ReZourceman Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Isnt it strange how things go in and out of popularity? I bring up this point today after thinking about it for a few days when it dawned on me regarding (in this case) a word. Now, when I was younger this word was used quite often as the in word, around the mid-90s I suppose, but this word has come back as cool, and it is "Rubbish" To say that word it is now cool or "in" as some of you may say. This has been an approximate 10 year cycle. Can you think of anything similar to this?
Daniel Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 rubbish? ive been saying it all my life :P thats rubbish, your rubbish, pick up your rubbish, your rubbish at life etcetc
ReZourceman Posted February 28, 2008 Author Posted February 28, 2008 rubbish? ive been saying it all my life :P thats rubbish, your rubbish, pick up your rubbish, your rubbish at life etcetc Nooo! Lol. Yeah but when people say "Oh thats crap" well at the moment its cool and the in word to say "Oh thats rubbish"
Iun Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I'd like to get the following back into standard cool usage: Balderdash Poppycock Flim-flam
Rummy Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I was debating whether this topic was going to be about fads or a really awesome bike or some sort whilst it was loading. As for 'Rubbish', I didn't know it went out of fashion, though I will admit I have started using it alot more in the last 5 years, cos a mate of ours at school used to say it alot in his strange accent that sounded a bit west country farmer(he was not from a family of west country farmers, and is in fact half belgian, which is why we found it amusing), so we used to say 'Rubbesh' alot to each other, and now we use it alot. I've also wondered for a while, is the word cool actually still cool? I still use it, but thats cos I'm from the 90s cool generation, I don't have much interaction with younger kids, but I wonder if they still use it. My other favourite words are awesome, wicked sometimes(has this gone out too?), brilliant, excellent, and sometimes even bad. Then some other general slang which isn't really words.
thirtynine. Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I like inventing new words and slipping them in to convos, so that people dont notice then they start saying it. Its win.
ReZourceman Posted February 28, 2008 Author Posted February 28, 2008 I like inventing new words and slipping them in to convos, so that people dont notice then they start saying it. Its win. Exactly. This is the best thing in the world.
Shorty Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I thought rubbish was just a kind of normal everyday word. I had no idea it was ever in, or out, of fashion.
Ashley Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I've been using rubbish all my life, tend to use it as not to swear. (ie at work/around kids) But yeah using retro words can be fun, in the hope people will say them. Not heard any of my friends say "punch snow" yet. Keep trying. Although they often now say -sies (which yes was Scrubs but ah well)
Guest Jordan Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Thats the upside of swearing profusely like i do, those never go out of fashion!
ReZourceman Posted February 28, 2008 Author Posted February 28, 2008 Thats the upside of swearing profusely like i do, those never go out of fashion! Heh heh. One of my friends on XBOX live referred to me the other day as "The angry swearing guy" Hahah.
Raining_again Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I have a few oddities.. "thats relay shem" (more of a local term, i think the "ballymenians" of the forum might understand) thanks to aeroscap i say AMMMG all the time =( And fail. Everything is fail. =D People think i'm very strange when i say stuff like that irl ^_^ Do many people say lol in real life? I keep doing it and realising what a fool I have become
ReZourceman Posted February 28, 2008 Author Posted February 28, 2008 Do many people say lol in real life? I keep doing it and realising what a fool I have become Started saying it from watching Pure Pwnage, and then just said it alot. Like all the time. Now its evolved to even saying "lololololol" and "Halalalalall" from Master Cheif sucks. Im so annoying.
Raining_again Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Started saying it from watching Pure Pwnage, and then just said it alot. Like all the time. Now its evolved to even saying "lololololol" and "Halalalalall" from Master Cheif sucks. Im so annoying. Hahaha You also said win a few times in your room video, made me laugh muchly. I say win irl...and people give me funny looks
MoogleViper Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Do many people say lol in real life? I keep doing it and realising what a fool I have become Forshame. Rubbish was never an "in" or "out" word. Also I think the word cool is viewed as uncool.
welsh_gamer Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I have been saying "lol", "lmao" (sounds more like "lamo" when I say it out loud though) and "meh" to people over the last year, and most of my friends just laugh at me. Me and a guy at work spent our final week there, saying "GTFO" to a load of people! Obviously, the majority of them didn't understand what it meant. The interent has defintley had an influence on my vocal vocabulary. I say "Awesome" instead of cool btw.
MoogleViper Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Quite a few people at sixth form have recently started saying "CBA". as in "see bee ay". It's really annoying.
Intensity Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I still relish the days where golden Pogs were a symbol of status.
RoadKill Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 A trend I seen now is people being ever increasingly retarded - for example, not being able to pay ANY FUCKING ATTENTION IN ENGLISH class, and thus saying things like "your rubbish" actually meaning "you're rubbish" - you are rubbish, instead of your, which is possessive. Your rubbish is in my fucking way, for example, is a correct usage. Oh and then someone is always like HURR GRAMMAR NAZI LOL, or I'M NOT IN SCHOOL NOW, like they're trying to make up for the fact they sucked, I don't get this mindset, apparently it's cool to not know? Good work.
Jimbob Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Rubbish has always been in as far as i know, i used to say it a lot of the time when i was younger as well as other non-swear words which included blinking heck and boulder-dash amongst others. These words are now "out" as it were from my area and in are all swear words really, which are nearly used in every sentence when i am out and about.
Supergrunch Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 A trend I seen now is people being ever increasingly retarded - for example, not being able to pay ANY FUCKING ATTENTION IN ENGLISH class, and thus saying things like "your rubbish" actually meaning "you're rubbish" - you are rubbish, instead of your, which is possessive. Your rubbish is in my fucking way, for example, is a correct usage. Oh and then someone is always like HURR GRAMMAR NAZI LOL, or I'M NOT IN SCHOOL NOW, like they're trying to make up for the fact they sucked, I don't get this mindset, apparently it's cool to not know? Good work. Today my supervisor crossed out a "that" in my essay and said it should have been a "which". I pointed out that this was in fact incorrect, because it was introducing a restrictive, rather than non-restrictive, relative clause. She didn't know what these were, but still maintained it should have been "which"... It's ironic really because nowadays either is considered correct anyway. Anyway, how is cool uncool? I thought that was the one constant. (other than swearwords)
Daft Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Rubbish is a pretty standard word. This is how I swear/play ProEvo: Take a word and add -tard to it. For example: F*cktard Knobtard Tw*ttard Jizztard Mongtard Cocktard Spaktard Never fails.
Rummy Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Haha Daft, I do the tard thing with some words too(fucktard, spaktard, mongtard and sometimes gaytard), though I've not heard/noticed anyone else do it. I also use a few arguably racial words, but I'll leave those off the forums. One time my mate messaged me though with his own word he'd made up, and I still use it, the brilliance that was Motherchubber.
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