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[-] RQG@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago

Am I too old or too European or too non-native speaker to understand this?

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't know what a kickback is in this context. . Pull up means showing up. Doing a solid means a big favor.

It's mostly 90s slang.

Edit: low-key means subtly

[-] Underage9625@piefed.zip 24 points 1 day ago

Kickback is like a chill party

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 19 hours ago

As in 'to kickback and relax'

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago
[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 11 points 23 hours ago
[-] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago
[-] foggy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

The only Gen z term in this meme is "lowkey".

The rest is gen x and millennial 80s/90s slang.

Maybe "kickback" being used this way is Gen z as well but the term "kick back" as in "kick back and relax" is gen x, 80s.

[-] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 15 points 23 hours ago

Low key/low-key/lowkey, has been used well before gen z in the same way. It's definitely gotten more popular though

[-] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

i used lowkey in the 90s

[-] Tower@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago

My use of kickback goes back to late 90s / early 00s.

A kickback was more "formalized" than just hanging out, but smaller than a party. Same general premise of there being drinks and food at someone's house at a certain time and date, but the expectation is that it would be much more chill. Maybe 6-10 people or so, hang out, drink some beers, maybe smoke a bowl, that kind of thing.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago

That's a verb, this kickback is a noun, like an event for hanging out at.

[-] Canajan@piefed.ca 0 points 15 hours ago

I am Gen X, and have never used any of the things in this meme except solid. Iunno where u you ou grew up but that is not Gen X.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 23 hours ago

I’m guessing Gen z adopted “kick back” (verb) and made it “kickback” (noun) based on other comments in this thread? We would not have used it that way in the 90s.

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