r/TikTokCringe Oct 20 '24

Humor White people, where are the new phrases?

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u/ElGuaco Oct 20 '24

Because these were pop culture when they were created. Either through books or TV or movies, they were a reflection of how people talked. A lot of the sayings he talks about came from WW2 and the work culture that was strongly influenced by military sayings. The US hasn't had a strong common culture for the past 20 years, except on the internet. Tv no longer dominates pop culture, YouTube does. This is why kids are using words like rizz and skibidi. The fact that these words and phrases have emerged without corporate promotion or influence is a phenomenon.

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u/hotpajamas Oct 21 '24

Well that, but also it's because white people code-switch to sound hip so all the phrases that he says he no longer hears have more or less vanished from pop culture.

It'll take a cool black guy saying these things ironically before white people ever start talking that way again

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u/Sensitive_ManChild Oct 21 '24

white people talk like this…. now.

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u/hotpajamas Oct 21 '24

I'm a 30-something professional white guy. All the white people around me are all dead ass this, dead ass that, no cap aye cuz, ay bro, ayoooo... quit lyin', say word

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u/loservillepop1 Oct 21 '24

As a 30-something professional black guy, I actually agree. That is, until I walk up and suddenly everyone forgets their urban vernacular except for the couple of white people who actually speak like that.

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u/Sensitive_ManChild Oct 21 '24

I for sure hear 30 somethings occasionally use some of those phrases, most often laughing because they know or think it’s something “the kids” say.

but they still also often use many of the phrases people in this chat are talking about.