Teen speak

Yea, and it's also weird cause the word can have a different meaning in different places.
Like you picked the word "tight" which equals "cool".
But I've used it and I've heard it being used with (example) "My parents are so tight lately" or "It's tight that I have to go to the museum"

So I guess in the first example tight would = not very nice, or not giving and the second example tight would = sucks.

These days it can be hard to keep up with the lingo that is consuming our children. A little read over www.urbandictionary.com may help you out.

I have worked in education for a long time and hear some very "interesting" words and contexts. However not all social groups use the same words or have the same meanings.

Slang is slang. Even our use of "cool" is pretty weird if you think about it. An adjective that means something's not hot nor freezing.. meaning that you like something?? :)
People imitate what they hear in rap "music" a lot..

i've only been out of high school a little over five years, but i'm pretty sure emo didn't exist when i graduated. and now it's everywhere. how did i miss a whole new genre?

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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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:rofl:


this thread is great!

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Originally Posted by TekWarren

I have worked in education for a long time and hear some very "interesting" words and contexts. However not all social groups use the same words or have the same meanings.

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i can just imagine the things i said in front of teachers! wow, i feel really bad for my language back then

Yeah.... I'm lost. I tend to use words such as Spiffy, Nifty, or my own accidently made up mistake TWIBBITS....don't ask what I was trying to say, I really don't remember. But the point is, they don't have alternate meanings.

However I have said 'Wicked' 'Sweet' and splendiforous..... o.O

Biancas and beatrices known for w****n Mat****ses LOL. Love tech n9ne.

Bia="bianca"=biat**

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Originally Posted by python.princess

i've only been out of high school a little over five years, but i'm pretty sure emo didn't exist when i graduated. and now it's everywhere. how did i miss a whole new genre?

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I don't know.. Morrissey was around in the 80's! But he would run circles around these screamy 12-year-olds with dyed hair and striped sleeves..