@@Dysfunctional_serenitythe joke is from an old meme. There are two guys in spacesuits looking down at a globe that only shows Ohio, one asking the question “wait, it’s all Ohio?” and the other saying “Always has been.”
@@Justanotherconsumer and even that stems from the older internet joke of alleging that a place doesn't exist. Ohio got that treatment to an extent (as did several villages in Europe and the entire nation of Finland)
There's even like... "body slang" for different cultures too. Remember in Inglorious Basterds when they're dressed up as German officers and he uses his index, middle, and ring finger to order three drinks? The actual German notices and knows immediately they aren't German because in their culture they use THUMB, index, and middle. Very interesting to think about.
Soldiers deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan were clearly ordered to *not* wave with their right hands, as this is an obscene gesture in Islam. (It's the hand you wipe with)
I watched a video where linguist said that more than 50% of modern slang is from the 1930s or black people slang from the 20th century. Even gen alpha slang.
Especially all the TH-cam “to get around the algorithm” euphemisms. They’re going to think we’re infantile for saying “pew pew” and “unalive”, and wonder why we talked so much about food like corn, grape, and eggplant.
I just love how Chris is a pastor but still isn’t above laughing at some dirty jokes, fart jokes, etc. It just proves that people are just immature children at heart and not everyone takes themselves seriously. It’s fantastic.
I just wrote an essay on this topic! One of the University of Chicago’s supplemental essay options was to choose a slang term from any decade or language that you would bring back and why, and I wrote about “some pumpkins” from the 1850s and why it should be used today!
16:25 'Fizzy Drink' is the usual term in the UK. 'Pop' was the term d ecades ago, and people understand it, but we don't still use it. We will understand 'Soda' because of American influence, but for us 'Coke 'is specifically 'Coca-Cola'.
Here in California we call it soda, never have I ever heard Mountain Dew called coke anywhere in the States. But I have heard some people call cola Coke regardless of the brand, yet in L A we of course call cocaine coke 🤣 I'm sure that is pretty common elsewhere as well
Where I live in South Australia, we call it "soft drink" (as opposed to "hard liquor") but I know other parts of Australia call it fizzy drink and soda. Like OP, Coke is specifically for Coca-Cola. Additionally slang and words do vary depending on where you come from. American slang is different from British slang and Australian slang and even some British words have different meanings in Australia. The biggest one that will get Americans in trouble when in UK or Australia though is "fanny" I won't tell you the meaning here compared to the US but it is easily googled. There are many YT videos of Australian slang terms and why Americans (in particular) get in trouble when using certain words of phrases when over here.
I found when traveling knowing how to politely ask "Do you speak English?" in the native language was the most effective phrase. Knowing how to ask where the bathroom is doesn't help if you can't understand the directions.
As someone born and raised in GA, the 8:09 mark begins a tale that perfectly sums up the reality of the cesspool known as Atlanta. And yes @VloggingThroughHistory "mugger wallets" and old unused (no SIM card) phones are a real thing, and wise to have in an area where potential robbery is an elevated risk. Even if you don't live in a place where it's likely to ever be needed -- like, I've never lived in ATL -- there may be times where for whatever reason, you have to be in a rougher place that's away from home...such as Atlanta.
Have you actually ever been to Atlanta. Cause growing up in a small town in my state before moving to the city that everyone talked in my town talked about as being dangerous and seedy. Turns out they were greatly exaggerating. The place was mostly fine.
@@LC-sc3en I've lived within 30 +/- miles of Atlanta for multiple decades. Yes I've been there, many, many, many, times. Obviously the entire city isn't total crap, but enough of it is to where I wouldn't be sad to never go there again. That said, the 30-40ish miles away that I've always lived from there, in primarily suburban settings, likely gives me an "anti-big city" bias, which I will freely admit to. I'm not a city person by nature, and I really don't care for any big city (anywhere)...I just know, and have known, Atlanta by far the most.
Currently, bottom has evolved to mean anybody “receiving” in coital encounters, no matter the gender or orientation. The opposite being “top.” Just spreading the knowledge… why do I know this?
@@Justanotherconsumer what? I wasn’t talking about that at all, I’m not talking about “top” as in chest and “bottom” as in midsection, I’m just talking about roles/positions in “le bedroom”
I have a coffee mug that has most, if not all, Shakespearean insults on them. Some of my favorite ones are “Thou art a Boil, a plague sore”, “Beetle-headed, flap-ear'd knave”, and “I do desire we may be better strangers”.
