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Want to be nang not neeky? A new online guide to “teenenglish” has been published to help rents – that’s parents - understand kids speak.
Your teenagers might think you’re sick (wicked) if you greet them with “wah gwan” (what’s going on) or ask them if they need some paper (money).
You could warn them not to get chunk (crazy drunk) or blaze (smoke cannabis) when cotching (chilling) with their bluds (friends).
The guide, published by Parentline Plus, was published in response to the new slang words invented every week by youngsters. “Many parents find it difficult to keep up with the latest phrases and sayings. This is why we've come up with a teen-speak jargon buster. Put together by teenagers and parents, this dictionary of 'teenglish' (complete with definitions) should help break down the language barrier,” the website Gotateenager.org.uk explains.
Other words to stun and amaze your teenager with:
Flossing – showing off,
Butters – ugly
Endz – neighbourhood
Feds- police
Gaged – robbed
Jacked – stolen
Murk – kill or injure
Phat – cool great.
Breeze – rubbish
Chung – attractive
Fam – family
Gatt – gun
Joke ting – waste of time
We asked some young people to tell us what words they use and what they mean. Here's the result...Blazin' - Smoking, usually cannabis.
Bust - To sell (drugs), "man just bust a shot". Also to leave.
Cro - Marijuana.
Food - Drugs.
Lean - High on drugs.
On road - Around, on the scene. Usually refers to drug dealing.
Roadman - Drug dealer, hustler, someone who has to make money illegally.
Runnin' - Controlling the selling of drugs in an area, as in "man is running the road".
Shotter - Drug dealer, a shotter would a "bust a shot" (do a drug deal).
Po - Marijuana.
Babylon - Police, the government, the "system".
Five-O - Police.
Feds - Police.
Hot - Stolen.
Jack - To steal.
Jacked - To have things stolen from you.
Po Po - Police.
