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(I guess this is the best community to post this on) Does anyone have any idea why teens keep saying “massive”? (lemmy.ml)
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Seriously, what’s the significance of the word? There are many teens in my neighborhood, as well as me having a teenage sister, who laugh hysterically at the word.

Some people will respond with “Wanna know what else is massive?” Is this a sex joke or something?

[I live in the US now but grew up where many people did not speak English so I may not understand jokes that well even if my parents are English speakers.]

Edit: Looks like it’s from someone called Ninja. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ninjas-massive-you-know-what-else-is-massive

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The kids are using massive as slang? Big if true.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That's heavy

[–] PrincessLeiasCat 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Absolute unit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

pretty bold

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

chunky boi

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

There's that word again. Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

*Massive if true

[–] funkless_eck 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think you mean AGAIN.

90s kids know that jungle is massive

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

It's a common error but I do believe the correct spelling is "junglist massive" as in "there are a lot of junglists". But many people say it like you did (or at least used to, no idea if junglist are still massive).

With that all said, I was also expecting the thread to be about this and thinking "I'm no teen and I definitely know massive".

[–] funkless_eck 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

both were known, and argued about pre internet of course. I never thought to look it up til now. It's possible it was just the pocket of dumb mostly white kids in my small town I grew up in that got it wrong tho

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Def not if anything I think more people know it the other way around, it's just a fun bit of dnb trivia.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't worry. It's fetch.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Stop trying to make "Fetch" happen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I can't answer the question exactly just giving some thoughts.
Slang words these days are quick to rise and fall. Unless you're in the in-group you'll have a hard time figuring it out.

I'd recommend following this guy on any of the platforms, he tries to keep up with linguistic trends.