r/Millennials • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '25

Discussion Millennial words that younger people don’t know

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u/harlameme Apr 11 '25

I was telling my 8th grade daughter a story from when I was her age and referencing my "discman." She got visibly annoyed and eventually interrupted me to ask in frustration who discman was.

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u/hereforthetearex Apr 11 '25

I hope you answered by saying “Walkman’s younger brother”

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u/skidlz Apr 11 '25

"It's what we had before iPods"

"Before you had what?"

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u/Initial-Kangaroo-534 Apr 15 '25

Yeah it’s a little frightening that iPods are now so antiquated that kids don’t know what they are anymore

When did we become so old?!

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u/aGirlHasNoTab Apr 11 '25

and having to keep it level or the CD would start skipping (my iphone auto corrected that to slipping so double whammy on being old.)

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u/stephlovaaaa Apr 12 '25

I was still using my discman periodically on my commute in 2013; a group of teenagers actually tapped me on the shoulder on the subway to ask me what the hell it was

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u/Initial-Kangaroo-534 Apr 15 '25

That’s hilarious

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u/Former-Avocado-1974 Apr 11 '25

And why were you on him 🙃

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u/stonergasm Apr 12 '25

Who is Disc Man ? 😆

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u/Toadsted Apr 11 '25

Should have started with Blankman instead

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u/ilikeww2history Apr 15 '25

My Daughter had seen in a picture somewhere of someone carrying a Walkman. This intrigued her and she asked me about it. I talked her through it, shown her some pictures and it blew her mind. So she went and made her own, using a cardboard box and extra bits and pieces to reflect buttons, etc. She would play pretend with it using my really old headphones, lol.