I learned French in high school and college. I found that trying to speak French in Paris or any of the big cities was not necessary as they spoke English. But when I was in the countryside like Normandy. We were traveling through Normandy visiting towns when we needed petro. My sister tried to communicate with the clerk but had to call me.
36:26 That's actually quite interesting. In danish we have a saying: Pisse mig op og ned ad ryggen, meaning pissing up and down my back. It basically means the exact opposite. It's used to describe being greatly disrespected or betrayed.
There are a couple of slang words that mean totally different things today than when they were first used, for example: 'Gay' used to mean 'Happy/cheerful' and 'Swag' was just stolen goods. So if anyone says they have more swag than you, just respond with: "Well, I'm not a thief, so that checks out."
17:45 can confirm, my local football club is about a 10-15 minute walk from me. Local pub is probably less than a minute, I can just about see it from my front step.
15:50 There is a guy named Laurence Brown has a channel called "Lost in the Pond" about what you're talking about here that you should check out. He was born in England and recently became American citizen. He compares American and English language, culture, history and weather. his latest video is titled "These US President Coincidences Blew My Mind". part of which covers a few facts about a certain state.
I love “as old as my tongue but a little older than my teeth” as an answer to “how old are you?”. I’m actually tempted to use it the next time I’m asked!
I believe it was Winston Churchill who said "Britons and Americans are two peoples separated by a common language" Case in point, a friend of mine learned British English before he moved to the US. The first time he asked for a "fag" he almost got beat up instead of getting the cigarette that he wanted.
Yay Lucifer reference Also man the amount of time you said something before Bluejay does is great. The tongueing laughs is hilarious too, so many good moment to facepalm
9:33-9:44 To paraphrase myself from the original video… A better idea would be that you could simply tell that woman, “Help me! I’ve been stabbed! I need a doctor!”
In Denmark we have a slang that says “ther is no cow on the ice” It means “ther is no problem” We also have “clap the horse” Which means “relax” Then ther is “I have it like the plum in an egg” Meaning “I feel comfortable” “It’s blowing half a pelican” - it’s windy
It's quite interesting that here in Venice we have an idiom that means "to vomit when drunk" that is very similar to "shooting the cat": we say "far i gatini" (literally "to give birth to little cats")
I worked at a truck stop for 2 years and because we had to upsell, with older customers I used to say "you'll save a little extra scratch if you buy 2 packs." That's my favorite phrase and I'm almost 25, I would love to bring that back.
Huh, interesting that the "one of my cousins" (35:32) is used here in Brazil for the same effect. A brothel can also be called "cousins house". Wonder if it has any connection or it came up independently.
I was just talking about this with someone at work. The conclusion we came to is that the internet has made slang more universal. In the past you had regional slang or even slang specific to a city or school, but today there's far less of that thanks to the interconnectedness brought by the internet.
From card games: Scoop: to surrender Brick: to draw a worthless hand From fighting games: Oki: offensive pressure on opponent’s wakeup Happy birthday: when you hit the opponent when they’re switching character mid battle - you combo two characters at the same time
In South Africa, the multitude of cultures and language have given rise to some interesting slang. "Stop at the robot" means "stop at the traffic light". "Voetsek" pronounced "foot-sack" means go away (rude to say often). "Awe shame man" means you take pity or feel sorry for someone. Some others include "howzit" which means "how is it" if you asking someone how they are when greeting. My person favourite SA slangs is the "nows": If you say "I'll do it just now" means you'll do it in the next 5 to 10 minutes. "I'll do it now now" means you'll do it in the next couple minutes. "Lekker" pronounced "lacker" meaning good. "Eish" pronounced "eesh" or "aysh" which is an expression word of shock or if you just don't know what to say in a certain awkward or confusing situation.
I think the slang term I enjoyed the most learning about was being “blackballed” which basically just means rejected. It’s original is, I believe, from the 17th century in America where fraternal clubs would vote on new members. The votes were required to be unanimous in most cases and people would vote by putting either a white or black ball into a little wooden box. Once all votes had been cast, the box was opened, and if even one BLACK BALL was present, you would be rejected from said club. Just really interesting and I believe it’s an underutilized term.
As far as Shakespeare goes I often wonder if he truly "invented" so many words rather than just documenting the language of the classes he was speaking to. Did he invent them or just was the first to document them? Like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop, the world may never know.
