Slang
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Some things just keep falling from the sky...like slang words!
Below are some common teen slang words you might hear:
- Dope - Cool or awesome
- Gucci - Good, cool, or going well
- Lit - Amazing, cool, or exciting
- OMG - An abbreviation for "Oh my gosh" or "Oh my God"
- Salty - Bitter, angry, agitated
- Sic/Sick - Cool or sweet
- Snatched - Looks good, perfect, or fashionable; the new "on fleek"
- Fire - Hot, trendy, amazing, or on point (formerly "straight fire")
- TBH - To be honest
- Tea - Gossip, situation, story, or news
- Thirsty - Trying to get attention
- YOLO - "You Only Live Once" (often used ironically)
- Bae - "Before anyone else," babe, or baby is used to describe a romantic partner or good friend
- Basic - Boring, average, or unoriginal
- BF/GF - Boyfriend or girlfriend (used when texting, not in conversation)
- BFF - "Best friends forever"
- Bruh - Bro or dude (all three terms are gender-neutral)
- Cap - Fake or a lie
- Curve - To reject someone romantically (related to "ghosting")
- Emo - Someone who is emotional or a drama queen
- Fam - Group of friends
- Flex - To show off
- A Karen - A disparaging way to describe a petty middle-aged woman, who is rude, especially to people who work in the service industry. (For example, saying, "What a Karen," about someone who returns their drink at a restaurant for not having enough ice.)
- No cap - Totally true or no lie
- Noob/n00b - A person who doesn't know what they're doing or who is bad at something; in other words, a newbie
- Periodt - End of statement emphasizer. For example: “That’s the best ice cream, periodt.”
- Ship - You might "ship" two people together, as in they should be a couple; derived from relationship
- Shook - To be incredibly shocked or shaken up
- Squad - Group of friends that hang out together regularly, used ironically
- Sus - Suspicious, shady, not to be trusted
- Throw shade - To give someone a dirty look
- Tight - In a close relationship or friendship
- Tool - Someone who is stupid, obnoxious, rude, and/or embarrasses themselves, often a jock type
- Crashy - Crazy and trashy, like a trainwreck
- Crunk - Getting high and drunk at the same time, or crazy and drunk
- Hangry - Hungry and angry
- Requestion - Request and a question, or to question again
- Tope - Tight and dope
- 53X - Sex
- CU46 - See you for sex
- Dayger - Party during the day
- Function/Func - Party
- stan - devoted fan to the extreme
- Kick back - Small party
- yeet - to throw or propel vigorously; also, an excited exclamation
- Molly - Ecstasy (MDMA), a dangerous party drug
- Netflix and Chill - Used as a front for inviting someone over to make out (or maybe more)
- Rager - Big party
- Smash - To have casual sex
- Sloshed - To be drunk
- juiced - to be very excited or eager to do something
- The plug - Someone that supplies alcohol/drugs
- Throw down - To throw a party
- Turnt - To be high or drunk (formerly "turnt up")
- X - Ecstasy
- WTTP - Want to trade photos?
- LMIRL - Let's meet in real life
- bail - to leave in a hurry
- ballin' - wealthy lifestyle, making money
- bet - sarcastic no
- cap/capping - tell a lie
- chillin' - spending time with your friends
- drip - extreme coolness, style
- dope - very good, exciting
- fire - excellent, attractive, exciting
- GOAT - the greatest of all time, offers praise
- ether - to embarrass or criticize someone
- jacked - strong, muscled
- lit - exciting, fresh
- queen - positive female role model
- zonked - completely exhausted, very tired
- rona/vid - COVID-19
- rekt - beaten, destroyed, especially in an online game
- shook - upset, shaken up
- simp - people pleaser
- slay - do something well or with confidence
- moss, swag - style, coolness
- tea - truth, especially unexpected or disturbing truth
- trashed - to be very drunk or to completely destroy someone's property
- wack - lame, lousy
Add your new slang word discoveries...