I’m guessing Gen z adopted “kick back” (verb) and made it “kickback” (noun) based on other comments in this thread? We would not have used it that way in the 90s.
My use of kickback goes back to late 90s / early 00s.
A kickback was more “formalized” than just hanging out, but smaller than a party. Same general premise of there being drinks and food at someone’s house at a certain time and date, but the expectation is that it would be much more chill. Maybe 6-10 people or so, hang out, drink some beers, maybe smoke a bowl, that kind of thing.
Am I too old or too European or too non-native speaker to understand this?
I don’t know what a kickback is in this context. . Pull up means showing up. Doing a solid means a big favor.
It’s mostly 90s slang.
Edit: low-key means subtly
Kickback is like a chill party
As in ‘to kickback and relax’
I like it.
I think kickback is like a small party https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kickback
Gen Z slang.
The only Gen z term in this meme is “lowkey”.
The rest is gen x and millennial 80s/90s slang.
Maybe “kickback” being used this way is Gen z as well but the term “kick back” as in “kick back and relax” is gen x, 80s.
Low key/low-key/lowkey, has been used well before gen z in the same way. It’s definitely gotten more popular though
i used lowkey in the 90s
I’m guessing Gen z adopted “kick back” (verb) and made it “kickback” (noun) based on other comments in this thread? We would not have used it that way in the 90s.
My use of kickback goes back to late 90s / early 00s.
A kickback was more “formalized” than just hanging out, but smaller than a party. Same general premise of there being drinks and food at someone’s house at a certain time and date, but the expectation is that it would be much more chill. Maybe 6-10 people or so, hang out, drink some beers, maybe smoke a bowl, that kind of thing.
I am Gen X, and have never used any of the things in this meme except solid. Iunno where u you ou grew up but that is not Gen X.
That’s a verb, this kickback is a noun, like an event for hanging out at.