Don't you dare say
"hi, how are you doing?"
today.
You might get silence or an embarrassed smile in response.
Our language is not immune to fashion trends.
She wraps herself in words and formulas that were in vogue at one time, before leaving them in the closet and renewing her wardrobe.
Let's go back a few years ago.
In the 2010s, it was not uncommon to hear words that are now considered
"corny"
.
The editorial staff offers you to offer them a little makeover.
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●Swag
He gradually deserted the conversations.
"Swag"
, not so long ago, was synonymous with
"cool"
,
"stylish"
.
"It's swag your sweater"
,
"she's swag this girl"
... These phrases flourish less and less among teenagers, who have gradually abandoned it.
And as often, the language is playful: our word, which we already find in William Shakespeare
's A Midsummer Night's
Dream, comes from the English
to swagger
which means
"to strut, to brag"
. ..
● Have a lease
“What are leases?”
,
“I have a lease with her”
... Any teenager who grew up in the 2010s is familiar with these expressions.
A
"lease"
is a contract by which one person gives another the right to use something for a certain time and for a certain price.
To say that we have
"a lease with someone"
means that we have a history with them.
One can wonder about the merits of the comparison with a contract for money... The fact remains that young people loved this word.
"What are the bails"
is said to ask
"what's the news?"
.
"I have a lease Saturday night"
means
"I have a party"
, and
“I have a lease to tell you”
means :
“I have something, a story to tell you”
.
● Thug, thug life
The
“thug”
in slang is a bandit, a thug.
It is borrowed from English to refer to
"a violent person, especially a criminal"
.
The term dates back to the 18th and 19th centuries, and was written
thag
.
In Hindi, it meant "
liar, thug"
, and first referred to
"an active sect of thieves and murderers who killed their victims, often travelers, by strangling them"
.
It was used in the 2010s to refer to a rebellious,
stylish
person who aroused admiration.
"Thug" was popularized by singer 2Pac, who created with three other artists the group Thug Life, formed after the acronym
"The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody"
(the hate you pass on to the kids fucks everyone).
The
“thug life”
thus designates the life of a rebel.
● It's dar
The formula was unanimously adopted by the younger generation.
"C'est dar"
would have been popularized in the reality show Secret Story in 2013, then in Les Anges in 2014. One of the candidates, Eddy, kept exclaiming in a high-pitched voice:
"it's daaaaar »
.
The young public seized it to say:
"it's good, it's cool, it's great"
.
'Dar'
could be the verlan of
hard
,
'hard, hot'
, or a transformation of
'it's hot'
, becoming
'hot'
before being reduced to
'dar'
.
● No but hello?
2013. Thunderclap in the small world of adolescents.
Nabilla, a young participant in the reality show
“Les Anges”
launches a short sentence, which will propel her onto the media scene:
“No but hello?
You are a girl and you do not own any shampoo?!
Hello?
I don't know, do you receive me?"
.
Rare are the expressions that have experienced such enthusiasm, both mocking and serious.
Unsurprisingly, it fell by the wayside.
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