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Trendy/old-fasioned words

What words or phrases do people nowadays use to mean "trendy"? I'm aware that there are a lot, but some of them seem to have fallen out of favor themselves. For example, "with it" might not be with it anymore.

Also could you suggest words in current use that mean "old-fashioned"?

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[nq:1]What words or phrases do people nowadays use to mean "trendy"? I'm aware that there are a lot, but some ... "with it" might not be with it anymore.

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  • [nq:1]What words or phrases do people nowadays use to mean "trendy"?
  • I'm aware that there are a lot, but some ...
  • "with it" might not be with it anymore.
  • Also could you suggest words in current use that mean "old-fashioned"?
  • Eamer[/nq] obsolete, square, obscure, out of date, trite.
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[nq:1]What words or phrases do people nowadays use to mean "trendy"? I'm aware that there are a lot, but some ... "with it" might not be with it anymore. Also could you suggest words in current use that mean "old-fashioned"? Eamer[/nq]
obsolete, square, obscure, out of date, trite.
Jan Sand
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sand filted:
[nq:2]What words or phrases do people nowadays use to mean ... For example, "with it" might not be with it anymore.[/nq]
Sorry...last one I remember was "dope", but I suspect that one sleeps with the coelacanths now..
[nq:2]Also could you suggest words in current use that mean "old-fashioned"?[/nq]
[nq:1]obsolete, square, obscure, out of date, trite.[/nq]
*So* twen
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[nq:1]sand filted:[/nq]
[nq:1]Sorry...last one I remember was "dope", but I suspect that one sleeps withthe coelacanths now..[/nq]
[nq:2]obsolete, square, obscure, out of date, trite.[/nq]
[nq:1]*So* twentieth-century..r[/nq]
Thanks! By the way, I'm not looking for the latest kinds of slang terms only teens use. I'm more inclined toward expressions that educated people use in daily
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[nq:2]sand filted: *So* twentieth-century....r[/nq]
[nq:1]Thanks! By the way, I'm not looking for the latest kinds of slang terms only teens use. I'm more inclined toward expressions that educated people use in daily conversation.[/nq]
Passé is so passé.

PB
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"Trendy" is still in use. The more educated the user, however, the more likely it is to have a negative connotation.
Richard R. Hershberger
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[nq:1]Passe is so passe.[/nq]
Jejune, recherche, atavistic ...
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[nq:2]sand filted: Sorry...last one I remember was "dope", but I suspect that one sleeps with[/nq]
[nq:1]the[/nq]
[nq:2]coelacanths now..[/nq]
No, I haven't heard that one in a few years. I am relieved to say that among the youngsters I know (by which I am appalled to find I now mean the "under-30s") "fresh" and "sweet" have made a comeback (but why do I have the sneaking suspicion tha
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[nq:1]No, I haven't heard that one in a few years. I am relieved to say that among the youngsters I ... made a comeback (but why do I have the sneaking suspicion that, like "dope," the terms derive from "herb" use?).[/nq]
My guess, for which I can offer no evidence whatsoever, is that the proximate cause of the current vogue use of "sweet" is the cartoon "South Park". Which is sweet.
Richa
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[nq:2]No, I haven't heard that one in a few years. ... suspicion that, like "dope," the terms derive from "herb" use?).[/nq]
[nq:1]My guess, for which I can offer no evidence whatsoever, is that the proximate cause of the current vogue use of "sweet" is the cartoon "South Park". Which is sweet.[/nq]
I detect a continuity in popularity of "sweet" among young speakers since the time I was in
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