40 words that instantly reveal your real age

If you think these sentences are always the bomb, then we have news for you.


Recapitula a little: the year is 2020. The threat of Y2K came and took place 20 years ago.Jennifer Lopez andPaul Rudd are eligible to reach AARP. The technologies that were formerly cut, but now seem almost prehistoric fax machines, cassettes and a remote access Internet, to name a few. And just like technology, your vocabulary has evolved over the decades. Or at least it should have. If you always use theslang, '80, or a prior decade, you need to know which message you send to the people you communicate. And this message, to say it frankly, is it:Everyone, I'm old.That said, consider wiping these 40 words that get older from your lexicon as soon as possible. For more words to add to the list "No-no use", check100 terms of slang of the 20th century that no one uses more.

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Automatic response

Answering machine
Refuge

Obviously, theautomatic response He himself is a physical relic. But the conceptual goal is therefore designed for. Today, it is the voicemail, which is apparently the mysterious place where all calls will die after ignored and responded with a text instead. If you tell someone, you left them a message on their answering machine, you say essentially: "I was born before 1970." For words more essentially in danger of the 70s, checkThe best slang terms of the 1970s who are not cool today.

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Back in my day

Grandpa talking with granddaughter
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If you start a sentence that way, you have already lost the children of the crowd. Yes, everyone knows that you have probably worked on kilometers in foot of snow just to go to school. And yes, paying a nickel for a cup of coffee sounds fantastic. But why do you cries in children randomly to get off your lawn? They are on the sidewalk.

3
Bermudas

Man on the beach wearing bermuda shorts
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The Bermudas mean designating casual shorts. But the word is also stenographic for "I am old". These days, the shorts will do well. And to make up for the other terms of aeration, consultThese are all argot terms that you are too old to use after 40.

4
Bling

Jewelry
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If you are flooded with jewelry or other traps of a lifestyle seeing, you could say that you are dark. And that's another way to say, "I did not pay attention to the slang since the 90s." Instead, you can try ice, lacked, drip or better, maybe just not.

5
The bomb

Older man doing finger guns
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Hey, we want to give this one a pass because it has much more power to stay than itsMore modern equivalent, Fleek. But to his core, it's a relic of the 90s and does not belong to 2020. If you were a 90-year-old child check the20 SLAOT Terms of the 1990s person does not rely.

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Canoodling

Multiracial couple cuddling on couch
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Of course, tabloid weekends always use the word Canoodling on the regular when they want to suggest celebrities are Cozyer in new relationships. But today, the word is rarely found outside this semi-ironic use in these brilliant pages. He was even mocked inWicked girlsAnd that came out more than 15 years ago!

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Tap

Remote control
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These days, it'sKnown as the remote control. (And it could even be exploited via an application on your smartphone.) So, if you always call it a clicker, we will guess that your grandchildren could have covered most buttons of the band to help you simplify his use. .

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Fresh beans

Older couple giving thumbs up
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If you describe something this way, you just reveal your age - and perhaps your tendency to Hokey sentences, whatever the era. Can not easily shake the old habit? Just make beans-a simple cool will do.

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Cool your jets

Older mother daughter argument
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If you want someone relaxing you, say simply. Cool your jets is no longer one thing. The same goes to hold your horses, while we are there. To recall more vintage words, checkThis is the most popular slang word of the year when you were born.

10
Coolo

Older friends sharing a laugh
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We are not there to claim the authority on which has come first:Coolo The rapper, or coolio the word of slang to cool. But they were both popular in the 90s. And the fun fact to blow your mind: Coolio the rapper is currently 56 and for a long time for members to AARP. (You're welcome.)

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Cupper

Older man trying to be cool and hip
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Remember that it was Bart Simpson's Catchphrase whenThe simpsons went out in the 80s-So it's probably all you need to know about its decades of relevance later. (We say that with all due respectThe simpsons, which is miraculously always on television, 31 seasons later.)

12
Overalls

Woman wearing high waisted jeans
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In the days when a critical mass of people made reference to jeans like overalls, the Sartorial staple has crossed many different trends: high waist, low waist, boot cut, lean leg and all the rest. But one thing remained consistent for decades: no one calls them the overalls.

13
From afar

Hippies
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This sentence, often associated with hippie culture, meant something like cool - but use it these days and you will do anything except. And for more fun phrases and facts delivered directly in your inbox,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

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Fly

Cool older man with tattoos
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For context, the offspring song "pretty fly (for a white guy)" came out in 1998. If you keep a score at home 22 years ago. And this song was probably the death of death for the word anyway.

15
Gnarly

Male surfer
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This word had a wide range of meanings and uses: a mad wave in surfing, something that is great, or something horrible. Its counterpart closest to the modern language could be nasty - not as versatile, but less old sound.

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Constantly go

Couple talking on the couch
Refuge

At the time, you were stabilizing when you had a seriousness with a partner. These days, it's just called dating. (And before you go out, you could slide.)

17
Golly

Older woman with daughter surprised
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There are a lot of exclamation out there, so if you go with Golly, be ready to go out like Oldie in the conversation. Also be ready to look like Disney's beloved fantasy (which is cute, so quaint is your vibration planned).

