Youth Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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bitch barbie n. One 14-year-old described how, when walking in school alone, he would worry that he had a lopsided walk and try to rectify it. Others felt that they were being monitored by the ultra-cool pupils the academics refer to as “bitch Barbies and bully boys.” These pupils would create gender-based notions of desirability, to which they would hold others accountable. [English Youth Derogatory] [full cite] (Apr. 14, 2007)

breezy n. Breezy— a nice-looking young lady. [English Youth Slang] [full cite] (May. 21, 2007)

chiefing n. “Marking up” is a term used to describe writing words or drawing pictures using markers on someone’s body. “Chiefing” describes “marking up” someone who is asleep.…"I believe ‘chiefing’ in most instances would be hazing,” Carroll said. “Even if they’re awake, you’re doing it ridicule them. The intent is there within ‘chiefing.’” [College Youth Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 14, 2007)

cootie catcher n. Yale’s introduction to the artform, however, did come from young Japanese-American classmates with the simple construction of four-pronged fortune-tellers, or as she called them, “cootie catchers.” [English Youth] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2007)

Degrassi set n. For a while now, the “Degrassi” set has been the talk of Broadway, for one big green reason: the musical “Wicked,” which was created for a general audience, but began attracting a fanatical, often face-painted following of teenagers and tweens a few months after it opened in 2003. It also began grossing well over a million dollars a week. It quickly became a notion along Broadway that the young demographic could make a hit, and producers with new shows spoke to investors about tapping the so-called “Wicked” market. [English Entertainment Youth New or Nonce] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2007)

doone n. Or that in Eastern prep-school lexicon of the time, a “doone” was something of a doofus? [English Youth Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 22, 2006)

dormcest n. When asked if living together has brought sexual tension into their friendship, Mr. Danzig said “no” flatly, and Dewar said the same, emphatically. Neither report any awkward or indelicate moments, but when both genders use the same bathroom on the floor not much remains secret. Dating neighbors—known as “hallcest” or “dormcest”—is courting disaster given such close quarters, says Danzig. [English Education Relationships Sex & Sexuality Youth Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 4, 2007)

drape n. Enter Mr. Sapienza, the freshly recruited weight-training instructor from the Maryland Reform School for Boys. In less than a week, using nonviolent methods that probably would get him fired today, he had the “drapes” as they were called—elsewhere they were “hoods"—singing “Teen Angel” a cappella. [English Youth Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 31, 2006)

drawling n. drawling—Not exercising common sense; foolhardy.Example: “Joe said the Oakland Raiders would make the Super Bowl this year, but he’s drawling. They’re terrible. [English Youth Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 26, 2008)

emosexual n. One person wrote on a government youth-website forum, “detesto a los emosexuales,” which translates as “I hate emosexuals.” Emosexual is an obvious play on homosexual, especially in Spanish, where the H is silent. [English Spanish Sex & Sexuality Youth] [full cite] (Mar. 31, 2008)

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