I am from Canada and some older slang that seems to have died out in recent decades are: Wobbly pop:…. Beer Having a Good chin wag:… good conversation And for an old army slang for Canadian paratroopers: “meat bombs”… a very unfortunate historical reference from D-Day.
@@doctorlolchicken7478 the term has nothing to do with a lack of success. The unfortunate reference is from what happened to a bunch of Canadian paratroopers who had parachute malfunctions on D-Day resulting in many of them jumping without a deployed parachute. Hence the term “meat bombs”. I do not recall how many experienced this, I learnt of it nearly 2 decades ago when I was still in the army.
18:14 Well i'm lucky I have a bar 3 minute walk away just across the street called Old Bronx. One night i went there after having a few friends over and being a little drunk to begin with we ordered a few beers and what have you untill my friend and i get a brilliant idea that we should play pool, so we play and I end up messing with the stick to the point (which btw is a recurring thing according to my friends whenever i play pool in a bar) that next time we go order the bartender says "we no longer serve drinks" so we figure to go back to my place... The next morning it finally dawns to us that what he really meant was "we no longer serve drinks...for you"
To add to the discussion about soda and pop, I heard Simon Whistler allege that in Europe they refer to drinks such as Sprite as “lemonade” and American-style lemonade isn’t a thing over there.
I think bones are too brittle to stab through a cask and given the mention of the bung (which is a hole, I believe), it's more likely he used the bone because it was long and hollow and reusable. I have no idea what else straws might have been made out of at the time.
I feel this. I don't even know what riz is. And is skibity the toilets? I'm one lost 30 year-old. Great reaction of course, this was one of my favorite Bluejay videos.
Spilling the tea is especially fitting because someone hearing a particularly juicy rumor may cause one to recoil or jerk their arm reflexively, possibly spilling the contents of the cup they're holding. So having tea is just to gossip, but spilling it is for especially controversial rumors.
‘Sfut! is an exclamation that should come back, as should ‘sblood. Ten pints of blood or so for a 110 lb adult, so most have more. A donation of blood (the red stuff) is about a pint, just the plasma is about twice that.
Hearing all the ways old timey people went out of their way to not say pregnant is so funny sometimes. Saying it outright was quite vulgar until the mid 20th century, depending on where you are.
On a recent trip to Europe, in Belgium at a restaurant the waitress tried to clarify what type of water we wanted asking "sparkling or still?" We said still, they brought a bottle of water for us, them we had to clarify further that tap water is what we wanted, she said your should've said "tap".
Surprise, AZ , im about a 10 minute walk from a sports bar :P very annoying on the weekends. Yes, it is a house, and it was last valued about 350k :P everything grew around the neighborhood around here. The local HOAs and Karens chased off a gun store, but the bar is okay
We need to put some respect on William IV's name, he reigned after George IV but before Victoria, between 1830 and 1837. His reign is considered to be still within the Georgian era purely because of the changes that happened under Victoria.
Some of the pregnancy slang seems like it arose out of the need to politely cover up a pregnancy. "Hey, why is that woman vomiting?" "She's, uh... poisoned. Yeah, that's it." "Make sure Mary has a comfortable chair to sit in and don't let her lift anything heavy." "Why's that?" "She, uh... sprained her ankle. Yeah, that's it."
my 2 brothers and i all surfed and skated growing up and during our teen years most of how we communicated was through the most localized, esoteric, degenerate southern california slang terms you can possibly imagine. most were half original. i'm sure we sounded moronic when uttering sentences like "Bri Brah over there went way too hard on the steazonings." i shudder just repeating that since i remember thinking there's nothing wrong with talking that way. i am proud of one slang term we coined and still use; "sauce packet" which is a derivative of a derivative of a derivative of a zulu language quote from "Ace Ventura: pet detective 2"
I'd recommend the book "Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language" by Gretchen McCulloch if you want to know more about how the internet has played a role in changing English
The Steelers are my favorite team and we have two here in Los Angeles both bite INMO and where I live there is a pub/bar a block down on the corner of Vanowen and Tampa to which if I chose I could walk to. Got a good laugh outta "bottom"
Get ready for this to happen still in your lifetimes. When I was in my 50s, some interns at my workplace asked how much I had paid for an item. I replied that it had been cheap by using an expression that was common in my younger years (and which I assumed still was in use), just to be greeted by several mystified faces - none of them had ANY idea of what I had just said!
Last year I was a teacher at an elementary + middle school (they're combined here in Europe). It was there where I first learned about skibbidy toilet. I wish my brain could be scrubbed.
