This hilarious thread translates work-speak to slang and vice versa

We’ve all had those head-scratch moments when we wonder what on earth a person from a different generation is going on about, purely because the words people choose evolve very quickly.

Over on Twitter, The Meanest TA, PhD produced a very funny thread that demonstrates perfectly how people with a good grasp of their own generational or social group’s language can act as unofficial interpreters for other people.

It started with this –

Everyone on my team (5 men ages 48-75) texts me to make sure the slang they’re using is correct in context. Some examples below:

— The Meanest TA, PhD. (@MeanestTA) April 1, 2022

The examples are lit – possibly.

From Boss (74): “Can I say this meeting got lit if I mean people were getting upset?”

Me: “No but you can say they were salty about it.”

— The Meanest TA, PhD. (@MeanestTA) April 1, 2022

WorkDad (58): “What does yeet mean?”

Me: pic.twitter.com/X3zCeeqc5y

— The Meanest TA, PhD. (@MeanestTA) April 1, 2022

Project Manager (48): “Do people still say hella?”

Me: “Not in this state.”

— The Meanest TA, PhD. (@MeanestTA) April 1, 2022

Project Manager: “How do I tell my (17y/o) daughter she cannot wear a crop top to my mother’s Sunday dinner?”

Me: “Bestie, respectfully, no”

— The Meanest TA, PhD. (@MeanestTA) April 1, 2022

Boss: “What does tea mean? Not the liquid.”

Me: “Background information, but more like gossip. Spill the tea means informally contextualizing.”

Boss: “So I should ask CEO to spill the tea on the (name) project?”

Me: “Please cc me if you do I want to see his reaction so bad.”

— The Meanest TA, PhD. (@MeanestTA) April 1, 2022

(Slack message)

CEO: “Did you teach Boss the phrase spill the tea?”

— The Meanest TA, PhD. (@MeanestTA) April 2, 2022

Of course – translation cuts both ways.

In return they translate my frustrations into professional corporate.

— The Meanest TA, PhD. (@MeanestTA) April 1, 2022

Source: ThePoke