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As I’ve mentioned before, I love working with teenagers. I love their ever-changing, evolving culture. Sometimes, I admit that I laugh at it, but most of the time I do respect that they try (and succeed!) to be original and “not like our (boring) parents”. Of course, we don’t think we’re boring, do we? We remember being young and hip teens. Surely we haven’t lost all of that already, have we? You tell me—check out the slang before and see if you get the “right” answers. (Hint: Write down your answers and then check them at the end of the article. Links follow the answers so you can check out the definitions yourself!) Have fun!

1. Beta

a. Software or programming not yet quite finished. Example: “FaceSpace is in  Beta. It should be available to everyone in the fall.”

b. A type of video tape format that lost out to VHS back in the 80s.

c. Cool

2. Mork                      

a. as in “Mork and Mindy”. Duh.

b. It’s the name of a popular online video game.

c. A dull, witless person.

3. Butters                    

a. Um, the stuff you put on bread?

b. A character from “South Park”

c. an ugly person

4. Diesel                      

a. A clothing brand

b. Heroin

c. A big, strong, muscled person

5. Wife Beaters           

a. men who commit domestic violence on their wives

b. mixer attachments; used by some men to beat their wives

c. men’s white tank top shirts

6. Stack                      

a. a bunch of pancakes, piled on top of each other

b. $1,000.

c. a cigarette

7. Dope                       

a. marijuana

b. cool

c. heroin

8. Kickin’ it                 

a. connecting foot to object, intending to move object

b. hanging out with one’s friends

c. withdrawing from a drug

9. Niebu                      

a. a dance move, popular in hip hop clubs

b. a type of self-defense

c. a greeting or salutation, along the lines of “Aloha!”

10. Tag                       

a. a personal signature, usually done with spraypaint

b. someone’s screen name

c. the childhood game of chasing and “tagging” someone

Answers:         

1.  a, c (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beta)

2.  c (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mork)

3.  b, c (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=butters)

4.  a, b, c (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=diesel)

5.  c (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wife+beaters)

6.  b (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stack)

7.  a,b,c (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dope)

8.  b (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kickin%27+it)

9.  c http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=niebu)

10. a (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tag)

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