# Is delta the new gnarly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [May 1, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062 "2008-05-01T23:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![renny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/renny/32/2104_2.png) [@renny](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/renny)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/1 "2008-05-01T23:26:58Z")
OK, maybe I’m slipping. I could swear that I’m hearing people using “delta” in situations where I might have said “gnarly”. Gnarly used to connote smooth fast and loud like a great wave or motorcycle. Any of you hearing delta as in “because I’m so delta” being used for the same sort of slang meaning? Maybe I’d be better off asking for a definition from some of you 18-20’s since that’s the age group I’m hearing this from? And where does it come from? ---
**Author:** ![rohitiyer10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rohitiyer10](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/rohitiyer10)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/2 "2008-05-02T02:22:28Z")
never heard it used like that, lol… ---
**Author:** ![Phya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Phya](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Phya)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/3 "2008-05-02T09:35:58Z")
That..news to me. That is soo delta? Hmm..I must be getting old..doesn’t sound right at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/4 "2008-05-02T16:43:47Z")
I’ve never heard it used that way, and I spend 5 days a week on a college campus. ---
**Author:** ![rohitiyer10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rohitiyer10](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/rohitiyer10)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/5 "2008-05-02T18:51:30Z")
I live on a college campus… And i’m 20… and i’ve never heard that phrase in my life… Maybe those kids were high? ---
**Author:** ![renny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/renny/32/2104_2.png) [@renny](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/renny)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/6 "2008-05-02T18:57:06Z")
Maybe I’m all wet and they’ve been saying something else. I got glasses last year maybe it’s time for a hearing aid? ---
**Author:** ![Bella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bella/32/1738_2.png) [@Bella](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Bella)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/7 "2008-05-02T19:05:34Z")
> [@renny](#): > > Maybe I’m all wet and they’ve been saying something else. _ **I got glasses last year maybe it’s time for a hearing aid?** _ WHAT? 😃 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mark-in-dallas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mark-in-dallas/32/860_2.png) [@mark-in-dallas](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/mark-in-dallas)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/8 "2008-05-02T19:25:22Z")
Or, if they actually are using delta in place of gnarly, maybe it’s time to associate with new people! 😃 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/9 "2008-05-02T21:42:55Z")
The only way I’ve heard “Delta” used is to indicate “changes”.🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Eldros](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/eldros/32/279_2.png) [@Eldros](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Eldros)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/10 "2008-05-03T03:10:50Z")
[sarcasm] If you’ve ever watched black hawk down, then you’ll know that the ‘deltas’ are a group of very very elite fighters. DUH. [/sarcasm] Honestly, I don’t know what us kids are up to nowadays. . . . crazy $H!7 like ‘in da hood’ or ‘wuddup mah bra’. Kids are getting dumber and dumber ☹. I want to cry about it sometimes. I have too many “holy shit, are you serious?!?!?!? Can people really be THAT useless?!?” moments these days. But this is just a generalization, I usually place myself away from those people, but I have having to walk through crowds of them \>\<. ---
**Author:** ![renny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/renny/32/2104_2.png) [@renny](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/renny)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/is-delta-the-new-gnarly/12062/11 "2008-05-03T15:11:46Z")
> [@Eldros](#): > > [sarcasm] > If you’ve ever watched black hawk down, then you’ll know that the ‘deltas’ are a group of very very elite fighters. DUH. > [/sarcasm] I thought of that when I heard it, but it didn’t quite fit the context. Could be though. > [@](#): > > Honestly, I don’t know what us kids are up to nowadays. . . . crazy $H!7 like ‘in da hood’ or ‘wuddup mah bra’. Kids are getting dumber and dumber ☹. I want to cry about it sometimes. I have too many “holy shit, are you serious?!?!?!? Can people really be THAT useless?!?” moments these days. But this is just a generalization, I usually place myself away from those people, but I have having to walk through crowds of them \>\<. Naw kids, are not getting dumber. I wore a chartruese leisure suit to jr prom. 😮