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People Share The Best Slang Terms Parents Can Use To Embarrass Their Children

People Share The Best Slang Terms Parents Can Use To Embarrass Their Children
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It's really no secret that most children think their parents are super uncool.

Because of course they are.

Parents didn't have lives or dreams of their own before they had children, right? How could they possibly ever have been fun?

That's sarcasm, by the way. Most people grow out of this attitude, and it usually disappears by the time a kid gets through their teenage years, when pretty much anything their parents do turns their faces red with embarrassment.

But suppose you, the parents, wanted to embarrass your kids anyway, say by reviving a slang term or two?

People shared their thoughts after Redditor the-tinman asked the online community,

"What are some slang terms a 50 year old dad can say to his daughter to embarrass her?"
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People Explain Which Things They Find Incredibly Cringeworthy That Others Don't Seem To Mind

People Explain Which Things They Find Incredibly Cringeworthy That Others Don't Seem To Mind

I had to stop watching talent shows years ago because while I got to see some really enjoyable acts—especially singers, of which there are a seemingly endless number—I grew sick and tired of how scripted everything felt.

For one thing, I hate overt sentimentalty because it can ring very false, and that's how I've felt whenever I've had to sit through any sob stories. Everyone has a sob story.

The music swells and immediately we'll hear about someone's cancer diagnosis or the fact they lost their house due to foreclosure or that their father died and that afterward they found bodies in his shed and learned he was a notorious serial killer...

Okay, that last one might have been made up. But my point stands.

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Guy Humiliated After Accidentally Using Sister-In-Law’s Cat Butt Hair Clippers To Trim His Beard

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Woman Claps Back After Colleague Calls Her ‘Princess’ For Washing Her Hands Before She Eats

Woman Claps Back After Colleague Calls Her ‘Princess’ For Washing Her Hands Before She Eats
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Home Cook Furious To Learn Mother-In-Law’s Food ‘Allergies’ Are Actually Just Preferences

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