My mom and most of the people I've ever met who are older than me are obsessed with how different this generation must be from the other generations who came before us.
They're convinced that somehow we're the most impossible people you will ever meet and we're gonna change the fabric of the country by being too demanding, raising bratty children (since we have no idea what we're doing), and basically corrupt everything that the generations before us have built so lovingly - like trillions of dollars of debt, rape culture, incredibly gendered violence and unnecessary world policing.
So because we're ruining everything else why not just f*ck up the English language while we're at it, as if there was never slang before this. Here are 15 slang* words and what the mean.
1. Turnt*
Drunk, high, eating too much sugar. It just means we're having a good time.
2. Netflix and Chill
What she said.
3. Bae*
It means before anyone else and is used to talk about one's partner.
4. On fleek*
Usually used when talking about eyebrows, it means they look good.
5. Squad*
A group of friends.
6. Whip & Nae Nae
Two dance moves that from a song with the same title by Silento.
7. Instafamous
Someone who has made a name and face for themselves on Instagram.
8. Throwback
Legitimately just something from the past, like "Saved by the Bell."
9. YOLO
You Only Live Once.
10. Drag (her)*
Used when someone steps out of their lane and says something that they either misunderstand, or simply can't comprehend because it is beyond their own experiences, someone else will tell them how wrong they are.
11. Ish*
It's a more polite way to say shit.
12. Dat ass*
It's an inappropriate way to tell someone you think they're attractive.
13. Fam*
Another term for friends.
14. I can't even.
A phrase for when you cannot handle what is going on around you.
15. YAS*
It's something screamed very excitedly to show encouragement.
*this asterisk is because many of these words considered "slang" are actually just words used by people of color that were then appropriated by white people and used without much background knowledge of their etymology. These were often words that were part of the poc vernacular that were colonized for white use.
