I know I’m not communicating well with someone who doesn’t remember 911 when I describe something as “cool.”
But I feel lost and can’t help myself because I haven’t kept up with the current vernacular of “cool.”
That generates the latest item on my creative “wish list:” a website specifically for older adults that is updated frequently with descriptions of current idioms and their counterparts from years ago, indexed by decade.
* When have you felt lost while using your generation’s vernacular to converse with individuals younger than yourself?
I know I’m not communicating well with someone who doesn’t remember 911 when I describe something as “cool.”
But I feel lost and can’t help myself because I haven’t kept up with the current vernacular of “cool.”
That generates the latest item on my creative “wish list:” a website specifically for older adults that is updated frequently with descriptions of current idioms and their counterparts from years ago, indexed by decade.
* When have you felt lost while using your generation’s vernacular to converse with individuals younger than yourself?