New Generations: New Words

1. shortened form of the word legitimate, used to describe something that is not fake, valid, real, authentic
4. to have access to and see updates from a person’s social networking personal page
5. meaning laugh out loud, used to express laughter
6. a sudden display of a certain skill by a random group of people in a public place
8. the newest trend, something that people often bandwagon on until a new trend is born
12. a type of person who is independent and arsty, rejects mainstream norms, and wears vintage, thrift-store clothing

2. Internet slang; to lead someone on, incite an argument, etc.
3. “You Only Live Once”
4. to be unsuccessful at achieving something, often used as an exaggeration of one’s performance (EX: “that was a fail”)
7. a word or an unspaced phrase, preceded by a hash symbol (#)
9. an SMS message sent from one mobile device to another, usually limited to 180 characters, often written in shorthand
10. a small cartoon face or object, used in text messages to represent a human facial expression or feeling
11. a random 140-character message posted as an update for one’s followers on the website Twitter
13. coming from the word swagger; to behave or have extreme style and confidence