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Speaking to an 11yr old last night, it would seem that 'Epic!' is the current [i]mot just[/i] for anything worthy of appreciation.

This sent me back to my teenage days, when anything good was 'Mega!' or 'Wicked!'

Of course, the highest accolade that could and can be bestowed upon anything is:

'Skill!'

I'm going to start using it again.

"Thanks Robert, that Business Design Report you did is skill!"

🙂


 
Posted : 28/09/2012 9:16 am
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Hench - strong and muscly. "Build like a henchman"

We used skill when I was 14 and that was more than 30 years ago 🙂


 
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Trill


 
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This thread is doss!


 
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As in the bird seed?


 
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Rad to the power of sick?


 
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It's [i]sik[/i] Binners.

You iz so not down wiv da kidz like wot I iz. I iz so street man.


 
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Radical

Do kiwis still say choice? I always quite liked that


 
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'touch' appears around here a lot, i.e "that was a right touch'


 
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[i]'touch' appears around here a lot, i.e "that was a right touch'

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Do you work in a Catholic school? 🙂


 
Posted : 28/09/2012 9:57 am
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Rad to the power of sick?

Get wiv it grandad..
S'raassss mon, bumbo clat....


 
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*wanders off a little confused and befuddled*


 
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'Sweet' and 'Ace' were around when I was a kid, think 'Sweet' may have made a comeback, but 'Ace' is still reserved for elite pilots I think.


 
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[i]*wanders off a little confused and befuddled* [/i]

do you only talk to children attending Eton - my 15 year old would never say that 😉


 
Posted : 28/09/2012 10:07 am
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Hench.


 
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[pats boblo on head] patpatpat...
TEA??
I SAID DO YOU WANT A CUP OF TEA???
Sillyoldgit....


 
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Upon hearing the term "Skill" I feel compelled to reply with the phrase "African bum disease" although I can't seem to remember why...


 
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Currently hearing 'ments!' a lot from my 15 year old, which I mistook for 'immense' at first, but actually it's short for 'mental!'
This can be upgraded to 'totes ments!' using the same methodology as and when required. Which seems to be very often.


 
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Upon hearing the term "Skill" I feel compelled to reply with the phrase "African bum disease"

This. Every time, this.


 
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lol at verses

memory going but just enough left to lead to confusion 🙂

I remember the response - no idea why it was appropriate, either.


 
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"touch" has been around years, no?

We had some strange ones growing up in Ireland. If something was "rapid", that was very good indeed.

A good looking girl or bloke was a "fine ting".


 
Posted : 28/09/2012 10:12 am
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This can be upgraded to 'totes ments!' using the same methodology as and when required. Which seems to be very often.

I can cope with just about any of the tripe that leaves my children's mouths, but the moment anybody in this house utters 'totes' I'll strangle them.

[/STW Grrrrr]


 
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Ace was the word when I was at school, rapidly followed by the compulsory 'A Crummy Effort?' retort. We were [i]so[/i] sharp dontchaknow.....


 
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This can be upgraded to 'totes ments!' using the same methodology as and when required. Which seems to be very often.

I can cope with just about any of the tripe that leaves my children's mouths, but the moment anybody in this house utters 'totes' I'll strangle them.

Totes Amaze Balls
Totes Amaze Bags


 
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but the moment anybody in this house utters 'totes' I'll strangle them.

I like their slipper socks.


 
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lots of discussion of 'skill' found on Google, this one's quite good;

[i]Question: Have you got skill?

Answer: Yes

Response: errrrrrrrrrrr skill is an ‘African Bum Disease!’

In the late Eighties, on the school playgrounds of my youth, this was a common enough encounter. As well as making filling out the 'skills' section of job applications a humiliating experience this phrase laid the groundwork for my generation’s attitude towards achievement, an attitude that would see us binge-drink our way through as much of our potential as possible in the late nineties. [/i]

[url= http://mgfgtg.blog.co.uk/2009/04/07/african-bum-disease-5904065/ ]http://mgfgtg.blog.co.uk/2009/04/07/african-bum-disease-5904065/[/url]


 
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Ok, just a glare if it's a footwear reference. But otherwise the threat stands.


 
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Captain Wickard


 
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around here, 'dank' has become an expression of approval. Weird.


 
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Hmmm, a little field testing underway, I recommended a consultant into an organisation to help with their forward planning and received this text today:

"Morning. ***** board meeting yesterday went really well. Exhausted today. Interesting bunch of characters. Thanks for the introduction."

I replied;

"I hear it was rad to the power of sik!"

So far, radio silence. 😀


 
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http://mgfgtg.blog.co.uk/2009/04/07/african-bum-disease-5904065/

Glad I brought it up... 😕


 
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"I hear it was rad to the power of sik!"

So far, radio silence.

I used a phrase about a ring, a fence and a mythical one horned horse in a meeting the other day! 🙂


 
Posted : 28/09/2012 10:39 am
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[i]I used a phrase about a ring, a fence and a mythical one horned horse in a meeting the other day![/i]

jumping the shark with the buzz-word bingo there.


 
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hench, potent and pungent last time I walked amongst the youf dem


 
Posted : 28/09/2012 10:43 am
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It's all codes with 11 yr olds anyway. For example,

"Would you and your friends like a drink'.

is evidently some sort of horrendous faux pas that causes near fatal embarassment. 😕


 
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decent...

hot beans seems to be popular to...


