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Thu 15 November 2007 - That’s so random

Posted in Melbourne — Daniel @ 7:15am

OMG, the teenagers really do say “random”. I heard it twice on the train yesterday.

They didn’t seem to be referencing Summer Heights High, either.

6 Responses to “That’s so random”

  1. Roger Says:
    November 15th, 2007 at 9:00am

    Daniel
    I haven’t heard the word “random” used much (except in relation to John Howard’s re-election strategy), but my teenage daughter seems to call everyone and everything “gay”. And it’s not clear if it’s derogatory or a compliment. Can anyone help me here?
    Rog.

  2. Chuggle Says:
    November 15th, 2007 at 12:44pm

    Rog - your teenager is a bit behind the times! “Gay” was replaced by “random” months ago! Unfortunately it’s generally a derogatory term, as in “that film was soooo gay” meaning it was stupid or bad. Language is certainly a funny thing.

  3. Daniel Says:
    November 15th, 2007 at 10:37pm

    Urban dictionary: random / gay.

  4. kkjayne Says:
    November 15th, 2007 at 11:29pm

    I call people who come up to me out of the blue to ask something or say something to me or my son “randoms”. I’m not a teenager :P I do play computer games thou, I think I picked it up from WoW.

  5. jen Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 11:48pm

    The man and I have started calling each other ‘homos’ as an insult. I think we picked that up from Summer Heights though. Puck you gets thrown about too.

  6. Zoe Says:
    December 5th, 2007 at 11:51am

    Wow, im only 20, and we used ‘random’ all the time in highschool. As in *all* the time. Once teens reach about 14, they realise saying ‘thats so gay’ is not exactly the worlds most politically correct term and stop it.

    But yes, teens use ‘random’ and have been doing so for at least 15 years.

    ha! ‘Get with it!’