My use of kickback goes back to late 90s / early 00s.
A kickback was more "formalized" than just hanging out, but smaller than a party. Same general premise of there being drinks and food at someone's house at a certain time and date, but the expectation is that it would be much more chill. Maybe 6-10 people or so, hang out, drink some beers, maybe smoke a bowl, that kind of thing.
I’m guessing Gen z adopted “kick back” (verb) and made it “kickback” (noun) based on other comments in this thread? We would not have used it that way in the 90s.
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RQG@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 1d
Am I too old or too European or too non-native speaker to understand this?
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 1d
I don't know what a kickback is in this context. . Pull up means showing up. Doing a solid means a big favor.
It's mostly 90s slang.
Edit: low-key means subtly
Underage9625@piefed.zip · 25 pts · 1d
Kickback is like a chill party
tempest@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1d
As in 'to kickback and relax'
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
I like it.
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1d
I think kickback is like a small party https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kickback
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1d
Gen Z slang.
foggy@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1d
The only Gen z term in this meme is "lowkey".
The rest is gen x and millennial 80s/90s slang.
Maybe "kickback" being used this way is Gen z as well but the term "kick back" as in "kick back and relax" is gen x, 80s.
SolacefromSilence@fedia.io · 15 pts · 1d
Low key/low-key/lowkey, has been used well before gen z in the same way. It's definitely gotten more popular though
toxicbubble@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
i used lowkey in the 90s
Tower@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1d
My use of kickback goes back to late 90s / early 00s.
A kickback was more "formalized" than just hanging out, but smaller than a party. Same general premise of there being drinks and food at someone's house at a certain time and date, but the expectation is that it would be much more chill. Maybe 6-10 people or so, hang out, drink some beers, maybe smoke a bowl, that kind of thing.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1d
I’m guessing Gen z adopted “kick back” (verb) and made it “kickback” (noun) based on other comments in this thread? We would not have used it that way in the 90s.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1d
That's a verb, this kickback is a noun, like an event for hanging out at.
Canajan@piefed.ca · 0 pts · 1d
I am Gen X, and have never used any of the things in this meme except solid. Iunno where u you ou grew up but that is not Gen X.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1d
Look how they massacred my boy...
perishthethought@piefed.social · 15 pts · 1d
A little cap, I think
nullspace@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1d
Ghost the gun, finesse the cannoli.
Dookieman12@piefed.social · 10 pts · 1d
Kids don't say "kickback". They call it "the function"
plateee@piefed.social · 6 pts · 1d
Chadcorlione
lemmyman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1d
Fruh fruh
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1d
Caliburn G2.
lowleveldata@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1d
Not lowkey really, no
funkajunk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Highkey like a beta cuck