What Are They Talking About?

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What Are They Talking About?
50 Words That Kids Think You Don’t Know
By Betsy Towner
From AARP Bulletin (Oct. 2008)


Crackberry: Nickname for a Blackberry, the addictive phone, e-mail device and general digital gadget.

Google: To use a search engine, especially Google.

Vlog: A Web log of video entries.

Webisode: A video short produced specifically for Internet viewing.

Wikidemia: A term paper that was researched entirely on Wikipedia.org.

BFF: Best friends forever.

IDK: I don’t know.

LOL: Laughing out loud.

OMG: Oh my God!

ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing.

TMI: Too much information.

Bling: Sparkly jewelry, often gaudy.

Tatted out: Covered in tattoos.

Tramp stamp: A tattoo on a woman’s lower back, designed for viewing between low-riding jeans and short T-shirts.

Scooby doos: Good shoes. (this one is my fav.Tammy)

Soul patch: A small tuft of beard under a male’s lower lip, usually with the rest of the face clean-shaven.

Baby mamma: The mother of one’s children, usually not a spouse.

Boo: Boyfriend or girlfriend.

Cougar: An older woman who dates younger men.

Cupcaking: Engaging in a public display of affection.

Flirtationship: A prolonged flirtation with an acquaintance, not involving physical contact.

Brodown: Boy’s night out.

Bromance: A close but nonsexual relationship between two men.

Frenemy: A friend-enemy; someone close to you who often hurts your feelings or competes.

Noob: A newcomer, especially one in online gaming.

Peeps: People; one’s closest friends or family.

Crunk: A hip-hop genre.

Disco nap: A short nap before a night out clubbing.

Emo: A softcore punk genre and its subculture of angsty teen fans.

Mash up: To take elements of existing pieces of music, usually of different genres, and combine them in a new song; also the resulting song.

Check vitals: To monitor one’s e-mail, cellphone, voice mail and other electronics.

Floss: To show off your wealth, often in a car.

Friend: To add as a contact on a social networking website.

Jump the shark: To have peaked and now be on a downward slide. (I just happened to have heard on the radio how this saying came about. Apparently in an episode of Happy Days Fonzi was water-skiing in his leather jacket, of course, when he jumped over a shark. That episode was the beginning of the end of Happy Days tv show.Tammy)

Rock: To manifest greatness.

Talk smack: To speak negatively or belittle a person, often in the heat of competition.

Fo’shizzle: Certainly. (now I know what Kyle Busch is saying. Whippersnappers at hotels.com use to say this too and I didn't know what it meant. Tammy)

Obvi: Obviously.

Totes: Totally.

The bomb: An ultimate favorite. (I've heard this as Da' Bomb. Tammy)

Off the chain: The bomb.

Ridonkulous: Beyond ridiculous.

Sick: Extremely cool.

Tight: Fantastic.

Wack: Unjustifiable.

Chav: Derogatory term for a working-class young.

Nutter: A crazy person.

Snog: To kiss. (I think this is British slang.Tammy)

T5: Disorganization, like the infamous new Terminal Five at Heathrow Airport.

Badonkadonk: An attractive derriere.