Absurd Historical Slang that Needs to Come Back - BlueJay Reaction
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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
Cool in Finnish "oho" is affirlmation of hearing outlandish shit. But works as a filler word.
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.
@@Blazeit-rj3eb "black people slang"
@@dyslexicbatnam1350 yeah?
Rizz specifically can easily be attributed to charisma, so not all of our slang today will be indecipherable in the future
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 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"
It's still pretty common to call french ppl "żabojady" in Poland, which means toad eaters xD
Frog not toad eaters
In english it's frogs. So close enough.
@@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
@@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski fair
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.
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
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.
25:00 frankly the phrase “knocked up” is equally ridiculous
2:30 As a Canadian, the French are terrible for it they seemingly get offended that you’re trying to learn their language
Been binging this mans channel for the past 3 weeks. Hearing him say skibidi was very surprising 😂.
I am so glad Chris did not get the Dr. Disrespect comment.
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
Wait, sharks were called lawyers? Funny, lawyers now are called sharks…
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 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.
Love BlueJay, saw his video on release. Always enjoy VTH reacting as well. Great video
Considering the Egypt trip, Blue Jay's video on Ancient Egyptian religion may be a good one to react to
we really got vlogging thru history saying skibidi and rizz before gta 6 😂
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.
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.
Hot dogs being “mystery tubes” has been a long standing tradition among many
Chris: "Why does Blue Jay's hat say 'God' on it?"
Me: "Have we been watching the same Blue Jay?"
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.
My sister and our friends quote Airplane constantly.
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!”
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
I'm British. Our inventive slang is truly outstanding.
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.
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”.
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")
We need to bring back "wizard" for things that are cool.
Unfortunately, The Phantom Menace seems to have killed that.
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
This put me in mind of that famous scene from the movie 'Airplane' when Barbara Billingsley translates "jive" from the black passengers for the stewardess. Classic comedy that probably wouldn't pass muster today.
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.
You’re right, Chris. You have to watch it several times to even have a chance to catch it all. Excellent video
We still call it Pop in Buffalo! (Which people say is sorta like the Midwest)
here in Texas 16:00 all “sodas” are referred to as “cokes” as in “what kind of Coke do you want?”
Chris saying skibidi was not on my 2024 bingo but I’m here for it
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.
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.
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".
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.
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!
He described the pub culture in the UK and I immediately thought of "Cheers"😋😋
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
In the Navy a "sea lawyer" is an excessively argumentative sailor.
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.
The "my cousin" one is still used here in Brazil in some places for the same reason.
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'
Hearing vth say skibidi rizz ks something I didn't know I needed in my life.
I watched this the other night! Fantastic, I did know quite a few of them.
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.
Your reactions are always a pleasure to see
‘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.
"Smooth move exlax" is gone but not forgotten.
I just recently heard a Gen Z use "clutch" as an adjective, basically describing something in the same way as my millennial generation would describe as legit. I still have no idea how "clutch" can be associated with the concept of awesomeness.
I’m pretty sure it’s used to describe something similar to a clutch moment in a sports game. Like getting the game winning hit is called a Clutch Hit. Coming in clutch and so on.
“I was hungry by my best friend dropped by with McDonalds and came in clutch.”
If it’s not in that context then yeah I don’t know what to tell you.
@@ethanwesthoff7444yup, you’ve got it right as rain
Two of my favorite bits of old slang are Curly's testimony in "Disorder in the Court", and Abbot & Costello's "Loafing" sketch.
Apparently Admiral of the Narrow Seas was a real position referring to the commander of the fleet within and next to the English Channel.
We call it still water because we also have carbonated/fizzy water, we also call most soft drinks pop.
I work at elementary school and "skibidi" is the bain of my existence
Bane*
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
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'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
15:30 In polish even today a common term for puking is "Toss a peacock"
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.
My brother finished highschool last year, and he's already complaining about kids and their slang.
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.
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"
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."
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"
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.
Blue Jay had TOO much fun with this one
Speaking of quoting movies: Me and my sister as kids would always do the Wheres my Super Suit scene from Incredibles
Jay is also a slang for a foolish and inattentative person. That's where we got the term "Jaywalking"
So Blue Jay can literally mean "sad fool"
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.
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!
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 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"
I live in a village in England.
If i walk a mile from my house i pass 11 pubs! Before covid it was 16 and every one is really annoyed that 5 have closed down! The population is less that 5000! im drunk now writing this! but dont worry i can do surgery with my other hand.
30:45 "life extinct" is something I'll probably add to my own lexicon
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.
16:00 it’s also called “pop” in england, as are most carbonated drinks.
The Dr Disrespect dig killed me so bad I had to pause for over a minute laughing.
I've been waiting for this one!
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.
Being food industry worker; "bun in the oven" has always sounded weird af.
lol like how CNN said trump “Fell down” after getting shot lol
Where I'm from Mt. Dew and all other sweetened carbonated beverages are called "sodie"
In Australia my father, born 1921, used to call sausages "mystery bags".
Zoning in American communities made the corner pub impossible, unlike the UK that likely went centuries before zoning, if they have it at all.
I.m 60....and the word corn hole had a whole different meaning in my day.....
42:18 I’m gonna be waiting for that book!
Have we talked about this before? Where are your Greenhills from?
On the "trying to speak french in france" topic, I've heard stories from co-workers that people in france will switch to english when talking to someone with a quebec accent. Even though both people are fluent in french, France will sometimes treat quebecois as it's own completely seperate language, and will refuse to speak french to them. It's wild