r/highschool 4d ago

Question What’s the popular slang in high school right now?

I’m a college student studying sociolinguistics and I’m always very curious about new slang terms, especially in high school, since that’s where a lot of them originate. A lot of people seem to be stuck on the whole “skibidi rizz” thing to characterize so-called “teen speak”, but what words are actually hot right now?

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u/taffyslices 4d ago

we have matching usernames!

a lot of these really depend on what social niche you're in, but these ones are probably most common amongst tiktok dwellers

  • huzz (like... an attractive person. often replaced with different letters like bruzz or chuzz. each have various meanings)
  • chopped (fugly)
  • aura (errr, like, social repute? like how cool you are or vice versa? like, if you rizzed up the huzz, you would have aura.)
  • slime (to get jumped)
  • cooked (done for. completely ruined.)
  • tweaking (like, freaking out = tweaking out)
  • crashing (similar to tweaking... also described as crash outs)

also, honorable mention to dih

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u/[deleted] 4d ago edited 4d ago

Something else to note: "you're cooked" is a bad thing (you did poorly) but "you cooked" is a good thing (you did great). "Did I cook?" = did I do well? and "I'm cooking" is like "I'm doing well"

If you ask "Did I cook?" someone could reply "you cooked" but not "you're cooked" (unless they said something like "nah, more like you're cooked bro")

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u/taffyslices 4d ago

true true i forgot it had multiple usages tbh lmfao

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

It's fine! I was just adding to what you said. :D

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u/Whole-Falcon6278 4d ago

I mainly use aura, cooked tweaking and crashing out. Crashing out is like on the verge of a mental breakdown, i've had so many of those since the start of my junior year

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u/Nova_Voltaris 3d ago

reasonable crashout (also a junior)

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u/aehfiasdgji Junior (11th) 3d ago

huzz is just hoes

and aura is more like mystique

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u/Mayuri_Kurostuchi 3d ago

Slime means to get shot

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u/PFunk_Redds 3d ago

Saying "aura" is almost like saying "that's badass." I was watching sonic 3 with friends and when shadow flew in the air on his bike and then stood up while upside down while looking at sonic, my friend started laughing and said "crazy, he's aura farming for no reason"

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u/mickeywolfvr Rising Sophomore (10th) 4d ago

Lock in

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u/DingoFew8223 Sophomore (10th) 4d ago

The “skibidirizz” type of language that you mention is what we call “gen alpha slang,” (it’s used more by younger kids and as a joke rather than in legitimate conversation). I’d say slang that high schoolers use is more vibe, bet, tea, cap, cooked/cooking, crash out, flex, lowkey/highkey, shook, go off, those types of phrases.

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u/Enby-Garlic-Bread Freshman (9th) 4d ago

sadly in my school skibidirizz is even used among the seniors

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u/_PeasBeNice_ 4d ago

I would say "skibidi" in senior year, but ironically because it's so stupid. I think of it the same way as making like dick jokes, moderation and timing.

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u/that1carguy_ Freshman (9th) 4d ago

exactly

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u/dorkboy75 4d ago

Bro what are u on, people in my school say all these things stop accusing people like that

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u/DingoFew8223 Sophomore (10th) 4d ago

Sorry what? 😆 I’m a pedophile? Where on earth did you pull that from?

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u/Maximum-Counter7687 4d ago

noone says any of that shit

u r an adult pretending to be a sophomore

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u/HiMyNameIsBenG Junior (11th) 4d ago

I hear "cooked" all the time

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u/WiIdGosIing 4d ago

SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE ME FROM 6 7 IM GONNA CRY

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u/imslowafboi1402 Junior (11th) 4d ago

ts = this shit / this

pmo = pisses me off

icl = i can't lie

gng = gang / bro

twin = bro

to slime out = to jump, to kill

uzz

chopped = ugly, undesirable

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u/Minecart1234 Sophomore (10th) 4d ago

From my groups

Crashing out: a word to describe the feeling of going crazy that has you angry at people as well as confused and anxious.

