Parents are you Dope? Do you know the slang words your teenager is using?



  Teens use slang, words that they all know to describe their life, and communicate with each other. Slang has always been around, but it is ever changing. The slang words teens used in  the 80’s, & 90’s are very different from millennial’s slang. It’s important for parents to know thier teenager’s slang. The following are slang words from 2019.

  • Avocado–Used to describe a person, who is socially construed as straight by those around him/her, but in actuality is gay.

  • Awks - Awkward

  • Bae–Short for “baby.” It’s used as a term of endearment for a significant other such as a girlfriend or boyfriend. As an acronym, it stands for “Before Anyone Else

  • BF/GF - Boyfriend or girlfriend

  • BFF - Best friends forever

  • Boots: This is a way to say “very” or “a lot.” It’s added after the verb or adjective.

  • Bruh–A casual nickname for “bro”

  • Bruh - Same as "bro"

  • Bye Felicia - A disrespectful way to dismiss someone who is unimportant

  • Cancel - A rejection of a person, place or thing

  • CD9 - Code 9, parents are here

  • Cheddar - Money

  • Chillaxin - Chillin' and relaxing.

  • Crashy - Crazy and trashy 

  • Creeper - Someone who is socially awkward or tends to have stalker tendencies

  • Curve - Romantic rejection

  • Dope - Cool or awesome

  • Emo - Emotional or a drama queen

  • Fam–Their closest friends

  • Fly - Boys tend to refer to girls they think are good looking as "fly"

  • FOMO–“Fear of missing out.”

  • Ghost–To ignore someone on purpose.

  • GOAT–Acronym for “Greatest of all time!”

  • Gucci - Good or cool

  • Hangry - Hungry and angry

  • Hater or h8er - Someone who hates everything, even their friends

  • Hundo P - 100 percent certain

  • It’s lit–Short for “It’s cool or awesome!”

  • I’m weak–Short for “That was funny!”

  • Lit - Amazing

  • Low-Key–A warning that what they’re saying isn’t something they want everyone to know

  • n00b - A person who doesn't want to learn

  • OMG - An abbreviation for "oh my gosh" or "oh my God!"

  • Requestion - Request and a question

  • Rides - Sneakers or shoes

  • Salty–To be bitter about something or someone

  • Savage: The cool way to say “cool.”

  • Ship - Short for 'relationship'

  • Sic - Something that is cool

  • Sip tea–To mind your own business

  • Skurt–To go away or leave

  • Snatched - Looks good

  • Squad - A group of girls that hang out together regularly

  • Straight Fire - Hot or trendy

  • Sus - Suspect, not to be trusted

  • TBH - To be honest

  • Thirsty - Trying to get attention

  • Throw Shade - Give someone a dirty look

  • Tight - In a close relationship

  • Tool - Refers to someone who is stupid or a geek, slang word for “ Hoe”

  • Tope - Tight and dope

  • V - very

  • Wanksta - A person trying to act tough, but who isn't really pulling it off

  • Woke: Highly aware of social issues.

  • Yeah Ight- Bet

  • YOLO - You only live once


Now that you know some of the slang, have fun with it with your teen. Even if you don’t seem “ Gucci” to your teen, I bet he/she will appreciate the effort.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/ Use this link to look up more current slang words