parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-217 hours agoWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?message-squaremessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down11
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareWhat slang term did you learn as a kid that is no longer in use?parsizzle@piefed.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-217 hours agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squareryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·14 hours ago“Tubular” is from surfer lingo right? It makes a lot of sense when you realize they’re comparing whatever cool thing you’re talking about to a wave like this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1mXQaSA3-rE
minus-squareTippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoIt only works when you say it with that TV California surfer accent too though, like Shyeah, duuude, it’s like tohtally tubular! 😎
“Tubular” is from surfer lingo right? It makes a lot of sense when you realize they’re comparing whatever cool thing you’re talking about to a wave like this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1mXQaSA3-rE
It only works when you say it with that TV California surfer accent too though, like
Shyeah, duuude, it’s like tohtally tubular! 😎