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minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoI noticed rad has made a resurgence in the past decade or so
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months ago'cause it’s a tubular word, doy. (and for a brief moment, I was a kid in the '80s again)
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoI think we used gnarly a lot back then too
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIt later made its way to the ski/snowboard communities, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it came back, i.e., “Shreddin’ the gnar.”
I noticed rad has made a resurgence in the past decade or so
'cause it’s a tubular word, doy. (and for a brief moment, I was a kid in the '80s again)
I think we used gnarly a lot back then too
It later made its way to the ski/snowboard communities, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it came back, i.e., “Shreddin’ the gnar.”