1. Heather Snyder BSN, RN, NCSN Harlan Walker

3. What is Slang? 1.OBS. the specialized vocabulary and idioms as of criminals and tramps, the purpose of which was to disguise from outsiders the meaning of what was said: now usually called cant 2. the specialized vocabulary and idioms of those in the same work, way of life, etc.: now usually called shoptalk, argot, jargon 3. highly informal speech that is outside conventional or standard usage and consists both of coined words and phrases and of new or extended meanings attached to established terms: slang develops from the attempt to find fresh and vigorous, colorful, pungent, or humorous expression, and generally either passes into disuse or comes to have a more formal status Origin of slang 18th-c. cant ; from uncertain or unknown; perhaps to use slang or abusive talk Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

4. How Many Teens Have Cell Phones? 85% of 14-17 year olds 69% of 11-14 year olds 31% of 8-10 year olds Kaiser Family Foundation 2010

10. Funny, funnier, funniest! LOL LMAO LMFAO ROTFL ROTFLMAO

11. Common Acronyms IDK, ITD, OMG, NM, BRB, TTYL, CWYL, IMHO, LMK, WTH, WTF, JK, L8R, BFF, FTW, PPL, BTW, BCNU, 2moro, GR8, IL2M, ISO, NP, THX, RTM, TMI, WYWH, STBY, BBIAB, CT, YOLO, TBT If you don’t know it, JFG I!

12. KPC, PAL/PAW, POS, ASL, F2F, LMIRL, NAZ, RU/18, WUF, RUH, TDTM, TD2M, WYRN, PAP, GNOC, CD9, RUMORF

16. Turnt, Turnt up, Yurnt

21. Bae (before anyone else) Tope (tight and dope) Swag/swaggy Yeet (Excitement) Basic (Boring) Yaasss (more exciting than Yes) Dat/Dis/Doe (That/this/though) Ship (short for relationship) Cray Swerve Scrilla (cash money) Derp

23. You do NOT want your children to be friends with: Molly, Stacy, Adam, Charlie, Dex, Big H, Georgia Home Boy, Smurfs, Scarface or even the Golden Girls!

24. * Ivory Wave * Bloom * Cloud Nine * Lunar Wave * Vanilla Sky * White Lightning * Scarface

30. * OMG, that party was turnt! Joe got so crunked he totally starfished on the beach!

31. * Resources www.noslang.com www.netlingo.com www.transl8it.com www.safesurfingkids.com www.urbandictionary.com

32. * hOp U learned somTIN 2day & found DIS presentation XcitN & not basic or TMI. jst remMbR 2 stay ITK so UR not KC! LMK if U have any ?s Thx ppl! CWYL

33. * References (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.yourdictionary.com/slang#xVRkaM2Ro8wWZdPe.99 Bellum, S. (2014, May 28). Molly, Spice, and Orange Crush: Slang for Dangerous Drugs [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/post/molly-spice-orange-crush- slang-dangerous-drugs Decoding Drug Slang. (n.d.). Retrieved January 6, 2016, from http://www.baylorhealth.com/PhysiciansLocations/Dallas/ADecoding Drug SlangboutBaylorDallasNews/Pages/ http://www.baylorhealth.com/PhysiciansLocations/Dallas/ADecoding Drug SlangboutBaylorDallasNews/Pages/ Enoch, N. (2013, April 5). My dear Winston...O.M.G! Tech phrase loved by today's teenagers was first used 100 YEARS AGO in a letter to Churchill. Retrieved January 1, 2016, from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304691/O-M-G-Tech- phrase-loved-todays-teenagers-used-100-YEARS-AGO-letter- Churchill.html#op History of American Slang Words. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/slang/history-of-american-slang- words.html#6ZcjCwRdpOvucukR.99 Mann, D. (2016, January 1). Teen Drug Slang: Dictionary for Parents. Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/parenting/fewatures/teen- drug-slang-dictionary-for parnets?print=true Vendetti, T. (2013, April 7). "OMG is SO Last Century": A History of Teen Slang. Retrieved January 6, 2016, from http://hellogiggles.com/author/tyler-vendetti/