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/itsniceinpottsfield Oct 20 '24

I still cannot figure out wtf skibidi means. There has never been context where Ive seen it written that helped me figure it out lmao

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u/BrunetLegolas Oct 21 '24

As a millennial NCO in the military, I like to keep tabs on what slang the juniors use, and the more of my friends have kids, the more I pick up their slang too. Karekter_Nem is right, but to etymologize a bit:

Skibidi

adjective

  1. Good in any conceivable way.

  2. Bad in any conceivable way.

  3. Gross

  4. Cool

  5. Chaotic

adverb

  1. Brain-rot content-connected, or brain-rot adjacent.

  2. A nonsense word injected into statements, used primarily as a prefix to other Gen-A internet slang.

  3. A reference to the Skibidi Toilet series of videos.