It’s hard to keep up with your own kids sometimes, so you can imagine how hard it can be to keep up with your grandchildren. Nowadays, you can find it rather difficult to understand what your grandchildren are trying to say or text to you. It all just looks like a bunch of random letters strung together at times or a weird word that doesn’t really fit the context of your current conversation. From their silly acronyms to their ever evolving slangs, it seems like your grandchildren have developed their own little language. Fear not though, to aid in your ability to communicate with your grandchildren, here is a list of some of lingos that kids these days use and what they mean!
Acronyms
ATM= At the moment
BRB= Be right back
BTW= By the way
CTN= Can’t talk now
FINSTA= Fake Instagram account
FOMO= Fear of missing out
GOAT= Greatest of all time
GTG= Got to go
HAGS= Have a great summer
IDK= I don’t know
JK= Just kidding
LMK= Let me know
LOL= Laughing out loud
NM= Nevermind
NP= No problem
OMG= Oh my gosh
OMW= On my way
ROFL= Rolling on the floor laughing
SMH= Shaking my head
TTYL= Talk to you later
WDYM= What do you mean
Slang
Bet= Yes
Cringe= Awkward or embarrassing
Dope= Awesome
Extra= Over the top
Flex= Show off
Ghosted= Cut off communication
Gucci= Cool
High Key= Very Interested
Lit= Cool
Mid= Average
No Cap= No lie
Rizz= Charisma
Salty= Bitter
Shook= Shocked
Slay= To be stylish
Stop the Cap= Stop lying
Sus= Shady
Tea= Gossip
Thirsty= Desperate for attention
This is Bussin= This is really good
Yeet= To throw