Washed? Is this some hip new slang term?
I feel liked not knowing this one makes me, well, washed...
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Washed? Is this some hip new slang term?
I feel liked not knowing this one makes me, well, washed...
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Extra egregious depending on your background. We caught my older brother singing along to piano man. We are Latinos with like -50% Irish blood. We had to give him an intervention.
Came here to say Elton John is my Billy Joel. Send me to the ranch.
Good music is just good music.
We listened to 20+ year old music when I was in High School. Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Marley, Grateful Dead, and plenty of others along with current music of the time.
Judgy people are the ones throwing you in the washed up area.
Doesn’t matter how old you are, Piano Man will get you. Drinking songs transcend generations.
I can't stand that song. I heard it one too many times as a teen and it was only ever ok for me at best. I know that's gonna rustle some jimmies, but I gotta make a stand.
This is a tale as old as time: "perfectly good song gets overplayed and, so, ruined". I can't fault you for your circumstances growing up; nobody can. Some of us get exposed to a song like this at a wonderful time, in a wonderful place, and it becomes something we love.
I hope there's other songs that you love as much as some of us love this one.
For sure, and I don't mean to shit on it for those that do like it. It's a popular song for a reason. Enjoy what you like. 🙂
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!
I do believe that everything old was better, everything new stinks, and my feet hurt all the time.
Me, who is interested on maybe buying a typewriter and perhaps learning shorthand just for fun.
Just promise you'll never try to take up the accustic guitar.
I already play both acoustic and electric quite proficiently. But lately have been itching to properly learn piano.
Washed is still a thing? I remember 30 Rock doing a joke about this back in the mid 2000’s.
The Washed Police didn't start the fire
It's the next generation on your favourite station.
What happens if I tell them I like CCR, Johnny Cash or Sinatra?
You go to decrepit ranch.