The Strange Vocabulary of the Rising Generation

I just don’t know what to do about the young kids these days. I can hardly keep up with them, what with their You Tubes, Pokémons, Nintendo machines, and I don’t know what all. And their language! Sometimes I can hardly discern what they’re trying to say to one another, and that’s if their talking at all instead playing those god-awful computer games or huddled over their fancy little phone units.

I’ve decided that the only way I might connect with the rising generation is by reach out to them. So my brother and I compiled this list of “hip” words we remember from our personal days as young teens. We’ve even divided them into categories for easy usage. My plan is to give these lists to some of these youngsters so they can understand how we used to speak, and perhaps even use them at the school carnival or swing choir practice themselves. That’s sure to make them the bee’s knees of their peer group, if not the toast of the town!

EXCLAMATIONS
oish! • booyah! • snap! • badical! • radical • dudical! • gnarly! • excellent! • bodacious! • boss! • tight! • for real! • sweet! • righteous! • aws (pronounced oss)! • solid! • hot! • smooth! • rockin! • jivin! • jammin! • swingin! • slammin!

CONSTERNATIONS
flip! • fetch! • fudge! • fuzz! • freak! • frick! • buggin! • whacked! • that sucks! • that blows! • that stinks! • that reeks! • that bites! • that eats! • bogus! • as if! • exsqueeze me? • spank you! • your mom!

RETALIATIONS
don't go there! • oh no, you di'nt! • sike! • not! • whatever! • not even! • says you! • pu-lease! • kiss off! • grow a brain! • have a cow! • fine then!

There now, wasn’t that a gas? So go ahead, if you’re young or old! Use my list and have a swell go of it! “Peace!”