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Let's go over some new slang expressions added to English in 2023

We are living in a fast-paced world where a ton of newly coined words or slangy expressions are added to the )day-to-day colloquial expressions in English. Want to test yourself to see how ‘slang savvy’ you are? The following sentences have some new expressions added to English this past year or two. Try to fill in the blanks with those expressions.

 


    1.  Are you seriously wearing that tacky shirt to the party, Wes? Hey, try on this oversized sweatshirt that’d zh___________ up your style instantly! (*expression meaning “to jazz up/ improve something”)

 

    2.   That guy might think he got the ______zz, but every single lady at the ice cream social must have thought that he was in the middle of his mid-life crisis. (*expression meaning “charisma/style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romantic partner)

 

 

    3.   Jeff is a _______fluencer whose doggo became the star in the world of social media. (*expression meaning a person who gains a large following on social media by posting entertaining images or videos of their cat, dog, or other pet

 

 

    4.   The arctic blast here in Texas a couple of years ago was one for the book. Such an unimaginable winter disaster was not on our ___________ card. (*expression meaning a list of possible, expected, or likely scenarios)

 

 

    5.   When the huge homemade ice cream Sundae was served, all the kids shouted “Bu_______!!!” (*expression meaning awesome/ tasty/ super)

 

 

    6.   Cory is too naïve to catch the hidden agenda of these politicians’, and that is why his fellow partisans call him a young pad___________. (*expression meaning a youthful, naive, or untrained person)

 

7.   Have you seen this Japanese horror flick? My brother says it’s just m_____ and a waste of time. (*expression meaning lower than average/ boring/    mediocre)

 

8.   This new pair of racing shoes are GOA_____! It just gave me the whole new underfoot experience! (*expression meaning ‘being the Greatest of All Time”)

 

9.   Don’t be such a si_______, bro. She doesn’t deserve your time and money! (*expression meaning an insult for men who are seen as too attentive and submissive to women, especially out of a failed hope of winning some entitled sexual attention or activity from them)

 

    10. We thought things would get better in every way after the pandemic is officially over, but the effect it had on the economy put us in a perma_________. (*expression meaning a long period of great difficulty, confusion, or suffering that seems to have no end)

 

 


Answer Keys  

   1.  zhuzh up 

   2.  rizz

   3.  petfluencer

   4.  bingo card 

   5.  Bussin’

   6.  Padawan

   7.  mid

   8.  GOATED

   9.  simp

   10. permacrisis

 

 

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