Language we use evolves and changes just like
our aging process. Words could become a cliché, outdated expressions, reborn as
a poetic touch, or completely extinct. This week, let us go over some slang
words/ phrases often used by young ones in America today.
1.
yeet: a verb normally
means to throw something away with mad force/
but for teenagers, it's a word without much meaning, which is used to
express sudden excitement or spontaneous behavior. Yeet is one of those
internet famous words that not a lot of people really understand. This is
partially because there are so many meanings for the term, and the meaning
changes depending on the context in which it is used. Notwithstanding, the word
yeet is virtually everywhere.
2.
spill the tea: a
verb meaning to tell an especially juicy bit of gossip
3.
curved: an
adjective meaning to be rejected, particularly in a romantic way.
4.
ratioed: an
adjective meaning that (in context for Instagram) when a user who comments on a
post has a reply to that comment that gets more likes than the original
comment. Any comment is “ratioed” when the likes on a reply to that comment
outnumber it. It is most often used as a stand-alone statement as a humorous
nonsense word. People use it as an added effect whenever they want to elicit a
chuckle from the audience.
5.
Weird flex, but OK: a
phrase 'weird flex but ok' is said when someone proudly boasts or brags about
something that most people would find either awkward, irrelevant or just plain
weird.
6.
on read
(pronounced as /red/ ): When
someone receives one or more text messages from another person but doesn’t
respond, they’re leaving the sender on read. As in, the sender can see that
their texts were read, but there’s no reply
7.
lowkey: used as an adverb ‘kind
of’, ‘sort of’, or ‘slightly’
8.
JOMO: Joy of Missing Out:
You’re enjoying what you’re doing in the here and now and not on social media
broadcasting or seeing what everybody else is doing ó
antonym: FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out
9.
KK: OK, cool. closest to
gotcha or sure in conversation
10. FINSTA:
a secret Instagram account where people post what
they are too afraid to post on the real account or a fake Instagram account
11. Just booling/ boolin’: Just
chillin’ / relaxing
How about putting what you’ve learned in the
right places in these sentences below?
1.
Sean left his ex-girl friend on _________ for
months. He doesn’t really reconnect with her this way.
2.
A: Are you going to Heather’s birthday party?
That’ll be a huge one at a posh hotel. Everyone invited looks so excited!
B: Naah, I’m just
_____________ at home, binge-watching the oldies but goodies K-movies. J___M___!
3.
A: Shocked to hear that Luke broke up with
Jenna!
B:
Holy moly! C’mon, spill the __________ right away!
4.
Pete got __________ when he asked out his
coworker Suzie last weekend.
5.
You might think I sound crazy, but I
_______key wanna head out again for my second run tonight.
6.
Check out Edd’s _____________ where he posts
all his silly selfies! He’s gonna kill himself if his boss finds out about that
account.
7.
You’d better not post anything that you don’t
really understand on your social media. Otherwise, you’ll get seriously
_____________.
8.
A: I can’t believe that my ex-wife got
married to that grumpy old guy! She brags about her new title Mrs. Kingsley.
B:
Weird __________ but OK! I'd say it's a good thing you ____________ her out of your life.
9.
A: I’ll get back to you in an hour.
B:
______.
*Picture Source: https://7esl.com/slang/
Answer Keys
1. read
2. boolin’,
JOMO
3. tea
4. curved
5. lowkey
6. finsta
7. ratioed
8. flex, yeeted
9. KK
