There are a lot of slang or words I don't use because quite honestly they don't sound like me whatsoever. Here are the words as I know them and a few reasons why I don't always use trendy words. Not everyone is, "lit," "with it," or "woke" without it sounding forced.
When it comes to slang, you are more likely to hear me use classics like "dude," "awesome," or "cool." I'm glad keeping up with clang changes isn't really all to necessary seeing as many words go in and out of style while others die out altogether. Honestly though there are times where it seems like nobody is speaking English anymore. At times, sometimes they really aren't. About 50% of the time our slang is borrowed from other languages or adaptations of terms used to reference the same thing.
"Fleek" Or "On Fleek"
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This phrase seems to be going out of style anyways but it means looking real good, similar to "on point."
"Deada**"
Similar phrases include, "for real," "actually," "honestly."
"Yeet"
Girl drinking out of water bottle
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The act of being thrown. Common phrase "This bottle empty YEET" as the bottle is being thrown.
"Shooketh"
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Shocked. I have been known to use "shook" but I prefer to stay away from the "shooketh" form.
"Cray" Or "Cray-Cray"
Suspended chairs
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Crazy. It makes more sense to me to use crazy.
"Savage"
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I feel like this one is just past its prime in general but this word also has a variety of meanings from "petty" to "extreme."
"Fam"
Family pic nic
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Close friends or famiy. I normally greet my friends with "hey everybody" or their name.
"Bae"
Looking Away
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Before anyone else. I think this one has been on its way out since it first started being used. Some hate it, some love it, I on the other hand don't have a preference because I have never and will never use it to describe a significant other.
"Woke"
Person in sunglasses
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It means that somebody is in the know. When it comes to slang... I am definitely not "woke."
"Yasss" Or "Yaaaas"
Woman, Dress, Female
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Yes. I'm will always just say yes, why change it to an 'A' instead of an 'e'?
"Okurrr"
Concert
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This one apparently changes meanings based on the tone and or the amount of 'O's 'R's or 'U's. Sometimes there is even a 'T'. The pronunciation to my understanding was popularized by Cardi B.
Many people are surprised that there are languages where there are more 100 ways to say snow. We have more than that many ways to say agree, especially if you count the fact that there are an infinite amount of possibilities to format "okurrr" and "yaaas".
