New Teen Slang Words 2021
Dope – It means Cool or awesome.
GOAT – Most common slang word that means Greatest of all time.
Gucci – To express Good or cool.
Lit – It means amazing or cool.
Zooming – Getting Online via Zoom app or software for class
OMG – Expression for something great. An abbreviation for “oh my gosh” or “oh my God”
Salty – It means Bitter.
Sic/Sick – Used to express something Cool.
Snatched – Means Look awesome.
YW – You are Welcome
Boomer – Humorous word used by teen on internet when they call out meeting or chat, like OK Boomer 🙂
SOME COOL AND UNCOOL SLANG
- dude: a mate, man, or guy
- K: okay, but can be used sarcastically, to mean not okay
- salty: to be rude, negative or angry
- savage: to be bitter
- LOL: laugh out loud, but can be used sarcastically, to mean not funny
- extra: you’re trying too hard to be cool
- YOLO: you only live once
- dab, dabbing: Usain Bolt-like dance move
- bae: babe
- sup: what’s up
- queen, or yass queen: showing support for a friend
- basic: too mainstream, not exciting
- shook: to be surprised, or to describe something as unusual
- lit: good, although can be used sarcastically to mean not good
- peng: cool
- eets: sweet
- peak: something bad or good
- yeet: cool
- fam: your group of friends
– What, do you say “A-F” or do you say “Af.”
– “A-F.” – That’s how bad I am!
– Hey, I was a teenager once. – (scoffing) “Once.”
– (FBE) Tyler, can you tell me who you’re with today?
– I am here with my wonderful mother, Tiffany.
– He’s my oldest, so, you know, we’re pretty close.
– This is my amazing Madre, whom I love.
– This is my mom! She’s the best.
– We’re very close.
She knows all the tea, all the drama, all the beef at school.
– (FBE) We brought you guys in today because we wanted the teens
to test their parents to see if they know the meaning
of their favorite slang words. – Okay.
Do you know what a slang word is? – Yes, I know what a slang word is,
but I’ve been out of the circulation for a while,
so I might not know as many as– – He’s not gonna know any of them!
– I work in a school, so I hear some of the kids using,
you know, some of the words.
– I usually don’t say that many slang words around her
because I know she won’t get it.
– My brother, he’s very old-fashioned and uses posh words.
That rubbed off on me, or at least I just want
to impress him, so I usually don’t use slang words.
– I might know some but probably not all of them.
I know he gets mad when I say some slang words
because he thinks I sound really silly–
– That’s why I try to refrain from saying any.
– (FBE) Here is your first slang word. – Oh, this is my word.
I feel like I don’t usually say this around you
because it’s kind of a half bad word.
– I would think it would mean “fart” or something.
– It sounds like a bad word.
Is it? – What do you mean?
We all say this, me and my friends.
– Oh, I know this one.
I use it around friends– – You don’t use it at home.
– When my swearing doesn’t have to be censored.
– Okay, I’ve never heard this one.
I think it’s really funny, though.
– (FBE) Do you know what this means?
– Uh, “deadass” could be “lame.” – You’re completely off.
– No.
– Someone who doesn’t text back?
– Somebody who is a badass?
– It means… uh, like, “for sure”?
– I would say it’s an emphasis on seriously, like,
“Deadass, this is the best meal I’ve ever had.”
– It has the word “ass” in it. How is that good?
– When people say “deadass,” they’re usually clapping,
and they mean “serious,” like, “This is serious.”
“This is deadass… deadass.”
– So that’s what I say next time I want you to do something.
– (FBE) How would you use this in a sentence?
– “I’m deadass serious about it!”
Oh, no! (laughing)
I have no idea. – Good try.
– “Tyler, get out of bed. You’re such a deadass.”
– You’re gonna go home and be like, “Deadass, Mikaela, you’re so annoying.”
– (FBE) Here’s your next word.
– I don’t even want to imagine what that means,
and if I had to guess, it would be a bad word,
so I’m not gonna even go there.
