Twitter Thread: Teaching Coworkers How To Use Slang In The Workplace

Eric Lund

Apr 11, 2022 3:00 PM EDT

If not for Urban Dictionary, we would never know what kids these days are saying. It's as if every day there's a new thing to say, and keeping up is its own job.

Many of us have lexicons molded by our time. But just because our brains stopped learning new words when everyone was saying "that's da bomb" does not mean we should date ourselves with our own vocabularies. New words are fun to say, and it's important to know what they mean as to not use them improperly. Imagine if you said "swerve" when you meant "yeet." You'd look like a complete buffoon.

In exchange for teaching the old timers the new cool words, @meanestta learned some valuable corporate jargon. Mostly how to tell people that they're stupid and wrong, but in a way that can be said in an email. Because above all else, it's important to know how to tell your boss that they are "whack" without becoming "temporarily unemployed."