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Five Words Girls Say And What They Really Mean

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Five Words Girls Say And What They Really Mean

Ever overhear a group of young adult women and not understand 85 percent of what they’re saying?

Well, if you find yourself losing sleep over your inability to communicate with your peers, rest well, my friend.  After hours of rigorous research (rereading old group messages) I have catalogued the most popular and deceiving phrases and provided translations. I now present a poor man’s Rosetta Stone® of young female colloquialisms.

1. Together. “Compared to last semester, Charlie definitely has his sh*t together.”      

Real Meaning: Yeah, he wakes up with a trash can nearby and might not remember last night, but you should have seen him last semester.     

2.  RT. Girl one: “I’d do weird things for Chipotle, right now.” Girl two: “RT, man, RT.”     

Real meaning: An abbreviation of the Twitter jargon, "retweet." One female might say this to another as a sign of agreement.       

3. PLC. “I ate two bags of MacBites by myself and tried to FaceTime my mom. Last weekend was definitely full of some PLCs.”      

Real meaning: An ironic abbreviation of the phrase “poor life choices.” A girl might use this acronym in reference to a regrettable action.     

4. Great family. “My boyfriend blacks out too much but, like, he comes from such  a great family.”      

Real meaning: His parents got that ca$h monayyyy.     

5. Bye. Girl one: “I know I said I wouldn’t, but I think I’m gonna go talk to Steven.” Girl two: “Literally, bye.”     

Real Meaning: If a friend is about to make a PLC, it's pretty much in the bylaws that a girl has to inform her of her disapproval. An easy way to accomplish this is with the use of “bye,” often associated as a closing remark. When paired with "literally," you know she's serious, as if to say, “you do this, and I’m out.”

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