The video jogged my memory and I can make an entire video just based on the old Bronx street talk my dad taught me. "We got static!" means a fight is about to (or has) break out. A "baggie" is a sock full of quarters or subway tokens and is (rightly) seen as an act of war if you hit someone with it (read: he can draw a gun). A "slug" is a fake coin made of wood or wax to trick coin-op machines or pre-metro card subway styles. "Wool" is a period correct term for a woman's neatherregions before shaving was commonplace. "Clocking" someone is still a phrase in use but how many people know it's because their arms make the motion of a clock when they're knocked in the face? I drag this out to Canarcy if I wanted to.
8:20 I used to carry a decoy wallet when I worked nights in a convenience store. It never came up, but I had it. I didn't need a decoy phone. I still don't, really.
Saying "skibidi" and "rizz" while wearing a shirt that says "Ohio" is definitely ironic to a gen-z teen.
I burst out laughing when I saw this
How does Ohio relate to cringe or weird?
@@Dysfunctional_serenitythe joke is from an old meme.
There are two guys in spacesuits looking down at a globe that only shows Ohio, one asking the question “wait, it’s all Ohio?” and the other saying “Always has been.”
@@Justanotherconsumershould also note that the other guy is holding a gun to first's guy head.
@@Justanotherconsumer and even that stems from the older internet joke of alleging that a place doesn't exist. Ohio got that treatment to an extent (as did several villages in Europe and the entire nation of Finland)
"If I have to hear the words skibidi or rizz one more time i'll lose my mind" wow vth, so sigma
He does live in Ohio
I could do without skibidi but I'll take rizz over swag any day. I got so sick of that word back in the day.
He is about to fantom tax your badies
Good thing he didn't want to unalive himself.
So dope
OMG the fact we now have Chris saying Skibidi and Rizz means we are all living in the matrix!!!
"Ohio" is also a slang for something eerie or spooky, like being in the twilight zone.
I have no idea how I know that.
You know it, because it’s ALL Ohio
now what does the other gen alpha slang mean then
Shakespeare is the source of my favorite mama joke. ""Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother! Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother."
which play is that
@@melissareohorn7436Titus Andromedus I believe
@@melissareohorn7436 Titus Andronicus. It is by far the Bard's bloodiest play.
@@Pfisiar22 14 deaths compared to hamlets 9
@@melissareohorn7436 and what deaths! Mutilation, bakery
There's even like... "body slang" for different cultures too. Remember in Inglorious Basterds when they're dressed up as German officers and he uses his index, middle, and ring finger to order three drinks? The actual German notices and knows immediately they aren't German because in their culture they use THUMB, index, and middle. Very interesting to think about.
Soldiers deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan were clearly ordered to *not* wave with their right hands, as this is an obscene gesture in Islam. (It's the hand you wipe with)
@@PopeSixtusVII think they did more obscene gestures than that😂
I feel bad for future generations who have to decipher the slang of early 21st century social media
Man, now that's skibidi
I watched a video where linguist said that more than 50% of modern slang is from the 1930s or black people slang from the 20th century. Even gen alpha slang.
Rizz specifically can easily be attributed to charisma, so not all of our slang today will be indecipherable in the future
They won't, they'll just dismiss it as old person speak. That's what the current generations always do with the previous generations.
Especially all the TH-cam “to get around the algorithm” euphemisms. They’re going to think we’re infantile for saying “pew pew” and “unalive”, and wonder why we talked so much about food like corn, grape, and eggplant.
I just love how Chris is a pastor but still isn’t above laughing at some dirty jokes, fart jokes, etc. It just proves that people are just immature children at heart and not everyone takes themselves seriously. It’s fantastic.
Wait, he’s a pastor?
It's still pretty common to call french ppl "żabojady" in Poland, which means toad eaters xD
Frog not toad eaters
@@anitatereszczuk3967 i know the difference, but I never remember when I wanna use the word xD
it's a compliment relative to the rest of the library of slang terms for french people
and they're delicious, but at least they're cooked first
I just wrote an essay on this topic! One of the University of Chicago’s supplemental essay options was to choose a slang term from any decade or language that you would bring back and why, and I wrote about “some pumpkins” from the 1850s and why it should be used today!
What does it mean?
@@gerardv.dgalien "a person or thing of consequence"
The tongue bit and your reaction to it was hilarious. Good unexpected timing by BlueJay, plus a classic use of the comedic rule of three.
