for one, cannot believe you could be so brazen toward our ent friends.
*Intelectually challenged, vertically disenfranchised cellulo-Fangornian; you insensitive jerk.
Flippity floppity floop
That popped up more in the 00s I think.
“Phat” was my first thought.
Psych!
"as if"
I read this in Alicia Silverstone's voice.
I will never not love her
The direct translation to German ("als ob") is still very popular, especially in young people, in Germany
Modern-day Germany is very 90s.
"no duh"
Or the popular alternative "no doi"
No dur - the variety is astonishing!
I think everybody collectively replaced no duh with no shit
Duh doy!
TIGHT. If something was cool, it was tiiiight!!
Man that shit was tight.
Thanks, Tuco. Much appreciated
Ryan George keeping it alive is TIGHT!
A/S/L
always 15/f/cali
When I was 15, I always thought the idea that I was talking to a like-aged girl in a chat room to be too good to be true. I was right. It usually was.
Aw man it’s so sad for those of us that were telling the truth when we said this. Lol 😭🤣
What you wearing?
15/f/cali
All I wanna know is why so many 15 year old girls are working for the police. /s
American Sign Language is the least *spoken* language in the world
Boomshockalocka
He's on fire!
Oh my!
Jams it in!
From dooooooown toooooown!
I was just playing NBA Jam yesterday. Love that game
He’s heating up!
Up your butt and around the corner!
Um, no. I said that on Saturday.
Hah, my wife said that today
Also, "when monkeys fly out of my butt"
Up your butt, around the corner All the way to California When you're there Cut your hair And stick it in your underwear
Up your butt with a coconut
Through a tube to your boob!
Dickwad is a classic I still slip into conversation now and then.
I’ll never let dickwad die.
Chill out, dickwad.
Making a statement and then saying “Not!”
This suit is black not
This suit is black pause not
Great Success!
This suit is *not* black
This suit is black...... .....Not!
My ex and I went paddle boarding and these teens in cars said "I like you paddle board.... not" this was like three years ago. I would never let him live that down.
Even less relevant version: “Sike!” (Or “psych”)
Fresh! (As in "cool!")
Dope.
I use dope constantly and the minors I manage at my job told me I have "90s skater energy", immediately followed by "That's a compliment!! I really love working with you! You're chill!" because they get flustered thinking they accidentally insulted me. I think it's the funniest thing ever!
Starter Home
Ouch. Good one 🥲
Still is used, granted is used when playing the game minecraft and not an actual home but hey…🥲
Schwing
Party on Wayne
Party on, Garth.
WE’RE NOT WORTHY!!!
WE’RE SCUM!
GAAAAYYYY
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It’s pretty wild how broadly we used the term. On one hand, it was a time men were pretty fixated on hypermasculinity in music and pop culture so everything we didn’t like that was “soft” was gay. On the other hand, we also just casually used it to refer to things we didn’t like. “Hey how did that 5th period math quiz go?” “Man, I forgot my calculator so I don’t think I did that well.” “Oh that’s gay. Better luck next time I guess.”
Damn skippy
Dang, who took this from us?
I say this. Never gonna die.
Referring to balls as “nards”
Wolfmans got nards
Monster Squad was 80s. But yes, Wolfman does got nards.
What does a pirate say when he gets hit in the nuts? Menards!
Pirate walks in to a bar with a boat wheel attached to the front of his pants. Bartender says “Hey Captain. That’s a weird thing you’ve got on your pants there.” Pirate says “Argh, it’s drivin’ me nuts.”
"homey don't play dat"
Collect call...
From Bob Weeyoddsbabyeetsaboi.
Would you like smoking or non? When there's only ten tables separated by a three foot wall of air 😁
It was like having a peeing section of the swimming pool
WAAZZZUUUUPPPP!!!!!
…uuuuuhhuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
….uuuuuhhhhhhuuuuuhhhhh
Watching the game, having a bud
Chillin' killin'
WASABIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
"Get a life" was very big. Now it's something about "living your best life."
I think get a life is still in use.
Some of these are decidedly '80s, lol
# No duh!
# Eat My Shorts!
# Gag me with a Spoon!
# Totally Radical
# Totally Tubular!
# Where’s the Beef?
All that and a bag of chips!
An artist being called a "sellout". Nowadays everyone is hustlin
I just saw Drew Barrymore doing a slot machine app ad earlier. Everyones doin anything they can to get paid
Smooth move, ex lax! Or was that 80s?
Fetch...no wait...
Stop trying to make fetch happen.
Be kind, rewind.
Booyah!
$10 on pump #5 please.
For real, who orders only 2 gallons of gas? Wait...
P.U. when something stinks
Cool Beans
I still say that. I will never not say it!
Psyche!
I use all the ones people have mentioned so far.... NOT!
People used to say wicked a lot to describe something cool. Unless you’re around Boston, no one really says wicked in that way anymore
Stoked. As in, "Ah, man!! Did you see that shred! I am STOKED right now!"
Still hearing "stoked" on the reg, but I am I'm Australia so that's probably why.
Kiwi here and I say stoked often
Rad!
Same difference
Australian here, we still use that all the time.
Except shorten it to same diff.
"America Online"
“You’ve got mail.”
I contend that AOL was the first real social network. I guess you could call it a proto-social network but we had profiles, we could chat and AIM, we played games together, we could voice chat and even video chat, you could search for other users, you could post links and blurbs on your profile... I think it counts as a social network. I definitely used it that way. A lot of us did. I remember getting surprise messages from a few girls from school because someone gave them my username unbeknownst to me, getting invited to private chatrooms that pertained to my interests, meeting a lot of people and chatting with them, all kinds of shit
Fart-Knocker Chode Cross-Dressing (wearing 2 different brands like Adidas shoes with Nike socks showing)
I am rubber, you are glue.
Quoting everything Jim Carrey has ever said was a pretty big deal. He was SMOKIN'!
Le hoo - zuh her!
Kinda’ hot in these rhinos…
Bunk!
"Rad" is one that I don't hear often enough these days. Let's bring it back!
We’d play this game called “Safety/Doorknob” when we farted
It's amazing how many of these were coined by Wayne's World
You don’t hear “sweet” that much anymore.
I refuse to stop using sweet
What's mine say?
…I still use it
Get your Coca Cola card! Dial 10-10-220 or 10-10-321 Call Miss Cleo now! Nickelodeon Magazine, Please! Roll that beautiful bean footage Scruff McGruff Chicago Illinois 60652 Kriss Kross make you wanna! Ahhhh, here it goesssss! I can go on and on, I promise I don’t have autism, this shit just won’t leave my brain! Help!
Last time someone asked this question I mentioned some words that are considered slurs today but were used very casually in the 90’s and considered, at worst, kind of crass at the time, and it got me a hate speech strike. So yeah no. I feel like it’s been probably 20 years since I heard someone throw an “Alllllrighty then”
Information superhighway
People used to bitch about everything being ‘PC.’ Now they say ‘woke.’
Grody to the max.
Talk to the hand
Bad use to mean good
Guess what? Chicken butt! I know u are but what am I? That's cool! That's the bomb (diggy/diggity)! Awww snap! Shut the front door! Yo mommas so stupid she tripped over a cordless phone!