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Funny blog post on hip slang

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Parisite · 28/06/2023 10:42

Short new blog post: on being middle-aged and not understanding today's hip slang terms.

https://www.flaneurnotes.com/post/on-hip-slang

On Hip Slang

Amid the endless coverage of this year’s Glastonbury Festival I came across this enigmatic nugget from Time Out magazine: ‘Dermot O’Leary played a DJ set. It kinda slapped.’ Kinda slapped, says Time Out’s feature-writer Chiara Wilkinson. Is that a good...

https://www.flaneurnotes.com/post/on-hip-slang

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Jane532 · 12/05/2024 13:23

What is a gyat?

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Jane532 · 12/05/2024 13:25

What is a gyatt? My brother said it when he saw my 2 year old daughter the other day.

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Parisite · 12/05/2024 16:57

Thanks for resurrecting my neglected thread from a year ago!

Just done some searching online, and it seems to be a social media exclamation used on seeing an attractive female. Originated in black American slang (as these things usually do). It has overtones of 'big attractive butt', which is weird to apply to a 2-year-old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyat

Gyat - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyat

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