2:15 when you said "some places they dont like" the first and only country that comes to mind is France, always the French
16:25 'Fizzy Drink' is the usual term in the UK. 'Pop' was the term d ecades ago, and people understand it, but we don't still use it. We will understand 'Soda' because of American influence, but for us 'Coke 'is specifically 'Coca-Cola'.
Here in California we call it soda, never have I ever heard Mountain Dew called coke anywhere in the States. But I have heard some people call cola Coke regardless of the brand, yet in L A we of course call cocaine coke 🤣 I'm sure that is pretty common elsewhere as well
I believe 'pop' is also still used in some regions. Not in the South-East or London, but it's fairly common in the Black Country.
Where I live in South Australia, we call it "soft drink" (as opposed to "hard liquor") but I know other parts of Australia call it fizzy drink and soda. Like OP, Coke is specifically for Coca-Cola.
Additionally slang and words do vary depending on where you come from. American slang is different from British slang and Australian slang and even some British words have different meanings in Australia. The biggest one that will get Americans in trouble when in UK or Australia though is "fanny" I won't tell you the meaning here compared to the US but it is easily googled. There are many YT videos of Australian slang terms and why Americans (in particular) get in trouble when using certain words of phrases when over here.
2:30 As a Canadian, the French are terrible for it they seemingly get offended that you’re trying to learn their language
I found when traveling knowing how to politely ask "Do you speak English?" in the native language was the most effective phrase. Knowing how to ask where the bathroom is doesn't help if you can't understand the directions.
Got a dad who can shift over to rhyming slang with a heavy glaswegian accent on a whim, no slang on this planet is more confusing to hear
Rhyming slang's not too bad once you know the rules, but adding a Glaswegian accent...good luck
As someone born and raised in GA, the 8:09 mark begins a tale that perfectly sums up the reality of the cesspool known as Atlanta.
And yes @VloggingThroughHistory "mugger wallets" and old unused (no SIM card) phones are a real thing, and wise to have in an area where potential robbery is an elevated risk.
Even if you don't live in a place where it's likely to ever be needed -- like, I've never lived in ATL -- there may be times where for whatever reason, you have to be in a rougher place that's away from home...such as Atlanta.
Have you actually ever been to Atlanta. Cause growing up in a small town in my state before moving to the city that everyone talked in my town talked about as being dangerous and seedy. Turns out they were greatly exaggerating. The place was mostly fine.
@@LC-sc3en I've lived within 30 +/- miles of Atlanta for multiple decades. Yes I've been there, many, many, many, times. Obviously the entire city isn't total crap, but enough of it is to where I wouldn't be sad to never go there again. That said, the 30-40ish miles away that I've always lived from there, in primarily suburban settings, likely gives me an "anti-big city" bias, which I will freely admit to. I'm not a city person by nature, and I really don't care for any big city (anywhere)...I just know, and have known, Atlanta by far the most.
Currently, bottom has evolved to mean anybody “receiving” in coital encounters, no matter the gender or orientation. The opposite being “top.” Just spreading the knowledge… why do I know this?
Bottom surgery is something else entirely, though not wholly unrelated.
@@Justanotherconsumer what? I wasn’t talking about that at all, I’m not talking about “top” as in chest and “bottom” as in midsection, I’m just talking about roles/positions in “le bedroom”
@@abprintsinc2382true, but “bottom” has multiple modern meanings depending on context was all I meant.
@@abprintsinc2382Hence, "something else entirely."
Wait til you find out what Cruising means.
I have a coffee mug that has most, if not all, Shakespearean insults on them. Some of my favorite ones are “Thou art a Boil, a plague sore”, “Beetle-headed, flap-ear'd knave”, and “I do desire we may be better strangers”.
Wait, sharks were called lawyers? Funny, lawyers now are called sharks…
Chris: "Why does Blue Jay's hat say 'God' on it?"
Me: "Have we been watching the same Blue Jay?"
25:00 frankly the phrase “knocked up” is equally ridiculous
I learned French in high school and college. I found that trying to speak French in Paris or any of the big cities was not necessary as they spoke English. But when I was in the countryside like Normandy. We were traveling through Normandy visiting towns when we needed petro. My sister tried to communicate with the clerk but had to call me.
36:26 That's actually quite interesting. In danish we have a saying: Pisse mig op og ned ad ryggen, meaning pissing up and down my back. It basically means the exact opposite. It's used to describe being greatly disrespected or betrayed.
