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Morphology/Sema Ntics Activity: Amanuel Bradberry ENGL 420 Professor Gentry

The document discusses various slang terms used by teens, including their meanings. It provides definitions and examples for terms like "crunk", "ate that", "slay", "extra", "tea", "drip", "bet", "shook", and "gucci". It reflects on how teens have developed their own vocabulary and ways of communicating through extensive use of slang and acronyms. While this linguistic style was once frowned upon, it is now more widely accepted in casual conversation among youth.

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Morphology/Sema Ntics Activity: Amanuel Bradberry ENGL 420 Professor Gentry

The document discusses various slang terms used by teens, including their meanings. It provides definitions and examples for terms like "crunk", "ate that", "slay", "extra", "tea", "drip", "bet", "shook", and "gucci". It reflects on how teens have developed their own vocabulary and ways of communicating through extensive use of slang and acronyms. While this linguistic style was once frowned upon, it is now more widely accepted in casual conversation among youth.

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Morphology/Sema

ntics Activity
AMANUEL BRADBERRY
ENGL 420
PROFESSOR GENTRY
Crunk
Meaning • Getting high and drunk at the same time

Meaning • Very excited and full of energy

Sentence:
The party last night was so crunk.
The dude at the basketball game seemed to be crunk or something!
“Ate that “: Means you did good or
what was done was to perfection
Sentence

ate that
did a great job; pulled it off well; had a lot of
success with something. Used by teens in the
projects of Queens, NY, and probably elsewhere
in NYC.
You walk in with a new outfit and your friend
says, "Dang, girl, you ate dat!" or, you get a 100%
on a test and you say, "I ate that!"
by Cazza759 July 11, 2008
Slay : killed it. Succeeded in something
amazing.
Extra: When someone is “extra”, it
means they are unnecessarily
dramatic, excessive, over the top,
or a “drama queen”.

She invited the entire school to


her birthday. She’s so extra!
Tea:
When someone is “spilling
the tea”, it means they are
gossiping.

What happened at Jessica’s


birthday party? Come on,
spill the tea!
Drip: When someone
has on nice clothing or
jewelry. Flashy.

“ Nice drip”!
Bet: “Bet” means “okay,” and is
often used to agree with
someone.

For example, if someone asked,


“Can we go to the pool tomorrow
afternoon,” their friend might
reply with “Bet!”
Shook:

When someone is shook it means


they are shocked or incredibly
surprised.

– Did you see? The new season of


Lucifer just landed on Netflix!

– OMG I’m shook! I need to watch


it ASAP!
Gucci: (good, doing
well, feeling fine)

Everything is gucci over


here!
The language used by my teens comes out funny at first, but then I realize
that they have their own language or way of communicating. I didn’t
expect to learn that their vocabulary is made up of so much slang.
Communication allows us to form relationships and develop growth in
writing and reading. Teens seem to have acronyms for everything. They
use polysemy, as the slides show; causing words to take on a completely
different meaning than the actual dictionary term.

My linguistic language was full of dictionary terms and very little slang. It
is so accepted in society to use “LOL” (laughing out loud) and “JK” ( just
joking). Growing up it was frowned upon to use slang and it was referred
to as “ ghetto”. Language changes in real-time due to who a person may be
speaking to and what the circumstance may be. If a teen or adolescent is
talking with a possible employer they may tend to speak properly and
avoid slang or using acronyms on a job application.
References
ISTG Meaning: Definition, Use Cases By Teens, Examples.
(n.d.). MMGuardian. Retrieved December 17, 2022, from
https://www.mmguardian.com/teen-slang/istg

Lăpușneanu, D. (2019, November 26). 45 Popular Slang Words


from Around the World: Their Meanings and Origins. Mondly.
Retrieved December 17, 2022, from
https://www.mondly.com/blog/2019/11/26/45-popular-slang-
words-from-around-the-world-and-their-meanings/

What Does Bet Mean? The Definition, Use Cases, and More
Slang Terms. (n.d.). Bark. Retrieved December 17, 2022, from
https://www.bark.us/learn/what-does-bet-mean/

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