# Gen-Y Slang **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290 "2000-04-19T16:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/21 "2000-04-20T02:08:00Z")
by the way, I’m not ripping on the OP. I’m ripping the concept. more slang: Hood-rat. Means kids who run around trying to look really ghetto and driving cheesy low-rider-wannabe cars, going out of their way to try to talk either in ebonics or as much slang as they can possibly fit in. Also kids who try really hard to look like they’re from the 'hood (ex. the mean streets of brooklyn) when they grew up in a high-rise apartment building on central park west, courtesy of their stock-broker parents. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/22 "2000-04-20T03:19:00Z")
I was pretty certain Gen X kids are those born in the 70s while Gen Y kids are born from 1980 onwards. We can’t even get our definitions straight. Another word though: “umfriend” a friend you’re having sex with without indulging in a proper ‘traditional’ relationship. They get the girl/boyfriend privileges without the responsibility. Comes from the introduction to family… “This is Rachel, she’s my… um… friend” * * * The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/23 "2000-04-20T04:47:00Z")
Oh, Can I help you with this one!! Nineteen year old gen-Yer to the rescue! LUNCHIN’ = acting crazy, being a jerk SNAP! = Awesome, cool, usually NOT accompanied by the finger action. CLASSIC = stylish, “Gucci,” hip, awesome HEAD = short for “pothead” i.e. “Smoke much, head?” ROLLIN = doing e (ecstacy) HORSIN = doing special K CHILL = cool GAYLY FORWARD = instead of straight, even for heteros - so PC! i.e. “Don’t turn left yet, we go gayly forward a few more blocks” MUCH = at the end of sentences, with sarcasm i.e. when dining with a sloppy eater, say “Eat out much?” or “Use napkins much?” Must be said with emphasis at the end “CH,” drawing the sound out a little. DIVA (see: BLACK CHOCOLATE) BLACK CHOCOLATE = a black OR white person with attitude (also: DIVA) CRACKER = a cool black person. Ironic…get it much? BLACK COFFEE = hot black man MUSTACHE = oral sex on a woman TRUDAT-TRUDAT = that’s right (said quickly) SPELUNKING = oral sex on a man (I don’t really get this one, but hey…) GHETTO FAB = so ghetto it’s cool WITCH DOCTOR = scary Goth person (also: FREAK POCKET) FREAK POCKET = group of scary Goth people i.e. “look at that freak pocket over by Hot Topic!” CONTEMPO = teeny bopper adjective (refers to the store Contempo Casuals) i.e. “Listen to NSYNC much, Contempo?” Hope this helped!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/24 "2000-04-20T04:59:00Z")
**Nacho4Sara** wrote: > [@](#): > > CLASSIC = stylish, “Gucci,” hip, awesome I can cite at least one use of this term from `Gen-X’ culture – it is used in the movie _Sixteen Candles_. > [@](#): > > HEAD = short for “pothead” i.e. “Smoke much, head?” I once met a woman in her thirties (5 years ago) who mentioned that this term had fallen out of style since she was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/25 "2000-04-20T08:23:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Joe\_Cool: > \*\* Yeah, how is it that anybody born from 1945 until 1960-something (spanning over 20 years) is a “baby boomer”…\*\* That grinds my gears, too. “Baby boomer” was a term coined to describe a specific group of people. GI Joe came home in 1945, married his stateside sweetie, and they set up house in Levittown. Baby boomers are **only** the first wave of postwar projeny; the term does **not** extend to anyone who owned a first pressing of a Beatles album. * * * “Hush, village idiot!” ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/26 "2000-04-20T14:32:00Z")
I’m not going to debate the size of the generations, but from my personal experience as a volunteer in a local high school, I can say that I definitely can see a difference between myself and my friends (born in 1974; high school in early 90’s) and kids who are in high school now. I mean, they’re much more similar to me and my generations than they are to my parents, but their culture and slang and dress, why familiar to me, are decidedly different. I can just tell that I’m older and from a different generation. Man that’s scary. I’m getting (relatively) old ☹ And my hair is falling out, too. ARRRGGHHH! ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/27 "2000-04-20T14:34:00Z")
eek “WHILE familiar to me…” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/28 "2000-04-20T16:50:00Z")
Joe\_Cool wrote: > [@](#): > > “No way, that’s so ghetto, I’m gen-bt and I’m 12 and a half minutes older than you! You’re gen-cv!” FYI, this whole message made me fall out of my chair… 😃 * * * **Movie Geek Central** – Reviews, news, analysis, and more! [http://moviegeek.homestead.com](http://moviegeek.homestead.com) ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/29 "2000-04-21T05:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by mouthbreather: > \*\*I use “rock star” for the primo parking spot. > > Pull up to the meglo-mart, and with 47 square miles of parking you get the one right next to the front door. > > “Rock Star Parking!”\*\* Like, uh, mix up your slang much? From what I understand, or at least in my circles, rock star is used to describe behavior which is rowdy, arrogant, and disrepectful to an extreme, making it a very enjoyable indulgence. A ‘rock star’ park is one where you occupy as many spots as possible by parking diagonally across pull-in spots, usually following a dramatic lap of the parking lot. Of course, this is generally done in reasonably bare lots, cause hey, we aren’t REALLY rock stars, right? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/30 "2000-04-21T05:22:00Z")
