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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] dil@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

they already are in black communities, teens see tiktok comments and go wow new slang, a lot of this shit isnt new tho, like bop wasnt new but everyone acted like it was a new tiktok word, neither was thot on twitter or many others, rizz isnt new, its been around, cooking and based? not new at all

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Nothing is new under the sun.

I heard that once in a bible class and it's stuck with me ever since. And imo it beautifully encapsulates humanity's trends and fads.

Language is an ever-evolving thing, but at the same time, how many variations of something can be made before we've made all of them? Humanity has been around for thousands of years; I find it hard to believe that just about any word we could come up with is actually brand new and no other human has heard it before.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

What is "bop"? Are bop-its popular on TikTok?

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

How is rizz not new? I've never seen it until tiktok.

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 hours ago

Where do you think tiktok slang comes from? It's just popular slang someone uses in a comment that middleschool kids who are from different areas, that have never heard it before parrot, because they literally just copy popular comments bar for bar hoping to get likes

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I've heard it plenty, california

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What year did you first start hearing the word rizz?

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

rizz comes from African Americans Vernacular English and has been around for decades…. white kids on tiktok recently learned it…

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I've been around for decades too, even living in California, and the first time I've heard the word is recently with the new generation of tiktok people.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

well slang is very regional, as well as specific to different subcultures… like gamers have tons of slang/jargon…
seems like kids like to appropriate slang from elsewhere (often black slang, probably from music), then they assume they invented it and gatekeep it, then it progresses to boring or becomes part of the language like “cool”….
but whatever, i’m down with it… it’s totally tubular!