Slang Words That Teens Are Using & What They Mean
Nov 22, 2019 ·
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In a world dominated by meme culture, ever-changing social media platforms, and your ability to cram your thoughts into a 280-character tweet, your grasp of basic slang can make or...
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In a world dominated by meme culture, ever-changing social media platforms, and your ability to cram your thoughts into a 280-character tweet, your grasp of basic slang can make or break your credibility as a functional and supposedly cool human.
Scroll through the comments of any Gen Z influencer's Instagram feed, and you may feel completely out of the loop on what the world is talking about.
Though many of these terms have been around for decades, oftentimes derived from the language of black and queer communities, online spaces have made the spread, appropriation, and evolution of language more rapid than ever before.
Whether you're millennial, Gen X-er, or baby boomer trying to stay up to date, or a Gen Z-er in need of an explanation, here's a list of popular slang terms and the correct way to use them.
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Scroll through the comments of any Gen Z influencer's Instagram feed, and you may feel completely out of the loop on what the world is talking about.
Though many of these terms have been around for decades, oftentimes derived from the language of black and queer communities, online spaces have made the spread, appropriation, and evolution of language more rapid than ever before.
Whether you're millennial, Gen X-er, or baby boomer trying to stay up to date, or a Gen Z-er in need of an explanation, here's a list of popular slang terms and the correct way to use them.
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