# What slang words are kids using today? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414 "2003-12-02T03:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/1 "2003-12-02T03:32:23Z")
I haven’t really heard any new slang since “bling bling”. What slang words are kids using today? Please include their definitions for us old folks. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/2 "2003-12-02T03:38:03Z")
> **[Urban Dictionary, October 19: infohazard](https://www.urbandictionary.com)** > > A piece of information that can be dangerous for a reader to know about. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/3 "2003-12-02T05:02:02Z")
That site is awesome. Much better than the explanations of slang words are the obviously false ones, such as the etymology of “fo’ shizzle my nizzle” as an Old English phrase “To the Catapults!” It’s like the entire internet is playing Baldurdash. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/4 "2003-12-02T05:10:09Z")
My students seem enamoured of the word “pimp.” They use it in a variet of ways, such as, “he’s a pimp,” “that’s so pimped,” and “pimpin’ it up.” I’m not sure they understand the commercial underpinings of the word, but it’s definitely popular. ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/5 "2003-12-02T06:00:12Z")
Some terminology I’ve (a 19 year old American guy, if that’s relevant) been using recently includes [ul] [li]Good Crikey - General purpose exclamation[/li][li]Hooligan - in place of miscreant[/li][li]Don’t take any wooden nickels - parting advice[/li][li]Shite - instead of “Shit”[/li][li]Shenanigans - the goings on[/ul][/li] Probably some others, but that’s all off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/6 "2003-12-02T06:08:09Z")
The kids are talking British English these days? Blimey! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/7 "2003-12-02T06:22:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ender\_Will \* > Some terminology I’ve (a 19 year old American guy, if that’s relevant) been using recently includes [ul] > [li]Good Crikey - General purpose exclamation[/li][li]Hooligan - in place of miscreant[/li][li]Don’t take any wooden nickels - parting advice[/li][li]Shite - instead of “Shit”[/li][li]Shenanigans - the goings on[/ul][/li] That sounds like kids today are using slang so old that it’s new again – those terms existed when I was new, but we thought they were obsolete then. Always recycle. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/8 "2003-12-02T08:54:44Z")
According to _urbandictionary_, “shite” is common in the British Isles. When was it first used here to the States? In 1998 or '99 I saw a billboard that said “shine happens” and that gave me the idea to say “shite”. Then I see it being used on these message boards. Is it possible I’d been exposed to it already and forgot? ---
**Author:** ![BIH\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@BIH\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BIH_Boy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/9 "2003-12-02T11:03:27Z")
“shite” is very much a British word, used in Scotland almost 100% instead of “shit”. Also used a lot in the north of England as well I believe, Newcastle is one place that springs to mind. My friends 13 year old (Scottish) uses the word “mint” a lot for something that is good and if a video game is difficult it is “solid”. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/10 "2003-12-02T11:53:28Z")
Is groovy still in style? 😉 Bangin’ ? ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/11 "2003-12-02T12:56:21Z")
My fifth graders like the word “tight” a lot. I think “tight” is the new “cool”. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/12 "2003-12-02T16:32:44Z")
**Sick** and **gross** are both pretty common for young teenagers. They mean “cool” and “cooler”, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/13 "2003-12-02T17:33:49Z")
Fab. Nearly everything is fab, lately. I rather like it. ---
**Author:** ![AvariceAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@AvariceAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AvariceAngel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/14 "2003-12-02T17:54:44Z")
“Gross” means “cool”? Geez, now I know how my parents felt with the advent of the new “bad”… [slight hijack] There’s a current Best Buy commercial where a consumer daydreams back to about 1985, and they use the word “mint” to describe something. Heh. [/slight hijack] ---
**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/15 "2003-12-02T18:00:40Z")
Re: “Shite” > [@](#): > > Is it possible I’d been exposed to it already and forgot? Probably. Have you seen “The Commitments”? That’s where I first heard it…that was made 10 or so years ago, IIRC. I also seem to recall U2 saying it with their Irish accents. FTR, I never thought of it as a word of it’s own…I just figured that’s how the characters in the movie said “shit” through their very thick accents. From that, I figured Americans doing it were simply “speaking the accent” if that makes any sense. ---
**Author:** ![commie\_sho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@commie\_sho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commie_sho)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/16 "2003-12-02T18:04:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gail \* > \*\*My fifth graders like the word “tight” a lot. I think “tight” is the new “cool”. \*\* Tight isn’t really new, I’m 18 and was first exposed to that word in the third grade, around ten years ago. I’ll contribute some when I have more time, but most of the words here are not exactly “cutting edge” (I’m being nice. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/17 "2003-12-02T19:49:52Z")
**Ender\_Will** ’s post cracked me up! And then the discussion of it as though these are actually current slang terms! Oh man, that’s mint!😛 ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/18 "2003-12-02T19:56:04Z")
To mean “cool or good”: hot money dope (making a comeback here) golden or gold ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/19 "2003-12-02T20:03:06Z")
Does anyone know what the kids mean when they say _a hot minute/second_? As in, “Hey, let me see that for a hot second.” ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414/20 "2003-12-02T22:47:33Z")
“hot”, in my circle, is kind of edging out “cool”. If something is “mad \_\_\_\_”, as in “Mad cold,” “mad hungry,” etc, it’s very cold, very hungry, etc. I’m hearing Golden more as well. I’ve heard ‘fuzzed’ for drunk and/or stoned, but not that much. One of my personal faves is rocking/rocks/etc. “Dude, I just got this new shirt at Village Thrift, and it _rocks_.” The phrase “rocks my socks” is a guilty pleasure of mine. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-slang-words-are-kids-using-today/216414.md?page=2)