Any language has its own slang of teenagers. They abound in films, music, media, social networks and the Internet. Slang words come into the vocabulary of adolescents from the lips of famous actors, pop singers, especially in the stand-up genre.
Posts on social networks and funny videos are also accompanied by slang inscriptions. It will take a lot of time for parents to decipher this language.
What is slang
Slang is called non-standard vocabulary used in easy communication. Almost all professions have their own professional slang. Lawyers and doctors are even obliged to communicate on it in the presence of the client, as ethics requires. Moreover, in every family their own words are passed on from generation to generation, sometimes sponsored by children. They twist the words as it seems more logical to them. Examples:
- Thread the beads (of course, on the thread).
- A mallet (they also beat it).
- Mazelin (it is smeared).
Similar creativity of words is demonstrated by teen slangs, examples:
- Krasava - well done. It looks like “handsome” and “ah, well done!” Connected together.
- Bratella - brother or peer. The root remains, and the word itself has an Italian connotation. And already something criminal is looking through. Between the gang members the word "brother" is used. In general, this word is used in the community of Mitka.
- The brake is dumb. The one who slows down does not “catch up” with the rest in quick wits. Often used in relation to a computer or the Internet, when there is a slow speed of information transfer.
Teen slang doesn’t come out of nowhere. It, like real languages, has the origin of words: borrowing from professional slangs, Novorossiysk and thieves, Englishism, newly formed words by combining two words or a root and a suffix.
Often, when in the literary language there is no word denoting a particular concept of teenage subculture, a new word enters the language. It can even go into the literary category if it fully describes this concept.
There are many examples from the programming language. For example, the word "hang." At first it was used in relation to the violation of the computer boot. Later, the value “stay in any place” was added. So Wiktionary interprets.
Whether we like it or not, teenage slang influences the Russian language. That is how it should be considered.
Slang as a means of communication
The language of adolescent subculture is highly expressive, saturated with metaphors, it shows tendency to reduce words (people, internet, comp). A deliberate distortion of verbal forms is a protest and a way to get away from frankly obscene abuse, covering up the meaning of what was said with a slang shell.
Modern teen slang is essentially a code language. Everything in it is subject to the confusion and blurring of clear meaning. Teenagers would be ashamed if they knew that the teacher or parents understand their speech. Despite the apparent maturity, they are not ready to bear responsibility for their words.
Slang turns what has been said into a game, something frivolous, a hobby of youth. Indeed, its use passes over time. There is no need to encrypt their actions, an adult calls a spade a spade a spade. But for teenagers, it’s still relevant that adults “do not stick their nose into their affairs.”
Consider the modern slang of adolescents: a dictionary of the most common expressions.
- Ava - avatar, picture under the username. There is a reduction in the word.
- Go - from the English "go", start, give, call to action. Compare "let's go" (eng.) - let's go. Explicit Englishism.
- Zashqvar - from the prison word “get bogged down”, that is, use the dishes of a lowered (passive pederast), shake his hand, smoke his cigarette or just touch it. In adolescent slang, this means "insanity, " something unfashionable, inappropriate to conventional wisdom.
- Poch - why.
- Pal is a fake. Obviously, from "singe" - fake.
- Cute - cute, lovely.
- Mimic - extremely amazing.
- Top - from the English "top", something better.
- Chasing - cheating.
- Gamat - from the English "game", play.
- Funny is a joke.
- Bummer - get into an unpleasant position.
- Carrots are love.
Processes in Russian
Language is changing in the life of one generation. And this despite the fact that each generation has its own teenage and youth slang. Journalism, modern literature, and numerous blogs now catch and spread slang words.
The writer, taking the teenager to the stage, studies his speech for realistic reflection. Here a gradation of terms takes place and words are defined that are characteristic of certain social groups.
Obviously, more educated teens use less jargon, as they have a more extensive vocabulary. The dictionary of teenage slang of a rural and urban group is also different.
Philologists have an opinion that new words arise mainly in two capitals - Moscow and St. Petersburg. Within six months, they spread to the periphery.
Reasons for the origin of teenage slang
Each subculture has its own language. Teenage is no exception. Her area of interest defines the vocabulary used to refer to concepts:
- Studying at school, college, technical school, university.
- Clothing.
- Music, popular bands, the style of their clothes and behavior.
- Communication with friends, the opposite sex, parents, teachers.
- Spending leisure time - discos, walks, meetings and dates, concerts of your favorite groups, visiting matches of your favorite sports teams.
Reasons for the entry of new words in the vocabulary of adolescents:
- The game.
