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As you use these words, you are slowly but surely getting old
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“Ey diggah, everything Gucci?” Lucky that language is developing! While other words used to be quite normal in everyday language use, there are so many new terms today. We sometimes feel pretty old, don’t we?
The youth word of the year has just been chosen: “CringeBy the way, that means something like “embarrassing” or “uncomfortable”. Anglicisms dominate the language of today’s youth – if someone speaks ‘Denglish’ regularly, he is probably very trendy right now. But be careful! If an older generation does it, it is apparently “cringe”. Can you still do anything right? Today we are going to take a little time travel to the words that were as normal thirty or forty years ago as “cool” is nowadays. And if you use these words , are you getting older slowly but surely, willy-nilly – well, and we’re actually really happy about it, aren’t we?
These words are no longer up-to-date
“Darling, put on your anorak!” – Well, who has the voice of his parents or even that of his grandparents in his ear? The resolution, for everyone from Gen-Z: “Jacket“is another word for” jacket “or” vest “. This beautiful name, which is rarely used today, originally comes from the Inuit of Greenland:” An-nuh-raaq “means something like” something against the wind “.
It used to be the “Listener“, now it’s the” cell phone “or maybe the” phone “. And what do you say when you hang up?”Speak to you soon“? Nowadays probably not anymore. Now a quick” bye “has become commonplace to say goodbye. It’s actually funny that we use the word”hang up“Still retained in this context, right? After all, we no longer have any telephones where you really have to put the receiver down to end the call. Do you sometimes start your sentence with”listen, … “? That is also a nice linguistic relic from an earlier time. It actually sounds nice.
As you use these words, you are slowly but surely getting old
“There’s so much advertising in these newspapers!” – “AdvertisingTo say “instead of” advertising “” is now perhaps a bit “old school” to take up the youthful slang. Incidentally, this word was taken from French: “réclame” means “to object”. In German it refers to advertising for goods. While “advertisement” is hardly used in everyday language, “reclaim” remains an integral part of our vocabulary – the verb also fits much better with the original meaning of the word.
“One, two, three, four! “- what is still often used in the Bundeswehr, is no longer right at the center of the times in private use. Just like the designation”Juno“for” June “and”July“for” July “. All three terms used to prevail for the same reason: On the phone it was often difficult to tell whether the person you were talking to said” two “or” three “, or” June “or” July “. This is probably due to the quality of the voice calls at the time. Since today almost no one is making a phone call anyway, just “texting”, such a linguistic renaming has become superfluous.texting“”to chat“or also”Whats-appen“They don’t come from a much earlier time, but they are no longer hip. By the way, just like the word”hip“. Children, how time flies.
No matter which words you like to use – don’t let anything or anyone stop you! Being retro is hip again right now anyway. And who knows, maybe one or the other term will soon become fashionable again. After all, if we have learned one thing in fashion, it is that everything comes back. Why not in language too?