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There’s a new word for that Millennial aesthetic of “live, laugh, love”, flower crowns and wine. It’s all ‘cheugy’ now.
A few of the words or terms that would usually be followed by “as the kids are saying” actually date back a long, long way.
You might spell it ‘jintoe’, or’ jintoo’, or some derivative thereof, but do you know the story behind the slang word? Let’s call this today’s history lesson.
In the run up to the first Rallycross Championship in Africa, organisers decided to test the drivers’ abilities to understand South African. The results are worth a chuckle.
Slang terms change all the time and Internet trends are dominated by influence – so check what the teens are saying these days.
And now I don’t want to live on this planet anymore. Around 3,000 words have been added this year in the “most comprehensive Scrabble wordlist ever produced,” which I would be more upset about if most of my Scrabble games didn’t end in tears and fire. Also included: ‘innit,’ ‘thang,’ ‘fansite,’ and ‘Facebook.’