- Search for yourself, your I.
- Protest.
- Poverty of the lexicon.
Youth slang as a form of self-affirmation of adolescents, it can be considered as a stage of growing up. Where do these words come from? They are invented in passing, trying to explain something, choosing a suitable expression or comparison. If the new word resonates, is successful in the team - it will almost certainly be spread.
Slang replenishment comes from professional jargon, for example, computer:
- Broken link - error 404.
- Glitch - a glitch.
- Gash Vidosik - upload a video file.
- Copy paste - “Copy” - copy, “Paste” - paste.
- A bug is a mistake.
- Fix - fix errors.
A lot of words have roots in thieves' argo:
- Raise the bazaar - initiate a serious conversation.
- Bulkotryak - dancing at a disco.
- Sitting on treason is afraid of something.
- Shmon - search.
- Nonsense - a person who does not follow the speech.
- To hammer an arrow - make an appointment.
The words of drug addicts are also reflected in teenage slang:
- Gertrude, white, the main one is heroin.
- Maroussia, milk, plasticine - marijuana.
- Cupcake, flour, nose, accelerator - cocaine and crack.
- Get up grass, dad, shnyaga - raw opium.
- Wheels are pills.
- Wheel - take pills.
- To be afraid, to rub in, to be stoned - to make an injection.
- To clatter, to expand - enter into a state of drug intoxication.
The jargonisms heard in time will help to understand what the teenager is interested in, and to help the child if necessary.
21st century teenage slang comes from the TV screen. Films about gangsters, action films, trailers replenish the baggage of new words. Unfortunately, negative characters are imitated willingly. They are cool". Swearing, formerly purely American, penetrate into the Russian yazak. Obscene gestures come with them. All this is sad.
Teenage slang and its meaning
It is worth noting that not all teenagers let slang into their speech. Some use it for fun. Such guys are usually not considered “their own, ” although they can be treated with respect.
The use of slang words begins as a game: they don’t understand us, we can talk about anything. Then comes a transitional age when a person seeks himself, accepts or rejects generally accepted norms. As an alternative to the boring life path of parents, boring teachers and close neighbors comes teenage subculture.
This limited world is not difficult to comprehend. The dictionary of teenage slang is small, everyone can master it. Everything is on an equal footing here, we can speak on such topics from which parents would have their hair stood on end from horror. This apparent freedom beckons a young heart!
It is worth bringing slangs of adolescents, a list of everyday words:
- To score - came from prison jargon, dropping the obscene word of three letters. Now they’re scoring not for something, but for something: to score at home - not to do homework.
- Damn - replacing the obscene expression with the corresponding letter. It means annoyance.
- Kidalovo - from the jargon of scammers-scammers who change money. Means cheating.
- Cool is an old Offenian word. It means good.
- Cool - funny, good, cool.
- Dumb - embarrassing, embarrassing, old-fashioned.
- The chip is a highlight, what is surprising is a feature.
- Schmuck is an outcast.
- Shnyaga - something bad.
- Shucher - “run away!”, Also from the language of criminals.
Summing up the line, we can say that the significance of the use of teenage slang is as follows:
- The desire to stand out from the crowd, gray mass. In this case, the teenage subculture is perceived as avant-garde.
- The desire for freedom, the lifting of bans. To such an extreme as changing a common language to slang, children rush out of their parents’hedgehogs. They are even intentionally shocking with their behavior.
- A protest against the hypocritical system of adults, when some can do everything, while others are responsible for the wrongdoings of others.
- Slang saves the poor vocabulary, obscene speech helps to express thoughts. Communication often takes place with hints and jokes.
Youth slang, its impact on adolescent speech
One could treat slang as a temporary and easily passing phenomenon, if it did not take root deeply. Starting to use slang speech turns, the teenager begins to think the same way. In humans, as you know, not figurative thinking, as in animals. Thought is closely related to the word.
As a result, modern teen slang begins to seep into essays. Soon, such a teenager needs a translator. Still, slang is a limited language, without nuances, highlights and subtle hues. To accept it instead of the literary means to impoverish not only your life, but also your thoughts about life.
There is a mirror effect of the word: after introducing it into the vocabulary, thoughts use it for their expression. Then, according to the principle “mouth speaks from an excess of heart”, the language makes the thought already in slang form. It is not easy to get rid; conscious efforts will be required. If you leave recharge, that is, communication on slang, it will become impossible to get rid of it.
The Consequences of Slang
During the formation of personality, and these are exactly the teenage years, the installation of patterns of behavior or solving problems that will arise already in adulthood occurs. The influence of slang on the speech of adolescents is very great.
