Kids these days.... by LeeAnne Godfrey https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv What are they doing? How are they "ruining" (or just changing) language? What new ways of using language or new words are you hearing/noticing? en-us 2016-08-22 19:39:24 UTC 2026-01-26 14:21:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png High School Slang https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/304645373 I could share SO many things that I hear my high school students say. "I'm shook" is a big one. Also, "yeet" to express excitement (I still don't get that one.) "That's so extra" was big last year. "That's lit." Also I think I might have to learn the Fortnite dance if I want to keep up. ]]> 2018-11-15 04:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/304645373 TV (or something like that) https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/304962669 In the 90s, I was mortified at my mom asking about a "program" on television. "Mom, it's a show!" Now, my kids don't exactly watch television, but they get excited about new "episodes" being posted for their online viewing .]]> 2018-11-15 18:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/304962669 https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/304987788 ... not by "kids these days", but by our Academic Dean. We have Academic Detentions at our school for students who have x amount of missing assignments. The Academic Dean wanted to name it something a little less imposing, so he started calling them his "shindigs". It's completely permeated the culture at our school, and when I had a student teacher, I had to explain why the kids were bummed about Mr. R's shindigs. ]]> 2018-11-15 19:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/304987788 Slang Verbs/Expressions jkotula01 https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305209487 Some new verbs/expressions that specifically describe an action and the nature of the action are "wildin'," "throwing shade," " and "spilling/giving the tea." "Wildin'" means to do outrageous things. "Throwing shade" means to call someone out on something they did to make them look bad. "Spilling the tea is like "spilling the beans," but specifically with gossip. I see a lot of memes that talk about the "tea" being good, which would be referring to the gossip. While I do not personally use these verbs/expressions, I find that a lot of them become popular because people take what internet or TV celebrities say and make them into memes. ]]> 2018-11-16 12:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305209487 Doe https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305537454 I don’t have much contact with teenagers, so I did a quick internet search and came up with  a few new words teens seem to be using. See example below:
"Doe"
Definition: Um, it's like "though" but better, and used for emphasis. There really isn't much to it.
 
Used in a sentence: "Oh, dat test doe!"
“Doe” reminds me of something I read in Language Files, in which the “th” is sometimes substituted. My students would approve, after all, “th” is so hard for non-native English speakers.
]]> 2018-11-17 13:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305537454 As a teenager growing up in the U.S. in the 80s, popular slang was to use "like" to mean says or thinks. For example: "Ms. Feldman wants us to have our papers finished by next week, and I was like, you've got to be kidding me!" Or, "Tom asked Miriam to the prom, and she was like, I don't think so." I NEVER hear like in this context anymore. It occurred to me yesterday that millennials have replaced like with all! Now young people say, "She wants to hang out later, and I was all, I don't know about that!" https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305676220


]]> 2018-11-18 16:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305676220 Boujee and Extra https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305711000 I think the word boujee originated in the song "Bad and Boujee." To my knowledge, boujee means over the top, or fancy. I've heard teens say, "that's so extra." Extra seems to mean something similar to boujee, in that if something is extra, it's over the top as well. ]]> 2018-11-18 20:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305711000 https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305717243 "That's tough" can  be used in a variety of ways.  Someone might have a lot of homework but they also have to go to their job, and they are overwhelmed.  So, their friend might say "that's tough", as in that is unfortunate.  Or a teacher might hear them complaining about the same thing and say "that's tough" but mean it sarcastically, as in that is not unfortunate at all but just life get over it.  If someone has to do something they don't want to, people around them will say "that's tough".    It is used much the same as the "hello" video of last week.

The kids say "you woofin'" to me when I get frustrated and raise my voice at them.

And "cap" or "no cap", or "you cappin". I thought this was related to shooting someone, as in "bust a cap" which was slang when I was young. But it means "no lyin" or refers to someone saying something that is a falsehood "you cappin". ]]> 2018-11-18 21:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/305717243 G.O.A.T. https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/306567722 One big one that I've noticed in the last couple of years is when someone calls someone else the goat, they are calling them the "greatest of all time." They can also just send a goat emoji and most people will know what they're talking about. This can be related to sports, fashion, etc. ]]> 2018-11-21 00:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/306567722 Finessing - or that's how it's spelling. https://padlet.com/berg1207/plpafpgxlgyv/wish/306869813 This was big last year; I am not sure if it's the ONE at the school I worked at. Kids would use it to mean that someone is taking advantage of someone else; or that a test was hard but the points were so low, that was finessing. 

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