– Well, do you say “A-F” or do you say “Af”?
– “A-F.” – That’s how bad I am!
It stands for something. Do you know what it stands for?
– No.
– Like, on point, kind of like seriously?
– “A-F.” – That’s my word.
– As eff.
He’s said that a couple of times. He’s used that word.
I mean, I guess I should be glad that you’ve used that
instead of the actual word.
– I’m kind of surprised you got it right.
– I know what this is, and if you repeat it, you’re in trouble.
– Okay, yes, mother.
– “As fudge.” –
– I can’t say the F-word. – There you go.
– Is it like that? – Yeah.
– Acronym, right? – Yes.
So you are in the ballpark. It is an acronym.
It means “as [bleep].” – Oh, nice.
– If I’m really tired, I’m like, “I’m tired AF.”
– (FBE) How would you use it in a sentence?
– You guys are really putting me on the spot.
I have no clue how to use these words!
– How would you describe me, and then add “AF” onto the end.
– “She’s sassy AF.”
– There you go! Good job!
I’m proud of you.
– “That is cool AF.” – Nice!
There you go. Yes. She’s learning.
– (FBE) Here’s another. – Oh, okay.
This is my word that I chose, so– – “Bet”?
– These are really good. – Okay, B-E-T.
Well, “bet.”
– Ooh! I like this one. Do you know what it means?
– Like, “I bet you something”?
– “I bet.” Gamble? Never heard that one being used.
– This makes me think of The Network.
– I would say, “You can bet your life on it.”
– This one, I feel like, I say.
– “I bet you’re super cool” or something.
 No?
– Oh, I know this one.
Someone said something and you would reply “bet,”
which means you’re being challenged and you will do it.
– It means “okay” or “I’m down.”
– So it’s just a simple “okay”? – Yeah, pretty much.
– Like a challenge. – It’s like a challenge.
– When people dare you to do something or say, oh, you won’t do this,
people will just say “bet.”
– It also means, “Okay. Yes.”
– “Bet” is not saying “okay.”
I’m serious, Jayka! – Okay.
– Yeah, no, bet. – Oh, my god. Oh, my god.
What have we done?
– (FBE) How would you use that in a sentence?
– “I’m gonna walk out that door. Bet.”
– That was a good delivery, though, too.
– “I bet you don’t know what this is.”
It’s just like when, in the old days, the word “bad” came out
and everybody thought “bad” was good. Now “bet” is okay.
I can live with that.
– (FBE) Here’s another. – “Sus”?
– So this is mine.
I feel like she’s never heard me say this one
just because I also censor myself around her
just because I don’t want her to ask what stuff means.
– (FBE) Do you know this? – I don’t know it.
– I feel like you’ve seen it.
– No idea what that means.
– Substandards?
– Disgust sus? No, I don’t know.
– That was a good guess, actually. – Okay.
– It looks like “suspended.” – You’re kind of in the right direction.
Like, it’s being part of a word.
– “Sus” is… I guess you would say it’s short for “suspicious.”
Someone’s doing something really shady behind your back,
you’d go to your friend and be like, “That is so sus.”
– If you didn’t answer your phone, I’m like, “Why is he being sus?”
You know? – Okay.
– You could say something like, “That guy was a little sus
when he was talking to us. I think he was lying.”
– Just chop it. – This is the problem
with today’s society. – Why? You think we’re lazy?
– Yes, exactly!
When you text, I always tell you text in complete sentences.
Like, this, I wouldn’t know what the heck you’re saying.
– (FBE) How would you use it in a sentence?
– Well, probably like she used it. “That’s really sus”
or something like that.
– “You’re suspect.” – That works.
– How about “those two look sus”? I don’t know.
– I guess.
– I don’t mind you using it. – It’s very appropriate.
– It’s not a big deal.
– (FBE) Here’s another. – “Wildin’.”
– That sounds like the wild, wild west.
– (FBE) What do you think this means?
– You know I say this, too.
– Well, maybe you do but I don’t know what it means.
– I really don’t know.
