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[AlexMogil]

You so clank

 

[TheClimaxan]

where the ratchets at, tell me where the ratchets, hut one hut two I'm the quarterback.

Ratchet = Slutty trap girl

 

[Slayven]

Ratchet is hard to define, you just know what it is in your soul. Like Struggle.

 

[Horseticuffs]

I can't wait till words sound utterly hilarious to us in our grandkids generation.

Yo that shit is shazbot.

Dude, shit is hella shazbot. Be all spinfusin' an' shit.

 

[Jackben]

Traditional Amerca is dying. This is just another symptom of the sickness that Obama has allowed to fester in our once great nation.

 

[lethial]

WWWWWWWOOOOOOORRRRRRRRLLLLLLDDDDDDDSSSSSSSTTTTAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR

 

[Mysterious]

-repeatedly use ludicrous terms such as "YOLO", "swag", "boost", "beaking", "doe", "really", "naw", "actually", "twerk", "coaster", "dagga", etc., to make a valid statement when they speak

Now I guess I need to look up all the bolded.

I'm 18 and don't know any of the bolded except "doe".

Spoiler

I actually use doe and ratchet in real life. I'm part of the problem.

 

[Slayven]

Traditional Amerca is dying. This is just another symptom of the sickness that Obama has allowed to fester in our once great nation.

Don't worry Bob from accounts recieveable will be dropping it around the water cooler soon enough. Like they have done with bling, swag, and etc.

 

[SmartBase]

If I didn't have Urban Dictionary I wouldn't know half the shit people talk about, and I'm not even in America.

 

[Slayer-33]

OP is dripping swagu-desk

HUH

.

?

 

[deejay8595]

It's an automatic turnoff anytime I hear a female say "Rachet". UGHHH!! LOL

 

[AlimNassor]

I'm 23 and I have never in my fucking life heard that term, ever. I think if you actually used that you would get your ass kicked in High School or in College look like a big idiot.

 

[cbox]

This is the first I've heard of this,

Stop the planet, I want off.

 

[Jest Chillin]

Man.. as with all slang, the more you hear it the more you'll understand it's usage. If you don't hear it often enough to "get" it, then don't worry about it.

 

[Jackben]

Chill guys, 'Ratchet' will be the next single released by Justin Timberlake.

Just try and hum loudly for now and when his album drops and then it will be OK to use it.

 

[Nakazato]

This should help OP

 

[JollyWolf]

If it makes you feel any better, I am 20 and have no idea what those words mean.

 

[Conor 419]

Someone use ratchet in a sentence.

 

[Hobbun]

You don’t even have to be old to not recognize slang.

I was only in my early to mid 20’s when I first heard the term of “Da Bomb.”

A co-worker and I got to talking about movies, and it led to Star Wars.

Me: Yeah, I enjoyed that movie a lot.

Co-worker: That movie was ‘da bomb’

Me: What are you talking about, that is one of the highest grossing movies.

Co-Worker looks at me, snickers.

 

[Askani]

I was in my mid to late 20's and one of the white people that had to look up Skeet when Dave said it on Chappell's Show.

It happens.

 

[Indrid Cold1]

Ratchet? Wow that's a really swell word. Radical, even.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

Urban Dictionary is your friend, OP.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ratchet&defid=3515910

It's a fucking socket wrench.
The correct way to use the word "ratchet" would be, "Wow, this ratchet is so useful."
"Damn, she so ratchet-"
"Shut the fuck up, it's a socket wrench."

Good to know.

 

[Kafarabo]

i like to JIZZ on my face!

 

[Pollux]

From my understanding, ratchets are sluts.

Used in a sentence it would be, "I just saw two ratchets giving some jaw in the alley out back." or something to that effect. With "ratchet" being a skank, slut, or derogatory word for female and "jaw" being a blow job.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

The fuck is ratchets? Never heard anyone say that in my life.

