Do you use current phrases and "hip" words?

[lauradis]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/12/slang-words-2015-approved-_n_6288546.html

living with a almost teen girl, its hard not to use urban dic.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

 

[The Mystery Machine]

LOL. I know some of them and use them on occasion. Then of course I watch RuPaul's Drag Race and you will get the "latest" slang there.

It cracks me up.

 

[Disney Doll]

No. I am 53 and prefer to speak like the educated adult that I am.

I have no desire to make myself look foolish by pretending to be some young slang-speaking kid.

 

[kimblebee]

I do sometimes when I'm talking to my 14 y.o. dd. Not to be cool, mostly to bug her that I'm 'trying to be cool'. Like, if we're watching MTV I'll call the girls ratchet. 99% of the time it's accurate but that's a rant for a different thread....have you SEEN the video for Anaconda???

 

[Jennasis]

I'm so hip I can hardly see over my own pelvis.

But no, I don't use trendy slang in conversation, because it makes the one speaking that way sound like an uneducated oaf. Now, there may be times where I WANT to sound like an uneducated oaf (like when I'm joking around or being silly). But things like OMG, basic, cray cray, adorbs and so on...never.

 

[goofyintoronto]

Im not very hip, i know the basics, but thats about it. This one threw me for a loop the other day "fat boy status". I had to look that up in the urban dictionary. Who the hell comes up with this crap?!

For those that dont know, from the urban dictionary, here it is in a sentence:
I drank too much last night so I ate 2 large pizzas, a box of wings, and 8 breadsticks this morning during the Skins game. Total Fat Boy Status

 

[aprilchem]

Thin brows are not popular anymore. Girls want a thicker brow now. I bet those girls who tattooed them regret it now. Another one is calling things basic. One of them most insulting things you can call a person is a basic b-word. If you want to keep it g-rated you can say something is so basic. It means it's not impressive.

That's not what basic means, at least where I live (Va). Here, basic refers to girls who are into things like monogrammed clothing, Ugg boots with leggings, Starbucks, and Lily Pulitzer. It's the equivalent of what we would have called "preppy" when I was young in the 90s. To call a girl "basic" is not actually a put-down, and doesn't mean not impressive.

How do I know this? I'm a college professor, and my students use that term ALL the time. I go to a college where many of the girls could be described as "basic" (small, private, expensive liberal arts college in the south).

 

[Laura66]

That's not what basic means, at least where I live (Va). Here, basic refers to girls who are into things like monogrammed clothing, Ugg boots with leggings, Starbucks, and Lily Pulitzer. It's the equivalent of what we would have called "preppy" when I was young in the 90s. To call a girl "basic" is not actually a put-down, and doesn't mean not impressive.

How do I know this? I'm a college professor, and my students use that term ALL the time. I go to a college where many of the girls could be described as "basic" (small, private, expensive liberal arts college in the south).

That's what it means to the girls here as well.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Real Housewives of Atlanta is where I get many of my "hip" slang from, and I mostly use it in a joking manner. Mostly because I think it's hilarious, but some are accurate words for what is happening:
"Throwing shade"
"Getting read"
I do tell my kids they are "being extra" a LOT though.
etc...

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I had to look up "Shut the door" (hadn't heard that one; use Urban Dictionary a lot myself) but having two teenagers I do know some. But even they don't use some of these here. And no, I don't use too many myself, but we do like a laugh and kind of think it's funny here, so DH and I might tease them with some of their language, or our own, lol. (When I was a teen my friends and I had some terms we'd made up ourselves and I still have them in my head and have shared them with my kids and sometimes they'll use them, too.)

Some are kind of funny. Like, in our day, someone farted. (Or fluffed, stepped on a duck, ripped, etc.) Now, it's "ripped (three letter word that begins with an A)". As in, "OK, who ripped a_ _ ?" Farted would probably sound ridiculous in (my kids') high school today.

