Teen speak

I'm only 26 and some of the words today totally throw me. Sick for instance as I've seen it in use on a few threads here. When did sick = cool? I'm just as lost as when phat = cool... The life of a country girl, so out of the loop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phat

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sick
adjective

"cool" or "awesome."
That movie was sick!
Submitted by Kip Walker, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov 03 1997; Emily Marcroft, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

Link to this word. Related words: cool, dope, awesome, fun, good

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I am 17 and yes I do hear a lot of people use words like such, but I never have. They sound wrong to me. (Not saying they ARE wrong)

I do say "sweet" but that word makes sense to me.

Other "new" (They may not be new but I have been hearing them a lot lately)words I hear are : Hardcore, uber, crack, dunzo (Those are the only ones I can think of as of right now but I know I missed many)

A few more generations and I think the english vocabulary is gonna be a lot different then it used too be!

This thread gave me a good laugh. :8:

Yeah, urban slang is dope :rolleye2: What I don't understand is how cool, cold and hot all mean the same thing now days.

Slow down, punk.

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Originally Posted by Jonny2184

A few more generations and I think the english vocabulary is gonna be a lot different then it used too be!

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Of course, look at how people used to talk in the 1600's. If you read anything from that period, you have to reread it a few times to even get a grasp of what they are talking about. Shakespeare for example.

There are a lot of Ebonics down here. The ones you listed aren't even used anymore :P. A lot of the words are just super shortened forms, kinda of a verbal short hand.

Cuh = Cuz = Cousin which is kind of used like the word Bro. Endearing term.

Tight = cool

There are millions more that make no sense.

The best was when Dave Chapelle did that interview with an old white guy and just started making up words and phrases that sounded like it could be slang, but had absolutely no meaning.

Some of my favorites:

I finna/I finsta = I am going to; I am about to
get yo (noun) on - example: get yo grind on
long O = 'or - open tha do; got down on tha flo

I finsta get my grind on. Bia, you finna get low to tha flo?
I am about to go dance. Would you care to join me, miss?

:8::8::8::8::8::8::rofl:

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

Some of my favorites:

I finna/I finsta = I am going to; I am about to
get yo (noun) on - example: get yo grind on
long O = 'or - open tha do; got down on tha flo

I finsta get my grind on. Bia, you finna get low to tha flo?
I am about to go dance. Would you care to join me, miss?

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