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  • 10-26-2007, 01:41 AM
    Entropy
    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.
  • 10-26-2007, 02:01 AM
    jknudson
    Re: Teen speak
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phat

    Quote:

    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

  • 10-26-2007, 03:05 AM
    Sasquatch Art
    Re: Teen speak
    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)
  • 10-26-2007, 07:10 AM
    Jonny2184
    Re: Teen speak
    A few more generations and I think the english vocabulary is gonna be a lot different then it used too be!
  • 10-26-2007, 09:05 AM
    darkangel
    Re: Teen speak
    This thread gave me a good laugh. :8:
  • 10-26-2007, 10:09 AM
    PythonWallace
    Re: Teen speak
    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.
  • 10-26-2007, 10:12 AM
    Brimstone111888
    Re: Teen speak
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Jonny2184 View Post
    A few more generations and I think the english vocabulary is gonna be a lot different then it used too be!

    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.
  • 10-26-2007, 10:18 AM
    PythonWallace
    Re: Teen speak
    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.
  • 10-26-2007, 10:28 AM
    PythonWallace
    Re: Teen speak
    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?
  • 10-26-2007, 10:31 AM
    darkangel
    Re: Teen speak
    :8::8::8::8::8::8::rofl:
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by PythonWallace View Post
    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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