Not pov, but ril. How to understand youth slang

Linguists know that language is a dynamic phenomenon. In addition to established words that will be included in dictionaries of commonly used concepts, there are temporary slang, jargon or other language constructions that are important here and now. And in a year or two - no. Or not.

Thanks to linguistic assessments, it is possible to determine in which time period, part of the country a person lived, what he did or was interested in, which informal society he belonged to.

For example, young people will no longer use the words "party", "chase", "kill". Just as a 40-year-old woman is unlikely to call her lover "coon". Although, although

So, we asked the teenagers, young people and young people we know, which words they use. Many of them left the English-speaking world. Others entered the lexicon thanks to social networks such as tik tok, gamers (players of computer games) or even songs. Gow? As they say in Volyn.

Imba

This word came from computer games. unbalance — means that the balance in the game is broken. With good structuring, each side of the game has certain advantages \ disadvantages that balance each other. But if the tank of hero A is imba, then it makes no sense to go against him.

We found examples when this tag illustrates posts about violations of "audi" and "beha", schoolchildren of different physiques showing biceps, etc.

Gabela

Another computer-related word, quite old, has been around for at least ten years in social networks. It means complete collapse, defeat.

The band "Kurgan and Aggregat", which originates from Slobozhanshchyna, has a song of the same name, "Gabeli". This is the sense in which this word is used here:

"...don't tell fables about us now

I explained my life to the cuckoo

She told me just hold on

I already knew that soon I would receive the goods."

Bruch

/brə/

Another English word that is an exclamation and also a synonym for the word bro is a brother, a close friend.

Bruh is used to express emotion about something that is idiotic, exciting. Or as actually himself cringe moment.

Cringe

This word has many derivatives: krynzhovy, krynzhyvat, krynzhatina. Cringe is an action, a situation that causes a feeling of disgust, shame, namely, Spanish. That is, when someone's behavior is strange, and you are ashamed.

How to use

Making pictures with pieces of lard laid out is cringe.

Crash

This word entered the lexicon of Ukrainian social networks around the beginning of the 2020s. It means something or someone that you really like, that you admire.

How to use:

For example, during the reading club in "The City Reads", the moderator asked the audience: "Who is your literary crush?".

Not pov, but ril

It comes from two parts: POV — point of view, that is, a view, an opinion about something, often a generally accepted situation. And real is the real state of affairs, the way it actually happens.

This expression is somewhat similar to the comparison "expectation is reality" that is popular on social networks.

Oldies, boomers

In short, these are older people. "Old" comes from the English old - old. And the boomers are from the name of the generation that corresponds to the years 1945–1963. Can be used in the sense of "parents", older generation.

For example, old people remember how dolphins "swimmed" in the fountain near the drama theater.

Rofl, lol, trolling and kek

Roffle means to laugh almost hysterically at something. It comes from the phrase "Rolling On the Floor Laughing", i.e. "to roll on the floor from laughter".

The same in meaning as i lol — from English "Lots of Laughs", but more emotionally.

To laugh means to laugh in a friendly, kind way. But if there is a shade of satire, irony, then it is trolling. And the people who do this are trolls.

How to use:

- My mother said that my grades at school are "bad". She used the word "gabela". Rofl

You may also come across a word for laughter revenge. It left the gaming environment. In fact, this is the translation of the word lol in the game World of Warcraft. It can have an ironic tone.

Slay

This term means something cool, fashionable. It comes from the English language. From the explanations of Urban Dictionary, which collects English-language slang, it follows that this word can be used to describe anything really cool, cute, incredible. As a verb slay in English slang has many meanings - to destroy someone, to smear to describe indecipherable sexual contacts.

By the way, if you see an emoji in the form of painting nails, then it also means "sleaze".

How to use:

- Mom, I scored a goal today!

"Slay, son!"

Фр 

Abbreviation, exclamation comes from the English expression "for real?", which means: really? really?

How to use:

- Mom, I lost your bank card.

- Fr? Fr?! This is a gabela.

Nuds or lust

The words left social networks, especially characteristic of the X network (Twitter). They come from the words nude, that is, naked or lustful. And they literally mean seductive, erotic pictures.

Chinazes

The word is quite old, it is at least six years old. It means "pleasure", something cool in its greatest manifestation.

For example: Ivanka brought an incredible cheesecake for her birthday, just Chinazes.