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Sensational

'70s man
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The word Groovy actually originates from theJazzbut it's the mostclosely associated with the 60s and '70s. Anyway, saying that he communicates that you are old.

19
Mackerel

Older couple looking at a phone surprised
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As an exclamation of surprise or fear, St. Mackerel is not something in modern language. It's basically OMG, but with a lot of superfluous letters that make the text more difficult.

20
Hooligan

Grandpa playing with granddaughter summer
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The word Hooligan describes the young people who behave badly. But it's not really a thing. If you call a hooligan a hooligan, you will certainly not get anywhere.

21
Cooler

Retro refrigerator
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A icebox (or even if you want, a cold closet) was a small non-electric version of a common refrigerator a century ago before powerful refrigerators came to be. So, if you always call your refrigerator an ice cream, it sounds like to be old enough for souvenir.

22
In a pickle

Man stressed
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Yikes! You are in a sticky situation and need help. It's a timeless scenario, but call it, a pickle is well exceeded.

23
Dairy

Milk woman with milk bottles
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First of all, you are much more likely to get your milk from the grocery today than having delivered it by a milk specialist. But also, Milkman is only the kind of sexual work description fell by the Wayside Mailman, and the hostess. Although the practice of showing your milk is actually returned to an age when single-use plastics fall out of favor and local and organic races are taken into account, you say the best you get a milk delivery. And to leave at that.

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The Internet

Man looking at his laptop
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If you always call it on the net, or on the web, and certainly (halet) The World Wide Web, you reveal your age. You could just try to tell you about it as going online. And while you are there, it's probably time to retire this e-mail address @ aol.com.

25
Permed

perm
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We are all about the celebration of the loops - but a permanent is just not something that people receive these days. Chemicals, plastic rods ... it's all a relic of a time earlier when your bangs was high, and Sun-in lightened them well at the beach.

26
Ping

Woman smiling and looking at cell phone
Refuge

If you ask someone you ping when they get a second, you ring not only a little old, but also mysteriously not specific. Should they send you a text? Send you an email? DM? Seeing that ping is as unclear because it is dated, it is certain to ride a few youth eyes.

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Psyche

Older couple laughing together
Refuge

If you always use the Psycheic word to indicate that you simply joke, you may want to prepare you for giggles, not your joke, but with your choice dated delivery.

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Pocketbook

Stylish woman holding purse
Refuge

Maybe it's your handbag, your handbag, or just your bag. Or maybe it's your crossbody, your laptop housing or clutch. But to children these days, it's certainly not a portfolio.

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Radish

Man doing work on laptop happy
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You have probably said Rad around the time you said Cowabunga:The 1980s. If you always say it, we just hope you say it ironically.

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Virtuous

older white woman fist bumping younger white male coworker
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Use "Lireeous" as an excellent meaningless exclamation is much out of favor. But it's always a powerful word when it is used literally to morally mean.

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Rolodex

Rolodex
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The analog rolodex has been dead for decades. In addition, simply use the word as abbreviated for your professional or personal personal contact database. Today, it is better to go with contacts.

32
Trousers

Man wearing pants slacks
Refuge

You can always use the word pants to refer to the pants, sure. But this last word covers the concept just as well without revealing so much about your age.

33
Hit

Older couple cuddling smitten
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I just met someone again and have a great chemistry? Great! You are in them. You feel it. But if you say that you are struck, you are so old.

34
Old girl

Spinster
Refuge

In 2020, an unmarried woman could be a lot - buta spinster Of course, is not one of them. The modern word of modern lexicon is this word, with tropes on glasses, librarians and a cleaning of cats to start. And for more hurtful sentences, consult the20 things you say you did not know how to be offensive.

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Supper

Family dinner
Refuge

Although it is a little different in England, dinner and dinner have been mainlyused synonymously Here in America. But only one of these words is really used in modern lexicon ... and it's not dinner.

36
Swell

Older couple happily reading newspaper
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Swell was once a popular positive affirmation. "You are looking to swell." "Gee, it's swell." These days, not so much. (The same goes for "Gee", while we are there.)

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Ribbon

Cassette tape
Refuge

Audio cassettes are long and are therefore VHS tapes. But using the word ribbon as a verb is a difficult habit for a lot of breaking. If you capture the video on your smartphone, you save it - no cassette involved.

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Froluquet

Grandparents talking with grandchildren
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Here is the thing with Whippersnapper: It was always a word used to reference young people by seniors. So you have probably revealed your age if you have already said - and it would probably seem to use it in 2020.

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Photocopy

Xerox machine woman making copies
Refuge

If you always make photocopies, you reveal your age from the bat. Today, it is digital digitization and recording. But if you call it Xeroxing on the top of it, well, you are back further.

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Beautiful

A young heterosexual couple hugging on the beach at sunset.
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While this one ismore timeless By some of the others on our list, it always sounds like a somewhat dated choice along the lines of dapper. An update can be hot or just: "Hey, you're superb."

Additional report of Stephanie Osmanski.


Categories: Culture
Tags: Language / Slang
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