Slang I
"Do you want to go see that new superhero movie on Saturday?"
"Bet."
Meaning: Bet indicates agreement.
"Pam is the best player on the team this year."
"Facts."
Meaning: Facts is an emphatic way to acknowledge the truth of what someone has said.
Sophie has that rizz. She's so charming.
Meaning: Rizz describes someone who is successful romantically. It derives from the word “charisma,” meaning "compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others."
"Let's go by McDonald's after school today."
"V good."
Meaning: V is an abbreviation for "very."
I’m going to try out for the swim team. Even if I don’t make it, I’ll do it for the plot.
Meaning: Do it for the plot is used to encourage yourself to take a chance on something.
"Did you pass the math quiz?"
"I ate that!"
Meaning: Ate that means you successfully did something (or, to use an idiom, you pulled it off).
"Are you okay?"
"Don't worry about it--I'm gucci."
Meaning: Gucci means good or cool.
This pizza slaps!
Meaning: Slaps means something is excellent.
I can't believe that movie is a hit. The plot is trash.
Meaning: Trash means “terrible” or “unacceptable."
Taylor, Brenda, and Emma are my fam.
Meaning: Fam means "close friends."
The tacos here are bussin’.
Meaning: Bussin' means awesome or excellent.
I left no crumbs on my English essay.
Meaning: Left no crumbs means you did something perfectly.
"She posts so many pics of herself in tight clothes."
"I know--she's so thirsty."
Meaning: Thirsty describes someone who seems desperate for attention (especially of the romantic kind).
I feel highkey nervous about giving my history presentation today.
Meaning: Highkey is used to emphasize that someone has strong feelings about something or someone. (Not surprisingly, highkey is the opposite of the slang term lowkey about something.)
"Tom's parents just caught him vaping."
"And I oop!"
Meaning: And I oop or I oop can be used playfully to express shock, surprise, or embarrassment.
My older sister is the CEO of sleeping in late.
Meaning: To be described as the CEO of [something] means to be a perfect example of some activity or thing. (When talking about business, CEO stands for Chief Executive Officer, the person in charge of a company, e.g. "Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla.")
I love my French class. Matthew sits near me, and he is snackalicious!
Meaning: Snack, snacky, or snackalicious all are used to describe a very attractive person.
"My uncle says he'll buy our concert tickets for my birthday."
"That's a W!"
Meaning: To describe something as "a W," an abbreviation for "a win," means it is a good thing.
My boyfriend's beige flag is that he's always talking about his favorite video game.
Meaning: A beige flag is a quality or characteristic of a significant other that is weird or annoying but not bad enough to reject the person. This comes from the common idiom red flag, which refers to a warning sign of something serious (and which you should definitely not ignore in a relationship).
Look at her--she's a meal!
Meaning: Meal is used to describe someone who is very physically attractive (as in, even better-looking than the slang term snack--not just a snack but an entire meal).
Your new clothes are dope!
Meaning: Dope is a way to describe something as cool or awesome
The band's new song is mid.
Meaning: Mid is an insult meaning “low quality” or “average.” This derives from the term “mid-tier," meaning not awful but not great, either.
"Did you see that guy at the dance tonight? He was a total zaddy."
Meaning: Zaddy refers to a fashionable, attractive man of any age
"Jim made the best argument ever. Who let him cook?"
Meaning: This slang meaning of to cook describes someone who is speaking the truth.
"Why are you still letting Tina live rent-free inside your head? You had that fight months ago!"
Meaning: To live rent free in someone's head means that someone or something is having a significant impact on the individual's thoughts or emotions. It is often, but not always, used in a negative way.