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Teen language translation

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ODFOx · 26/09/2020 09:21

My teen uses foul language a lot of the time and although she does it when angry I think that my reaction is making it worse. So I'm trying to ignore the awful words. Now she's switched to using words I have to go and look up in the urban dictionary.

Even when she isn't angry or is being complimentary she's using words I don't recognise.
It would be really helpful to me if parents of other teens could share the popular words and what they mean so that I am not perpetually back-footed.
An example: these peaches are peng. Don't get the value peaches again. These ones are so much better. So Peng is 'better or the best quality'. In relation to peaches: extra delicious.
Or individually wrapped mini cheeses are 'boujie' which although the dictionary tells
me is derogatory and aimed at someone aspiring for a higher class (bourgouisie) is used by DD and her friends to mean 'special and fancy' and thus good.

So, help me out please: what words are your teens using that aren't necessarily obvious that would be useful to know . Thank you!

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Littlefish · 26/09/2020 09:42

Peng can also mean good looking, fanciable, hot. Eg. That boy is peng.

MsEllany · 26/09/2020 10:32

I wouldn’t even look them up. Just start using them back at her in a blatantly incorrect context.

Preferably when in public. Grin

jelly79 · 26/09/2020 10:33

Hahahahaha I used to wind my daughter up saying them in any context. She used to explain them in return

golddustwomen · 26/09/2020 10:37

@MsEllany 100% this!! I remember being a teen and using the word 'dank' to explain how good my moms cheese pie was. She used it a couple of days later and suffice to say I never uttered the word again Grin

FourPlasticRings · 26/09/2020 10:40

Peng has been around since I was a teen!

My offering is yeet. Which apparently means throwing or kicking something in a way that causes it to become airbourne.

Example sentence (as given to me by someone in the know): If I can accidentally yeet it across the room, it's not a proper dog.

Elisheva · 26/09/2020 10:42

Yet means to launch. And apparently broken means really good, apart from when it means broken.

Elisheva · 26/09/2020 10:43

Not yet, yeet - see it’s not a real word.

AlexaShutUp · 26/09/2020 10:44

Haha, my dd doesn't actually talk like this ever, but she has given me a few lessons! There is a bunch of kids (mostly boys, I think) who call themselves roadmen, and they all use this weird teen speak. I find it fascinating and dd thinks it's hilarious so we often have a laugh about it!

Words I remember:

Wagwan - think this is like a greeting or a kind of "what's up/how are you" thing.

Safe apparently means friendly

Mandem is a group of lads in a friendship group.

Peak is used when you or someone else is in an embarrassing/unlucky situation - as far as I can tell, it's usually said when other people are having a bit of a laugh at your misfortune.

Will try to think of some more! Grin

bookmum08 · 26/09/2020 10:46

Mine says "uwu" a lot. I have no frigging idea what it means. If I ask I get "Hmm"

bookmum08 · 26/09/2020 10:48

Oh and "Stan"?
Any clue on that one folks?

Beamur · 26/09/2020 10:50

My DD didn't know all of those but confirmed that boys in her school use 'wagwan'
Simp - someone who is a bit desperate to please, especially a boy who is nice to girls

steppingout · 26/09/2020 10:51

As far as I know, 'stan' is like super fan/really love something

FourPlasticRings · 26/09/2020 10:52

Simp - someone who is a bit desperate to please, especially a boy who is nice to girls

That makes sense. From simpering, I suppose?

Beamur · 26/09/2020 10:52

Uwu is a cutesy thing, can be used ironically to mean a bit cringey - meant to be a verbal version of one of the emojis (closed eyes, w shaped mouth)

FourPlasticRings · 26/09/2020 10:53

Stan is apparently a mixture of stalker and fan:

www.google.com/amp/s/www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3fterm=Stan&amp=true

FTMF30 · 26/09/2020 10:53

@bookmum08

Oh and "Stan"? Any clue on that one folks?
@bookmum08 It means an extreme fan of something to the point of obsession. It's sometimes used in a lighthearted way but can also be as an insult.

It was inspired by Eminem's song - Stan

Beamur · 26/09/2020 10:53

Stan means a big fan. DD knows this but not why! Got to be from the Eminem song.

hilariousnamehere · 26/09/2020 10:55

Stan is to be very much in support of something "I Stan xyz". Was baffled when I first heard it but apparently it's from the Eminem song with the superfan called Stan Hmm

BigSandyBalls2015 · 26/09/2020 10:55

Word

Apparently this means that DD agreed with me 🤷🏼‍♀️.

As in “it’s freezing out there, it’s suddenly got very wintery”

“Word”

hilariousnamehere · 26/09/2020 10:55

Ha, many cross posts!

Beamur · 26/09/2020 10:56

Word has been around for ages.

NekoShiro · 26/09/2020 10:58

Someone mentioned broken means good, I'm gonna assume it was about a videogame as saying a character is broken means that they are too strong, the game developers have 'broken' them, also called OP for over powered

AlexaShutUp · 26/09/2020 10:58

Word for agree is a new one for me!Grin

mediumperiperi · 26/09/2020 10:59

Peak is when something sucks

mediumperiperi · 26/09/2020 11:00

You can offer you sympathy to a sucky situation by agreeing that's peak.

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