A fork of Rural Dictionary
Regarding a time before you mattered. A time that you were not a part of. You must have at least 5 plus years on to even say this phrase.
Back in the day I didn't even work here because I don't matter and should never say back in the day.
As in yesterday. Ironic usage of an older expression. Making reference to our collective short term memory. The constant churning of events from the present into the bin of discarded Time magazines.
Back in the day there was a future that is now old news.
Used in conversation to recall and discuss to a past memory. Back in the day is only to be used for events twenty years or greater in the past.
Back in the day my mom ate black beauties by the handful
The way an old man tells you to stop whining about shit that people back in their day did differently
Old Man: Back in my day, we didnt have toilet paper, we just wiped our asses with leaves
Young Man: Holy Shit, that must've sucked ass.
Something that Gen Z'ers will most likely say when they're over 60 years old.
Elderly Gen Z'er: Why back in my day... We had memes, social media, Justin Bieber, bottle flipping, dabbing and internet challenges.
Grandson: Honestly, your generation sounds like it sucked ass horribly.
A phrase typically used by old people to criticize younger people or to justify themselves.
Kids today are always on their phones, but back in my day we were only allowed to play with a wooden stick!
The prefix of a phrase uttered by elders and adults describing what it was like to do something in their own past.
Old Man Ulysses: Back in my day, we would look up Webster's Dictionary instead of Urban Dictionary. No biased information there!
Pizza Guy: WAT 0_0
Wordington-Chan: Gee, I didn't know that. Thanks for the enlightment~! ^w^
Old Man Ulysses: You're welcome, lass. Anyways, back in my day, instead of ordering pizza, we made our own on our farms.
Pizza Guy: WAT ):<
Old Man Ulysses: Back in my day...
Pizza Guy: WATEVER (Yeah, I know, nobody used emoticons in their own dialogues.)