Baby boomers may have been confused to hear about an"airhead" in the 1980s or getting"tight" in the 1990s. Just like those before them, today's Gen Z teens have their own way of communicating. Yowza! Scrabble adds bae, fleek, mansplain and thousands more words to dictionaryNow, one teacher isn't just taking notes on how to decipher it but also writing the definitions down.
His spreadsheet of terms went viral after one of his students shared it on Twitter. Read More"Teenagers sort of have their own language, and I want to be able to understand that and try to reach them at their level," Callahan told CNN affiliate WFXT. His entries include"slay" ;"tea" ; and"clap back" .
I see that 'bread' has the same meaning.
Pure aggression 😱
All these words are fantastic and colorful except they won’t help you pass your SAT’s or get you into a better college. I was speaking to a high school grad and he didn’t know half the vocabulary words I was using, it was rather sad 😢.
Seriously, who says beat your face/cake for applying makeup, lol
Wtf... sounds like Ebonics
Gen Z sounds a lot like what they called Ebonics 20 years ago.
Seeing as though there are slang dictionaries all over the web, how is this some type of feat?
Or...........he could actually teach them proper English so they could get a job and be self sufficient when they reach adulthood. Quit coddling these self absorbed, social media addicted juveniles.
Kudos to cnn for using ‘slay’ incorrectly. I’m assuming that was on purpose.
Whatever happened to speaking normal grammar.
What was the teacher faded on when they made that?
Wow, I weep for the education in this country.
Holy moly I gotta get my hands on this!!!
Gosh, they really seem rather angry and violent. What's that all about?
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