How many times have your teens said something and you couldn’t fathom out what on earth they were talking about? My husband and I were totally caught out when my son sent a pic of his girlfriend with her hands over her face after she had been in a uni play saying she was ‘sick’. Well, did she vomit before she went on, or was she brilliant?! Yup, we are those stupid people who have no idea, so I thought I would pull together a list of words they use with their translation into 50 year old speak:
| They say | What it means to us |
| Allow | It’s tedious |
| Bare | Loads |
| Bless | Cheers |
| Crescape | Short for ‘crate escape’. Bring a crate of beer |
| Chipped | Have they left? |
| Chirpsing | The semi state of not going out with someone but you are still an item |
| Creasing | Laughing |
| Dank | Similar to Peng (see below) |
| Dead | Bad as in ‘this party’s dead’ |
| Doin’ bits | Good as in fulfilling its purpose |
| Down | Up for it |
| Free | Parents are away so house is free of adults |
| Live | Awesome |
| LOL | Laugh out loud (not lots of love!) |
| Long someone out | Make their life more tedious |
| Long | Tedious |
| Mad | Really good |
| Madness | A really good thing |
| Neng | Bad, opposite to Peng |
| Peak | The worst |
| Peng | Very nice, relating to a thing or person |
| A piece | A small period of time |
| Pre | Meet for drinks before an event to save money (and get a little drunk) |
| Rate that | Good |
| Safe | Hello or goodbye (mutual respect) |
| Set me a … | Give me a … |
| Sick | Really good (adj) as in ‘he played sick’ |
| Tinnie | Beer |
| Trust | I agree |
| What you saying? | What are you doing? |
| Whip | Car |
| Whip to a place | Drive |
| Word | To agree |
| Yard | House |
| Yat | Like calling a girlfriend ‘bird’ |
| Yip | Walking/driving around |
But remember! Don’t let on that you know these words as they might stop using them and then we will be back to square one!