To be fair, I’m much close to the age of the manager in the story than the young person, so I probably don’t have the best grasp on the modern meaning of “cooking.” I just associated it with the phase I already knew.
“Let Russ Cook” was a catchphrase in the NFL a few years ago, talking about Russell Wilson. There’s even a Know Your Meme entry on it which says:
essentially meaning let Russell Wilson be himself and do his thing,
This apparently originated from a 2019 tweet but can be traced back to:
a YouTube fan video set to a Lil B song uploaded on July 14th, 2010. The video is titled, “LIL B BASED COOKING (LET THAT BOY COOK),” and features YouTuber Jordan Collier doing a stirring motion with his hand as he dances to Lil B’s track “Suck My Dick Hoe.”
To be fair, I’m much close to the age of the manager in the story than the young person, so I probably don’t have the best grasp on the modern meaning of “cooking.” I just associated it with the phase I already knew.
TIL
Honestly I’m absolutely no expert either. It’s just slowly been seeping into the vocabulary of a few gamers I watch on YouTube.
I’m open to be corrected if anyone has a clearer definition.
“Let Russ Cook” was a catchphrase in the NFL a few years ago, talking about Russell Wilson. There’s even a Know Your Meme entry on it which says:
This apparently originated from a 2019 tweet but can be traced back to:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/let-russ-cook
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/let-him-cook-let-that-boy-cook