Pleated Jeans
Have you ever heard the phrase “fake it ’till you make it?” It basically means that if you want your life to be a certain way or to be a certain kind of person, you should pretend until it becomes real. Theoretically, if we do something over and over it becomes our reality, even if it doesn’t start as true. It’s kind of an inspirational idea actually. Reality is ours to mold to our liking!
This is like that, but terrible.
Twitter user @THerwees asked people what they started saying as “a bit” and then adopted as a normal part of their everyday language.
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of a bit, it basically means a joke. A word you started using ironically, repeating a common phrase from someone you were imitating or making fun of, or doing a character. It was all a joke until it wasn’t.
https://twitter.com/THerwees/status/1161693822943809536
It turns out a lot of people have fallen into this trap. You might think you’re mocking someone else, but then, one day, you’ve altered your reality. Now you’re the joke. Read below for the classic bit-traps and be careful out there, homies.
1.
Calling everyone “homie”
— Goy Division/Jew Order (@ben_geier) August 14, 2019
2.
unfortunately ‘bruh’ and ‘yeet’
— Helen Holmes (@helenbholmes) August 14, 2019
3.
“Moving and grooving” for how things are going
— GABY 🏳️🌈 (@gabydunn) August 14, 2019
4.
Saying “let’s boogie” when it’s time to leave a place 🙁
— Gabriella Paiella (@GMPaiella) August 14, 2019
5.
I started saying “believe you me” instead of “believe me” in high school bc I thought it sounded posh and it wound up sticking. That was 25 years ago.
— Hani Omar Khalil 🐊🐊🐊 (@demoncelery) August 14, 2019
6.
hella, gnarly, jah feel
— swizz keats (@iluvbutts247) August 14, 2019
7.
I say ‘question mark’ instead if idk and it was first to get away from me saying ‘No, I don’t know’ at work all the time when ppl asked me dumb shit but that was years ago…
— Elisa Vazquez (@ElisaLVazquez) August 14, 2019
8.
Began ironically saying “love that journey for you” but now I’ve lost control of it & just speak like a mix between Alexis + Moira Rose at all times, help me, it is a disease & it has spread, I am loving this journey no longer, I am in fact now absolutely bedeviled by it pic.twitter.com/UxhFVdtRSR
— Xena Zeit-Geist (@XenaZeitgeist) August 15, 2019
9.
Calling people “boo”
— Novena Carmel (@NovenaCarmel) August 14, 2019
10.
totes magotes (no questions pls)
— Ｊｅｓｓｅ Ｈｉｒｓｃｈ (@Jesse_Hirsch) August 14, 2019
11.
“I love this for you” (because of YOU)
— Sarah Hagi (@geekylonglegs) August 14, 2019
12.
The Google. The Costco.
dear lord
— Colonel Mustardayonnaise (@seetothebell) August 14, 2019
13.
Also saying, “heard of it” after someone mentions something that literally everyone has heard of
— Timothée T’Chalamet (@GifGordon) August 14, 2019
14.
I now say God Bless it instead of God Damn it. I am Ned Flanders.
— Ryan Mason (@qdobagoodingjr) August 14, 2019
15.
I replaced “god damn it” with “merciful heavens” which might been a lateral move
— Cris (without an H) (@ambignostic) August 14, 2019
16.
Responding w/ the phrase “Huge, if true.” anytime someone tells me something.
— Sam Evans (@ReallySamEvans) August 14, 2019
17.
referring to younger people as “the teens” or “the youths”
— Mahdia Lynn (@MahdiaLynn) August 14, 2019
18.
I say “yutes” all the time. I also say “the Twitter” and “the Facebook.” Ten years ago, I referred to the decade as The Aughts, and would say things like “back in Aught-Six I moved to California.” I miss the Aughts.
— Ayanna Gaines (@PopCulLibrn) August 15, 2019
19.
I used to mimick my mother for referring to everything and everyone as “headache” and then I became an adult
— Ivie Ani (@ivieani) August 14, 2019
20.
My entire personality is a bit that went too far.
— Iron Ma (@thecommonraven) August 14, 2019
21.
“That’s wild” – to mock the response from all the corporate dudes i met while job interviewing when i told them i was from Sudan but had no idea how to respond. now i say it when i have nothing else to say during a convo 😭😭
— Mohamed 🏁 (@MoeTheSudani) August 14, 2019
22.
When people say “am” instead of “I am.” I would say it mockingly but now I’m like AM NAPPING! AM CRYING. AM NO LONGER SAYING THIS IRONICALLY 😓
— DeAnna (@DeAnnurrr) August 14, 2019
23.
“Fam.” Definitely fam. I wanna stop but it’s ingrained
— the drake gatsby 💾 (@DrakeGatsby) August 15, 2019
24.
i used to say “lol” ironically while speaking after I heard two girls saying it out loud, then i started hearing it coming from my mouth while talking in public 😩😩😩
— Armin. (@ayesha_armin) August 15, 2019
25.
Every time I look at a restaurant check I mutter “outrageous; I won’t pay it” and then proceed to pay the bill.
— Jordan A. (@Atchesonian) August 15, 2019
26.
“like an NBC prime time soap, This Is Us” when the train gets to the stop
— meaning machine (@EricThurm) August 14, 2019
27.
Saying “later, nerds” when I leave a room
— Nick Barrett (@partyballoon_) August 15, 2019
28.
I started doing the shaka as a joke months ago and now I do it reflexively and often pic.twitter.com/cLduoxg0a0
— Hallie Bateman (@hallithbates) August 14, 2019
29.
My late father used to say “Let’s shed some light on the subject” every time he turned on a lamp and now I can’t stop saying it.
— Juantanamo bae (@sisyphusmyths) August 14, 2019
30.
“lmao” pronounced l’mayo
— Rachel Nussbaum (@rnussbaum11) August 14, 2019
31.
hate to say it but i say “zoinks” under my breath every time i’m faces with a minor inconvenience
also i know this isn’t something you say, but i’ve been unironically dabbing and whipping when i’m happy about something and i can’t stop
— sarah heikkinen (@sar_heikkinen) August 14, 2019
32.
Saying jabroni
— muna mire (@Muna_Mire) August 14, 2019
33.
my siblings and i started jokingly saying “lol” (like, el oh el) out loud years ago and…now i can’t stop
— Aysha Khan (@ayshabkhan) August 14, 2019
34.
• yew / yeet while throwing a shaka
• pronouncing surprise in French
• fire / flames
• gorgina instead of gorgeous
• traffique instead of traffic
• I hate how much I use tight
• bruhMost recently I’ve started saying ‘ello and I truly don’t know who I am anymore.
— Kim Jimenez 🇩🇴 (@kimjimenez) August 14, 2019
35.
weird flex but ok
— Farah Erzouki (@farah_erzouki) August 14, 2019
36.
referring to my cat exclusively as “my dear friend”
— Jessica Sullivan (@Jessica731) August 14, 2019
37.
This whole post has strong dorky dad energy. Also, saying something has “___ energy” is mine.
— Quinn (@quotidianquinn) August 14, 2019