– Oh, it’s my pick. I picked it.
I use this a lot.
– You’d be like, “Oh, she’s wildin’.” Like she’s going crazy?
– Yeah.
– “Do you want something crazy”?
– “Crazy”? – Yeah, that works.
– “Being wild”? – You got one!
– Yay!
– If someone’s doing something really crazy
or being outlandish, all that sort of stuff,
you’d say, like, “Oh, he’s just wildin’.”
– If somebody takes a scandalous picture or something,
I’d be like, “She’s wildin’.”
I use it a lot in my everyday vocabulary,
so– – Which I am not proud of.
– It doesn’t have a bad word in it, so I am okay if she were to use it.
– (FBE) And how would you use it?
– “Me and my friends are going wildin’ this weekend.”
Hey, I was a teenager once. – (scoffing) “Once.”
– “You’re wildin’.” – She used it in a sentence!
– “They were wildin’ at Coachella.”
– She’s wildin’ all the time, too, so that’s one of her personality–
– When your dad knows that you’re wildin’.
He’s wildin’, too.
He jumped out of a plane. – I am.
Well– – Where do I get it from?
– (FBE) Here’s another. – “Rip”?
– “Rip” or “R-I-P”?
– That’s obvious but it’s gotta be something different.
– (FBE) What do you think this means?
– Well, I would be using it as, you know, “condolences,”
“rest in peace.”
– Is it just what it looks like? “R-I-P”?
– Like “took away from you something”?
– I don’t even know what it means.
– This is my pick. – Yeah.
Yeah, and I’ve actually heard him say this.
“RIP” is just something that’s “over” or “dead” or “no good.”
– Just something bad happened.
People will be like, “Oh, RIP.”
– When I’m texting somebody, “Oh, I got so much homework.”
Then they’ll just type in “RIP” and that’s it.
– Like you’re dead? Like this is too much?
– Yeah, just like somebody else.
– It’s more for funny stuff.
It’s like, “R-I-P, like you got friend zoned.”
– We’re not actually telling someone to “rest in peace.”
We’re just like, “Ugh!”
– Oh, “we wouldn’t want to be in your shoes.”
– Yeah, yeah, yeah.
– (FBE) So how would you use it in a sentence?
– Text me something really long and I’ll just say “RIP.”
– Thanks.
– If someone were to say to you, “I broke my phone.”
You’d be like, “RIP.” – Wow!
– “Anahita, I cannot come over. RIP.” – Oh, yeah!
Yeah, good job! That was actually good, dad.
– “You’re in trouble. You didn’t do your chores.”
– Then use– – “RIP!”
– There you go.
– (FBE) Here is another. – There’s no way.
There is no way you’re gonna get this.
– “Yet”? – (laughing)
– This is mine. I say it all the time,
no matter what. It’s a dead meme, absolutely,
but it’s still fun.
– (FBE) What do you think that means? – I have no clue what that is.
– No idea what that is.
– I’ve heard this but I have no idea what it means.
– Does it mean “yes”?
– Oh, my. – You’ve heard this one.
– Yes! – Yeet!
– My son, he’ll answer the phone and say this.
I’m guessing it means “yeah” or “yes.”
– This one’s really weird because it doesn’t have a specific definition,
I would say, like the others.
You kinda just say it as you’re doing an action.
– It used to be just like “yes.” I don’t know.
That was back when dabbing was cool.
– Doing something just crazy or just weird.
If you just threw something across the room,
you’d be like, “Yeet!”
– I have my wallet. I will throw…
YEET!
See? – Like “really great”?
Like you’re so excited you’re gonna throw stuff?
– I’m sorry. It’s just really weird to explain.
– Really? Is it that weird?
– Because there’s no definition. You just do it.
You just say it. – It’s a feeling?
– People just kinda go “yeet.” – You just yell it out?
– Yeah.
– That’s the only way I’ve heard it used.
I think it’s totally fun. I would do it, to be a total dork.
– Yeah! (laughing)
– (FBE) How would you say it in a sentence?
