Have you ever wondered what in the world some of the words that your teens use mean?! Well today, we’re trying to help you!

Here are some of the words we decoded on the show:

• Ship: Used as a verb, meaning you want 2 people to be in a relationship. Especially popular with fictional characters
• TBH: An abbreviation of “to be honest”, can be used in everyday conversation when someone is giving their honest opinion about something. Someone could say “TBH, I don’t really like watching the Olympics”
• Lowkey: A synonym for “kind of”, “slightly”, or “a little bit”. The opposite would be highkey, meaning “very” or “a lot”
• Woke: Used in the phrase “stay woke”, which means to “stay alert” or “be ready”
• Salty: When someone is upset or bitter about something
• OTP: An abbreviation for “One True Pair”; two people who you think are meant to be together.
• Basic: Ordinary or plain, can also mean like everyone else
• Gucci: Means cool or good
• Peep: To look at or listen to something, such as “You should peep this new song”
• GOAT: An acronym for “Greatest Of All Time”, usually used to refer to a person
• Slay: When someone succeeds at something amazing, or if they “killed it” at something. For example, you could say “Katie Ledecky slayed in the Olympics 400 meter swim”
• Fangirl: Can be used to describe someone who is a really big fan of something. Can also be used as a verb when someone gets excited about whatever they are a fan of, such as “I’m fangirling over the new trailer for that movie”
• Lit: When something is amazing or exciting

Hopefully that helps you understand your teens and their confusing language a little better! Be sure to let us know if there are any other terms we left out that your teens use!

Have a great week!

-Jess and Marcy