Ypulse reader Bob sent a tip that led me to this funny glossary of teen slang printed in The UK Guardian. Marketers, use these words at your own risk (of sounding like a total "FUDGE")...And if anyone's bored, feel free to leave a funny sentence using two or more words from this list in the comments.
404
Stupid, idiotic. From the internet error message 404, "file not found". "He's got the 404" means he's got no idea.
Bait
Obvious. "Duh, that's really bait."
Beast
Something very cool. "My PS3 is a beast."
Beef
Grounds for a fight. "You got beef?" is like "you got a problem?"
Benny
Tantrum. "She's having a benny."
biPod (see Idolator's funny take on this one)
Listen to a music player with someone else. "I've got the new Killers album, want to biPod?"
Blaps
Hit. "I'll blaps you."
Blates
Blatantly. "I won, blates."
Boom-boom
Shout of approval. "The crowd boom-boomed their team."
Butters
Extremely ugly, from "butt ugly". "That girl you pulled was butters."
Caj
Cool, as in 'casual'. "Your new boots are caj."
Carnage
What you feel after getting bladdered - a hangover.
CBA
Can't be arsed, as in too lazy. "Want to go out?" "CBA."
Chatting breeze
Talk rubbish. "You're chatting breeze, that's just bollocks."
Compunicate
Chat to a nearby friend online via MSN, Skype, Google Talk. "We organised tonight by compunicating."
Cotch/Kotch
Hang out. "Want to cotch at mine tonight?"
Deffo
Definitely. "I'm deffo up for that."
Dizzy
Cool. "That's dizzy."
Dope
Cool. "That's dope."
Drunk dial
Phone or text someone with inappropriate comments while drunk. "I drunk dialled him last night and told him we all thought he was fugly."
Dry
Tedious. "Maths was dry."
Emo
The new goth. Likes depressing and angry music and has long black hair swept across the eyes.
Facebook
Verb. Use the uni social networking website to scrutinise peers. "I'm going to Facebook her to see where she lives." A Facebook stalker is someone who finds about your whole life through Facebook.
Flat-roofing
Working hard. "I'm flat-roofing it for my A-levels."
Fomo
Fear of missing out. "She was tired but Sarah's fomo made her turn up."
Fudge
Complete idiot. The letters represent their supposed A-level/GCSE marks.
Fugly
Compound of 'fucking' and 'ugly'.
Hufter
Idiot. "After I tripped up, I felt like such a hufter."
Ice
Diamonds, bling. "Since I bought my girlfriend some ice she's totally into me."
Jokes
Fun. "We went shopping, it was jokes."
Lash
Borrow, lend. "Lash me a tenner?"
Kaka
Noun. Shit. "You are such a kaka."
Lol
Laugh out loud.
Lush
Very nice. "That chocolate is lush."
McPee
Using the toilet of a restaurant/hotel without eating there. "I went in for a McPee."
Minging
Disgusting.
Munch
Snack. "Lets get some munch."
My bad
Mistake. "Whoops, that was my bad."
MySpace
Contact details, replaces phone number. "Give me your MySpace, I'll get in touch."
Nang
Cool. "This top is nang, I'm gonna buy it."
Ohnosecond
Immediate panic after making big mistake. "After I sent that email to my ex, I had a major ohnosecond."
OMG
Short for oh my god. "OMG I've passed my exams!"
Peng
Good looking. "She's well peng."
Pimp
Verb. To improve something. "I've pimped my car, it has a sub-woofer."
Quality
Great. "The gig was quality."
Random
Unexpected. "Emma came to my house, it was so random."
Randomer
Stranger, or someone outside of a social group. "He's just a randomer."
Raped (ew. don't like this one at all)
Be annihilated by a game or task. "I got raped by that exam."
Remail
Resend an email. "I'll remail you the info."
Rinsed
(1) Overused. "Radio 1 have rinsed that song." (2) Beaten. "Chelsea were rinsed last night."
Sick
Incredible. "The party was sick."
Skankaroo
Disgusting. "Your outfit is skankaroo."
Snap
School lunch. "Let's get some snap."
Soz
Sorry. "Soz, I didn't see you."
Standard
Normal. "Arsenal beat Man U - standard."
Swipeout
When your credit/debit cards become unusable. "I was about to pay when I realised I'd hit a swipeout."
Testiculate
Gesticulate wildly while talking bollocks. "She was testiculating all over the place. I saw right through it."
Tight
Very close. "This is my best friend, we're tight."
Tonk
(1)Good looking. "That boy is tonk." (2) Enormous. "That club has tonk bouncers."
Twoc
Take without consent. "I twoced this road sign last night - no idea why, I was hammered."
Uber
Very. "This bar is uber cool."
Vamoosh
Go out. "I'm ready, let's vamoosh."
Wordage
Turn of phrase, either written or spoken. "Great wordage, makes you sound clever."
Yard
Someone's house. "Want to come round to my yard?"
Zip it
Shut up. "If you don't zip it, I'll blaps you."
Some of this "wordage" must be distinctly UK, but a lot are familiar, too...
Posted by anastasia
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