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Post by SharksFan99 on May 1, 2018 20:05:15 GMT 10
What are some of the phrases and slang that were said at your primary/elementary school? Here are some of the phrases/slang I can remember: * "Can you pass the kindergarten test?"
- Someone had to answer a few basic questions and try to remember what the first question was. It went like this (answers are in brackets)"Can you pass the kindergarten test? [Yes] What colour is the grass? {Green} Is the sky blue? [Yes] What is the colour of my shirt? [yellow, since we had a uniform] What is the first question I asked?". The first question is "can you pass the kindergarten test", but a lot of people used to say 'what colour is the grass' as the first question".  * "Johnny got shot by the FBI" - It was an alternative to 'eeney, meeney, miney, mo'. It was mostly said by Year 5 and 6 kids, because they thought it was "cooler" than the original.  * "I know you are, but what am I?"Basically, it was used as an insult. If someone said something that you took offence to, you would say to them "I know you are, but what am I?". It was kind of a stupid phrase, in retrospect, because you're basically setting yourself up to be insulted again. * "Talk to the hand""Talk to the hand" was used to basically let someone know that you weren't interested in what they were talking about. I wonder if any of those phrases are still said at schools today? 
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Post by Mibblez on Jun 10, 2018 5:57:59 GMT 10
I’ve never heard any kid say these things when I was younger, except for possibly talk to the hand and I know you are, what am I, but that was said jokingly if anything.
Back in middle school I remember a lot of kids saying “imma fire you up” which was basically another version of someone saying they will roast you.
Yes it was a horrible time.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 10, 2018 12:08:27 GMT 10
I’ve never heard any kid say these things when I was younger, except for possibly talk to the hand and I know you are, what am I, but that was said jokingly if anything. Back in middle school I remember a lot of kids saying “imma fire you up” which was basically another version of someone saying they will roast you. Yes it was a horrible time. Interesting to hear. Yeah, school phrases/slang would vary depending on the location. "I Know you are, but what am I" was generally said jokingly at my primary (elementary) school as well, but some people thought of it as being a good way to insult someone. I don't remember anyone saying "imma fire you up" at my school. Although, "imma" is very rarely (if ever) said here. I think it's more of an American phrase.
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Post by Mibblez on Jun 10, 2018 14:29:07 GMT 10
I’ve never heard any kid say these things when I was younger, except for possibly talk to the hand and I know you are, what am I, but that was said jokingly if anything. Back in middle school I remember a lot of kids saying “imma fire you up” which was basically another version of someone saying they will roast you. Yes it was a horrible time. Interesting to hear. Yeah, school phrases/slang would vary depending on the location. "I Know you are, but what am I" was generally said jokingly at my primary (elementary) school as well, but some people thought of it as being a good way to insult someone. I don't remember anyone saying "imma fire you up" at my school. Although, "imma" is very rarely (if ever) said here. I think it's more of an American phrase. Nah I think it’s pretty much just slang in general used by a lot of young people, though over here it isn’t used that much here either, except by a lot of teens with urban kind of talk, or pretty much the average older black family member 😂
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 9:22:36 GMT 10
* "I know you are, but what am I?"Basically, it was used as an insult. If someone said something that you took offence to, you would say to them "I know you are, but what am I?". It was kind of a stupid phrase, in retrospect, because you're basically setting yourself up to be insulted again. * "Talk to the hand""Talk to the hand" was used to basically let someone know that you weren't interested in what they were talking about. God damn. Haven't heard these in a while. Memories!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 9:36:36 GMT 10
Me and my friend in 4th grade were called "gay" by an older kid (most likely grade 7 or 8) on the bus. We were bitter at the time.
Another commonly "gay" insult was
"Are you gay?"
"No"
"Does your mom know you're gay"
"No"
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 12, 2018 9:40:52 GMT 10
Me and my friend in 4th grade were called "gay" by an older kid (most likely grade 7 or 8) on the bus. We were bitter at the time. Another commonly "gay" insult was "Are you gay?" "No" "Does your mom know you're gay" "No" "Gay" comments were really common at my primary school during the Mid-Late 2000s. People never said anything like the kid who insulted you and your friend, but if someone didn't like something, kids at my school would often say something along the lines of "ew, that's so gay". That's one of the negative aspects of the 2000s which is rarely discussed.
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Post by mwalker96 on Jun 13, 2018 8:37:12 GMT 10
Open the gate who do you hate was used quite a bit when I was in elementary school.
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Post by rainbow on Jun 13, 2018 8:44:34 GMT 10
Open the gate who do you hate was used quite a bit when I was in elementary school. I REMEMBER THAT LOL
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Post by mwalker96 on Jun 13, 2018 8:45:37 GMT 10
Open the gate who do you hate was used quite a bit when I was in elementary school. I REMEMBER THAT LOL Cool.
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Post by skullmaiden on Jun 24, 2018 17:14:26 GMT 10
Oh boy I can remember a few!
-The "I know you are but what am I" was often replied to with "I'm rubber you're glue anything you say bounces off me and sticks to you!"
-Hand clapping games were accompanied by songs like "Miss Suzie had a steamboat" and often those songs went along with jumping rope.
-How to figure out who was "it" in a game was done by standing in a circle while one person recited a rhyme while pointing at each person, "Bubble gum bubble gum in a dish, how many pieces do you wish?" and you would take a step back if the rhyme stopped on you and so on until the final person.
-The phrase "Holy shneikies!" was a popular alternative to "holy shit!" as an exclamation.
-"So and so sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage" sometimes used as a taunt of sorts.
-Then there were the dumb rhymes such as, "You put ants in my pants and it made me dance all the way to France in my underpants." and "You put a dart in my heart and it made me fart all the way to K-Mart in a shopping cart."
-"That's so gay" was more a middle school phenomenon and of course you don't utter that these days.
Now I'm seriously trying to think of more stuff we said and did at that age!
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 24, 2018 17:21:57 GMT 10
-"That's so gay" was more a middle school phenomenon and of course you don't utter that these days. "That's so gay" comments were still made when I was at primary (elementary) school during the Mid-Late 2000s!  In retrospect, it's hard to believe that homophobic comments were still said so openly as little as ten years ago.
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Post by skullmaiden on Jun 24, 2018 17:27:02 GMT 10
-"That's so gay" was more a middle school phenomenon and of course you don't utter that these days. "That's so gay" comments were still made when I was at primary (elementary) school during the Mid-Late 2000s! In retrospect, it's hard to believe that homophobic comments were still said so openly as little as ten years ago. The 2000s were still the 2000s.
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Post by aja675 on Jan 5, 2019 22:55:04 GMT 10
"It's for me to know, and for you to find out."
"It's a secret I'll never tell, XOXO, Gossip Girl here."
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Post by aja675 on Jan 6, 2019 0:26:11 GMT 10
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In retrospect, it's hard to believe that homophobic comments were still said so openly as little as ten years ago.
