The New Slang (A Guide for Teachers): Volume 3, May 2022

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Word	Definition	Use it in a sentence
CAUGHT IN 4K	To catch someone red-handed.	“I caught you in 4k”
CAP or CAPPIN’	To lie, or lying	“There is no way that happened, stop cappin.”
SALTY	Bitter or upset	“You’re just salty I won the lottery.”
FACTS	Saying something true	‘’Yo, that’s facts.”
LMK WTW	Let me know what’s the word	‘’What are we doing today? lmk wtw bro’’
ION	I don’t	“Ion know her name.”
WYM	What do you mean?	“Wym I got a big toe?”
FINNA	Finally going to do something	“I am finna sleep after I get home”
DRIP	Good fashion sense, style	“That’s drip.”
NVM	Never mind	“You know what? nvm”
SUS	Suspicious	“The way he’s acting is kinda sus.”
RENT FREE	When you can’t stop thinking about something.	“This video is living rent free in my mind.”
IYKYK	If you know you know	“What are you guys talking about?” “IYKYK”
ON DEAD DAWGS	Similar to “I swear” or “I swear on my mom’s life”	“On dead dawgs I didn’t eat your food.”
OD	Crazy	“That OD work.”
FS	For sure	“Not working as hard as you, that’s FS.”
GLOOKS	Thank you; abbr. of “good looks”	“Glooks, bro!”
BUSSIN	Good	“That food bussin.”
W (AS AN ADJECTIVE)	Great, winning	“That’s a W teacher.”
L (AS AN ADJECTIVE)	Taking a loss or failed at something	“That’s an L joke, not funny.”
ATE	To do a great job at something	“You ate that shot.”

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The New Slang (A Guide for Teachers): Volume 3, May 2022

Word

Definition

Use it in a sentence

CAUGHT IN 4K

To catch someone red-handed.

“I caught you in 4k”

CAP or CAPPIN’

To lie, or lying

“There is no way that happened, stop cappin.”

SALTY

Bitter or upset

“You’re just salty I won the lottery.”

FACTS

Saying something true

‘’Yo, that’s facts.”

LMK WTW

Let me know what’s the word

‘’What are we doing today? lmk wtw bro’’

ION

I don’t

“Ion know her name.”

WYM

What do you mean?

“Wym I got a big toe?”

FINNA

Finally going to do something

“I am finna sleep after I get home”

DRIP

Good fashion sense, style

“That’s drip.”

NVM

Never mind

“You know what? nvm”

SUS

Suspicious

“The way he’s acting is kinda sus.”

RENT FREE

When you can’t stop thinking about something.

“This video is living rent free in my mind.”

IYKYK

If you know you know

“What are you guys talking about?” “IYKYK”

ON DEAD DAWGS

Similar to “I swear” or “I swear on my mom’s life”

“On dead dawgs I didn’t eat your food.”

OD

Crazy

“That OD work.”

FS

For sure

“Not working as hard as you, that’s FS.”

GLOOKS

Thank you; abbr. of “good looks”

“Glooks, bro!”

BUSSIN

Good

“That food bussin.”

W (AS AN ADJECTIVE)

Great, winning

“That’s a W teacher.”

L (AS AN ADJECTIVE)

Taking a loss or failed at something

“That’s an L joke, not funny.”

ATE

“You ate that shot.”

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