Holy cow, **Karma** , image that! Two people might not actually have the same definition for a slang word? Whoda thunk it?? BTW, I am a rock star. Did you ever see Kajagoogoo’s “too shy” video? At 2:48 into it, they pan into the crowd. That guy with the weird hat??? HELLO, recognize him??? That’s my mailman’s dog’s previous owner’s dentist’s next door neighbor. Yup, I’m big time, all right. No pictures, please. ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/31 "2000-04-21T05:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by mouthbreather: > \*\*Holy cow, **Karma** , image that! > > Two people might not actually have the same definition for a slang word? Whoda thunk it??\*\* Well if you don’t know what rock star means, you obviously have no grasp of the English language! Like, DOY! ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/32 "2000-04-21T05:27:00Z")
It’s not Gen-Y, but when I am greatful to someone, I say in a quiet voice: “Hey, thanks a lot,” then in a LOUD voice, while flashing the devil/rock hand gesture: “You rock. HARDCORE!” I dunno, it amuses people. My little sister has gotten so tired of it, though, that she’s taken to countering with “As opposed to…” Hey, she’s 15. ::shrug:: ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/33 "2000-04-21T05:46:00Z")
How many of you guys are just making these up? ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/34 "2000-04-20T18:27:00Z")
Hmmm…most folks I know refer to a good parking spot as “Kostanza” (sp?), after the Seinfeld character of the same name. He would always brag about his up-close parking spots to Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![iceprincess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e495f1/32.png) [@iceprincess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iceprincess)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/35 "2000-04-20T18:46:00Z")
Schnock and Crikon (spelling?) are used as an exclamation. The same way you would use damn. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/36 "2000-04-20T19:54:00Z")
Well I always thought Gen X was the kids of the Baby Boomers and Gen Y was the kids of Gen X. So with the way things are looking with all the new drugs and everything there are still Baby Boomers being born at least according to my def. And with the earlier pregnancies as well Gen Y is getting a hold. So _shrugs_ But on to the def’s Def(plural def’s): easy Definitions Fubar: Fucked up beyond all recognition used when your car breaks down or your comp gets screwed up. “My comp’s fubar” Comp: short for computer Um I’ve never been up much on slang and mine comes mostly from online but I hope those ones help. * * * Never run from anything immortal, it attracts their attention. _Brought to you by the Amazon woman of Canada._ ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/37 "2000-04-20T19:59:00Z")
WOW! Generation Y was around in WWII? Now things are so totally FUBAR I need to go get a drink… (What a SNAFU… 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/38 "2000-04-20T21:04:00Z")
Completely unrelated to the OP, but that’s why they call this MPSIMS. Gen-X can’t be the kids of Boomers, 'cause by every definition I’ve ever seen I’m Gen-X, and my parents were pre-boom. And they weren’t that old when I was born. * * * This post is made of 100% recycled electrons ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/39 "2000-04-20T21:19:00Z")
A generation has two meanings. One is the context of familial generations, ie: two generations ago would be my grandparents. It also as a cultural meaning, ie: Talkin’ bout my ggggggeneration. My parents are Boomers, my older sister is Gen X (28) my younger sister (15) is smack dab in the middle of Gen Y, and I am somewhere in the middle. However, the majority of my friends are Gen X, my last roomie is 26, my older sister is my best friend, so I am much more X than Y. That goes for chromosomes, too, 😃 * * * A little persistance goes a long way. Announcing: “I go on guilt trips a couple of time a year. Mom books them for me.” A custom made Wally .sig! ---
**Author:** ![cazique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cazique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cazique)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290/40 "2000-04-20T21:44:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Joe\_Cool: > > more slang: Hood-rat. Means kids who run around trying to look really ghetto and driving cheesy low-rider-wannabe cars, going out of their way to try to talk either in ebonics or as much slang as they can possibly fit in. Also kids who try really hard to look like they’re from the 'hood (ex. the mean streets of brooklyn) when they grew up in a high-rise apartment building on central park west, courtesy of their stock-broker parents. My friends and I have taken to calling these types “suburban homies.” Perfect name, wish i had come up with it. (being from the suburbs myself, but not really fitting the description above, i like to distance myself from it as much as possible…) -z [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-y-slang/16290.md?page=3)