 

[dvolovets]

I'm 20 and this is the first time I've heard of this word. Pretty sure I am completely and totally out of touch with modern slang, haha.

 

[Evolved1]

Urban Dictionary is your friend, OP.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ratchet&defid=3515910

from there...

2. Ratchet

It's a fucking socket wrench.
The correct way to use the word "ratchet" would be, "Wow, this ratchet is so useful."

"Damn, she so ratchet-"
"Shut the fuck up, it's a socket wrench."

 

[ReiGun]

Gaf so ratchet.

 

[Onemic]

OP is so damn ratchet

Just think of it as another word for ghetto really.

 

[TheMan]

Is this a regional thing? I've heard that people in New York call each other "slime", but I've never heard anyone around here use that term either.

 

[ArjanN]

All that means is that you're more mature and probably a better person than some teenager spouting random nonsense words to fit it.

Is this a regional thing? I've heard that people in New York call each other "slime", but I've never heard anyone around here use that term either.

The whole point of slang is to be exclusionary. Once a term becomes too mainstream they have to make up something new.

 

[djtiesto]

I start school in a few days, and I'm 32....

I saw some kid with those big raver jeans, like with the belts and chains hanging down from them. I though, man, those were popular when i was a teen.....then I felt old.

But kids still wear those big raver jeans with like a colored stripe down them?

Electronic music is really popular in the US nowadays and we're in full rave-revival mode. Neon is usually the choice of attire for candy ravers nowadays not the huge raver jeans though.

 

[Kusagari]

I've never heard it used outside of rap songs and I know some pretty hood people.

 

[jaxword]

Whenever I try to be cool I epic fail.

 

[Haunted]

Make up your own slang, boschle!

made me laugh.

 

[injurai]

I'm going to #slay anyone that takes Ratchet's name in vein.

 

[Esch]

Someone use ratchet in a sentence.

'did you see that ratchet ass chick? leopard print and half her ass falling out'


lmao this topic reminds me of when white people were like 'wtf does skeet mean'

 

[CountAntonius]

Nobody is too old for The Shins.

 

[Exr]

I had no idea what this meant until a month ago, despite hearing it in Lil B songs.

 

[Sendaquill]

When I first heard someone use "ratchet" like this, I assumed they were mispronouncing "wretched." I wonder if that's how it got started...

 

[The Return of]

Huh really? I've been hearing that slang for the past 5 years. Well, I honestly shouldn't be surprised how many people on gaf doesn't know what that means, but it always confusing on how yall don't know. I guess different communities and all that..

 

[Tobor]

Urban Dictionary is your friend, OP.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ratchet&defid=3515910

Good, the right answer is already there:

Ratchet
It's a fucking socket wrench.
The correct way to use the word "ratchet" would be, "Wow, this ratchet is so useful."

"Damn, she so ratchet-"
"Shut the fuck up, it's a socket wrench."

 

[Grimsen]

Me and my boy and his ratchet were at the movies the other night .I felt like such a wheelie.

 

[Tesseract]

rip this slinky with the einstein pulse me tweeter = stroke my penis

 

[Steamlord]

I'm 20 and I've never heard the word used in this context. I don't get out much, though.

 

[youngwerther]

I'm at that ancient age (23) where I've resigned myself to using English instead of pretending to be an indifferent cool-guy.
I figure someone will appreciate it eventually.

 

[Darth Pinche]

I'm so old , the first thing I thought of when I heard "ratchet" was this...

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[Vulcano's assistant]

Try moving to another country, it will open your eyes about many conceptions of language you have.

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

Don't get all salty about it.

 

[Conor 419]

'did you see that ratchet ass chick? leopard print and half her ass falling out'


lmao this topic reminds me of when white people were like 'wtf does skeet mean'

Uhh, pretty sure anyone who did Eng Lang/Lit could figure it out immediately, I wanted to see whether it tends to be used exclusively to describe women, it looks that way.