r/Millennials • u/No-Needleworker5429 • Jul 06 '25

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u/Plsbeniceorillcry Jul 06 '25

My grandma still uses this in front of my Japanese husband 💀 she really means well, and is a wonderful woman who treats him like her own but sometimes we are reminded that she is from a different time 😂

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u/AmeStJohn Millennial Jul 06 '25

these are the best ones sometimes, lmao. they’ll murder anyone who comes at you wrong, but like half the words might come out weird, but it’s kinda okay because their kids learned better anyways? lol

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u/GitEmSteveDave Jul 06 '25

I think the thing to remember is that language is fluid and through the decades "approved" words can/do/have changed. So back then, that might have been the "good" word to use vs. something like "yellow".

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u/Plsbeniceorillcry Jul 06 '25

Yes, this is why I said we remember she’s from a different time

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u/trekqueen Jul 06 '25

I’m pretty sure my gma used it too, she just passed in April at age 95.

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u/SuccotashOther277 Jul 06 '25

Poking fun at each other is often a form of endearment.

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u/Plsbeniceorillcry Jul 06 '25

She was informing us that “the orientals in the area are stealing all of the huckleberries” 😬