Whether something is the cat’s meow or all that and a bag a chips, slang serves the purpose – splitting “those in the know” from “the others.” But how is your grasp on various slang throughout the years?
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#1. woke
The phrase “woke” and to “stay woke” is not new — it began appearing in the 1940s and was first used by African Americans to “literally mean becoming woken up or sensitized to issues of justice
DeSantis leverages the woke agenda for his own purposes.
#2. stan
One early person to use stan for an obsessed fan was the rapper Nas in a 2001 track where he raps: “You a fan, a phony, a fake, a pussy, a Stan.”
An Urban Dictionary entry describing stan for intense fandom was added in 2006, and one of the first tweets using stan as a verb for greatly liking someone came in 2008.
Everyone knows I stan for Taylor Swift!
#3. fresh
Fresh is another way to say that something is “cool” or “great.” It is commonly used in reference to how someone appears, including his threads and kicks.
Many people recognize the term from, “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” a popular sitcom from the 90s starring Will Smith. The term is often heard in rap songs to brag about luxurious lifestyles.
For an old man he’s really fly. I’ve never ever seen him not looking fresh!
#4. meh
Meh‘s popularity surged after its use on the American animated television series The Simpsons.[7][27] It was first used in the 1994 episode “Sideshow Bob Roberts“,[7] when a librarian reacts to Lisa’s surprise that voting records are not classified. It also appeared later in “Lisa’s Wedding” after Marge weaves the words “Hi Bart” on a loom to try to pique her son’s interest in weaving, to which he responds “meh”.
Taylor Swift’s new album is a bit meh.
#5. gnarley
Gnarly means “treacherous.” An acceptable synonym is “hairy.” Surf punks use gnarly to refer to any wave over two feet
Wow, man! That’s totally gnarly!
#6. groupie
The word groupie originated around 1965 to describe teen-aged girls or young women who began following a particular group or band of musicians on a regular basis. The phenomenon was much older; Mary McCarthy had earlier described it in her novel The Company She Keeps (1942).[1]
The groupie followed the band around on tour, hoping to catch one of the members coming out of their hotel after hours.
#7. cheugy
According to an April 2021 article in The New York Times written by Taylor Lorenz, the term cheugy was coined in 2013 by Gaby Rasson, a Beverly Hills High School student, who used it to describe “people who were slightly off trend”; an Urban Dictionary definition appeared in 2018.[1] Subsequently, it was mentioned in a TikTok video by Hallie Cain in March 2021,[3] inspiring explainers from various media outlets (including Lorenz’ own article).[1] The American Dialect Society voted cheugy its 2021 “informal word of the year“.[11]
She is so cheugy: she’s doing last week’s TikTok trend.
#8. boogie
Unknown origin, probably related to boogie-woogie music.
Let’s boogie!
#9. yuppie
The term yuppie originated in the 1980s and is used to refer to young urban professionals who are successful in business and considerably affluent.
He was disappointed in her choice of restaurant, a noisy, yuppie hang-out, the sort of place where design took precedence over comfort.
#10. bae
Bae is a slang term of endearment[1] primarily used among youth in communities. It came into widespread use around 2013 and 2014 through social media and hip-hop and R&B lyrics.
It’s bad when bae doesn’t reply to your texts.
