Washed? Is this some hip new slang term?
I feel liked not knowing this one makes me, well, washed...
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There was a joke about it in 30 Rock, where a teenager tells Liz her boyfriend is "totally washed" and she's like, "typical", while secretly looking up the word on the in-show equivalent of Urban Dictionary.
Sounds like she was streets behind.
oh dip! molotov cocktail
This sounds like brainwashed. I'm not saying that's what they meant, but the context you provided makes it sound like that.
It’s like “washed up”
GET ON THE FLOOR! NOW!
Are you sure? With my knees, you'll need to help me up again.
yeah I don't even joke about hurting my knees.
People will laugh when someone gets kicked in the balls, but seeing someone fall onto their knees is all pain and no schadenfreude.
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Only like 20-30 more years before I can unironically quote this irl.
You can be old at any age depending on who you're talking to lol.
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New to me too. Washed sling meaning Washed up or past your prime. We old.
The term washed up originated in the early 2020s and gained popularity in 2021.
As an old head, I’m pretty confident that “washed up” was used long before 2020.
About a century before, Merriam-Webster cites the first recorded use in 1928.
All the new slang is just abbreviation, e.g. based, riz.
Everything has to be shorter, because gnat-like attention spans.
We used to use spent when we were too lazy to say washed up. Or fucked.
But you can’t use 4 letter words or your social media will get de-emphasized and your referral traffic will be ~~washed~~ fucked.
tl;dr
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Washed up has been in use for a long time. I have no idea how they decided it was a 2020 invention. Some AI search probably told them so.
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not really, it's short for washed-up, which has been in use for at least a century
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/washed-up
Why do we need to shorten a two syllable word?
My knees hurt.
We don't need to. But we do it anyway for ease of language flow. See: Every single contraction, some of which don't even reduce syllables. Just contacted to make the tongue say it faster.
just wait until you hear about people saying “comp sci” or worse, “poli sci”. if you are so pressed for time that you can’t afford to say all the syllables in “computer science” you can use an acronym. i will still be upset about the acronym, but i can live with it
I'm so old I remember a time when sci-fi fans were offended by the term "sci-fi", preferring "SF".
I remember a huge rumbling when the Sci-fi channel changed its name to SyFy. Neither word even has Y's!!
I'm gonna go sit on the bench with the other's while I rub my knees.
No matter how many times I see “SyFy”, my brain always thinks “sih-fee”.
Those examples are abbreviations, not acronyms. Acronyms use initial letters (though people have gotten lazy with that to get nice sounding acronyms), whereas abbreviations are a category containing shortened words and also acronyms.
I would also like to note that the 'poli' in 'poli sci' is way too close to the prefix 'poly' to not cause confusion. This is just one example of an abbreviation causing confusion among those not yet aware of the meaning. That's why when addressing a general audience I avoid them or in longer conversations introduce them first.
my point is that people should use acronyms instead of those abbreviations. e.g., “CS” instead of “comp sci”. i hate those abbreviations. and you’re right that the “poli” does cause confusion. it always takes me a second to figure out what people mean when they say it. i think we’re on the same side here.
Since we're down the pedantry rabbit hole, "CS" is an initialism, not an acronym.
i can’t believe that i didn’t even know the difference until now. i hope i don’t lose my pedant card because of this
Washed up maybe?
Nah. Billy Joel (with Stevie Nicks) put on one of the best concerts I've ever seen.
I saw him a few times, but his last tour with Elton was my favorite. One set of Billy playing Elton songs, one of Elton playing Billy songs, with the last set duets. Great show. Wish I caught one with Stevie Nicks!
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I do believe that everything old was better, everything new stinks, and my feet hurt all the time.
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What happens if I tell them I like CCR, Johnny Cash or Sinatra?
You go to decrepit ranch.
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