Admit it: we’re all guilty of taking a joke too far. Now we’re stuck with some pretty gnarly slang words that just won’t go away.
It’s been a year since I started saying the word “yeet” ironically and I can’t stop. No longer can I hide behind a veil of “irony” as I say things like:
“Big yeet” when my friend tells me good news.
Or “that’s a yeet moment” as a response to someone’s success.
The worst? “Yeet on the haters.”
It’s absolutely cringe-worthy, I know. The haters phrase particularly emphasises my complete lack of dignity.
Though I’m not the only one to clutch onto cringey phrases long after their shelf life. I mean, we’re using so much slang these days that words with meme-like origins are being added to the dictionary and scrabble rules.
But if you guys think “yeet” is bad, oh, it gets much, much worse.
This viral twitter thread about all the things people started saying “ironically” and now use in complete seriousness is something else.
The awkward sayings that humans are capable of are awe-inspiring. Saying “yeet” in public is a walk in the park compared to some of these.
One twitter user confessed:
“saying “skyorts meeyorts” instead of “excuse me” when I was dodging my coworkers, and now [I] literally cannot stop saying it.”
Wow, that’s a lot.
But it gets better:
Or this wholesome one that we’re definitely stealing:
And apparently, people still can’t stop saying “fam.” Which, according to Know Your Meme, peaked almost four years ago in 2015 but you guys are still on it.
We’re waiting for this one to break the internet because it’s just too good:
And finally, an Irish-themed gem:
This thread made it horribly apparent that we’re a slave to habits dating way back to the early 2000s, like calling people “dude,” “man,” “homie” and throwing a shakka.
But if there’s anything to take away it’s that, no matter how bad your awkward saying, at least you’re not this guy:
We think he means “I like your vibe” but it’s yet to be fully determined.
So please, release that guilt you feel for being chained to a cringey catchphrase developed years ago. There are people out there who have it much worse.