Teach Me Teen Lingo

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard my kids use mid and cap but no idea their intended meanings

Cap means you are lying

Mid is decent not great

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mid

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Ice cold ❄️ is same a fire 🔥

Usually taking about a sport play

What cooler than cool…. Ice cold

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Anonymous wrote:I'm aware of no cap, but I can't figure out how to use it

Not lying

No cap, you guys are so old.

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Anonymous wrote:A Simp- is someone who does way too much for someone they like (we might have said “whipped” years ago). Bussin- means really good. Pressed means really irritated, often used in the negative “I’m not pressed about it.”

SIMP is an abbreviation that's a little profane, but my kids don't know, and I'm not telling them.

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Anonymous wrote:“Blow me” doesn’t mean inviting someone to blow. More of an insult.

Not anywhere approaching new.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids use extra, sus, basic, and aesthetic

This. Plus slay. Mine also says parkour all the time?

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Anonymous wrote:My kids say, “haven’t seen you in a brick!” (meaning in a long time). That’s fire means that’s hot. What are some words/phrases your teen uses? Sometimes I feel like they are speaking code. What’s the equivalent of “that’s cool” or “hip”?

-out of it DMV mom

Even if you know the "teen lingo" as soon as you say it will die. Just don't even try.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids say, “haven’t seen you in a brick!” (meaning in a long time). That’s fire means that’s hot. What are some words/phrases your teen uses? Sometimes I feel like they are speaking code. What’s the equivalent of “that’s cool” or “hip”?

-out of it DMV mom

Even if you know the "teen lingo" as soon as you say it will die. Just don't even try.

+1. I was going to type a couple of things but realized they must be out since I know them. I can’t keep up and don’t try. I just ask, can you explain that to me? Or I Google it if I see it online.

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^ and kind of related. DD tried to explain to me the message ing of emojis and how they aren’t what I think. I got really confused and all I know now is to not use any ever. Okay. Message received. I’m another really out of it mom.

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Meaning. Not message ing

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Anonymous wrote:a "pick-me" girl/person is someone who tries too hard to be liked.

Yep - because they all watch Grey's Anatomy. I never thought when I started watching it 17 years ago, that I would still be watching it but now with my teens!

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Bussin’

“This dish is so bussin’”

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Anonymous wrote:The youngsters say things are "tight" or "the bomb" when it's really good. They are skeptical of "ho's" (promiscuous women), and "oh for real?" is an exclamation of surprise. You may here them talking about their "dawgs" (friends), or the "beyotches" (women they don't like). "Broke ass" is an insult they like to use. You may also here them say something like "that sh*t is DOPE" which also means really good. Okay you're up to date on lingo

Which date? The 90s?

Lol I thought the same thing, the only thing even mildly new on this list is cap and mid.

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“Cap” is something negative — a bummer, a lie, an injustice. “My teacher told me I couldn’t do extra credit/the ref called a foul on that/my mom said I couldn’t go out until I clean my room.” “That’s cap!”

“No cap” is roughly “Truly, my good sir, I present the information without any desire to lie.”
“No cap, Mom, my room is clean/there’s a pop quiz in 3rd period — no cap/No cap, that practice was a killer.

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Urban dictionary is our friend!