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Teenage slang - what are they saying at the moment?

114 replies

tamburlaine · 08/06/2005 12:34

what are the funniest/most annoying/most incomprehensible bits of slang your teens are using at the moment?
I'm writing a piece about teenage boys set in the west country, and my experience of teenage boys is based entirely in hackney where everyone tries to talk like a yardie 'n ting you get me.
So I'd be very grateful for any non hackney mums of teenage boys giving me a list of current slang. Cheers.

OP posts:
mumofjust1 · 07/03/2012 22:58

Peng = fit
Fam = good mate
Alie = alright

That's all I've gleaned from dd recently Grin

mumofjust1 · 07/03/2012 22:59

Wasteman = boy not worth bothering with

mumofjust1 · 07/03/2012 23:00

Rank = not nice

mumofjust1 · 07/03/2012 23:01

Don and boss = as in; he's a don - good thing!

mumofjust1 · 07/03/2012 23:04

Skank = slag

enjolraslove · 08/03/2012 21:25

Batch: group of friends - generally boys
Melt: to back away from a fight or you can be a melt if you do that
Give it: to verbally abuse someone
Holding a bang: you are going to get hit

Coconutty · 08/03/2012 21:30

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jbl2312 · 13/03/2012 19:19

hench, gay, innit,whatever, am i bovverd, oh and the text slang is now being spoken things like dw she just jel, iykwim, oh and all this talking like your from Jamaica even though im sure none of them actually know where jamaica is let alone come from there oh and the cu*t word seems to be very popular esp from the girls,

Fizzingwhizby · 13/03/2012 19:38

So jokes-really funny
Proper bad-really good
Sik - good
Hench - muscly boy
Fit -good looking
Dirty - nasty
Sketchy -dodgy
Beeeatch - extremely bitchy

jshibbyr · 15/03/2012 21:51

teens say
yeeeaaaaappppppp (as in the eee is eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee pronounciation)
sweet (again long eee's, means like cool)
what the duck is that (instead of swearing)
meow (hello, or to break the silence)
coolbeans (cool)
burndeded it (burnt it)
gazeaboed (drunk)
shvozzled (drunk)
minger (ugly person)
bus stop w*nkers (erm... ppl stood at bus stops)
CBA (can't be arsed)
i'm having a food baby (eaten too much)
i'm dying (i'm ill)
eeehhh? (what did you say)
i'll think of more in a minute...

bomsback · 16/03/2012 15:57

In my experience they say "epic" and "epic fail" A.LOT and it's reeeeally annoying.

They also call girls "Skets" a lot, I don't really get what it means but I think it is the latest vile slang word for "slag" "slut" etc. Revolting.

Reem

Jel

They also say "I know, right" in agreeance to everything that their friends say.

bomsback · 16/03/2012 15:58

Just saw how old this is Blush

thisisrubbish · 16/03/2012 19:18

Peng (good), bare (lots, very), awks(awkward), peak(bad)

Nodrogetak · 18/03/2012 20:53

DS seems to be saying 'yer Mum' rather randomly and another current (annoying) favourite of his is 'blood' (pronounced 'blaaaaa') which I think is some sort of greeting.

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