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Are there any words or phrases that people use that will make you assume that the speaker is "mature?"?

Asked by jca2 (16262points) March 12th, 2022
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Are there any words or phrases that you hear people say or write, that will make you assume that the person is older?

For me, three words or phrases that I hear people use that give me the impression that they’re older are “tasty,” “and such” and “things of that nature. For example, “cooking beef in a cast iron pan makes it very tasty.” “I’m organizing my papers, books and files and things of that nature.” “This cabinet is for tools and art supplies and such.” Maybe I’m mistaken, but these words and phrases are not things that younger people will say.

How about you? Are there any words or phrases that people use, that give you an indication that they’re older, rather than younger?

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elbanditoroso's avatar

“When I was a lad”

“I dialed the phone”

“I saw that in the newspaper”

“I wrote a letter”

“He faxed me…”

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

“I’m as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.”

chyna's avatar

I have that 8-track.

canidmajor's avatar

Whatever colloquialisms and euphemisms I use.

LadyMarissa's avatar

As nervous as a whore in church on Sunday!!!

ragingloli's avatar

“kids these days”
“get off my lawn”
“I miss the good old days”
“you will understand when you get older”
“political correctness run amok!”
“damn those f****ts”
“fucking n*****s”
“In my day you would be dangling from a tree!”

jca2's avatar

“When I was your age” as in “When I was your age, we didnt have WiFi because we didn’t have computers. We had books or we did crafts or we played outside.” I say this to my daughter’s friends and I tell them it was like Little House on the Prairie. lol

Chestnut's avatar

No, but if they seen like they’re trying to sound smarter by using more big words I’ll assume they’re on the younger side trying to impress an audience.

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

Saying please and thank you.
Using real words instead of text speak or emojis.

LadyMarissa's avatar

My personal favorite for the younger kids is “Back in my day we didn’t have remotes for our TV. We had to actually stand up & walk over to our B&W TV to turn the knob to the channel we wanted to watch. Oh Yes…we only had 3 to watch & they went off air at midnight & didn’t come back on until 7:00am. Oh yes, we had to move the rabbit ears to a specific direction or we’d drop to 1 or 2 channels!!!

ragingloli's avatar

Of course they had remotes. They were called “kids”.

SEKA's avatar

Good one @ragingloli ROFLMAO

smudges's avatar

“Back in the day”
“When I was a kid. . .”

SnipSnip's avatar

Of course. If I tell you a little story that happened to me 57 years ago…..........you can make an assumption about my maturity.

rebbel's avatar

“Listen, kiddo.”
“Here’s a dime, get me a pack of fags.”

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

“Who peed in your cereal?”

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