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minus-squareCM400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down1·7 months ago The term washed up originated in the early 2020s and gained popularity in 2021. As an old head, I’m pretty confident that “washed up” was used long before 2020.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up44·7 months agoAbout a century before, Merriam-Webster cites the first recorded use in 1928.
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoAll the new slang is just abbreviation, e.g. based, riz.
minus-squareChekhovs_Gun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoWhat’s based? Sorry I’m washed.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoAh yes I got this. Bro over here in the kitchen checks notes cooking! Wait no, he’s cooked? Cooked what? And who’s going to do the dishes? People have no respect these days, back when I was a kid you wouldn…
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoBased in reality, I think. And if anyone is wondering, riz is charisma.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 months agoBased actually comes from freebased. Which is what you do to cocaine to make it crack. Based used to mean something cringe worthy until the rapper Lil B started using it in a positive context. Now it’s sort of the opposite of cringe.
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months ago older generations 30 Ex freaking scuse me? 😢
minus-squareChekhovs_Gun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoAhh okay …opposite of cringe. That makes it easy to remember.
minus-squareBoozilla@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoEverything has to be shorter, because gnat-like attention spans.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agoWe used to use spent when we were too lazy to say washed up. Or fucked. But you can’t use 4 letter words or your social media will get de-emphasized and your referral traffic will be washed fucked.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 months agoWashed up has been in use for a long time. I have no idea how they decided it was a 2020 invention. Some AI search probably told them so.
As an old head, I’m pretty confident that “washed up” was used long before 2020.
About a century before, Merriam-Webster cites the first recorded use in 1928.
All the new slang is just abbreviation, e.g. based, riz.
What’s based? Sorry I’m washed.
Ah yes I got this. Bro over here in the kitchen checks notes cooking! Wait no, he’s cooked? Cooked what? And who’s going to do the dishes? People have no respect these days, back when I was a kid you wouldn…
Based in reality, I think.
And if anyone is wondering, riz is charisma.
Based actually comes from freebased. Which is what you do to cocaine to make it crack.
Based used to mean something cringe worthy until the rapper Lil B started using it in a positive context.
Now it’s sort of the opposite of cringe.
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Ex freaking scuse me? 😢
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Ahh okay …opposite of cringe. That makes it easy to remember.
Everything has to be shorter, because gnat-like attention spans.
We used to use spent when we were too lazy to say washed up. Or fucked.
But you can’t use 4 letter words or your social media will get de-emphasized and your referral traffic will be
washedfucked.Washed up has been in use for a long time. I have no idea how they decided it was a 2020 invention. Some AI search probably told them so.