Slang that kids will use this year in school!

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If you have kids or spend any time around them, you’re probably aware of the slang they use, but do you know what it all means. Teachers are in a position to hear how kids talk to each other, giving them insight into the new words and phrases, and what it all means and they're sharing their insider knowledge.

Consider this a guide to slang school-age kids will be saying this year…just know that by the time you understand it, it’ll be out of date and they’ll have moved on to new weird words that confuse us.

• “6-7” - Kids say this in a very particular way, but what it means is unclear. Michigan teacher Sarah Y says she’s asked a million kids, including her own, and she still hasn’t gotten an explanation of the meaning and where it comes from.
• “On God” - It’s like saying “swear to God,” apparently. High school teacher Adam P says he has students insisting they did their homework, but just don’t have it with them, so they say, “On God, Mr. P! On God!”
• “Lore” - It’s basically a way to say “backstory” or “background information,” usually about a person or fictional character and it can be complicated, but helps explain someone on a deep level.
• “Delulu” - This one is fun to say and means delusional.
• “Cinema” - It refers to something that’s high drama or incredibly messy and is used the way a millennial might have said “epic” back in the day.
• “Crash out” - This is the new “spiraling” and can be applied to just about anything. “Everything causes a crash out,” a teacher named Marnie explains. “No chocolate milk left in the cafeteria? ‘OMG! I’m crashing out!’ Can’t find the purple marker during group work time? ‘You guys, I’m crashing out.’”
• “Main character energy” - Someone who has this thinks of themselves as the star of the show and it’s used to call them out for taking themselves too seriously.
• “Big back” - This can be self-depricating, if a kid says they’re a “big back” while raiding the pantry for another snack. But it can also be downright mean when used as an insult toward someone else.

Source: Scary Mommy

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