Awesome: anything at all encountered by anyone under 30. Often written in UPPER CASE for heightened effect. (e.g. 'This tea-bag is absolutely AWESOME!!!!') Other forms: awesomest, awesomeness, awesomely.
Wicked: Good
Well wicked: Extremely good.
Well: Sick.
Well unwell: Very sick.
Devastated: Emotional condition evoked by anything bad - from the loss of a football game to failing a 'Britain's Got Talent' audition to being evicted from the 'Big Brother' house to a tragic death to a plane crash to a tsunami to a famine to a war to a 50-megaton nuclear explosion to a 10-mile wide asteroid colliding with earth.
Oh my God! Standard English prefix to anything at all - most often used by younger women, but not exclusively. With men, it's more usually 'Fuck!'
LOL: first name of Mr Creme, of 10 cc and Godley and Creme fame.
ROFL: Mr Harris's first name, mis-spelled.
OMG: Shortened form of '80s electro band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Gark.
OMD: Shortened form of French prefix 'Oh Mon Dieu!'
BGT: A bacon, greengage and tomato sandwich.
WILFS: Short for 'Wankers I'd Like to Fire.'
Richard L. Prov... | April 27, 2012 - 15:31
Hi Stan, a worthwhile project. I suggest you compartmentalize statements or phrases or expression by their year range of usage. I remember reading a statement from the very successful Canadian Children's writer, Robert Munsch saying he wrote only for the very young 3-8 since he could not keep up to the older generation 9+ generation. I agree with him. Any writer who writes for teenagers really has to live inside their skin. May you have a wonderful day today, from Richard and Esther, Truro, NS, Canada.
Stan | April 27, 2012 - 15:43
Thanks, Richard. Hope you have a good day, too. :)
A few others...
Less: now universally used as a substitute for 'fewer' (e.g. 'There are less fish in the sea than there used to be') Curiously, the reverse never happens (e.g. 'I get fewer interest on my savings now.')
Tecs: (noun, verb; singular and plural) An SMS message; SMS messages; to send or receive same. (e.g. 'I tecs her, but she didn't tecs me back', 'I got a tecs from him yesterday.') See also Tecses (e.g. 'He tecses me all the time', 'I got a load of tecses from her.')
SMS: short form of Silly Message Service.
salmanrushdiesp... | April 27, 2012 - 15:56
Way: Far
I was like: I said
(As in "And I was like, hey man, you're, like, taking this waaaayyy too seriously?" with the obligatory Question Intonation on the end in the manner of a complete Americanised twat-face.)
Stan | April 27, 2012 - 16:01
'So I went to the movies last night? And it was like awesome? And I had some popcorn? And on my way home I almost got killed by a train? etc...
Texas l8r: an SMS message informing the recipient that the sender is travelling across the US and hopes to arrive in Houston within a few hours.
Tecs us l8r: an SMS message asking the recipient to reply to the sender in a little while's time.
Tecs a Sl8r: an SMS message asking the recipient to send an SMS message to a roof-repairer.
salmanrushdiesp... | April 27, 2012 - 23:55
Cidarr: Cider
Bettarr: Better
Jumparr: Jumper
This is how people are talking in London nowadays. Holy Mary Mother of God, Jesus Christ and all the saints in Heaven have mercy on my fucking soul.
Stan | April 28, 2012 - 08:44
Had me chuckling for a good while did that, SRPO!
Austin Tecs us: My friend Austin sent me an SMS message.
Houston Tecses: ...Commander Jim Lovell to say they can't help with the problem.
Paris Tecses: SMS messages from my friend in the French capital.
Tecses Chainsaw Massacre: 2012 remake of cult '70s horror movie in which a group of teenagers, all travelling in the same van, communicate with one another solely via SMS messages. They break down at a lonely farm, but before they have time to send an SOS SMS, a tree surgeon in a leather mask appears and chainsaws them all to death, which is absolutely AWESOME??? (Orange Wednesdays only).
Bibliotecs: Very long SMS message (or LMS).
Discotheques: Dance clubs, made popular in the '70s.
No... I really have got nothing better to do with my time. It's sad, really...