Teen Slang Resources for Parents of Teens

In each generation, teens tend to have a language all to themselves based on what is going on in their culture. This teen slang is used by many and is ever-changing.

BFF- Best Friends Forever.

Bounce- Means to leave.

Chillin'- Means relaxing.

Dope- Means cool or awesome.

Fly- Boys tend to refer to girls they think are good looking as 'fly'.

Hater or h8er- This is in reference to someone who just hates everything, even their friends. It is someone who is so pessimistic that the teen is tired of hearing from them.

Hardcore- Means something is intense. Generally about something that is a good experience, but also used when something bad is happening to a friend.

Ho- Whore.

My bad- It means 'my mistake'.

OMG- An abbreviation for oh my gosh or oh my god!

Sick or Ill- No, this no longer means someone doesn't feel well. It's used as a description of something or someone who is cool or awesome.

Tight- Means close in relationship.

Tool- Refers to someone who is stupid or a geek.

Wanksta- Refers to a person trying to act tough, but isn't really pulling it off.

Also, today's teen slang tends to throw words together to combine their meanings. Here are some of those:

• Chillaxin- cross between chillin' and relaxing.

• Crashy- Crazy and trashy. Not considered to be good.

• Crunk- cross between crazy and drunk. Some teens use this term to mean cool.

• Requestion- cross between a request and a question.

• Tope- cross between tight and dope.