this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2026

83 points (97.7% liked)

Asklemmy

asklemmy@lemmy.ml

55,863 readers

3,556 active

448 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~~Icon~~ by ~~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~~

founded 7 years ago

moderators

mekhos@lemmy.ml

14specks@lemmy.ml

What slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use? (piefed.social)

submitted 7 months ago* by parsizzle@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

181 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 8 points 7 months ago

I love surfer slang because it's rooted in a verbose comprehension of the English language. The hyperbole of it brings me joy lol.

parent