Aibu to disown dd if she responds to one more of my questions with "Nah mate".

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Seriously, teach me to speak roadman so I can embarrass my 14 year old dd

Yes I did watch Korean Billy, it was very funny. So, I should invest in a tracksuit, bubble jacket and cap and sit on the wall next to the busstop with my phone playing stormzy? Maybe I could learn to spit bars? I am 41 BTW and live in a quite naice suburb of Manchester, so nowhere near sarf London.

My favourite word 15yr old DD uses is ‘salty’. It means arsey, or ‘off’ with someone. I love it, use it back at her OP and see if she knows it. You’ll look right down wit da kids. Innit.

Yeah sick fam 😂😂😂

Yep just reply with this, every time, love it!

Some version of Jamaican patois mixed with American 'gangsta' rap.

This is probably already out of date

Thug notes on Wisecrack. Reviews of films and books by a well read gansta. Funny, insightful and very well done

I hate it when mine say 'Whatever'. So I started saying it back. They didn't like it at all. Don't know where that came from. Certainly hasn't been around that long.

Next time she asks for a favour just repeat back “nah blud. You is gassin” and walk off

"Whatevs, fam. Whatevs" say this whilst making a W signal with your hands.

This thread has given me comfort. I have learned that other children say things like “big man ting” and “halal ting” and not just my eldest.

And my youngest Scrommidge. Sighhhhh

my sons messages seem to entirely consist of nah/yeh mate, fairs and emojis. when will they grow out of this?? hes 19 btw

I find it depressing that i know what all of these mean.
Its south London/ grime scene in origin im pretty sure.

I absolutely love variations on language and dialects and such. This could be classed as New London English and is a giant mix of influences from language and dialects that represent the mix of people that live in diverse areas. It is actually recognised as being super important to people ( especially young people) in terms of giving them a sense of belonging within their friendship group. It is totally cringey to us, but to them its a like a badge that declares their team colours. As long as they can code switch between talking to their friends, teachers, authority etc. Its an important skill to learn. But yeah, me and the MR often have teen inspired nonsense arguments as a way of taking the piss out of the kids. We also recreated the trout pout selfies and boyfriend girlfriend poses they posted on social media to show them how cringey it was. Our friends thought it was genius, the kids didnt talk to us for days

Salty is a really old word. Used to be used to describe grumpy sailors.

Is it just me who finds this sort of thing quite cute, given that they will grow out of it in a couple of years? They’re exploring their new teenage identity by using this in-group language. It’s also kind of a ridiculous way of speaking for middle class teenagers, given it’s orgins in the London grim scene. Its so silly it’s adorable!

I once had a series of text messages from DS2 (16) that read:
Yo mum
Where you at homeslice
Man's locked outside innit

Which I translated to "Mother dearest, wherefore art thou as I have forgotten my keys once more?"

My nephew speaks like this hes 15 from memory I think he lives in the same north west town as you ok so do you think it's a local thing?

You op not ok*

I know of one person who, when speaking to her son, would replace 'sick' as in good with vomit:
How was your day? Vomit?
She's well vomit
The mother especially enjoyed doing this to her son's friends....

wherefore means 'why,' not' where.'

Meanwhile, totes! leesh! on fleek! etc make the rounds here too.

I also enjoy reading when my students email me:

"hello miss what hwk do we have and wen was it in for thanks."

What's roadman

I would like to disown ds for 'got it'.

Completely lol'd at "Where you at homeslice".

I don’t think I’d be able to cope with that actually. YANBU!

Sometimes I feel very, very old.

Roadman describes literally a man who’s always on the road. Not in a Chris Rae sense but on the road as in selling drugs/hanging on the corner/outside chicken cottage.

“Jed’s holding blud”

“Yeah he’s a proper roadman”

All these words are a mash up of Jamaican, East London Asian, council estate slang. White black and Asian kids all sound the same. It’s kind of spread out of London through music (grime, rap and hip hop) and now seems to be acceptable for middle class Jonny to use on the way to Grammar school)

Yass Queen is something I keep hearing from the older children around the playground when dropping off the 5 year old - who thankfully is yet to dabble in this nonsense although he has just learnt to 'dab' it's not just the girls either, the boys say it to each other too