I am so glad Chris did not get the Dr. Disrespect comment.
There are a couple of slang words that mean totally different things today than when they were first used, for example: 'Gay' used to mean 'Happy/cheerful' and 'Swag' was just stolen goods. So if anyone says they have more swag than you, just respond with: "Well, I'm not a thief, so that checks out."
I always found that the weirdest old slang in both American and British English is bully to refer to mean good, as in "good for you"
17:45 can confirm, my local football club is about a 10-15 minute walk from me. Local pub is probably less than a minute, I can just about see it from my front step.
15:50 There is a guy named Laurence Brown has a channel called "Lost in the Pond" about what you're talking about here that you should check out. He was born in England and recently became American citizen. He compares American and English language, culture, history and weather. his latest video is titled "These US President Coincidences Blew My Mind". part of which covers a few facts about a certain state.
I love “as old as my tongue but a little older than my teeth” as an answer to “how old are you?”. I’m actually tempted to use it the next time I’m asked!
That saying was used in the original Miracle on 34th Street by Kris Kringle on his job application.
I believe it was Winston Churchill who said "Britons and Americans are two peoples separated by a common language" Case in point, a friend of mine learned British English before he moved to the US. The first time he asked for a "fag" he almost got beat up instead of getting the cigarette that he wanted.
Things that didn't happen for 500.
Yay Lucifer reference
Also man the amount of time you said something before Bluejay does is great.
The tongueing laughs is hilarious too, so many good moment to facepalm
9:33-9:44 To paraphrase myself from the original video…
A better idea would be that you could simply tell that woman, “Help me! I’ve been stabbed! I need a doctor!”
Hot dogs being “mystery tubes” has been a long standing tradition among many
I work at elementary school and "skibidi" is the bain of my existence
Bane*
In Denmark we have a slang that says “ther is no cow on the ice”
It means “ther is no problem”
We also have “clap the horse”
Which means “relax”
Then ther is “I have it like the plum in an egg”
Meaning “I feel comfortable”
“It’s blowing half a pelican”
- it’s windy
When I was a nipper, "a rum state of affairs" meant strange goings on.Pissing down the back was also used although it meant to be taking the piss.
30:45 "life extinct" is something I'll probably add to my own lexicon
16:00 it’s also called “pop” in england, as are most carbonated drinks.
It's quite interesting that here in Venice we have an idiom that means "to vomit when drunk" that is very similar to "shooting the cat": we say "far i gatini" (literally "to give birth to little cats")
I worked at a truck stop for 2 years and because we had to upsell, with older customers I used to say "you'll save a little extra scratch if you buy 2 packs." That's my favorite phrase and I'm almost 25, I would love to bring that back.
Considering the Egypt trip, Blue Jay's video on Ancient Egyptian religion may be a good one to react to
Huh, interesting that the "one of my cousins" (35:32) is used here in Brazil for the same effect. A brothel can also be called "cousins house". Wonder if it has any connection or it came up independently.
I was just talking about this with someone at work. The conclusion we came to is that the internet has made slang more universal. In the past you had regional slang or even slang specific to a city or school, but today there's far less of that thanks to the interconnectedness brought by the internet.
My sister and our friends quote Airplane constantly.
From card games:
Scoop: to surrender
Brick: to draw a worthless hand
From fighting games:
Oki: offensive pressure on opponent’s wakeup
Happy birthday: when you hit the opponent when they’re switching character mid battle - you combo two characters at the same time
Love BlueJay, saw his video on release. Always enjoy VTH reacting as well. Great video
As someone who grew up in the south in Texas and Virginia, i call it soda, never coke
In South Africa, the multitude of cultures and language have given rise to some interesting slang. "Stop at the robot" means "stop at the traffic light". "Voetsek" pronounced "foot-sack" means go away (rude to say often). "Awe shame man" means you take pity or feel sorry for someone. Some others include "howzit" which means "how is it" if you asking someone how they are when greeting. My person favourite SA slangs is the "nows": If you say "I'll do it just now" means you'll do it in the next 5 to 10 minutes. "I'll do it now now" means you'll do it in the next couple minutes. "Lekker" pronounced "lacker" meaning good. "Eish" pronounced "eesh" or "aysh" which is an expression word of shock or if you just don't know what to say in a certain awkward or confusing situation.
