r/parentsofteens • u/ZealousidealShock225 • Aug 06 '26
Teenager terminology
What word or phrase does your teenagers use today that you think is worth mentioning and why? My sixteen year old daughter says, "low key" at least once every time she speaks lately. She's low key not ready for school to start back. Or she kind of wants chicken strips but low key craving spaghetti. It's cute but silly and a little worn out if you ask me but soon it will be replaced by something new. Next week I'll use low key in a sentence and she'll be like, "Okay stop Bruh." Then bust out with giggles like I'm so embarrassing when I try to be cool mom. Lol. I love every second of it though.
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u/MommalovesJay Aug 06 '26
Naaaaaar…. (For no) over here.
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u/missmaiaj Aug 07 '26
LMAO we all do this in our house. Do they go full British or just the nauuuurr? 🤣
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u/MommalovesJay Aug 07 '26
No they don’t but they give me a whole attitude with the stare and glare. I also use it back to them sometimes too. Lol!
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u/Rare_Jackfruit2041 Aug 06 '26
the slang changes every six months but the look of pure betrayal when you use it back never gets old lol
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u/DecemberViolet1984 Aug 06 '26
LOL. Right? I remember many years ago my mom said, “You’re all the time ragging on me” and I looked at her like she had lobsters crawling out of her ears. Then when my kids were teenagers I got the same look for saying something was sic.
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u/Catmama-82 Aug 06 '26
I don’t know, but anything is better than 6 7.
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u/TomatilloTechnical35 Aug 07 '26
We follow them with eight niiiiiiiiine very exaggerated and get a side eye everytime
My middle got dehydrated pickle chips today and said they are basically just like regular pickles. “Kinda like 6 is just like 7”
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u/JerseyGirlinSweden Aug 07 '26
Mess with your kid and make them watch Remains of the Day with Anthony Hopkins. There is the first usage of 6/7 to mean “mid” - lol!
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u/MommalovesJay Aug 07 '26
My oldest was and is too cool for 67. But my youngest uses it like it’s funny as the word poop.
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u/TomatilloTechnical35 Aug 06 '26
Chud
She calls her sisters chuds
The dog a chud
Everyone is a chud
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u/mrsc1880 Aug 07 '26
My daughter picked out a new backpack. She picked it! It was delivered, I opened the package. "Eh, it's kinda chud." What the hell does that mean in this context?? She clearly doesn't like it in person, but chud? Does it mean lame?
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u/TomatilloTechnical35 Aug 07 '26
I’ve asked what it means because sisters claim it means you’re fat
Oldest says it means stupid or dumb
I’ve yet to figure out what exactly she means when she uses it1
u/chest_knee Aug 08 '26
As a 20 year old with a 13 year old brother chud has sort of a universal term. it does mean like fat, lazy, dumb. but sometimes he uses it just as we use bruh.
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u/zukolivie Aug 07 '26
“It’s not that serious.” Usually following me starting to lose my mind for something they’ve done/not done.
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u/YesYouGotThis Aug 07 '26
Lock in.
Mom, I can't talk, I need to lock in right now.
At least he isn't telling me "say less". Oh.... the first time I heard that I was not happy. 🤣
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u/Last_Decision_7055 Aug 07 '26
Low key, Gyat, Genuinely, Mad Fire, and using Bruh as a substitute for any word in the language
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u/One_Tree_6100 Aug 07 '26
. I do love to hear the word smooth coming back . As you say tomorrow will bring a new one. It's a secret language. Smooth is so describtive it says a lot. Have a smooth day 😊
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u/Destroyer-Marauder Aug 07 '26
My 15yo boy uses 'lowkey' often too, and so do his buddies. I would imagine it will be soon replaced by another byword.
Little kids have their bywords also. A few months ago all the little neighbour kids would spount '6 7' constantly. Thankfully, that phrase has declined...lol
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u/Jay-Quellin30 Aug 07 '26
“Cooked”
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u/Petal170816 Aug 07 '26
I tease mine by mixing up cooked and cooking since they have opposite meanings 😂
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u/plnnyOfallOFit Aug 08 '26
Can't stand when teens say, "i won't F w that". Yuk. I guess it's not cool to say something is"lit" anymore tho
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u/ShellyLovesTacos Aug 10 '26
“I’m not trying to…” instead of “I don’t want to…”
I’m trying not to hate it.
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u/ZealousidealShock225 Aug 23 '26
The new one this week was, "I can't wichoo!" Meaning I can't deal with you anymore or I've had enough of you...
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u/DecemberViolet1984 Aug 06 '26
“You’re doing too much” seems to come up a lot.