![]() Because who doesn’t love slang that makes the original words longer? 10. For example: “Do you want to go grab a coffee?”, “We move”. It can also be used as an alternative for “yes” when asked to hang out. We moveĪ phrase for when you just keep chugging on, no matter the circumstances. On a less sentimental note, you can go to a brand new pizza shop (yes, another pizza example) and the pizza there may just hit different. For example, if you hear the same song before and after heartbreak, it might “hit different” the second time. If something (be it an emotion, song, food, etc.) hits you in a better or new way, it hits different. If a person filled a shoe with baked beans (it gets weird over there), they might be “CEO of putting baked beans into shoes”. This is a big one on Tiktok and is commonly a comment on what someone did in the video. CEO ofĮssentially something that you’re very good at, hence making you the CEO of it. For example “Dude everyone is sleeping on Sriracha cookie dough, that stuff’s the best”. This can be used for anything from a talented celeb to a certain brand of chocolate. When you’re not paying enough attention to something or someone, you’re said to be “sleeping on” them. They have been brought together through their shared liking for one other. ![]() If two people are following each other, they are mutuals – be it on Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok or whatever your social media fix of choice is. This one is nice and easy, but crops up a lot on social media. However, it seems this is mainly used in extreme cases if someone is really sucking up to another person. People often disagree with the use of this word, since – as we all know – it’s nice to be nice, and calling someone out for that is unnecessary. So someone who is being overly sappy towards another person to win their affections be called a “simp”. SimpĪ hotly contested one, this term is used to refer to someone who does “way too much” for someone they like or are fond of. You can also go off on someone, which refers to losing your cool (hence the escalation into angry complaining). As of late, however, this has more commonly been used to mean angrily complaining about something. One is to hype someone up (à la: “Yas, go off, queen”). A handy alternative for when you’ve big yikes-ed just one too many times. Seen something that makes you wince? Perhaps someone doing something unsavory or taking a prank on a friend just a little too far? Then that just ain’t it. ![]() In scenarios when a simple “yikes” just doesn’t cut it, you can sub in the much more severe “big yikes”. Big yikesĪn extension of the word “yikes” you can use this one when you see something that makes you recoil in mild horror or embarrassment. They may not all have been coined this year, but it’s looking as if they’ll go the distance, so buckle up and get ready for 10 of the English slang terms you need to know in 2021. I’ve taken a humble pledge to keep you up-to-date on the ins and outs of English slang, and with the booming popularity of Tiktok, there’s a whole new generation of words to keep up with.
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