Teenage slang translation thread

[ThreeBeeOneGee]

This is what I have learned this evening...

Beast = very good.
Peak = rubbish, unfair.

If anyone can add anything else, please do, in the interests of helping me understand what my son is saying to me.

I only hear it when 15yo dsd is here. Or when the neighbours teens are hanging around out front.

Dh's face was [shocked] when dh asked me what 'beat' meant after looking at dsd fb page

I'm near Carrie. One I haven't read here yet is "on it" - not quite going out, but hooking up regularly.

Surely this doesn't go on up north? My sister lives in London (and works in a primary school) and she has told me some baffling things that get said down there - for example, apparently when children are excited they say "oh my days!"

I don't mix much with teenagers here, but surely I'd have noticed if they started talking like this? Or maybe I wouldn't?

My 20yo sister does say that clothes look "sketty", but not just slutty, kind of tatty or cheap - eg she said a cardigan with a hole in was "sketty" the other day.

Ahh, thanks Avril for explaining FML - its been bugging me for ages and I keep forgetting to ask the DCs!

One I haven't read here yet is "on it" - not quite going out, but hooking up regularly

'On it' just means being into something, or willing to partake...eg boy 1 'Im going Morleys' boy 2...'yh Im on that' = that sounds good, I'll come too.

So relating to a relationship status, that could mean, being rather into a person or keen.

At dd's school, it definitely means something's happening, not just fancying someone :-D

It doesn't have anything to do with relationships though, that is what I am saying!

It is an expression of keeness.

I can tell you're not from London!

AtiaoftheJulii, what you are talking about would be known as 'doin a ting' with someone.

I am from London actually, just don't live there any more.

And are you really suggesting that the local teenagers are using slang incorrectly? Would you like to come and correct them?

Isn't the point that it has a life of its own?

Gosh, I'd almost forgotten what it was like to be patronised by someone over the age of 17.

At my old place of work, the men aged around 20ish would say on it to mean sex eg Did you get on it - Charmers eh?

With the teens I know it means to like something 'do you want come to my free yard? On it'

Did you miss the yellow smiley?

I knew someone would just have to get offended on this lighthearted thread.

But yes I am really suggesting that the local teenagers are using slang incorrectly.

That is half the point of this thread isn't it? all these white MC, or just white teens using slang words of largely Jamaican origin that they don't even understand?

Of course language can mutate, but that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with pointing out their true meaning.

I would have no qualms about correcting them either. Why would I?

I'm not going to correct it when my dds are older. I'm going to ban it.

I can't stop what they do outside but in the house they will speak properly or I won't respond.

They need to understand the difference between speaking with their mates and talking to adults.

How else will they cope in the job market? I don't know how some of the teens round here will cope when it comes to interviews as it seems to be their only way of speaking.

My correcting them was refering to Atias post asking if I'd correct the teens local to her using slang incorrectly.

Thankfully, I don't need to correct my teens, they speak 'proper'

Argh to gash now meaning "girls". It meant vagina in my day.

It also means trash (airline slang). Which is so sad. Because I bet there is a link.

Seymore it's always been used as a general term for women and girls...by utter twats.

carriedawayannie: you can try to ban it, but it's much more effective if you start using it yourself. If I start using a word or phrase, DS1 drops it like a stone. The whole point of young people using slang is to aid cohesion of their peer tribe and to differentiate themselves from the older generation.

He does use (mostly) standard English at home with us, it's just the odd word or phrase that creeps in when he forgets. He is also perfectly capable of speaking and writing in standard English to his teachers and adults outside the family.

Bloody hell, I am living a sheltered life! I have never heard any of these words. Mind you, DS1 is only 5. Maybe I should learn a few so tat I have a head start!

I have to agree with Amber definition of "on it", maybe its a london thing?

The young white MC teens at ds1 schools have taken to using "little more" as a goodbye. They have no idea why. The reason why is because my FIL always said it. So my DH always said it. So my DS says it. Its a jamaican expression but they are all running around saying it. Its quite funny.

I also have I agree with amber re: "on it".

Kids around here use it for agreeing with something eg -

"we should go to that party tonight in clapham"
"Yeah fam, I'm on that"

A lot of older people use "on it" as well....

My boss might say to me "can you get that report done by lunchtime please"

And I'll say "on it!"

Are you drinking tonight?

I'm on it like sonic

Was a common phrase in my yoof

Haha, this thread was on my mind last night and I remembered another one.

Bun dat - forget it/dismiss it/not happening.

Is it really bad that I use the above a lot when my DS asks me if he can have 'xyz' for the umpteenth time.

Someone upthread said the best way to get them to stop using the slang is to use it at them.

So true.

My DS doesn't speak slang (at least not at home) probably because I always get in there first and it's mortifying to him .