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Speakin' in tongues

A LEXICOGRAPHY OF YOUTH CULTURE

F

face: (v.) analogous to "talk to the hand."

flavor: (n.) to have style. "He's got the flavor."

fugly: (adj.) fuck + ugly. "No means no. I don't want to have sex with you, fugly."

G

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garden tool: (n.) a whore, from "ho." "The Wellesley garden tools are here."

to get medieval on: (v.) to get brutal and violent, popularized by Pulp Fiction.

ghetto: (adj.) either tattered and poor looking or styling. "That's a ghetto hat."

I

issues: (n.) a cuphemism for psychological problems. "Those psycho singles in Greenough have, uh, issues."

J

jock: (v.) to play someone, or mack "Joe's giving Jane a line. He's so jocking her."

K

kick it: (v.) to hang out, not to be confused with "hit it." "I'm not doing anything tonight. Wanna kick it?"

know one's shit: (v.) to know one's business, to be adept at something.

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