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cbreezen

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34. lol!

Reply to HeartachesNhangovers (Reply #24)

Sun Feb 26, 2017, 08:57 PM

Feb 2017

You've been around DU too long if the phrases you hear today no longer mean they used to!

My sympathies. I suffer the same fate.

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I'm an older gal of 51, so forgive my age, but, [View all] cbreezen Feb 2017 OP

Ummmmmmmmmm....... DFW Feb 2017 #1

I have shoes older than you both. tavernier Feb 2017 #2

Hey! DFW Feb 2017 #8

My cat needs cbreezen Feb 2017 #13

Cats often have prostrate issues, though: Ken Burch Feb 2017 #21

Awwwww! bravenak Feb 2017 #27

I figured that would get noticed sooner or later n/t DFW Feb 2017 #35

lol! cbreezen Feb 2017 #11

Lolz Hekate Feb 2017 #17

I got you by a year! (And I don't know what it means, either.) 11 Bravo Feb 2017 #30

basically means "modify how you talk depending on the audience" 0rganism Feb 2017 #3

Completely, get that! cbreezen Feb 2017 #15

is this what you're looking for? unblock Feb 2017 #4

Y once upon a time, one little mariposita Xipe Totec Feb 2017 #6

i casi understood eso! unblock Feb 2017 #10

Since I live in a multi-lingual household DFW Feb 2017 #7

Oh, no! cbreezen Feb 2017 #22

Welcome to DU!! ailsagirl Feb 2017 #5

Thanks! cbreezen Feb 2017 #9

See, right there, you're code sharing! babylonsister Feb 2017 #23

Nice to be back! cbreezen Feb 2017 #25

Technically communicating in another dialogue uponit7771 Feb 2017 #12

I enjoy communicating with others, cbreezen Feb 2017 #28

This is code switching: samir.g Feb 2017 #14

Excellent example! Thanks for sharing! Nitram Feb 2017 #16

Too, too funny... cbreezen Feb 2017 #18

:) janterry Feb 2017 #20

Welcome to DU, where we trend older than some places. DU started in 2001.... Hekate Feb 2017 #19

You don't need to apologize for your age. HeartachesNhangovers Feb 2017 #24

lol! cbreezen Feb 2017 #34

Pfft. "Older"? I have shoes older than you. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #26

In language use code-switching means to use different styles of language for tblue37 Feb 2017 #29

I get it... cbreezen Feb 2017 #33

re: I'm an older gal of 51, so forgive my age, but, ps : allano1bear is a58. waives AllaN01Bear Feb 2017 #31

No Sunday afternoon headaches, please??? cbreezen Feb 2017 #32