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Cumbrianmale56 Sun 12-Jul-26 12:30:12

This used to be common expression in the nineties for good, then seemed to totally die out 25 years ago. I was surprised to hear someone in a shop last week saying they had a wicked weekend. Looking at them, they looked to be in the age group that would have said this in the nineties, but it's time I've heard wicked since about 2002.
Other nineties phrases you never seem to hear either are loved up( in love, happy), blissed out( happy), and as one( together). It's interesting how each generation has expressions that come and go.

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Baggs Sun 12-Jul-26 12:44:02

Whwn I was an Akela (scouting) in the noughties and 2010s, one of the boys (aged 8-10) used 'wicked' quite a lot to mean things like amazing or awesome. He's the only person I've ever heard using it.

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MissAdventure Sun 12-Jul-26 12:48:05

Lit, i think is the word now.
We've been sick, now we're lit.

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BoggledMind Sun 12-Jul-26 12:52:42

I think I need a 'Youth-Oldie' dictionary.

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Fallingstar Sun 12-Jul-26 12:53:20

I hope the word amazing when just describing something quite mundane dies out. I was talking to a young receptionist at the GPs the other day and when I supplied her with my name and date of birth she said ‘amazing’ and again when I said I could pop in again later.
Is just a complete misuse of the word.

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Baggs Sun 12-Jul-26 12:58:09

I think mis-use of words like amazing are often a bit like a nervous tic. The person, perhaps a little stressed, feels they have to say something and the word their mind lands on may seem rather daft.

I've had a similar experience to the one fallingstar describes. I just felt a little sorry for the person's apparent nervousness.

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Witzend Sun 12-Jul-26 13:05:50

Fallingstar

I hope the word amazing when just describing something quite mundane dies out. I was talking to a young receptionist at the GPs the other day and when I supplied her with my name and date of birth she said ‘amazing’ and again when I said I could pop in again later.
Is just a complete misuse of the word.

I find that more often it’s ‘perfect’.

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hollysteers Sun 12-Jul-26 14:03:22

So many people online seem “obsessed” these days.
Seems rather dramatic when trying a new lipstick…

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AuntieE Sun 12-Jul-26 14:07:52

Baggs

Whwn I was an Akela (scouting) in the noughties and 2010s, one of the boys (aged 8-10) used 'wicked' quite a lot to mean things like amazing or awesome. He's the only person I've ever heard using it.

That would be right. In one of the earlier Harry Potter films Ron uses it a lot and that made it popular amongst school-children.

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Jaxjacky Sun 12-Jul-26 15:09:16

My daughter and then partner used Wow in nearly every sentence about 20 years ago.

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M0nica Sun 12-Jul-26 15:09:37

DGC (late teens, have been using 'wicked' to mean good for some years now.

The other returnee is 'cool'. We have a bevy of young builders in and out of the house at the moment and their every other word is 'cool'.

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