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(I guess this is the best community to post this on) Does anyone have any idea why teens keep saying “massive”? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Seriously, what’s the significance of the word? There are many teens in my neighborhood, as well as me having a teenage sister, who laugh hysterically at the word.

Some people will respond with “Wanna know what else is massive?” Is this a sex joke or something?

[I live in the US now but grew up where many people did not speak English so I may not understand jokes that well even if my parents are English speakers.]

Edit: Looks like it’s from someone called Ninja. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ninjas-massive-you-know-what-else-is-massive

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

I think you mean AGAIN.

90s kids know that jungle is massive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

It's a common error but I do believe the correct spelling is "junglist massive" as in "there are a lot of junglists". But many people say it like you did (or at least used to, no idea if junglist are still massive).

With that all said, I was also expecting the thread to be about this and thinking "I'm no teen and I definitely know massive".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I always assumed from context that the "jungleist massive" was a group of people that liked "jungleist" music.

He also talks about the east side and West side massive.

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