Syke. Or psych. Early 90's kid slang, had a definition akin to just kidding or fooled you but more mean spirited. Said to mark the previous statement as intended purely to mess with the listener's mind or psych them out. Similar in spirit to ending a sarcastically spoken sentence with "NOT!" though distinct.

"Yeah man, you can drive my car. Psych! You're not touching my ride."

The more I type about it, the less "psych" looks like a valid English word.

Calling others gay or disabled as a slur.

And the act of traveling on said highway was...surfing. For some reason. The 90's were stupid, and I'm from there.

We spelled it "sike". No clue why.

Meaning? Hadn't heard that one.

I seem to recall hearing Brennan Lee Mulligan saying it quite a bit in Dimension 20 and it made me giggle.

Grody to the max.

I feel like hella was the west coast version of wicked.

PJ & Duncan earned exclusive rights to that term in perpetuity with their seminal classic “Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble”

https://youtu.be/XdDPHB4BUYc

18 year old daughter just uttered "gnarly" tonight during a horror movie.

We were shocked!

Lord help us. Hopefully we can hear it again!

That was hella wicked.

1. dialect to hit or beat (someone or something) hard; bang

One could even call it... tubular

"Spastic" and even "spaz" is used in the US but isn't considered an ablest slur here. My understanding is the British used it as a slur for cerebral palsy or parkinson's disease patients, where in the US it simply means an uncoordinated jerky motion and/or clumsiness. Let's not mince words, the United States of America is perfectly capable of generating slurs; but this one isn't ours.

Pick better hills.

I still use it....

Cause the cool kids didn't read

Sure that's not just an age thing you and your peers have outgrown?

Both is unfortunately still in use by youths here, but just not once they are grown-up.

I called something “the bomb” the other day and my mind did a record scratch, like, did I actually say that unironically??

The closest it came to being used as a slur in the US is to accuse someone of clumsiness. We never called people suffering from nervous system diseases "spastics." Don't put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby.

I grew up in the 90s, theses were used by everyone all the time. I still use these, even though I don't like to. Though, if any of an excuse, I don't use them to denigrate those disabled or homosexual.

"Retard" is used for any person or thing that is hard to work with, complex to use. Anything complex that takes up a lot time, not simple to use. My oven clock is "retarded" as it isn't intuitive when trying to set the time. I am "retarded" for not taking the time to pull out the manual and learn how to set it after the power goes out.

"Gay" is for anything or anyone that is dramatic, causing a situation or problem when there isn't one. For people who are overly sensitive, who take offense at "sub conscious facial micro aggression" of others.

I grew up beating up the bullies of disabled kids. When I got older, I became a lgtbq advocate and donated time\money to charity that supports them. Am I trying to excuse my behavior by still using these ....?....

Australia. Late 70s/early 80s primary school.

Moot

The more I type about it, the less "psych" looks like a valid English word.

..because the word is 'psyche': "I psyched him out."

I think it's Greek origin, and it's like "psychology".

My mom used to say "it's cold on the tundra!"

"Bray" is the verb for a donkey making noise.

"gnarly" still exists as a word for convoluted or fouled.

My nephew's initials are b.o.m.b unintentionally.

He's the bomb.

This is truer than you might think. A lot of slang developed out of a need to express oneself without having the vernacular (or even desire) to clearly articulate. It leads to innovating interesting (and in some cases more practical) new ways to say something in a way others (typically in your in-group) can understand easily.

I suspect a lot of that crazy Gen Z stuff comes from kids getting into social media well before fully developing their own social skills, so it just started manifesting through terms and phases they picked up from video games and such.

Of course it is. Go rewatch a few episodes of "Psych!" to cure yourself of doubt.

You know I know that you're not telling the truth.

I once got made fun of at work for using "hella" about something. People are stupid.

Maybe later, for now I have petty culturally unpopular positions that I will maintain. They are few but they are mine.

Also using it for situations of inconvenience. Eg, "The next train is cancelled." "That's fuckin gay!"

"That's pretty beast" or "Going beast mode"

Ooh, it's been a good while since I heard that

The only person I've ever heard say it is Eric Cartman

Nobody says "cool' anymore. It feels weird when I say it unless I'm trying to be tubular or bodacious.

Or I'm hanging with my boys Fido Dido and Cool Spot drinking a nice glass of Sprite.

Surfing the world wide web. Sounds so dumb now.

Cool beans is in regular rotation. My daughter has also banned me from taking her to school.

oooooh, I played a lot of Cool Spot on the megadrive back then. It was fresh

Are you surprised at my tears, sir...?

“Bread and butter”, said to your partner when they’re about to split a pole while you’re walking.

What? I understood close to zero of the meaning of anything in this sentence.

Yeah, hella has always been cringe.

Don't hear "house" meaning to destroy something anymore.

Ima house you.
I'm about to house this burrito.

Me too

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