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

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skid n. We were going around in the pit having a good time, when a skin took down a street-kid who’s name I cannot remember. He hit him and called him a skid, who does nothing but loot in the garbage.…We got out and the the skins were waiting. A fight broke up between some of the skins and the people who they called “Skids.” [English Youth Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 21, 2006)

skid n. Making his way out into the night he abandoned his preppy boy look, and resembled what some people might call a thug, or a skid. [English Youth Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 21, 2006)

skid n. Rock n roll shirts (GnR and Metallica, i was never a skid, tho a genuine fan….i’d actually wear em out to trendy nightclubs…now everyone’s got a fu%^in motley crue or led zeppelin shirt). [English Youth Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 21, 2006)

skitch v. Skater pulled by car is hurt: An 11-year-old boy was critically injured in Arlington when he fell off his skateboard after letting go of a car that was towing him up a hill. Police Chief John Gray said the practice is called “skitching,” a combination of the words skateboarding and hitching. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation Youth] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2006)

soaping n. The guys stroll the streets in their Soap shoes, a brand of shoe that allows them to grind their way in a practice known as aggressive walking, or soaping. Their sneakers may not look different from anyone else’s, but their Soap shoes are fitted with a metal plate in the arch of the foot to allow them to slide across rails, ledges and other hard, smooth surfaces like an inline skater or skateboarder. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Youth] [full cite] (Jun. 25, 2006)

stacking n. Donesha said one of the teens who was later wounded began flashing gang signs at the other group—a practice known as “stacking.” [English Youth Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 21, 2006)

teen concierge n. The Four Seasons offered a “teen concierge” over the summer (“to provide teen-savvy advice on what’s hot in our city”). [English Youth] [full cite] (Oct. 8, 2007)

throw it up v. phr. She and other deputies exchange gang information. “Kids try to fly in under the radar, try to keep their gang links secret.” But, she said, you might see a student “throwing it up,” jargon for making gang hand symbols, and that’s when she moves in. [English Youth Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 12, 2007)

thunder n. And by men, we mean those already at the peak of their careers, proven by their luxury vehicles while parked nearby their drivers play cards, waiting for their bosses till the wee hours. Suave and moneyed, these new breed of mature gentlemen, in the language of today’s youth, are widely referred to as the “thunder cats” or “thunders” for short. (If you belong to the same age range, ask your teenage daughter what these feline-inspired terms mean.) [English Relationships Youth] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2006)

thunder cat n. And by men, we mean those already at the peak of their careers, proven by their luxury vehicles while parked nearby their drivers play cards, waiting for their bosses till the wee hours. Suave and moneyed, these new breed of mature gentlemen, in the language of today’s youth, are widely referred to as the “thunder cats” or “thunders” for short. (If you belong to the same age range, ask your teenage daughter what these feline-inspired terms mean.) [English Relationships Youth] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2006)

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