TrendCentral sent out a new set of hot wordizzles for us all, and I thought I’d share ze love.
Real Talk
n. This phrase is used to highlight that whatever is being said is the actual truth and not the rose-colored variety. One of the most famous users of this expression is v-logger Mr. Chi-City, who tends to drop the phrase every few seconds.
“Real talk, I was so hungover, I slept next to the toilet, real talk.”
Social Notworking
v. Checking your social networking pages while on the job.
“I got caught Facebook stalking by my boss today. I hope he doesn’t get mad I was social notworking.”
Gypster
n. A person who dresses like a hybrid of a gypsy and a hipster.
“There were hoards of gypsters at that Fleet Foxes concert afterparty in Echo Park last night.”
Shress
n. A tunic or shirt that is scandalously worn as a dress; the term has come into use because of the trend of girls leaving the house without a vital component – their pants. (And we’re not talking about mistaking leggings for pants; we mean the bare-legged girls that seem to be just wearing an oversized men’s shirt.)
“Can you believe she wore a shress to school? She looked like she just came from a slumber party.”
Epicocity
n. A word used to describe just how epic (i.e. awesome) something is.
“Did you see Tony jump out of the tree into the swimming pool? It was totally stupid but I gotta say the epicocity level was 10.”
DT
abbr. This strictly means “down to” and originated in the land of texting. Like other phrases that begin at the thumbs of teenage girls, DT has migrated into actual verbal conversations.
“Do you want to go shopping tomorrow?” “DTGS”
Berry
n. A term used to describe a member of the opposite sex.
“See them berries sipping on martinis? They look ripe for a picking.”
Here is the first part in the slang series
oh the social notworking!
This is hilarious and awesome. Real talk.
I agree legging are not pants.
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The “Shress” was a much needed addition. Is it yet more recession fallout that poor starlets can’t afford pants? Sad.
This is a great list! Social “notworking” is priceless – I’m sure that there are a ton of other new slang words that will be inspired through this list!
I didn’t know there was an actual word for what they were wearing (re: Shress). I think people understood, do you see what SHE is wearing?
And real talk is one of my favorite.phrases.in.life.
hilarious. DT and epicocity are new to me.
Berries? Hahaha oh dear. Never heard that one before. I’ll have to add that my vocabulary.
Thhis just made my day, i’m gonna put you on my blog link, as soon as i get one up. real talk.
Fabolous has an album called “Real Talk.”
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I am assuming 80% of the people on wordpress are “Social Notworkers” I know I am.
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berries…
hilarious hilarious hilarious!
Before I read the explanation for “Real Talk,” I thought it would have something to do with “real time,” (in the cinematic sense). “It’s happening in real time” — not edited, not cut.
Perhaps a secondary use for “Real Talk” could be “an unedited articulation or presentation of thoughts; copying and pasting a piece of text verbatim in its original linguistic/semantic form.”
@Sittingpugs, I’m totally in agreement with you there. Your explanation makes more sense than Mr Chi-City’s use of the term.
What a great blog! Working with teenagers, we hear and read all sorts of new lingo but we haven’t yet come across these. Thanks for the update and keep them coming!
Susan
Thank you for all the wonderful comments, guys!
I was caught up in social notworking when this total berrie walked by. I mean, he was epicocity, real talk. I wasn’t stressing cause I was in my shress and he couldn’t help but check me out. All the other girls were gypsters anyway. I tell ya, I was DT jump this one.
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