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minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 days agoIs this some gen-z vocabulary I’m too old to understand?
minus-squareJayJLeas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-25 days agoI’m a millennial and dibs has been around at least since I was a kid.
minus-squarenightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoI still don’t get the joke. Why would a nurse call dibs on someone else’s infant son?
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agomy guess is the foreskin snip
minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·5 days agoThat’s the joke. A nurse calling dibs on someone else’s son.
minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 days agoI don’t know if Gen Z still uses it, but it’s a common thing in Gen X. “Dibs” is what you say to claim things for yourself , e.g., “I’ve got dibs on the last piece of pizza”.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoOh, I’m a millennial and that’s a new one for me. That said I’m not from an English speaking country
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI don’t think there was much gen-Z vocabulary yet in 2005
minus-squarechunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoVery few gen z could even read in 2005.
Is this some gen-z vocabulary I’m too old to understand?
I’m a millennial and dibs has been around at least since I was a kid.
I still don’t get the joke. Why would a nurse call dibs on someone else’s infant son?
my guess is the foreskin snip
These early SMBCs are rough
That’s the joke. A nurse calling dibs on someone else’s son.
I don’t know if Gen Z still uses it, but it’s a common thing in Gen X. “Dibs” is what you say to claim things for yourself , e.g., “I’ve got dibs on the last piece of pizza”.
Oh, I’m a millennial and that’s a new one for me. That said I’m not from an English speaking country
I don’t think there was much gen-Z vocabulary yet in 2005
Very few gen z could even read in 2005.
What a bonkers fact.