I am used to feeling that I live in a foreign country, as I am baffled by a lot of the speech that the youngsters use. Quite often the word that used is the total opposite of its original meaning. For example my GC saying the chocolate cake she had was so dirty, meaning delicious.
These words are now appearing in print and leave me totally baffled. I read an article about Boomers at war with Generation Z which I just about get. The problem was the word ‘woke’ which seems to be everywhere.
This has been really enlightening and amusing. I do get frustrated with these new words, but I think is might be justified in this case. I can’t really think of a word from the past that covered it.
flossie thanks for starting this thread. It made me think. What I find depressing is posters not understanding or accepting that language changes over time, new words come in, existing words change in meaning/ nuance. That’s always happened and I, for one, will always want to keep upto date and aware.
Today I am woke. I was awakened by a loud noise by someone else who is woke. I'd like to give them a piece of my mind but that might be considered 'woke'. 'B******s! is that woke enough?
I agree with Ginny, Merlot etc. I 'woke' at 3am today and am still awake and not happy. I think I have been abducted and put back on the wrong planet. Not a good start to the day.