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Nang vocabulary:
If you don't happen to be under 20 and no English teenager, you wouldn't necessarily know what 'nang' means.
'nang' is teenage language and means 'cool, excellent, brilliant'.
13-year-old Lucy van Amerongen from Cheltenham Ladies' College has collected many more of such words and phrases and published it in
a book called THE A-Z OF TEEN TALK.
Here is a small collection of mote teen talk:
| bum |
'enjoy' as in 'He bums his PS2.' |
| clappin |
out of date, clapped out |
| da bomb |
great, excellent |
| ends |
area or estate, as in 'What ends are you from?' |
| flat roofin' |
overworked, stressed |
| gratz |
thank you |
| hench |
tough boy, as in henchman |
| innit |
words that turns any sentence into a question |
| klingon |
younger child, particularly yout irritating brother or sister |
| ledge |
a legend, someone who is greatly admired |
| off the hook |
cool, appealing, fresh |
| phat |
really cool, great, awesome |
| phat-free |
uncool, rubbish, the opposite to 'phat' |
| shizzle |
someone you worship, as 'She is a real shiz' |
| tin-grin |
person who wears braces |
| uber |
very, totally |
| vanilla |
boring, dull |
| za |
abbreviation of 'pizza'. As in 'Let's grab a za before the movie'. |
| zep |
yob, underclass person |
| minging |
horrible |
| laters |
see you later |
| fudge* |
very stupid person |
| chav |
working classes |
| random, cringe |
embarrasment |
| cotch down |
sleep |
| rago |
OK |
| rent, mouldy |
parents |
*The book defines 'fudge' as a stupid person, who achieved those grades at GCSE (F,U,D,G,E)."I ain't got no
GCSEs and I ain't heard of fudge", a pupil said. "And if someone called me a fudge I'd give them
a smack". ....
By the way, if you should go and visit England the next time, you might think twice if you use teenage slang or not.
People might think there is something wrong with you....
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