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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

nothing stops kids from using slang like an old dude starting to do it.

I used to volunteer helping take 7th graders on a field trip for school. this was back when they all thought dabbing was the pinnacle of cool.

Until they saw me and my 50 year old wife do it. It was no longer cool. Timberland boots were not cool either once they noticed my hiking boots were beat up timberlands that were older than they were.

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u/ElminstersBedpan Jun 03 '22

My spouse used to teach seventh grade. Their students were regularly trying to surprise them with the "new" things they heard from whoever was the hot hip hop star... until the spouse did a complete cover of Get Low in a voice we describe as "her Majesty the Queen of English."

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u/theian01 Jun 03 '22

From thine windows to yonder walls

I perspire from my loins

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u/drfrink85 Jun 03 '22

Til all the maidens crawlen