Each generation has their own language. My parents said things like “groovy” and “far out.” My generation said things like “cool beans” and “don’t have a cow.” Kids today say things like “s’up?” and “why you all up in my grill?”
I thought I had today’s lingo down. I can say “s’up” like the best of them. I’m down wit dat. But recently I have started to hear some new words I had never heard before. Weird words.
When my kids beat me at a video game (which happens often) they holler, “I pwned you.” And when their brother is bothering them they tell him, “You’re such a noob.” Pwned? Noob? What is this foreign language?
And that’s when I knew. I knew I was no spring chicken anymore. I had turned in to my parents. I no longer speak the language. Now I’m just trying to decipher what in the heck my kids are saying to me. Excuse me while I sit over here and study this teen slang dictionary.
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