It's All Good

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

Psych! It's actually not. LOL

Someone came around the corner in the store and I stopped, said "sorry" and they said "it's all good". A lot of people around 50 or under say that here and I realized it's an expression that's stood the test of time. Since the mid 90's is when I first heard it and I didn't say it because it sounded like I was trying too hard to be hip. I find myself saying it now that I hear it so much from all sorts of people.

Any other expressions you use that are dated or have lasted?

 

[ninj]

I still use the word "gross". Occasionally I'll say "Gross me green".

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

I say "Goss me out." And "Totally!"

 

[Mendalla]

"Gross" for sure, including "gross me out". I know "gross me green" but rarely use it myself.

"That's cool" is probably dated now, isn't it? I use it a lot.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

I say "cool" or "that's cool". I think cool isn't cool anymore. The kids say "lit!". I skipped the Paris Hilton "That's hot." trend.

 

[ninj]

Yes, I do too. Or "very cool". I also like the word "nice". The only one in my acquaintance who does. What's wrong with nice? We need more nice!

 

[BetteTheRed]

I suspect I got it from my daughter but I find myself using "cool-io" more often than I'd like. Also awesomesauce.

Two contemporary phrases I really dislike: "You only live once" (well, duh, unless you believe in reincarnation) and "Just Sayin'" (yes, you did; you need to say so?) Useless words.

 

[Mendalla]

"You only live once"

Is YOLO still a thing? My son was throwing that around a lot in high school but I have not heard it much recently.

 

[BetteTheRed]

My daughter's a few years older than your son, and it seems to have stuck a bit with her group.

 

[ninj]

"At the end of the day." "Going forward" "optimizing" "monetizing" All designed to obfusticate.

 

[Mendalla]

"At the end of the day." "Going forward"

I use these and they are not necessarily about obfuscation, though they can be used that day. Used properly in an appropriate context, they are fine, IMHO. For instance, "going forward, our policy will be...", meaning starting from now.

 

[ninj]

I use these and they are not necessarily about obfuscation, though they can be used that day. Used properly in an appropriate context, they are fine, IMHO. For instance, "going forward, our policy will be...", meaning starting from now.

Only in the workplace then. I hear them so often when someone is delivering bad news on tv. I think they are overused.

 

[ninj]

Is "You rock" dated? I use that expression.

 

[Mendalla]

Is "You rock" dated? I use that expression.

Probably. Seems to me it's an eighties or nineties thing.

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

Here at the East coast, we “ batten down the hatches”.

 

[Mendalla]

Here at the East coast, we “ batten down the hatches”.

Old nautical terminology never goes out of style, does it? I use that one from time to time.

 

[BetteTheRed]

Yes, I use "rock" quite a bit. I told my fav youth minister last weekend, whose hair has taken a turn for the long and curly, that he was "rockin' those curls"...

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

Is "You rock" dated? I use that expression.

I say it too. Like, "Ninj, you rock."

I say "like" in the wrong way too much. As a substitute for "um" and/ or "as in". My mom tried to train me out of it when I was a youth. Now, even educated adults use it in spoken sentences.

The other thing is ending statements with a question inflection. I do it and I hate when I do it. It sounds immature. But, again, it's become common for lots of people who are educated, with good grammar - the only problem is that question inflection. It still sounds like an insecure teenager is talking. Yet, it's become almost an accent. One that I subconsciously pick up when I am around others who do it. When I catch myself I make a point to speak in statements and not end in a question mark unless it's actually a question.

I also say "Know what I mean?" / "Know what I'm saying?" I kind of bug myself when I do it. It's a habit of the under-confident. Especially if the response to what I said is rather flat and I'm hoping for more of a discussion - or I'm not feeling listened to - or when I was heard but the person was also doing something else so they were slow to respond.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

One that bugs me that I started saying is "Right?" as an acknowledgement of agreement or that the person heard and understood - though it's not a very committed response. It sounds a bit snotty sometimes. A few years ago it was "Am I right?" Now it's apparently been shortened to "Right?".

 

[BetteTheRed]

A really dated one, in my mind? "Word" to indicate agreement with a post.

I'm afraid that "am I right" lives on in "ikr" "I know, right?"