Young people's slang

[MardyOldGoth]

I'm old and not cool anymore. What words are the young uns using these days and what do they mean? Just purely out of interest.

‘Bare’ means lots of. English teacher of teens. I love it when they teach me new word usage ❤️

Yeet means to throw something - away or very fast!

RIP means “I’m dead” or “feel sorry for me” in a slightly theatrical way - eg. “I have two essays to write this weekend, RIP”

Bare long means too much effort.

I'm glad bare's still there - was current in the early 2000s when I left the UK.

A new one my DD was complaining about - razzing, meaning to praise /admire. Like me, she knows it as US slang for playful/not so playful teasing. This is Melbourne, by the way.

What I like is how my 20s DD is shaking her head in wonderment at the young 'uns.

Ship - meaning you think two people would make a good couple
"They ship together"
" I see a ship developing between a and b"

@echt I would have thought it meant a heavy night out! We used to say we went 'out on the razz' in ye olden days. 'I'm so tired, went razzing last night' would make sense to me!

☆Sudden realisation that it making sense to me, an old fart, is probably entirely the reason it wouldn't be used in this sense!☆

My 5 year old said “yeet” the other day and I had to ask him to explain! He learned it from You Tube.

Relatively recently I heard someone say stan, as a verb, 'I stan that outfit', to mean they're a big fan of it. It comes from the Eminem song, Stan, about the crazy obsessed fan. Couldn't believe they even knew the song, let alone that it had impacted their slang. That's from my younger days! Get off my lawn!

Cap means to lie. As in, “No cap” or “you’re capping”

Leng is taking over peng as a term of…endearment. Think, “She’s it”

Cap/no cap. I hear it but can't figure out what it means.

Flex. To brag. "Weird flex but ok" - that's a weird thing to brag about.

Stan, ship and bare are all years old. Ship started with/became popular due to the x files and that's a fair few years ago.

When you have children who use their own language, it's hard not to pick it up. I caught myself telling one of them they were 'chatting shit' one day and had to laugh.
The thing is.. when you are older it is not cool to 'chat shit' or any other chat for that matter 🙂

Pog is good.

@Bunty55 I am 36 and 'chatting shit' (as an expression!) has formed part of my every day parlance for a long time! Since my teens at least? Perhaps these things are regional and take longer to travel? London.

Calm. "Yeah it's calm" = no worries

"Say nothing" = no worries. But abbreviated to sn (lower case) in text speak, which I would have assumed was a slip of the thumb but DD13 explained it's deeper meaning to me!

I'm fond of 'jarrin' as in "ah Miss, you're jarrin' (jarring or annoying)

Spenny means expensive, or costs a lot.

Reminds me of Jo Brand's rap on Taskmaster 🤣🤣🤣

No cap = no lie😎