Teen-Speak Translation Thread 2021

[SlightlyJaded]

We haven't had one of these in a while.

I have DC 13 and 15 and we are in a very 'naice' part of London. No matter - they think they are gansta, so I make it my business to try and keep on top of their roadman chat. Some of the ones below have been around for a couple off years and seem to be on the way out but I've tried to include every ridiculous turn of phrase I've heard in the last six months.

PLEASE ADD MORE . We can then collectively become fluent in Teenspeak

Leng: Derivative of ‘Peng’ – same meaning of really attractive/nice/fit

Say Less Understood / Great – you don’t need to say another word. I get it and it’s good.

Drip: Money/Flash/Rich/Expensive. Your trainers are Drip! Check my Drip

Peak: Still very much in evidence – meaning rubbish/awful. Bare Peak is REALLY rubbish.

Lit: On it’s way out I think, but meaning ‘banging/good’. The party was Lit

G-Dot – to do something stupid – esp whilst drunk or high

Link: To get with someone of the opposite sex but not be officially boyfriend/girlfriend ‘Nah blud, we’re just linking” or on social media "Link me!" to someone you like.

Ends: Local area. “Come to my Ends”

Wavey: Drunk or high on drugs

Reh teh teh Blah blah blah or etc

Dench: Derivative of Hench. To describe someone who is bulked out or muscly from gym/training

Piff: On it’s way out I think but to describe someone who is attractive. Gal was a piff ting.

Clapped: Still very much in use to describe something ugly or un-attractive.

Thirsty: Used to describe someone who is desperate for attention

Rents: Parents

Next man Someone irrelevant – said with derision

G/My G Still very much in use. Shortening of the word Gangster. Often used my middle class white kids (as is most of this to be fair)

Lad: Well liked male. A comment saying ‘Lad’ under a post on social media would be a compliment suggesting the male in the photo is popular and well liked.

Motive: A meeting of lots of people/gathering/party

Gath: More informal/smaller gathering of people to get high /drunk

Free Yard Empty House. ‘Come my ends, I got a free yard’

Beef: Ongoing argument. “They’ve been in beef for ages” or "I don't have beef with you"

Finesse: To steal or take advantage. Can be applied to a person. “She finessed my boyfriend”

Ping: To take ecstasy

Bait: VARIOUS MEANINGS 1.to expose someone/reveal a secret/snitch

1. To be clumsy or stupid. “Don’t be bait, my dad will hear us”
2. When something is a bit naff or a cliché. “He’s so bait dressed in head to toe North Face”

Gassed: Still in use to mean happy or excited

Air: Ignore - especially on social. "He's airing me"

Flipping: Selling or dealing anything

Trapping: Selling Drugs. See also ‘Trap House’ – the place where you can buy drugs

Jarring: Annoying

Deep: Serious. Grave. To overthink or be unkind to someone. ‘Don’t deep it, she is ok”. "Don't deep it" meaning - it's not serious

Calm: Nice, relaxed good. Also can be used to describe the state of a friendship or relationship “Don’t worry, we’re calm”.

Allow it On it’s way out but means ‘stop it/let it go’

In the North East with DC 18 and 17 - never heard any of these?! Maybe there's a Geordie version

@Jakadaal

In the North East with DC 18 and 17 - never heard any of these?! Maybe there's a Geordie version

I'd love to hear some! I am fascinated by slang and how language evolves.

me too, ask them for us. I think we only hear London/SouthEast round here. I have a friend with teens in Manchester, I'll ask her too.

Have we had Pog yet? Meaning good (I think)

Is this the language that the youth down south speak with a strange (fake) accent? I'm sure people know the accent I mean, seems so strange when you see white kids speaking like that, why do they do it? I'm sure their parents don't speak like that.

@skippy67 I agree that it isn't new and it's seen as a new 'thing' when white kids adopt it and that is kind of what makes me roll my eyes about my DC. They pick it up from school friends, social media and music.

Amused to see that "allow" is still on the list, that was popular when I was at school! (~15 years ago)

'Spittin facts' said as an affirmation of absolute truth, agreement as in "You is spittin facts fam."

Dd told me this one the other day, she is very kindly helping me build my vocabulary. Love this one and try to use it as much as possible.

Deng. Ugly I think? They are not peng they are deng.

Love this! Love employing it when speaking to my teens making them want to curl up and die from embarrassment.

Also "you is chatting bare shit". Talking rubbish? I used to teach and I was forever being accused of giving my kids "bare" work innit. Haha!

I remember a few years ago the expression 'road man' having to be explained to me. I assume neither of my DC were 'road men' it didn't seem to be a thing you would want to be.

Yes to 'pog' too and it's derivatives 'poggers' and 'poggies', all meaning good.

Edward yes it is. I must admit my eyes roll a bit when any of them (white/blank/asian) say "mad ting" with ting for thing like they've just landed from Jamaica. Sounds weird to us when white people speak "like black people" but in some ways I feel like it's better for language not to be ghettoised and like the fact that they don't see any difference? I certainly don't see or hear much racism in this age group.

Yes it is almost like a hybrid of cockney and Jamaican and something else I can't put my finger on, it just sounds really odd to hear it!

Also "stan" e.g. we stan (insert social media person I've never ever heard of here) meaning we really love and support them and think they are brilliant. I keep asking if they 'stan' their lovely Mum but they don't?

And simp? I forget what that is though.

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Also "stan" e.g. we stan (insert social media person I've never ever heard of here) meaning we really love and support them and think they are brilliant. I keep asking if they 'stan' their lovely Mum but they don't?

And simp? I forget what that is though.

I think the expression 'stan' is made up of the words 'stalker' and 'fan' so you might be happy that they don't stan you after all!

I think Stan comes from the Eminem song Stan which is about an obsessive fan?

Bare crying - any polite request with which the teenager does not wish to comply.

"Miss bare crying about my coat" translates to "Miss Green has asked me to remove my coat, but I don't want to, so I shall moan about it"

Drives me INSANE at work.

@Grooticle

I think Stan comes from the Eminem song Stan which is about an obsessive fan?

Yes stalker/fan. Not really that desirable.

I honestly don’t know how you take it seriously, we are in Boden/joules country and when I hear the teenagers talking like this it’s just so ridiculous.

Simp - Someone, usually a male, who goes above and beyond to do things in support of the object of their affection (derogatory). Also: Simping, S.I.M.P (Suckers idiolising mediocre pussy).

I dont think most of these have reached a Yorkshire yet.
Mine use
Legit - really or genuinely
Simp (see above)
Soyboy - boy who is woke and/or in touch with his feminine side. I believe this can be faked by a simp
Pick me girls - teen equivalent of the MN “cool wife”
Thic - has a large bottom (I believe this is a good thing)

I wonder how "bare", which means naked, get to mean "much, a lot"? Seems so random.

I do enjoy greeting them when they get home from school with
“Wag wan fam?”

Green - bare crying about my coat - hilarious (though not for you I'm sure)

Are you a teacher? Tell us some more.

Ooh you can be thic, but you can also be thicc with two c’s. More c’s implies more bottom - unsure if this pattern is exponential or not. They tell you if there are more c’s. Are there possibly women who are considered ‘thic’ with 5 c’s??