Is that Nike Airs & maybe a Casio watch... NICE!
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Mom: You look so stupid!
Also mom when she was younger:
Mom's looking tight.
Come on, dude…
I've never known how to pronounce "JNCO". Is it an acronym or an initialism?
J-N-C-O? Joonko? Janko? Jinso?
Jean-co
I always heard it pronounced as "Jean Co."
…WHAT.
I’ve always pronounced it, and heard it pronounced by every single person ever— “JINKO.” Like, pronouncing it exactly the way it’s written. J’n-KŌ
Were you all alive in the 90s? I mean, like, old enough to be around the age this person in the post was? Or is “JEAN-co” the modern way the kids are saying it?
Well, I was in middle school in the late 90s when these were popular, so I suppose I'm in the demographic. I dunno, the difference between "jean" and "gin" is somewhat subtle when you say it quickly, and I never gave it much thought.
Yeah you are more correct to how the average 7th grader said it in 1997.
I was in 10th grade in '97 but I can confirm that people called them "jinkos" However, in different accents that would be close to "jeancos," though I think anyone who called them that would have been called a poser.
In New England we said gin-ko. Never saw an ad for them though, so have no idea if we were right!
we said gin-ko
Is that G as in gif or gif?
I see what you did there, and I love it. That said, I also grew up in New England... and everyone I knew pronounced it jin-ko.
They must have died out just before I became self aware and started wearing non baby clothes. I've heard the name but never seen them or anyone wearibn them.
She is dumbass...
I can't believe I gave in to wearing these. I didn't even like them, I just didn't want to be the only one in my friend group wearing normal jeans.
I loved having "elephant feet" but I only had one pair of pants that i would cycle in so it was always fun.
They’re truly awful. Never got JNCOs, but grew up during the baggy jeans trend of the 90s and felt pressured in to going along with it. It was nice to become older when the trend reversed and slimmer jeans became the style. Now Gen-Z is saying those look dated, but I’ll never give them up again.
Looking at what young people wear now (at last in Poland) those pants are coming back.
Coming back? It's all kids wear, the looser the better.
Back in my day we wore phat pants
Pretty Hot And Tempting
slaps pants
I can fit so much ecstacy in these bad boys.
Yeah, I was gonna say, aside from the camera quality, I would have believed this to be a recent picture. Wide, baggy clothes seems to be the current trend among many teen groups.
i'm not even young people, and i have been fully rocking super wide-leg jeans this last year. i love them all over again!
Motherfucker needs a matching pair of Airwalk Carrots...
An entire wall of mine was dedicated to their ads from skating and rock magazines
JNCO jeans, a chain wallet, hair spiked with gel, t-shirt that hung down to your knees, and heelies (or soap shoes depending on the date) was what I remember of late 90's/early 2000's fashion in school.
Wow, soap shoes. I heard so much tell of them in 2005 but I'm still to see them in the flesh.
Heelys are timeless. I'm my 30s and I use them to grocery shop faster.
You are a genius!
Sometimes, parents resent their kids for having what they wanted for themselves. In this case, the spirit to say “I am awesome.”
I never wore JNCOs, but I still wear carpenter-style jeans, and I will do so until I die.
They still make UFOs too
Which ones had the kangaroo with the boxing gloves hanging out of the pocket?
I wanted them so bad. My mom just couldn’t afford the good stuff. I’d get hand me downs from my rich cousin from time to time though.
One time my mom found us some awesome looking jeans in the right style. They were called Plugg jeans and they had a big P on the pocket. My brother and I were so excited to finally have big pipe pants and fit in. We got to school and what did the other kids say? “Huht huht! The pants even got a P for poor! Huht huht huht!”
Kids are vicious, man.
Badass. Just keep a cycle of slim and relaxed fit pictures and you'll never be out of style.
Guess you're not ready for that mom, but the Fediverse is gonna love it
My son is 15 and loves these jeans so they must be timeless.
These and bell bottoms are making a comeback and I’m too dad-bodied to fit in mine 😭
Pour one out for my KikWear
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