On fleek
ADJECTIVE
On top of one’s head. “Your hat is on fleek.” “Yes it is, correct.”

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Netflix and chill
INTRANSITIVE VERB
To load one’s Netflix and place the relevant device in a refrigerator for a period of 24-36 hours, most commonly in the summer months, in order to benefit from the resultant ‘chill’ of the machine on one’s lap.

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YOLO
ACRONYM
“Yoko Ono’s Looking Old.” Today’s teens say this frequently, seemingly blasé about the damage it is continuing to inflict on the 82-year-old’s self-esteem.

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’Ship
INTRANSITIVE VERB
To shatter one’s hip in at least two places.

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Two girls one cup
NOUN
A beautiful ritual in which a pair of young women are tasked with constructing the most elaborate drinking receptacle possible in under 35 minutes.

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Bromance
NOUN
An intense relationship between two male bees.

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Twerk
INTRANSITIVE VERB
To drink a pint of tea while engaged in the duties associated with one’s werk.

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Werk
NOUN
Full-time professional employment consisting of at least 35 weekly hours.

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Cray
ADJECTIVE
Good at badminton. “Your mum is super cray.” “I know, she’s been playing for quite some time now. She might go professional.” “I hope she does.”

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Tinder
NOUN
A homemade farming device manufactured by combining a trowel and a cinder block.

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Feels
NOUN
Small balls of nose mucus, widely shared on the street as a form of currency.

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Bae
NOUN
A brass spoon that teenagers use primarily to consume soup. “Pass me the bae for the chowder, Kimmy.”

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Booty
NOUN
A small boutique that sells pottery and Kenyan furniture.

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FML
ACRONYM
“Finding Merlin’s Lingerie.” A code within an acronym, used to describe the discovery of something humiliating. If one has ‘found Merlin’s lingerie’, one has unearthed a career-ending truth about Merlin.

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Truffle butter
NOUN
Heavy rain. “Urgh, I just stepped out of the office and got covered in truffle butter.”

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Turnt
ADJECTIVE
If a piece of bread has been toasted until severely burnt, it is turnt.

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IRL
ACRONYM
“I’m Richard Linklater.” Teens say this regularly on online chat forums when they are pretending to be Richard Linklater.

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Preach
INTRANSITIVE VERB
To compare something to a peach.

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Anaconda
NOUN
A large snake native to South America.

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#nofilter
ADJECTIVE
Really cool. “I love Nickelback. You know the best thing about them? They’re so #nofilter.”

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Shade
INTRANSITIVE VERB
To pick up the excrement of a small family dog.

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Can’t even
INFORMAL SLANG
To be comfortable carrying out arithmetic with odd numbers but unable to do so while carrying heavy machinery.

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AF
ACRONYM
Aggressive Fuchsia. A color increasingly popular with teenagers online.

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OMG
INFORMAL SLANG
Ohhhh, Marvin Gaye. An expression conveying the realization that the subject of the conversation, hitherto unclear, was Marvin Gaye.

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Lemon party
NOUN
A bowling game at the end of which the losing team have to throw lemons at the elderly until they knock someone over.

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Selfie
NOUN
An enormous orgy fueled principally by the consumption of gigantic quantities of Class A drugs.