High School Slang

I've decided that for the sake of all adults, I have created the glossary of high-school slang. So they know what teens are talking about. If any teens would like to add to this glossary, please post a comment.

awesome

used when something is particularly exciting or buff

awkward turtle

done in the place of awkward silence, done by placing one palm on top of the other and rotating the thumbs

beast

when someone does something particularly buff

"Chaaaaarlie"

just done to annoy people. Etymology: from the online animation "Charlie the Unicorn"

chillax

a combination of chill and relax

"Come to Candy Mountain"

see "Chaaaarlie!"

creeper

used to describe people or are disturbing

cutter

a derogatory term, referring to people who self-harm

delicious

amazing, see "awesome"

emo

also used as derogator (see "cutter"), but also when someone's having a bad day, they might say, "I'm emo today" or when they do something dumb, "okay, I'll just sit in my little emo corner now."

epic

see "awesome" and "delicious"

fail

when one does something dumb. If especially stupid, can be combined with epic

"Frick!"1

an exclamation of frustration Etymology: from the Scrubs character, Eliot

"Frick!"2

must be accompanied by the voice, used as a form of whatever Etymology: from Napoleon Dynamite

"Gasp!"

sarcastically used when someone is surpised but shouldn't be

gay

dumb

ghetto

when someone is doing something particularly cheapskate Usage: "That's so ghetto," "I'm so ghetto"

grody

disgusting

"I hate my life"

used when one makes a minor mistake that is just annoying, such as doing all the math problems when you only had to do the odd-numbered ones

"I'm not gonna lie"

Followed by most phrases Usage: "When he started dancing like that, I was creeped out, not gonna lie" Derivatives: "I'm not even gonna begin to lie, no lie, I'm not even gonna try to lie

"it's cuz I'm…" an explanation of dumb behavior, or really any extreme behavior. "It's cuz I'm cool," or when someone does something particularly nerdy, "It's cuz I'm AP/IB," "It's cuz I'm OCD," "It's cuz I'm ADD"

jacked up

messed up

legit

see "awesome," "delicious," and "epic"

newb/noob

used to describe someone doing something obvious socially/culturally or otherwise unacceptable

nice

see "awesome," "delicious," "epic," or "legit," but can also be sarcastic

ownage

failure

phat

amazing, but not in the same way as the "epic" family

plug and chug

"just do it" Etymology: from algebra, pre-calc and calc teachers referring to formulas

pwned

"ouch" or "that stinks"

redneck

used as an adjective, compare to "ghetto"

sick

see the "epic" family

skanky

particularly, disgustingly immodest

sketch

see "creeper"

smooth

sarcastically used to describe clumsy behavior

spaz

can used to describe many types of people, cutely immature people, ADD people, clumsy people, etc.

sweet

see the "epic" family

"that was awesome"

"That was amazing"

"that was hot"

ALWAYS sarcastic after someone does something embarrassing or clumsy

"that was intense"

see "that was awesome"

"that's like a super-power"

When people have strange talents and abilities

"that's what she said"

a response to something, which has a vaguely vulgar meaning (unintentionally vulgar)

tight

see the "epic" family

"violence is not the answer, it's the solution"

Used to break up fights (verbal fights)

win

"YES!"

"yo mama"

just a response

"you would"

hard to describe. Just typifying behavior. For example, if someone were particularly studious, "I stayed up until 3:00 last night working on that assignment" (if it wasn't due) "You would!" If the assignment were due and the person was a procrastinator, "You would!"

"your face"

a comeback

"your mom"

another comeback

"your mom's face"

a comeback to "your mom"

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