Slang that will slay 2017
It seems that recently keeping up with all the new emerging weird and wonderful words of today’s youth can be an impossible task. At translation.red we understand. If you’re struggling to keep up with the ever evolving slang these days it’s not your fault! Thanks to the internet new words and phrases are popping up constantly. So in case you want to keep up with the kids in 2017, throwing some of these words into your vocabulary may just help you further relate to you teenagers!
You will also note that some of these are really not that new.
Slay | to do an awesome job, kill it |
Dead | the aftermath of someone slaying |
Low key | This can either mean to keep something secret or “on the down low”, a small, laidback event or gathering or another word for “kind of”. |
High key | opposite of low key. When you want to say something loud and clear. |
Flexing | showing off, fronting |
Woke | to be aware |
Squad | friendship group |
Fam | the new and improved work for “squad” |
Mom/Dad | someone you admire so much that you see them as your mom/dad |
Extra | excessive, too much, over the top |
On fleek | on point |
Petty | someone who makes a big deal out of a small argument/disagreement |
Goals | a word written stereotypically by girls on Instagram posts of someone who is very attractive or who they aspire to be like |
Savage | ruthlessly cruel or cool (depending on which way you look at it) |
Ship | to endorse/wish for a romantic relationship between two people |
Sus | Suspicious, shady or sketchy, a feeling that something or someone is a bit off |
Basic | someone who acts in a way that is unsophisticated and blindly follows the crowd or latest trend |
Trash | something/someone that’s really awful or classless |
Throw shade | to speak negatively, “trash talk” or “hate on” someone |
Drag | to insult |
Aesthetic | the visual vibe that a certain place, picture, Instagram account, etc. gives off |
Lit | a word used to describe something that’s unbelievably amazing |