What words do teens use today? What do they mean?

Question

I am a very old and decrepit a uni student and I need to write a stage play. Mine centres around a 14 year old girl from London but being so elderly I have no idea what slang terms teens use today. Can anyone help?

PS i'm not that old really! im 26. I just don't know any teenagers.

Answer 1

go to http://www.urbandictionary.com. its a dictionary(obviously) but all words that teenager use u can find a defination for everything..and i mean everything..its a right eyeopener...and im a well old 35 yr old ex merchant seaman and i didnt think id b shocked by anything...admittedly im more shocked about what teenagers know nowadays lol

Answer 2

I work in a Magistrates Court that has a weekly youth remand session, so I see about 30 teenagers a week. My job is security, and the best way to tackle this is to talk to the youths - that way, they do not sneak off and create mischief, and they get to know you as a human being, not as a threat.

A common greeting amongst the Hoodies around here (N.E.Essex) is for one hoodie to say "ick". The other replies "boojie", which, apparently indicates acceptance. An utterance that approximates to "yoik" states emphatically that one is not of the clan, and I have seen eyebrows raised and fists primed in such circumstances. Violence is generally prevented by Security issuing the code-word "Oi !" Saying "would you kindly desist from such anti-social glossolalia" would not be the mots juste in such a milieu.

Other than the Ick, Boojie and Yoik argot, the rest of the yuckspeak is depressingly familiar, consisting, in the main, of four letter words such as f*** and other vulgarities centered around excretory and gynaecological bodily functions and organs.

"Burger" (not in the terms used to refer to a citizen of Dutch or South African origin) is often an applauded concept amongst our immature felonry, whereas "fish and chips" meets with howls of derision. "Bugger", however, appears to be a portmanteaux word used by both the magistracy and their victims, the magistracy saying, in the privacy of their chambers, "hello Bernard, I haven't seen you for years, you old bugger", whereas the victims, fulminating in the charnel-house of the waiting rooms, are prone to utter"bugger that sod", irrespective if the person referred to is a magistrate, the everpresent, effervescent and totally cynical Security Officer, or the individual defendants' learned counsel.

I don't think you'll find much original in teenage-speak, if the argot of my young varmints is anything to go by. In fact, they seem to do nothing else but mumble, in which case, the repetition of the time-honoured stage background noise-emulator of "rhubarb", occasionally interspersed with the brilliant 'ick', should do well. If your girl has to go to court, the word "guilty" still carries some force, and credence.

Answer 3

Hi well i dont know about in london but the chavs in my area love to say, Minging, Innit, wicked, sound, bang him out, kick there heads in, and a loads of swear words in between all that , Sorry it it doesnt sound nice but i suggest you go for a posh 14 year old girl. As the youth of today can be offensive so a posh girl would be best.

Answer 4

hi,, i know many as im 15 but a lot of them are very rude. We often use words from other languages so that the teachers do not understand. Such as French and Punjabi.
Cuta – Punjabi – dog
Lula – Punjabi – male private parts
Chien – French –dog
Hanging- pronounced as hangin. = eww or ugly
Yes yes – whats happening
Minging – ugly
Wicked – cool
Sick – cool
hope this helps

Answer 5

My 14 year old tends to find he can communicate adequately with just "Wha?" and "Eh?" Occasionally there are gutteral sounds that can basically be translated as a Tut.

Answer 6

Epic meant having to read the Iliad or the Odessy. Beast meant bad, mean and ugly. Today my kids use these words to mean awesome.

Answer 7

depends on the kind of londoner you want there is a difference in the use of language depending on where in london..

Listen man, check dis!!

wah blow= hiya
rough, butters=ugly
fit, buff=good looking
Dept, wicked, bo, heavy, slick = rather good
uh uh, Rah man,reeeh = wow
thats dry man=thats rubbish
bredrin, bro =mate
starting sentences with "naaah man"
come den= come on then
lets bop= lets go
bling bling=jewellery
you chattin sh.it
Bwoiii= boy
zoot,= joint
cotchin= chilling out
ending sentences in "you get me?" or "you know?"
and lots of kissing teeth as in ttssssuuuu!

Answer 8

I hear a lot of teens say Bro = short for brother, but which means friend I think. And Bomb-ba-clart = I have no idea what that means!!

Answer 9

Hi there good question.
I have 2 teenage sons lol, lol.

Butters---- Ugly
Tonks------ Very big like " muscular "
A score ------ £20
Bad-------- Good

haha

Answer 10

That's very dangerous having mines around a 14 year old girl. But am I bovvered?



You're at uni????