We still call it Pop in Buffalo! (Which people say is sorta like the Midwest)
2:23 oh no as soon i heard “french” i nourished for your effort 😭😭
I think the slang term I enjoyed the most learning about was being “blackballed” which basically just means rejected. It’s original is, I believe, from the 17th century in America where fraternal clubs would vote on new members. The votes were required to be unanimous in most cases and people would vote by putting either a white or black ball into a little wooden box. Once all votes had been cast, the box was opened, and if even one BLACK BALL was present, you would be rejected from said club. Just really interesting and I believe it’s an underutilized term.
Two of my favorite bits of old slang are Curly's testimony in "Disorder in the Court", and Abbot & Costello's "Loafing" sketch.
The "my cousin" one is still used here in Brazil in some places for the same reason.
here in Texas 16:00 all “sodas” are referred to as “cokes” as in “what kind of Coke do you want?”
He described the pub culture in the UK and I immediately thought of "Cheers"😋😋
As far as Shakespeare goes I often wonder if he truly "invented" so many words rather than just documenting the language of the classes he was speaking to. Did he invent them or just was the first to document them? Like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop, the world may never know.
I am from Canada and some older slang that seems to have died out in recent decades are:
Wobbly pop:…. Beer
Having a Good chin wag:… good conversation
And for an old army slang for Canadian paratroopers: “meat bombs”… a very unfortunate historical reference from D-Day.
Meat bombs is a bit unfair, as the Canadian paratroopers were very successful during the Normandy invasion. I guess that was infantry slang.
@@doctorlolchicken7478 the term has nothing to do with a lack of success. The unfortunate reference is from what happened to a bunch of Canadian paratroopers who had parachute malfunctions on D-Day resulting in many of them jumping without a deployed parachute. Hence the term “meat bombs”. I do not recall how many experienced this, I learnt of it nearly 2 decades ago when I was still in the army.
18:14 Well i'm lucky I have a bar 3 minute walk away just across the street called Old Bronx. One night i went there after having a few friends over and being a little drunk to begin with we ordered a few beers and what have you untill my friend and i get a brilliant idea that we should play pool, so we play and I end up messing with the stick to the point (which btw is a recurring thing according to my friends whenever i play pool in a bar) that next time we go order the bartender says "we no longer serve drinks" so we figure to go back to my place... The next morning it finally dawns to us that what he really meant was "we no longer serve drinks...for you"
To add to the discussion about soda and pop, I heard Simon Whistler allege that in Europe they refer to drinks such as Sprite as “lemonade” and American-style lemonade isn’t a thing over there.
I think bones are too brittle to stab through a cask and given the mention of the bung (which is a hole, I believe), it's more likely he used the bone because it was long and hollow and reusable. I have no idea what else straws might have been made out of at the time.
In the Navy a "sea lawyer" is an excessively argumentative sailor.
I'm British. Our inventive slang is truly outstanding.
You’re right, Chris. You have to watch it several times to even have a chance to catch it all. Excellent video
I've used higgledy-piggledy my own self. Now I feel old.
I watched this the other night! Fantastic, I did know quite a few of them.
I feel this. I don't even know what riz is. And is skibity the toilets? I'm one lost 30 year-old. Great reaction of course, this was one of my favorite Bluejay videos.
Spilling the tea is especially fitting because someone hearing a particularly juicy rumor may cause one to recoil or jerk their arm reflexively, possibly spilling the contents of the cup they're holding. So having tea is just to gossip, but spilling it is for especially controversial rumors.
"Smooth move exlax" is gone but not forgotten.
‘Sfut! is an exclamation that should come back, as should ‘sblood.
Ten pints of blood or so for a 110 lb adult, so most have more. A donation of blood (the red stuff) is about a pint, just the plasma is about twice that.
15:30 In polish even today a common term for puking is "Toss a peacock"
I think slang today is out of control. LOL I also laughed so hard at the tongue cartoons! OMG BlueJay is really very talented. Thanks for this!
12:00 Wow VTH your family hails from Great Britain? That makes you a foundational American. Neat
Apparently Admiral of the Narrow Seas was a real position referring to the commander of the fleet within and next to the English Channel.
Hearing all the ways old timey people went out of their way to not say pregnant is so funny sometimes. Saying it outright was quite vulgar until the mid 20th century, depending on where you are.
Here in Canada we call Soda Pop “Pop”. my dad grew up in India and they call it “soft drinks”
Same here in Australia.
I wonder how many people know that soft drink literally means a non-alcoholic drink.
