My family and I recently had a “Great Gatsby” themed party. We played a game where we had to guess the slang from that era. To be honest (TBH), I had an easier time guessing the meaning from one hundred years ago than trying to decipher what my nine and thirteen-year-old are saying sometimes (LOL- laughing out loud).
I’ve called on some Facebook friends and a really cool (Gucci) cousin and we gathered a list of slang used by youngsters at this moment in 2020. **Side note: this list will most likely be old and obsolete (boomer) by the time you read this.
2020 Slang in no particular order (NPO- I made that one up):
Grip: money
Sus: suspicious; sketchy
Bet: okay; prove it
Lit: anything cool
Tea: gossip
Drip: bling; jewelry
Bougie: high maintenance; fabulous (many meanings found)
Cap: lies
Gucci: awesome; cool
Gotti: gotcha
Glizzy: hotdog
Spicy: being dramatic
Ratchet: bad; sketchy
Cringe-worthy: embarrassing
Period”t” (emphasis on the “t”): “That’s all I have to say”; “Enough said.”
Bruh: bro; a person
Boomer: old; a person considered old
Goat: acronym for “Greatest of all time”
Skurt: go away; move out of the way
Extra: trying too hard; being dramatic
Woke: knowledgeable
Noob: a person who is new or new to something
No cap: “I’m being for real” or “for real?”
Spill the tea: to tell gossip
Sip the tea: listen to gossip
I like your cut, G: “I like your haircut/ hairstyle, man/girl.”
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