Keeping up with the younger generation by learning the current slang of 2023.
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MICHAEL VILLEGAS – ALRIGHT THERE WE GO. SO, UH, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO WATCH? DOES NOT MATTER TO ME.
LUKE SCHWARTZ – WOAH, WOAH, WOAH. BEFORE WE START WITH SOMETHING LIKE NETFLIX AND CHILL, IF YOU WANT TO STAY HIP IN 2023, LET’S GO BACK TO THE BASICS.
SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME, SLANG HAS BEEN THERE TO HELP PEOPLE NOT ONLY CONNECT, BUT UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.
INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO FOUND IN A BOOK, BUT RATHER THE PEOPLE YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH FROM THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS. SO, LET ME TEACH YOU A FEW THINGS.
WHEN YOU ARE EATING SOME REALLY GOOD FOOD OUT AT THE DINING HALL WITH YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU SAY IT IS DELICIOUS, THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT YOU AND NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU HAVE TO SAY IT IS BUSSIN’. B-U-S-S-I-N-’. AND THEN THEY KNOW, IT IS REALLY GOOD FOOD.
TAKE SYRACUSE STUDENT HANNAH GULLEY… SHE USES SLANG ALL THE TIME.
HANNAH GULLEY – I USE SLANG EVERYDAY WITH MY FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE WORDS IS PROBABLY “SLAY.” YOU KNOW, SLAY. IT’S REALLY JUST LETTING YOUR FRIENDS KNOW THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, THEY KILLED IT TODAY, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE SLAYING GIRL, YOU DID IT.
SCHWARTZ – WINTER OR SPRING, DOES NOT MATTER. IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK YOU ALWAYS NEED A COAT. WHEN IT IS FREEZING COLD OUTSIDE, YOU DO NOT SAY COLD, YOU SAY IT IS BRICK AND THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU WILL GET IT. AND IF WE HEAD DOWN TO MARSHALL STREET…
IF IT IS A FRIDAY NIGHT AND PEOPLE ARE PARTYING A LITTLE BIT AND YOU SMELL SOMETHING, AND IT IS NOT INSOMNIA COOKIES IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. YOU DO NOT SAY IT IS REALLY PUNGENT OUT. YOU GO, IT IS LOUD.
YOU ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB SO, NOW LET US JUMP OVER TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE LOVE-LIKE IN THE PICK-UP GAME.
NOW THIS TERM IS ALWAYS THROWN OUT. IF YOU HAVE GOOD GAME, YOU ARE SPITTING RIZZ. R-I-Z-Z. WHAT IT MEANS IS YOU HAVE GOOD GAME. YOU CAN GO UP TO ANYBODY AND MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION, PROBABLY GET A NUMBER FOR SOME GOOD-STYLE FLIRTING.
DIDN’T WE HAVE CLASS LAST SEMESTER? I SWORE WE HAD CHEMISTRY, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY. W-RIZZ, AS LONG AS WE ARE RIZZING THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR.
I WONDER WHO THAT WAS?
NOW TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED. FIVE NEW WORDS OF SLANG IN BUSSIN’… SLAY… BRICK… LOUD… RIZZ. SO….
THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT SO MUCH EASIER WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE YOUNGER TO BRIDGE THE AGE GAP BETWEEN GENERATIONS. FROM GRANDPARENTS TO PARENTS AND TEENAGERS, SLANG IS THE SOLUTION.
AYE JEREMY, WHAT IS POPPIN’ B. LUKE SCHWARTZ, NCC NEWS.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – How to explain this…
Every single year new words are added to the dictionary on paper and in friend groups. Best buds shorten one another’s names to save time and random words appear out of thin air to encapsulate the meaning of something popular in that time.
You will not find these combinations of letters that make a full word at tea time with croissants or during a political debate, rather a group of friends enjoying a beverage at a bar or college students strung throughout a wide campus.
These new words are slang.
According to the Oxford dictionary, slang is, “a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.”
It is how you speak with your peers to feel included and understand what the conversation is about.
Communication can be argued as one of the most important elements to successful human relationships. Slang is often used more times around younger generations than older generations. Using both Syracuse students’ knowledge and my own, the goal of this package is to teach the older crowd a few words of slang that can bridge the age gap between the two.
The first word is “Bussin’. Bussin’ describes anything that is really good. It could be a meal you are sharing with friends that tastes fantastic to a new pair of Air Jordan’s that are straight Bussin’.
“Slay” refers to cheering your friends on when they are doing a good job at anything. From crushing a history exam to seeing your bestie get a job at the designer firm.
When walking outside and the weather feels rather freezing where a coat and gloves are pretty much an essential, the word cold is no longer needed. “Brick” will suffice to describe the frigid temperatures when you are out and about with friends.
If a smell downtown or on the bricks of Marshall street in Syracuse, New York tickle your nose, picking out the strong smell can be called, “loud.”
Last, but certainly not least, Rizz. The four-letter word encapsulates having good game in flirting. Casual and effortless or talkative and upfront. No matter how you swing the bat, if you pull a number or make a good impression, you are spitting Rizz.
All five words of slang are just a few of this years new words that have been added to the young generations vocabulary list that can be looked at as aid for the older generations to come closer through the connection of known slang.