On a recent trip to Europe, in Belgium at a restaurant the waitress tried to clarify what type of water we wanted asking "sparkling or still?" We said still, they brought a bottle of water for us, them we had to clarify further that tap water is what we wanted, she said your should've said "tap".
Surprise, AZ , im about a 10 minute walk from a sports bar :P very annoying on the weekends. Yes, it is a house, and it was last valued about 350k :P everything grew around the neighborhood around here. The local HOAs and Karens chased off a gun store, but the bar is okay
We need to put some respect on William IV's name, he reigned after George IV but before Victoria, between 1830 and 1837. His reign is considered to be still within the Georgian era purely because of the changes that happened under Victoria.
We need to bring back "wizard" for things that are cool.
Unfortunately, The Phantom Menace seems to have killed that.
Some of the pregnancy slang seems like it arose out of the need to politely cover up a pregnancy.
"Hey, why is that woman vomiting?"
"She's, uh... poisoned. Yeah, that's it."
"Make sure Mary has a comfortable chair to sit in and don't let her lift anything heavy."
"Why's that?"
"She, uh... sprained her ankle. Yeah, that's it."
my 2 brothers and i all surfed and skated growing up and during our teen years most of how we communicated was through the most localized, esoteric, degenerate southern california slang terms you can possibly imagine. most were half original. i'm sure we sounded moronic when uttering sentences like "Bri Brah over there went way too hard on the steazonings." i shudder just repeating that since i remember thinking there's nothing wrong with talking that way.
i am proud of one slang term we coined and still use; "sauce packet" which is a derivative of a derivative of a derivative of a zulu language quote from "Ace Ventura: pet detective 2"
We call it still water because we also have carbonated/fizzy water, we also call most soft drinks pop.
I'd recommend the book "Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language" by Gretchen McCulloch if you want to know more about how the internet has played a role in changing English
Speaking of quoting movies: Me and my sister as kids would always do the Wheres my Super Suit scene from Incredibles
Why do you need to know?
Why do you need to know?
@@fibanocci314 I need it!
42:18 I’m gonna be waiting for that book!
Have we talked about this before? Where are your Greenhills from?
Where I'm from Mt. Dew and all other sweetened carbonated beverages are called "sodie"
It's funny because in modern Britain, rum is slang for being odd or incorrect
My childhood dog was quite quirky so I called her a 'rum pup'
The Steelers are my favorite team and we have two here in Los Angeles both bite INMO and where I live there is a pub/bar a block down on the corner of Vanowen and Tampa to which if I chose I could walk to. Got a good laugh outta "bottom"
what in the everloving fuck does "skibidi rizz sigma" mean 3:28
I wish I knew! And thank you!
Get ready for this to happen still in your lifetimes. When I was in my 50s, some interns at my workplace asked how much I had paid for an item. I replied that it had been cheap by using an expression that was common in my younger years (and which I assumed still was in use), just to be greeted by several mystified faces - none of them had ANY idea of what I had just said!
I'm starting to think Matpat was serious when he said he was the only father whounderstood what Skibidi was
The Dr Disrespect dig killed me so bad I had to pause for over a minute laughing.
Your reactions are always a pleasure to see
Keep up the great work Chris . I'm 27 and can't keep up with the kids 😅
I'm 25 and I'm having trouble understanding some of the new trends 😂 guess this is what my older siblings/parents felt when I was growing up
Im 21 and idk most slang today
@@starsaber2002 same here
I’m 23 same deal
Last year I was a teacher at an elementary + middle school (they're combined here in Europe). It was there where I first learned about skibbidy toilet. I wish my brain could be scrubbed.
The video jogged my memory and I can make an entire video just based on the old Bronx street talk my dad taught me. "We got static!" means a fight is about to (or has) break out. A "baggie" is a sock full of quarters or subway tokens and is (rightly) seen as an act of war if you hit someone with it (read: he can draw a gun). A "slug" is a fake coin made of wood or wax to trick coin-op machines or pre-metro card subway styles. "Wool" is a period correct term for a woman's neatherregions before shaving was commonplace. "Clocking" someone is still a phrase in use but how many people know it's because their arms make the motion of a clock when they're knocked in the face? I drag this out to Canarcy if I wanted to.
Hearing vth say skibidi rizz ks something I didn't know I needed in my life.
8:20 I used to carry a decoy wallet when I worked nights in a convenience store. It never came up, but I had it. I didn't need a decoy phone. I still don't, really.
South West PA near Latrobe and Fort Necessity we also say Pop.