Teen Slang: An A to Z Guide for Parents 2019

TEEN SLANG: An A to Z Guide for Parents 2019 If your child is an avid social media user, you've likely been exposed to the new era of slangs & bizarre terms generated from this popular, online lifestyle. As a parent, this 'Digital Language' can leave us feeling confused and isolated from our kids which is why we've listed all the popular modern slangs to get you up to scratch with what our kids are actually talking about. SLANG DESCRIPTION Awks Embarrassing Вае Baby Bait Acting conspicuously or blatant Bare Loads / A lot Basic Used to describe someone interested in trendy or popular things Bent To go mad at someone. 'My mum went bent at me' Bomb (AF) When something's really hot / trendy Blud Mate / Bro Chang Chill & hang out Clout Being famous or having influence Cray Crazy Cured A word to describe your when you're in a bad mood Curve / Swerve To reject someone Dutty Unattractive Extra Describes something as being over the top/dramatic Fam Close friends Fire When something's really cool / hot / trendy Fit Attractive, of both sexes Ghost / Ghosted Completely Ignoring Someone - usually via text/social media Goals Normally spoken about relationships or people. Someone or something a person admires Grim Something Gross Hench Attractive, of boys Hot Attractive, of both sexes Jokes Funny Left on read When someone reads a message and doesn't reply Leng Very attractive Lit Something really good Low-key A word to describe something/someone you secretly like but probably shouldn't Ming Something Gross Minute / Time When you've been doing something for a while 'it's been a minute' Netflix & Chill To meet under the pretense of watching Netflix/TV together when actually planning to meet for sex Peng Attractive, of both sexes Phat Another word for cool Pie / Pied To reject someone Salty Bitter Savage When somebody says something extremely insulting. It describes a person or a phrase Sick Good Snack A way to desrcibe someone attractive Sound Another word for cool Squad Referring to a / your friendship group Throw Shade To make a passive-aggressive insult at someone Tea When someone spills gossip on someone 'spill the tea' Thirsty Being desperate for something (usually sex) Ting Another word for thing Totes Very ACRONYM DESCRIPTION AF As Fuck BB Baby BC Because FOMO Fear of missing out GD Goddamn GOAT Greatest Of All Time IK I Know IKR I Know, Right ILY I Love You IRL In real life LMAO Laughing my ass off LOL Laugh out loud MF Mother Fucking OG Another word for original OMG Oh My God ROFL Rollin on the floor laughing SHIP When you approve of a relationship/couple SMOL A way to say "small" when describing something cute TBH To be honest TFIF Thanks Fuck It's Friday TGIF Thank God It's Friday THICC Can either describe people that are bigger than others or body parts that are bigger than usual. TTYL Talk To You Later WTF What the Fuck? WUBU2 What you been up to? YOLO You Only Live Once Sources: www.entitymag.com/modern-slang-words/ net Vvouchercodes.couk www.dove.com/uk/dove-self-esteem-project/help-for-parents/family-friends-and-relationships/a-guide-to-understanding-teenage-language.html netsanity.net/teen-slang-parents-guide/ www.urbandictionary.com