 
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blame radio 1

****ing muppet on there by the name of mills doesnt seem to be able to utter a single complete sentence in english.

love to cut words short as per above.

i know some adults guilty of this and times and i just correct them till - really winds me up. "such and such off of aberdeen" or "totes amaizing" or even worse - talking in text .... its one thing to type text ,which i dont get in todays world of keyboard phones and unlimited messages ..... when i grew up we did text speak to get all we needed to convey into 1 10pence text message and because nokia text input was a nightmare

and calm down. ......


 
Posted : 28/09/2012 10:51 am
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"the damage".

e.g. "That bottle of buckfast billy was the damage".


 
Posted : 28/09/2012 10:55 am
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Are you cool?

Ha, You're a constipated overweight old lady!

So my boy told me yesterday..


 
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Lush!
Lau that - Dont allow that
Sik brea
Bang tidy


 
Posted : 28/09/2012 11:08 am
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Apparently my new Nike flatty shoes are "bare peng".

My other teen thinks they are sik, and I was a bit suprised to find they both liked them.


 
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This can be upgraded to 'totes ments!' using the same methodology as and when required. Which seems to be very often.

I can cope with just about any of the tripe that leaves my children's mouths, but the moment anybody in this house utters 'totes' I'll strangle them.

[/STW Grrrrr]

Cool story bro, needs more dragons and sh*t. (apparently)


 
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At least you get some semblance of language from your children. My partners 17 year old lad just grunts and mumbles!!!!!!!!


 
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Ha - my 12yr old daughter uses all these expressions. I love to wind her up with fake "un-coolness" especially in the car in the mornings when she is listening to the radio with her friend and a "record" (as I make a point of calling it) they like comes on. Some of my favourite deliberate mistakes are artists names,

Tony Temper
Timmy Strider
Colin Maynard
Dizzy Russell
Barry Stiles

Always makes me "LOL out loud" (they love that one!). 😀


 
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Ah ha we have a response - "What the hell are you on?"

Result!


 
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s-weet


 
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"Would you and your friends like a drink'.

is evidently some sort of horrendous faux pas that causes near fatal embarassment.

No I think that's pretty understandable when you lean out of your truck window at the playground. 😉


 
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Apparently my new Nike flatty shoes are "bare peng".

Brilliant. I can't keep up with what the kids are saying these days, so I don't even try.

had an argument with a mate a while back over whether 'butters' is good or rubbish. i think it's the latter.


 
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My wife recently embarassed one of my sons friends when he arrived at the house by being fairly insistent that he remove his trousers.

It was like hearing Mrs Doyle off of Father Ted;

"Take your trousers off and I'll dry them for you they're soaked"

"I'mmmnnnn alllrright"

"Go on, it's no trouble"

"nooo really"

"Go on"

"nooo"

"Oh, go on"

etc

I took pity on the lad and went out and said my wife was expecting he would be able to borrow a pair of our sons trouser whilst his were drying.

He still said no. Which was probably for the best, tbh.

In my wife's defence he was soaked to the skin but I've suggested that askign 15 year olds to get their kit off in the hall is either going to be misinterpreted or met with resistance. Possibly both.

He still looks nervous whenever my wife answers the door to him.


 
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I accidentally used "derping" in conversation the other day. Pure brammer of a word that.


 
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No I think that's pretty understandable when you lean out of your truck window at the playground. .

Foiled again.


 
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My daughter astounded me yesterday by asking me if I objected to her picking up [i]my[/i] dirty laundry from the landing. Turns out she was embarrassed at the prospect of her friends seeing my undercrackers when they come round after school today (removed-and-on-the-floor-not-being-actually-worn-undercrackers, just to be clear). I told her not to worry and that I'd tidy up before her friends came round. Now, I always like to keep my side of a bargain, but there's an hour to go and I wonder, would this be too cruel?

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Ginger seems to be the derogatory term of usage in my household. This melanin-challenged MCR1 homozygote finds this last bastion of acceptable racism a little hard to take from his kids. Who of course are heterozygotes 😈


 
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butterz...... is bad.... well its kinda good and bad. basically from what i understand its used to describe a girl with a hot body [b]but her[/b] face is rubbish... but her, butter, butterz.


 
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'cool beans'


 
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I though 'butters' was an update of 'lardy' but also 'ugly' as Mr Dizzie Russell says:

"I love it when I see a pretty girl whining
I can even watch a butters girl grinding
Control the body with great timing
Ain't shy in the dark, there shining"


 
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What Viz readers might know as a 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' then?


 
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Due to recent news reports, my 11yr old asked me explain [i]Pleb[/i] which made me smile a little.

but there appears to be one term missing from this thread, one term to rule all terms....

'JOEY!' 😯


 
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I though 'butters' was an update of 'lardy' but also 'ugly'

Nah, ugly is "merked" innit!


 
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Please carry on, STW. You amuse me.


 
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butterz...... is bad.... well its kinda good and bad. basically from what i understand its used to describe a girl with a hot body but her face is rubbish... but her, butter, butterz.

Is that not pronounced bobfoc?

(body of baywatch face of crimewatch) 🙂


 
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'Nickel' = good
'Nickel Chrome' = very good
'Hyper Nickel Chrome' = Very Best.

In France. According to the kids I work with on a wednesday afternoon.


 
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That's [b]mint[/b] !


 
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Lush!


 
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hmm, can't say i've heard 90% used seriously in the last 13 years of school/college i've been in!

Probably the most used word right now is 'brilliant'. Combined with sarcasm it can be used as a response to almost anything!

'LAD' (spelled with caps) is also popular, google 'LAD bible' to find out why..

These days most phrases are one liners from shows and films. Anything from the inbetweeners, bad education, top gear, etc goes.

oh, and when you're riding with a group of mates the same age, you have to quote lines from 'sh*t mountain bikers say' at every opportunity for the lolz 😛


 
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