Thirsty = adjective describing a desperate-acting, needy personīasic = annoying person, interested in shallow thingsĮxtra = over the top, excessive, dramatic person Any of these terms can also appear as hashtags if you put a # symbol in front of them. Here are some ter ms and emojis that may not be so innocent. So, if you are monitoring your kids’ phones or come across references you don’t understand, assume the best in them (then, of course, do your homework).įor example, there are dozens of harmless words such as finna (fixing to do something), yeet (a way to express excitement), skeet (let’s go), Gucci (great, awesome, or overpriced), AMIRITE (am I right?) QQ4U (quick question for you), SMH (shaking my head), bread (money), IDRK (I don’t really know), OOTD (outfit of the day), LYAAF (love you as a friend), MCE (my crush everyday), HMU (hit me up, call me), W/E (whatever), AFK (away from keyboard), RTWT (read the whole thread), CWYL (chat with you later), Ship (relationship), CYT (see you tomorrow) or SO (significant other). Most of the terms and symbols have emerged as a kind of clever shorthand for fast moving fingers and have no dangerous or risky meaning attached. We publish this list with an important reminder: Teen texting slang isn’t inherently bad or created with an intent to deceive or harm. This time we’ve added emojis (scroll to bottom) since those powerful little graphic symbols have singlehandedly transformed human communication, as we know it.
#Juicebox emoji update#
It expands, contracts and specific acronyms and symbols (emojis) can change in meaning entirely over time, which is why we update this list every periodically. And while the slang is perfectly understood peer-to-peer, it has parents googling like crazy to decipher it.Īnd this language changes all the time. In all this talking a language, or code, emerges just as it has for every generation only today that language is in acronyms, hashtags, and emojis. And they are talking most of the time - tap, tap, tap - much like background music. They talk on their phones via chat, social comments, snaps, posts, tweets, and direct messages. What adults call texting, kids call talking.
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