Without enough life experience, teens are trying to learn everything about life. And they think they can achieve this. Being in their circle, they may look wise in their eyes. But this wisdom is broken by the waves of adulthood.
It is impossible to use slang without adopting its ideology. He will certainly begin to influence actions and decision-making. Bravado, which shows through in slang terms, only seems to be "cool."
Teen slang dictionary:
- dose - homework;
- dzyak - thanks;
- Dostoevsky - the one who got everyone;
- emelya - email address;
- tin - horror;
- fat - the highest class;
- lighter - a girl who likes to have fun;
- ambush - an unexpected obstacle in business;
- shy - fast heady;
- zoo - insult;
- to bend - to do something unusual;
- imbitsil - retarded;
- kachok - a person with developed muscles;
- kipish — disorder;
- kiryuha — a lover of drinking;
- sausage - cool mouzon, cool music;
- mow under someone - to be like;
- the rat is a traitor;
- ksiva - the document;
- cupcake - boy;
- smoke bamboo - do nothing;
- Labat - play a musical instrument;
- lave - money;
- fox - a fan of the group "Alice";
- Lohovoz - public transport;
- the loser is a failure;
- burdock - fool;
- major - a boy with money;
- Mahalovka - fight;
- frost - talking nonsense;
- mulka - a cool little thing;
- muddy - to meet;
- mercibo - thanks;
- run up - asking for trouble;
- nane - no (gypsy);
- nishtyak - very good;
- dump head - the highest degree of admiration;
- to scream - to be afraid;
- to fall - to sit down;
- chased - nickname;
- pepper is a tough guy;
- to bathe - to worry;
- turnip - rehearsal;
- steer - be the most-most;
- ramsit - have fun;
- session - concert, meeting;
- banter - to joke, mock;
- move out of the bazaar - change the topic of conversation;
- one hundred pounds - exactly;
- studen - student ID;
- type - like;
- torch is pleasure;
- Trouble is a nuisance;
- junkie - addict;
- tip-top - everything is fine;
- ugar - funny;
- fak - curse;
- flood - chatter;
- bullshit - nonsense;
- hata - housing;
- xs - hell knows;
- hi-fi - hello;
- civil - good conditions;
- chika - dear girl;
- chiksa - girl;
- spur - a crib;
- user - computer user;
- yahu - cheers.
This is just a bit of slang teenagers, the vocabulary of expressions is far from complete. Excluded expressions obscene and describing sexual activity, the sending of natural necessities. Yes, children talk about it. But this is enough to understand the danger of adopting a subculture of adolescents for life.
What else is the use of slang fraught with
If you do not get rid of this speech, problems will not be long in coming. It will be difficult to get a decent job, it is difficult to stay on it because of the use of certain words. Suddenly, the teenager feels that he cannot explain what is happening to him to the doctor. He will find that the postman, social worker, and seller do not understand him.
Living in a world of people and talking in a language that they do not understand is loneliness in the crowd. For a child who is in a difficult situation, this can end in disrepair. Depression is a frequent guest in this case.
Parents can help by explaining that slang is a game. You can’t play your whole life. They will try to find contact with their child, together go through this period of growing up. Trust at this time can do a lot.
How to solve a problem
Parents are very annoyed by slang teenagers. Especially when they don’t understand what their own child said. Moreover, parents often forget themselves at a young age. They also used buzzwords, and their parents were at a loss.
First of all, to solve the problem, you should start with yourself. How often do the informal words fly off the lips of the older generation? They are sometimes not noticed. Surely you have heard (or even used) these expressions:
- Haha.
- Stumble.
- To die - do not get up.
- Otpad.
- Covered with a copper basin.
- Flew like plywood over Paris.
These are the once fashionable words of the end of the twentieth century that have already been published. If parents use such jargon, it is not surprising that their child will look for his own vocabulary appropriate to the time. A teenager does not even understand that he is doing something wrong. He just wants to become modern. Do not talk to him "old slang"?
The trouble is that often the child uses words whose meaning he does not fully understand. In the group of his communication, too, often do not find an explanation. Everyone just says that. Sensitive parents can help here. They will try to convey to the teenager the meaning of some jargon. Talk about their belonging to the criminal world, for example.
You can use some words, the main thing is to know: when, where and with whom. The girl, calling the advancing young man a goat, may not know anything about this derogatory word for criminals. But in the code of honor of a thief - immediately hit the person who called the goat. Whether it’s a girl or an old man, it doesn’t matter.
