Generational Slang Debate

Interesting, didn't know this usage is so old. I (non-native) thought that it's some hipster programmer talk.

Sure, it's just a bit of an "old" term that I wasn't sure the young'uns on HN would understand :)

This is one of my "Kids these days..." moments. I've been caught several times mistaking the meaning of this new slang.

Yes my wording was rubbish I should have said "tuned up" in the HN bubble. Quick ctrl-f shows 35 uses in this thread without loading all comments.I did not mean that it was literally invented a short while ago - a few months ago I had to look up what it means though (not native English).

I'm thinking maybe it is no longer as common an expression as I thought, given the people who've mistaken it here.

That was true maybe 5–10 years ago. I’m saying that this term is no longer used today, in 2019. Do you seriously still use it in discussions with your colleagues, on social media, etc.?

I say bing it just to go against the grain. There was a time when people thought twice upon hearing it but now most people inherently understand the phrase which is mildly amusing.

Funny, that sounds like the current use of the word hipster.

I haven't really seen either term used by anyone in an unironic way in a couple years.

Reminds me of back when Twitter was getting popular and everyone realized "twatted" was no longer an appropriate term.