Wicked

Funny the other day I was on the phone trying to sort out an appointment from the Housing Association and the man on the other end kept saying Awesome to everything I answered!
I said to my partner when I finished he said awesome 7 times!

Oops! Meant to say It makes me cringe with the constant amazing in inappropriate settings like GP surgery etc. Though it's seems to have stopped a bit now and they all say 'for sure'. I've heard enough for sure's watching Wimbledon interviews.

When I was teaching in a secondary school, some of the younger and unfortunately older teachers, would use the 'in' kids words. For eg 'when you 'rock' up to class. The kids hated it, so they constantly changed the 'in words'. I don't blame them as there's nothing worse than trying to be in with the kids.

I've got no bread, man!
(Grandson calls me man)
It must be doing the rounds again.

Be square or be there !

Never used any of them but heard of them

wicked in the 70s from boston is where i first heard it

knspol

I remember using the phrase 'is this the face of concern?' quite a lot to show lack of interest in something or other. May just start using it again, can be very appropriate.
What I find really annoying is people saying 'perfect' so often.

Oh my goodness, that's Lauren saying "Am I bovvered?" and "Am I bovvered though?" so maybe that's where she got it from. 😂

I asked AI for some words youngsters won't know and it came up with quite a few from Shakespeare, plus some quite weird ones. Two I liked were:

zounds! = an old oath expressing surprise
gramercy = thank you

I remember using the phrase 'is this the face of concern?' quite a lot to show lack of interest in something or other. May just start using it again, can be very appropriate.
What I find really annoying is people saying 'perfect' so often.

MissAdventure

Lit, i think is the word now.
We've been sick, now we're lit.

Never heard that before, maybe don't know enough young people.

Going back to the OP, 'wicked' and 'sick' (also mentioned) are rather odd in the way that they are now used in a positive sense ( both meaning great/excellent for example), whereas they were historically the opposite. Wicked = bad, sick = ill.

Another word to have its meaning turned round is 'bad'. 'Bad' is just that, bad. However, it's also used to describe something great/excellent etc.

No wonder I can't keep up.

What a gas!
I really dig those words that you cats are saying.

keepcalmandcavachon

Can anyone come up with a few cool sayings to fox the young ones and make us lot seem hip again please?

How's it going, daddio?

Dig the threads, man

Can anyone come up with a few cool sayings to fox the young ones and make us lot seem hip again please?

I say those as well!
I genuinely mean the sentiments when i say them.

"Have a nice day" or "Enjoy the rest of your day"...... what very silly things to say - I remember someone saying it to me when I was on my way to a funeral and called in to a shop for something.

I say see you later.
No idea why, but I do.

‘See ya later’ is still used here even if there is absolutely no chance of meeting again. I think it is friendly,though. ‘No worries’ has always been used and still is. Also ‘no wucking furries’, which I won’t bother translating !

HowVeryDareYou2

"No problem" and "No worries" annoy me so much - being served in a shop, for example (of course it's not a problem - it's your job, I want to say) or being called a guy.

Argh me too! Or "Not a problem" It's suggesting 'it is not a problem' almost clearly, where, as you say it definitely shouldn't be a problem, and there is no reason to comment in such a way. In fact it's assuming they are doing you a favour!

Chestnut

Here's the latest, hot off the press, from my 11 year old granddaughter.

slay = awesome

You heard it first here. 😎

I heard a new one the other day.
"You know ball"
I quite like that one.
I bet you're well jell now!

I’m looking forward to the return of “Abyssinia”😁

"No problem" and "No worries" annoy me so much - being served in a shop, for example (of course it's not a problem - it's your job, I want to say) or being called a guy.

At least they are better than ‘see ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya’ ! We have different ones here of course but they change very quickly and I couldn’t say what the young ones are using now.

Here's the latest, hot off the press, from my 11 year old granddaughter.

slay = awesome

You heard it first here. 😎