Clocked It & Distractions

The new teen phrase is "Clocked It". Dangerous Dave talks about the meaning and how long it really has been around. Plus, being distracted at work, what causes it for different generations.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is deeper in the din with dangerous day. Well,
this has been trendy since last year, so it's not
brand new, and it's also really not brand new. Is
your teenager's favorite new phrase? Clocked it? Google searches for
it are an all time high. It means what you think,
you notice something, you make a mental note. But kids
are using it in a much broader way than parents would.

(00:22):
A TikTok mom explained the difference ways she uses it.
She might say, your nails look nice, clocked it. Or
they might hear some juicy gossip and say, clock that tea. Well,
it's been popular on social media since last year, but
it's trending right now, partly because most kids and parents
have been hearing it since the school years started back off.
The word clocked describes something that you noticed that really

(00:43):
isn't new at all. Miriam Webster said the first usage
was almost a century ago, by the way, in nineteen
twenty nine. Really wow, look at that, I clocked it
deeper in the t You know, everybody gets sidetracked at
work for different reasons. Working from home can be less
to distracting if co workers derail you the most, or
can be more distracting if you get caught up and

(01:05):
dumb stuff like reorganizing your spice rack according to emotional tone.
According to new survey, fifty five percent of people said
they feel more productive at the office than at home.
Top distractors for gen zs are social media, personal notifications,
and major news events like Taylor Swift getting engaged. Millennials
pretty much in the same boat. Top distractors for boomers

(01:26):
colleagues chatting political news, major news events, and for gen
x it's similar, except all generations least distracted by political
news instead the most sidetracked by personal notifications and fatigue,
which makes sense because if you're dealing with stuff like
kids' schedules, I can make that happen. Generally, younger workers
admit to having more distractions than older folks. Yeah, I

(01:47):
get distracted at work sometimes, you know. Social media gets distracting, emails,
salespeople walking into the studio and ooh, look out the window,
a squirrel too. They can for another episode of Deeper
in the Den with Dangerous Dave right here.