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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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Pumpkinsarepurple · 27/09/2020 19:00

Sometimes me and DD converse completely in teen talk and DH is completely clueless Grin it also gets me cool points in the primary school I work in when the kids are talking and I can decode it and answer them back Grin

spiderbride · 27/09/2020 19:15

Afraid you can't do much about this, OP. Teenagers have been using slang ever since "teenager" was a concept and probably before; it's part of the whole ego development/rebelling against former generations/formation of separate adult identity blah blah blah.

I understand it's a well-established tradition for parents of teens to pick up their slang and deliberately misuse it. You know what they say: if you can't beat 'em, mercilessly embarrass them Grin

Few more entries for the glossary:
"baller" - good, awesome.
"dope" - same as above
"please say sike" - "that's terrible and I don't want to believe it, please tell me the last thing you said was a joke"

Beamur · 27/09/2020 19:35

I like 'vibing'

RachealSlurr · 20/10/2020 11:14

My Son says WAP alot and im not sure what it means and if i ask he "yeets" a bottle towards me, what should i do?

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