– Let’s see.
“I just got a raise. Yeet!” –
She’s like a teenager trapped in her body, honestly.
– “The house is clean. Bills are paid. Yeet!”
– (FBE) How do you feel about your mom not knowing this slang,
but now getting it? – I’m never saying it again.
– I’m so sorry. Yeet! Not. (laughing)
– RIP.
– This is good to teach him these words
so that when he hears it, he actually knows.
– This way, I know what she’s talking about,
and I’m not walking into something that I have no clue,
so, yeah, I enjoy learning it.
– Thanks for reading and get tested on slang–
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The Teen Slang Dictionary for Parents
Ever wondered what your teenage brother talks about when his friend comes over are they speaking in English? Well of course they are speaking English but their language just seems to be so different as if they have their language of their own. Now couldn’t understand a word of the conversation could you so I thought it’s time for me to decode what teenagers say and what they actually mean because I’m sure all you parents out there you definitely want to know what conversations they’re having with your friends.
So here in this session today I’m gonna help you with many words that the teenagers talk so what exactly their minds say stay tuned with me, while we have a fun lesson on learning the words that the teenagers love to. Okay here’s the first one that is BABE that’s BAE what it actually means well it’s a short form of before anyone else yes can be substituted in place of babe or baby. It is also used to refer to someone who’s really s*xy. So he’s my babe she’s my babe now if you are having dinner with your best friend and you obviously consider him or her to be like bestest friend like BFF you know best friends forever kind. So how do you use this well you can say that I am hanging out with my baby tonight that’s how teenagers use this word.
Well let’s have a look at another word that the teenagers love to use that’s THOT now what it actually means that’s how it’s pronounced well it’s a short form for that hole over there now it’s used to talk about a person you don’t like or anyone who acts in a way you don’t think it’s good. If you were referring to a girl in your class whom you don’t like she gossips too much and she is too bitchy she’s definitely not liked by many people so you’re gonna say she’s really a thot she just can’t keep her mouth shut so that’s how the teenagers talk.
well here’s the next one throwing shade now when teenagers say that well they actually mean that someone has called them out publicly or put them on blast. If your thirteen-year-old is tired of a teacher calling her out in the class because she then do her homework or she didn’t finish her project on time that she might just say that mrs. Collins threw shade at me just because I couldn’t complete the entire homework or you can say that this girl in my class will she threw shade at me because I didn’t get her stuff that I was supposed to return it to her. Which means that she called her out publicly.
The next one for you that’s YESS that’s like why yes it’s another way of saying yesss except that it’s used when you are over excited about something well it is in fact also used to compliment someone when they look good or if someone has something done really good like you can say that oh my god this pasta yesss it’s just amazing you are killing it girl yesss. So that’s how you use the word yes.
The next one is it’s that a thing it’s kind of a question that teenagers ask when they want to confirm if something is actually happening or not. They want to be up-to-date well because they’re teenagers they are super curious you will hear one of them saying that heard something about Miley getting back with her ex it’s not a thing so probably they are curious they just got to know something and they want to confirm it. It’s that a thing that’s the way they use it.
Oh here’s another interesting one which is fam Jam I was so tied up this weekend with my fam Jam now this is another way of saying family teenagers have a life of their own which is kind of cool but their fam refers to they are mom and dad and siblings. Basically they’re family you know the drill is when you can’t stay over for the night and you say that oh I got a rush back because I’ve got dinner plans with my fam hence it’s basically a shot word for the word family yes family is already a short word but that’s how teenagers are.
They love to use different words here’s the next one for you can I get an Maine or aimin now in English people either pronounce it as aimin or Amin now this phrase is used when a teen thinks that what he said was just awesome. Yes they after all cannot be subtle they want everyone to know that how cool they are so for example your 16 year old will probably say that David’s taking me out for a drive in his dad’s new car the new fancy car. Can I get an almond yes so that’s how they use this so what do we have.
keep enjoying and keep smiling – What are your favorite slang words? – Let us know in the comments.