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Older people of lemmy what is some nuance sayings or typed on the net that you would like to have explained to you? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Oh my God one day I walked out of my room and my high school kid looked at me and said:

"That fit shreds"

And it was the first time I had been honestly perplexed by slang, had absolutely no idea what they were trying to convey. Turns out they liked my clothes that day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

TIL I hang out with just enough youngins to read this and be like "they like your outfit." It's gotta be the early 20s kids at work that I've caught onto what they're saying lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"That fit shreds" = that's an awesome outfit

Synonyms for Fit: outfit, drip, gear, cloth(es), getup

Synonyms for shreds: killer, swag, gnarly, rad, sick, dank, cool, fire (🔥),

Your drip is fire

Your outfit is cool

Your gear is rad

Your clothes are sick

Your getup is dank

Your cloth is killer

All pretty equivalent statements which you may relate to more based on era of terminology you grew up with.

(This is from my brain dictionary, real life experiences may be different)

Edit: Proper spacing to avoid aneurysm

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm so sick of everything being a "fit". OUTFIT. Drip? Ugh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Oh do I have a song for you. Jason Isbell "Outfit". His dad's advice on being a man.

"Don't call what you're wearing an outfit, don't ever say your car is broke.."