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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 e

I'm back

So, I kept on having ideas of what I was going to do to update my little thing-a-ma-blogger, but none of them were working out so well. So, here we go: I am back in school (yuck!), and I'm enjoying it for the most part. My schedule looks as so: 0. Seminary New Testament- I haven't really met my teachers yet. Thursday was the welcome back breakfast, and Friday was parent day...so I'll get back to you. 1. IB Biology 2- same teacher as last year, but not pregnant this time. I really like her. She knows what she's talking about and she's friendly. 2. IB Chemistry- I like this teacher too. She's a really friendly lady with this "Texan y'all drawl." And, especially compared to my Pre-IB Chem/Bio teacher, a VERY good teacher. 3. IB English 12- Okay. So, on Thursday and Friday we were discussing this story called, "The Witness" written by Jorge Luis Borges. I liked it when I read it myself. I interpreted it to be about legacies, and wh