# "Hip" phrases to drive my kids wild **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217 "2007-08-28T14:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![potato\_pan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@potato\_pan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/potato_pan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/61 "2007-08-28T22:14:16Z")
If you drive a beat car like I do most of the time, and I’m at a light, next to a nice car, the kids are checking out, I’ll turn to the kids and deadpan, “I think this guy wants to race me.” As an extension of that, if I’m driving and we hear a burn out, or even a loud audio system, I’ll sit bolt upright and exclaim, “Is he challenging me ?!” I also like, “He blow’d up”, like when you pull some burnt garlic bread out of the oven. and a loud, “That’s What I’m Talkin’ 'Bout” at inappropriate times is good too. ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/62 "2007-08-28T22:41:53Z")
[QUOTE=Burrido] then floor it and yell out, “VTEC just kicked in YO!” [/QUOTE] I’m SOOOO using this one the next time my wife makes me drive her Hyundai! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/63 "2007-08-28T22:53:02Z")
My father-in-law is so hopelessly out of it - he’ll use the expression “Right on!” as a congratulatory exclamation. I’m sure he thinks he’s using the latest keen phrase like all the cool kids. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/64 "2007-08-28T23:07:56Z")
[QUOTE=Nikki Tikki Tavi] Doing Borat imitations or pretending you like new bands is way more eye-roll inducing. [/QUOTE] So I should tell my son how much I dig Nickleback? Problem is, I do actually kind of like them. Ow, stop hitting me! ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/65 "2007-08-28T23:20:47Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] If you’re looking for some good retro-cool, tell your kids that dinner is ready and for them to “Be There Or Be Square.” A bonus is to draw the square in the air with your fingers as you say it. [/QUOTE] “Square” unfortunately is completely out of date. Don’t be so L7. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/66 "2007-08-28T23:57:08Z")
I don’t have kids, but I like to make the young kids at the office laugh by asking, “What’s the dealio?” Also, I hold my finger and thumb in an L shape up to my forehead to indicate that someone’s a loser. Sometimes I’m the loser! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/67 "2007-08-29T00:06:01Z")
I often call people reasonably close to me, male or female, “Cookie”. I don’t think they can figure out whether it is offensive or not and I don’t really know myself. I just make up some shit about being sweet if they ask. I is a good way to disarm someone who has just started being aggressive. You have to repeat the name as much as possible however in the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/68 "2007-08-29T00:15:03Z")
[QUOTE=whitetho] “Square” unfortunately is completely out of date. Don’t be so L7. [/QUOTE] So is L7 the new square? I remember this line (paraphrased) from the Lou Grant TV show: “I bet they thought I was completely square.” “You mean straight. No one says square any more.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/69 "2007-08-29T00:17:01Z")
**Cause that’s how I roll** should be on a t shirt. Personally, I cannot stand **Duuude** unless it is a stoner Duuuuuuuuuuuuude. and flick my 9 year old son every time he uses this atrocity. Tho, the Dude abides. So, I’m not coral.\* sue me. **Gaywad**. I haven’t heard that term in years. I think it has been labeled as so Politically Incorrect and replaced by **Douchetastic** and other various Douchey-goodness that I cannot use around 9 and 7 year olds. not yet. \*big fan of Spongebob, here. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/70 "2007-08-29T00:25:33Z")
“Douche-tastic?” Holy crap, did somebody here invent that? I use tons of surfer slang- I can’t help it, it’s what I grew up on. Hubby and I torment his 26 year old step-brother with slang- he pays us back with horrific screen shots when we turn the machines on in the morning! 😃 My brother once greeted me with a loud “Wassup, niggah?” when I answered my cell phone. People looked at me funny, what with me being a petite white girl and all. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/71 "2007-08-29T00:25:38Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] **Gaywad**. I haven’t heard that term in years. I think it has been labeled as so Politically Incorrect and replaced by **Douchetastic** and other various Douchey-goodness that I cannot use around 9 and 7 year olds. [/QUOTE] Try Dorkwad, then. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/72 "2007-08-29T00:40:30Z")
Refer to people as “peeps” – _their_ peeps, _your_ peeps. “Yo! One of your peeps is on the phone!” Accuse them of “bogarting” stuff in the fridge. “Who bogarted the Sunny-D?” Describe their clothing and/or hair choices as a “hot mess.” “Oh, honey, you just look like a hot mess today, don’t you.” ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/73 "2007-08-29T00:55:06Z")
[Yo, Yo,Throw some D’s on it!](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throw+some+d's) Everything is better with some Dubs and Spinners… Another hip thing to do is to call your car a “Blank- Bump”. What you do is take the first letter of the make of your car and add bump after it. So, if you have a Toyota Corrolla, it would be “the C- Bump”. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/74 "2007-08-29T01:29:10Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] [Yo, Yo,Throw some D’s on it!](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throw+some+d's) Everything is better with some Dubs and Spinners… Another hip thing to do is to call your car a “Blank- Bump”. What you do is take the first letter of the make of your car and add bump after it. So, if you have a Toyota Corrolla, it would be “the C- Bump”. [/QUOTE] “Spinners” :rolleyes: Everybody knows it’s “spinnaz”. That’s fucking cloud, cuz. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/75 "2007-08-29T02:47:39Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] [Yo, Yo,Throw some D’s on it!](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throw+some+d's) Earything is better with sum Dubz and Spinnaz… Peace to my Bruthaz and Love to my Sistaz Crunk that shit up! Another hip thing to do is to call your car a “Blank- Bump”. What you do is take the first letter of the make of your car and add bump after it. So, if you have a Toyota Corrolla, it would be “the C- Bump”. [/QUOTE] But you should only bump your vehicle, if it’s a hoopty. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/76 "2007-08-29T03:24:29Z")
Here’s [dap](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dap). For an extra bonus, tell the kids that you really like [these](http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=icy+hot+stuntaz) guys. Also, don’t neglect the power of “diggity dope” and “word to your mother”. The latter would best be used after getting off the phone with your wife, and then looking over at the kid. Also, extol the virtues of Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. Don’t forget to throw Snow in there as well. Now that I think of it, a 15 year old isn’t going to know who Snow was… ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/77 "2007-08-29T03:35:47Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] You could throw in some 1920’s slang: the bee’s knees the cat’s meow the cat’s pajamas [/QUOTE] The embarrassing thing is that I frequently use “The Bee’s Knees” in a completely unironic sense, along with “The Dog’s Bollocks”. “Boo-yah!” works best if you accompany it with a Kung-Fu style one-two air punch, btw. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/78 "2007-08-29T03:44:17Z")
I also suggest learning the [cabbage patch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPqhxegO_DM), the[Harlem Shake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDk_D-lUFcI), or the [Roger Rabbit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49qhmMtPNto) and busting them out whenever possible. Bonus points (I don’t know if we can call them “bonus” anymore, because nobody really _wins_) if you bust [these](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An0eTMvcAJs) out when they pull up in a carload of friends and you’re doing yardwork. ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/79 "2007-08-29T09:14:33Z")
My own personal favourites are musically-themed: - a rock group is never a rock group, it’s a “young people’s beat music combo”, or even better, a “skiffle group”. - a male singer is never a singer, he’s a “crooner”. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217/80 "2007-08-29T10:50:50Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] I’m still all, like, gnarly, and then I’ll go, like, gag me with a spoon! Totally, like, fer sure! It’s bitchin’. [/QUOTE] Boss! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217.md?page=5)