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Posted: 9/9/2014 5:15:19 PM EDT

Girl I went to HS with was complaining about the smelly 'ratchets' at her gym. Apparently she doesn't have an issue with the tools one uses to change a tire at said gym:

No, she's referring to this

What the fuck. This isn't the first time people have changed words to fit their own arbitrary meaning.

I mean, there's slang but this doesn't make any sense.

Posted: 9/9/2014 5:20:48 PM EDT

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Well, great. This is the one new thing I learned on Arfcom today.

Posted: 9/9/2014 5:21:34 PM EDT

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Who said it had to make sense guvna?

Posted: 9/9/2014 5:22:23 PM EDT

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This reminds me of the term "Basic bitch".

Still don't know what it is...nor really care. But I do hear people use it.

Posted: 9/9/2014 5:25:52 PM EDT

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Spelling Bees will be awesome

Little Kid: Ratchet? Can you use it in a sentence please?
Dude with the little card: That bitch is so ratchet!
Little kid:

Posted: 9/9/2014 5:35:45 PM EDT

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Spelling Bees will be awesome

Little Kid: Ratchet? Can you use it in a sentence please?
Dude with the little card: That bitch is so ratchet!
Little kid:

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Just shows how much our nation is declining.

Posted: 9/9/2014 5:43:44 PM EDT

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I'll go out on a limb and say you weren't around for most of the 80s?

Posted: 9/9/2014 5:49:54 PM EDT

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I'll go out on a limb and say you weren't around for most of the 80s?

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Ah Dude. the 80s were so gnarly

Posted: 9/9/2014 5:53:22 PM EDT

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I'll go out on a limb and say you weren't around for most of the 80s?

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Born in '86, as per my user name. So no, I wasn't around for most of it, and barely remember what I know.

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