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submitted 11 months ago by Lilnino@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

My daughter just showed me a picture that had the words "Jay AF" written on it. I know what "AF" means, but what's the "Jay" mean? She went to a cirque du solil show and wrote it on a pic of some shirtless guys twirling around.

Any help from someone more hip than myself?

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[-] sparky678348@lemm.ee 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Jay is a person, and the picture that was written on invokes the same feeling that this Jay does, the picture is Jay AF.

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

This is most likely the correct answer. Jay Is probably either a classmate she has a crush on, or a celebrity that she she has a crush on.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I'm going to just assume it's Jay Mohr. He's dreamy.

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Why is your comment yellow for me? I'm using the browser.

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Maybe don't use highlighter markers on your monitor?

(But seriously, it's no different color than other comments in this thread for me. Maybe it was a "new" post for you when you wrote that and the rest weren't?)

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 11 months ago

You're probably right. I'll stop coloring on my monitor.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Because it was a new comment then, so it got highlighted. As of Lemmy 0.19.0-rc.5 it's orange. Or yellow. I don't know what it really is.

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago
[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

i would guess theres a boy at her school who fits into that picture for her.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Jay is more than likely a person, because I don't think the kids are trying to bring back the old slang "jay" which was a somewhat derogatory term meaning "rube" given the context here.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

TIL the word rube

[-] Davel23@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

a somewhat derogatory term meaning “rube”

Also where the term "jaywalking" comes from.

[-] thatsthespirit@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

My wild guess: “Jay” stands for “Jordans”, that is, a pair of shoes which are deemed to be very cool by most kids.

So, “Jay AF” could mean “cool as fuck”.

[-] argentcorvid@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago
[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Are you trying to jaslight me?

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

You must be goking.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's "jif" not "gif"

[-] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I won't blame them for that!

[-] radix@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Never heard it myself, but Urban Dictionary says it's an actually amazing person.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jay

[-] B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 11 months ago

Whenever you look up names on urban dictionary you have to remember it's mostly middle schoolers trying to boost their own ego or signal to others that they're hot

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Doesn't it say that about every name?

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Sometimes you see one written by someone who hates a person with that name.

[-] felixwhynot@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

Jay, obviously, is a person who isn’t from the city — hence the term, Jaywalking! JK, but that is a real thing. It’s probably not the real answer here.

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de -1 points 11 months ago

Cirque du soleil*

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