Another was camel toe. I had no idea what that was and had to look it up. (I guess brought on by yoga pants.) Someone got that pretty accurate, tho, and it was sort of but funny. (Not that I had one. )

Good thread. (Maybe we can all get up to speed, haha!)

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Im not very hip, i know the basics, but thats about it. This one threw me for a loop the other day "fat boy status". I had to look that up in the urban dictionary. Who the hell comes up with this crap?!

For those that dont know, from the urban dictionary, here it is in a sentence:
I drank too much last night so I ate 2 large pizzas, a box of wings, and 8 breadsticks this morning during the Skins game. Total Fat Boy Status

 

[jrmasm]

I had to look up "Shut the door" (hadn't heard that one; use Urban Dictionary a lot myself) but having two teenagers I do know some. But even they don't use some of these here. And no, I don't use too many myself, but we do like a laugh and kind of think it's funny here, so DH and I might tease them with some of their language, or our own, lol. (When I was a teen my friends and I had some terms we'd made up ourselves and I still have them in my head and have shared them with my kids and sometimes they'll use them, too.)

Some are kind of funny. Like, in our day, someone farted. (Or fluffed, stepped on a duck, ripped, etc.) Now, it's "ripped (three letter word that begins with an A)". As in, "OK, who ripped a_ _ ?" Farted would probably sound ridiculous in (my kids') high school today.

Another was camel toe. I had no idea what that was and had to look it up. (I guess brought on by yoga pants.) Someone got that pretty accurate, tho, and it was sort of but funny. (Not that I had one. )

Good thread. (Maybe we can all get up to speed, haha!)

That's been around since Moses was a boy.

I love totes jelly. Cracks me up!!

I will use teenspeak at times just to annoy my kids.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Well, it was new to me.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I've incorporated a few into my vocabulary. Not many. "I can't even" is one of my favorites.

Although Huff Post thinks that's not a thing anymore.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I have no desire to make myself look foolish by pretending to be some young slang-speaking kid.

Kid is slang. It was first used as a term to describe an adolescent goat around 1200. It was appropriated for use as slang for a human child starting around 1590, but wasn't consider part of "informal usage" until around 1840. You just don't consider it slang.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=kid

 

[Happy Snowman]

No. I am 53 and prefer to speak like the educated adult that I am.

I have no desire to make myself look foolish by pretending to be some young slang-speaking kid.

Same here. Most of these "hip" phrases drive me nuts mainly because people that use them sound like they haven't made it out of 6th grade...

Bae is the newest one I just shake my head at...

Shut the Door is pretty "old" LOl

 

[jrmasm]

Well, it was new to me.

That's ok. I just don't want the youngsters to get credit for such a fabulous phrase!!

 

[lizabu]

That's not what basic means, at least where I live (Va). Here, basic refers to girls who are into things like monogrammed clothing, Ugg boots with leggings, Starbucks, and Lily Pulitzer. It's the equivalent of what we would have called "preppy" when I was young in the 90s. To call a girl "basic" is not actually a put-down, and doesn't mean not impressive.

How do I know this? I'm a college professor, and my students use that term ALL the time. I go to a college where many of the girls could be described as "basic" (small, private, expensive liberal arts college in the south).

Maybe it's regional. Basic is definitely an insult here. Your saying a person is a follower and not unique or you are describing something that is old and tired. Some of the things you described would be basic. Starbucks might be basic but a not very well know coffee shop might be trendy. When Moms start wearing Uggs they lose their coolness and so on.

On another thought, I remember Elain on Seinfeld saying Shut the Front Door so I don't think its a very current phrase.

 

[sharona]

The only time I use the latest slang is to amuse/annoy my 12 year old DD. Like all tweens, she can take little things way too seriously. Drama!!! She thinks I am the uncoolest, goofiest nerd. Sometimes I purposely use a few of her slang words or phrases incorrectly just to get a laugh out of her - but only when we're alone as she would "DIE of embarrassment" if I did that in front of any of her friends.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Fleek???