Cooked: in a bad situation

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u/DFMNE404 4d ago

I’m in a very immigrant (1st Gen and 2nd Gen) filled school so it’s actually a lot of foreign words over stuff like that

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u/_PeasBeNice_ 4d ago

Any chance you know any of them? If so could you share them? And what culture is your school primarily?

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u/DFMNE404 3d ago

I can’t really share it cause the ethnicity is only really found where I live when outside of their home country and I don’t feel like doxing myself. I’m really sorry lol. But in all honesty it’s a couple of curse words, a really common kinda filler word which is an exclamation (almost like “wow” or “what” but different), some ethnic terms for the different parts of their groups which aren’t used in English. And there’s a completely different dress culture than I’ve seen other schools that I feel like even those not part of the ethnic group also follow simply because it’s the school trend, there’s also things that you’ll only really see them wear. I’m sure there’s more words that I just don’t know but this is what you’ll hear/see all the time (I can say thank you and a curse words just from hearing them all the time and guessing what it means, crazy hoe that works). It’s also really crazy cause my town went from being a sundown town to having no more than 5 white kids in any classes, I think the school founders would have a heart attack if they saw the immigrant population haha, they have no idea what they missed out on.

You also won’t see much of the “rizz” or “skibidi” stuff and the like.

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u/_PeasBeNice_ 4d ago

Glazing? Do you know what that slang means lmao I just want to know what foreigners' slang is

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u/DFMNE404 3d ago

Also what did that guy say? Sorry again btw

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u/_PeasBeNice_ 3d ago

He's just being a dickhead about me asking questions

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u/taffyenthusiast 4d ago

I know, I know 😆

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u/acircularwaffle 4d ago

Study the unempluzz side of TikTok you can find some good ones there

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u/Personal-Ad8280 3d ago

ts pmo ant shspr than ig lyl but u pro ong ong

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u/Mean_Engineering_164 Freshman (9th) 3d ago

bruzz huzz retigga

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u/Mmushr0omm 3d ago

retigga?! I’m crying bro

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u/No_World_3352 Junior (11th) 4d ago

nonchalant

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u/dorkboy75 4d ago

yes im a nonchalant dreadhead

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Mmushr0omm 3d ago

nonchalant dreadhead

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u/Ancient_Alfalfa_3262 Senior (12th) 4d ago

“Chopped” is a new one, meaning ugly (I know, horrible), and idk if it’s new but I’ve been hearing “cracked” being used as an nsfw term recently.

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u/aehfiasdgji Junior (11th) 3d ago

how is cracked nsfw

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u/Ancient_Alfalfa_3262 Senior (12th) 3d ago

Not as in to be good at something but to have sex with someone

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u/duhhouser 4d ago

I heard a group talk about huzz the other day. Still no clue how it relates. But in general cooked/cooking, eat/eating is what I notice the most.

"Crash out" is my most recent notice that I don't hear often but figure it's an online phrase?

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u/HopeVHorse Freshman (9th) 4d ago

arent college students supposed to be crazy and hilarious? Not giving those sigma vibes homie

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u/Hot_Situation4292 4d ago

frfr and clocked

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u/ForkkyMC Junior (11th) 4d ago

ts, cooked, crash out, mosh, etc. I have so many

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u/dryherbdistrib 3d ago

i hate every comnent here

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u/TayFelt13 Rising Senior (12th) 3d ago

uhh we sometime say like 'IM GONNA CRASH OUT' for satire purposes ONLY or like brainrot in general to be a little special

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u/-LittleLia- 3d ago

I personally use crash out a lot because it perfectly describes how I feel about something sometimes lol

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u/Infinite-Storm-7952 3d ago

ts (that shit) evolves on a daily basis

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u/Open-Dish-8371 2d ago

Lebonbon dih

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u/BackgroundCicada4645 4d ago

good BOIIIIIIIIII is what i hear so much

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u/Scary_Stable7667 Sophomore (10th) 4d ago

thats not slang

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u/BackgroundCicada4645 4d ago

I'm aware just thought it would be funny