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[size=2] Some good news for bewildered parents struggling to decipher the teenage slangs - you can now bank on a dictionary.The best-selling essential guide to the modern kids’ lexicon, titled The A-Z of Teen Talk, a compilation of around 300 weird and wonderful words, has been written by 13-year-old Lucy van Amerongen.
“I hope this will clear up a lot of confusion for other families, and it’s a great feeling to see my name in print. My favourite word has to be vanilla but more and more phrases come up every day.
“I love languages, and I think some parents don’t give teenagers enough credit for some of the words they use. A lot of them are very creative,” Lucy, a student of Cheltenham Ladies’ College from Box, was quoted by The Daily Telegraph as saying.
For the uninitiated, if something is “vanilla”, it is boring; “jamming” means hanging around; while to “tear” is to leave quickly, or run away. A “za”, of course, is nothing but an abbreviation for pizza.
Staying cool, or “book”, is vital so it is important to be familiar with words such as “antwacky” or unstylish; “hench”, meaning tough; “rago” meaning ok; and “zip”, which translates as yob.
Lucy has also issued three golden rules to go with the language - never make eye contact when talking to a “mouldie”, always mumble inaudibly and if possible include the word “like” in, like, every sentence.
The book went on sale in September and more than 3,000 of the initial print run of 5,000 have already been sold.
Publisher Ravette is planning updated versions. “We are thrilled with how well it has done for Lucy. WH Smiths has ordered a second batch, which is fairly unheard of. It is a nice surprise,” Ingrid Parris, a spokesman, was quoted as saying.
[/size][size=2][b][color=#800080]Teen Talk[/color]
Vanilla:[/b] boring, uncool
[b]Jamming:[/b] hanging around
[b]Tear:[/b] To leave quickly, to run away
[b]Za:[/b] pizza
[b]Book:[/b] staying cool
[b]Antwacky:[/b] unstylish
[b]Hench:[/b] Tough
[b]Rago:[/b] ok[/size] Bum Enjoy, as in “He bums his PS2”
Clappin Out of date, clapped out
Da Bomb Great, excellent
Ends Area or estate, as in “what ends are you from?”
Flat roofin’ Overworked, stressed
Gratz Thank you
Hench Tough boy, as in henchman I
nnit Word that turns any sentence into a question
Klingon Younger child, particularly your irritating brother or sister
Ledge A legend, someone who is greatly admired
Nang Cool, excellent, brilliant
Off the hook Cool, appealing, fresh
Phat Really cool, great, awesome
Phat-free Uncool, rubbish; the opposite to phat
Shizzle Someone you worship, as in “she’s a real shiz”
Tin-grin Person who wears braces
Uber Very, totally
Vanilla Boring, dull
Za Abbreviation of pizza: “Let’s grab a za before the movie”
Zep Oik, yob, underclass person
. . . and the East London version
Air Being ignored. As in “If you say that again I’m giving you air”
Brapp Sign of respect
Chung, Choong Attractive
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