Remember when our parents use to say things like “Cool”, “Eat My Shorts”, “Don’t Have a Cow.” You know phrases that were cool when we were younger. We would look at our parents and be all embarrassed by them talking like that. Well the tables are turning and there are some new phrases and words that people 40 and over should no longer be using.
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“All the feels” – When you’re a teenager or in your 20s and you’re overwhelmed with emotion, you’re having all the feels. But some think it’s wrong to be 40+ and say something like, “I just finalized my divorce and I’m having all the feels.”
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“YOLO” – Is 40 the age to retire the acronym for “you only live once?” Some feel we should stop being foolish and doing things we know we shouldn’t by this time, and that saying YOLO should be a hard no.
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“Lit” – It refers to something really cool, but it might not be “lit” to hear a middle-aged person use it.
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“Cray-cray” – Let’s just go with “crazy” and leave this one to the young people. (cray-cray is one that I will probably never stop using lol.)
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“The struggle is real” – It might be slang when teens say it, but by the time you’re 40, the struggle is real for all kinds of things, so why wouldn’t we say it?
