Jun 26
Firstly, this is all in good spirit. No hate here.
First-and-a-halfly, this is in our Wordle group chat after the word was QUEER. I was not prepared for the three vowels in a row. I am ashamed to say it took me 6/6 attempts.
Secondly, I then had to explain to my mother what a twink was when I went over to her house that night. I'm still not sure she got it, but I'm not-not sure she got it, cause she went "oh like jailbait" and I'm. I mean. Not entirely? But also like, not-not entirely??? How can the vibes be so off and yet so almost right.
#names redacted cause i love my family and don't want them on the internet#mostly i dont want them to find *me* on the internet#but yeah adventures in updating my mom on modern slang#generally this means shes going to try to use it in conversation#which...while normally hilarious#i did warn her that it is used derogatorily so she should be more sensitive to using it#and she was like “on a scale of 'have to be black to use the N word' and 'you hate your childhood nicknames' how careful do i need to be”#and i just sat there#like#“probably err more on the side of the first one”#and she goes “ok [aforementioned childhood nickname]” and then grinned like a cheshire cat#i cannot with this woman shes one of my favorite humans#shut up cosmia#macrocosmia#personal lore