Pepper your vocabulary with these cool terminologies to get in sync with the times
They say you have to move with the times. And one simple yet effective way is to update your language. In this woke era, you’ve got to brush up on the lingo in vogue and spruce up the way you talk! Let’s get you noobs started...
FINESSE: Possessing the ability to trick or fool someone in a smooth way. For example, ‘Now she’s got some finesse taking that notorious playboy for a ride!’
GUCCI: This word isn’t limited to the luxury fashion brand alone; it is also used to refer to something that’s fine or awesome. For example, ‘Is that your new car? That’s Gucci!’
HUMBLEBRAG: Trying to sound humble, but it’s actually a way of showing off. For example, ‘I’m so poor I’ve been using this iPhone for two years now.’
SNATCHED: This is the new ‘fleek’, that is, flawlessly good or being on point. For eg. ‘That leather jacket you’re wearing is snatched!’
BLAMESTORMING: Mostly used in a professional setting, it refers to identifying the person responsible for the problem or a debacle that occurred.
WANKSTA: Just like gangsta refers to something tough and cool, wanksta refers to someone trying to be that but not being able to pull it off. For instance, ‘He’s a total wanksta when he’s trying to pull off the James Dean look.’
SNACK: Someone you find attractive. For example, ‘Hey, what’s up? Who’s that snack in your DP?’
CRASHY: A portmanteau of crazy and trashy. Sample this, ‘She looks even more crashy wearing animal prints from head to toe with that tacky make-up’.
WHEELING: Meaning going out to pick up women. One asks, ‘Can you check if he’ll join us for a game of football this evening?’ and gets the reply, ‘Naah, he’s wheeling tonight.’
*$: If you receive a text from your friend asking, ‘*$?’ it simply means, ‘Let’s go to Starbucks?’
KNOWMAD: A blend of ‘knowledge’ and ‘nomad’. It refers to folks who travel around the world and share their experiences, information, tips, loads of pictures and videos of their travels on social media.
LURKER: We all have that one person in each WhatsApp group, who reads all the messages but doesn’t participate.
WEXTING: Texting addicts who can’t stop doing so even while walking on the road, busy streets, crossing the road, etc.
THROW HANDS: A slang for fight. For example, ‘Anyone wanna throw hands?’
DWEET: To tweet when drunk.
TYPERACTIVE: Someone who is talkative when texting, but hardly talks face-to-face.
NOOB: A slang for a newbie; someone who is inexperienced in a particular field, especially with computers and the internet.
THICK/THICC: Someone who’s quite curvaceous, voluptuous and sexually attractive. For example, ‘Ooh! She’s thick like Nicki Minaj.’
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