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If you're "spilling tea" or "having tea," that means you have some gossip you're about to share. If you're "sipping your tea," it means that you're minding your own business - basically side-eyeing the situation and keeping it moving. There are multiple ways to have your tea. "Sis" can also be used as a term of endearment toward friends or anyone really.Ī stan is a fan. If someone asks you what happened and you respond with "Sis," it means there's a whole lot of drama that unfolded and there's a whole lot more to the story. Shade is usually thrown, meaning you'll most commonly hear it in a sentence like "He threw shade," but it can also be used like "Why are you so shady?" To throw shade means to make an underhanded critical remark toward someone. If whatever you said is defined as out of pocket, it means that your statement or comment was out of control. To be out of pocket or to say something that's out of pocket means that something is disorderly. For example, when Betty says something out of pocket (see below), and Stacy, who normally doesn't say much, tells Betty to quiet down or else, a bystander could say "okurrr." "Why you cappin'?" is asking someone why they're lying.Ī word made popular by pop icon Cardi B who defines it as something that is said to affirm when someone is being put in their place. Can also be used as the converse "cappin,'" which means lying. When someone adds "no cap" to a sentence, it serves as a statement that they're not lying. For something to be "lit" or "fire," it means that something is great, amazing, exciting, etc.īasically means no lie. No cap: Celebs boycott the Super Bowl in support of Colin KaepernickĬontrary to popular belief, lit does not mean to light something on fire. We got you, fam: Cardi B says she's 'working things out' with estranged husband Offset If someone asks you if you've heard about Colin Kaepernick being blackballed by the NFL, and you say "I'm hip," that means you know. When you're hip to the Cardi B and Offset drama, that means you understand what's going on. To be hip to something means you know something. Rather, "GOAT" is an acronym for Greatest of All Time. So to get a bag or even secure a bag means that you are acquiring money. The word was made popular by Yung Miami of City Girls, and the difference between flown and flewed is that the latter applies to "bad" (read attractive) people .Ī bag refers to money. You'll most likely hear this when someone is bragging about getting "flewed out." It means that someone got flown out (hopefully on an aircraft of some kind) to a place. "Fam" is used to describe people in your life who you're close with: your good friends, your ride or dies, your homies. Technically shortened from the word "family," but it's not used to describe your mom, dad or sister. It's not used as a cautionary "watch out, don't trip." "Don't trip" means don't worry or don't stress about something. If someone makes plans and you say "bet," that means you are confirming said plan. "Bet" is used when you're in agreement with something. It's often used in reference to someone's appearance. Actually "bad" means even better than good.
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It's opposite day when it comes to this word. Check out the list of popular slang terms below to see what they mean and to get a better understanding of what your kids are saying.Ĭaution: Refrain from using these words around your children, unless you're ready to be ridiculed by them. Those darn kids and their slang.ĭon't trip (see below) though, we got you, fam (see below). The days of "TBH" (to be honest) and "OMG" (oh my god) are long over they've now moved on to bigger and better lingo like "flewed" and "no cap" (see below). to not being hip (see below) to words kids and teens are using these days. Getting older comes with a lot of side effects from going to bed before 10 p.m.
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