Stop Think & Decide -

Bridging the communication gap between teens and parents!

How on earth are we supposed to understand each other if we don't speak the same language?  Hope this little dictionary helps!

We will be providing the teen & parent translations in this section!

8 Ball - Malt Liquor or Old English 800, a popular alcoholic drink in the hood.  or In drug terms, an eighth of an ounce. 
 

Parents version - one of the balls in a game of pool/billiards

 

Bling-Bling - Used to be jewelry such as silver, platinum, or diamonds and sometimes gold.  Now the word expands to describe extremely expensive style of clothes, cars and general life-style.

 

Parents version - who knows?

 

Pimp - Something that's way cool!

 

Parents version - a person who's too lazy to work that they must force other people to earn money for them by having sex with customers.

 

Hooking Up - The equivalent of a one night stand

 

Parents version - meeting up with friends to hang out

Please submit your own slang terms and definitions to me via email here  This is an ongoing work in progress.  Most every site I've found that displays teen slang seems to be overly outdated.

I could sure use some help here!