In honour of our ever-changing English language, below are some big pop culture words that everyone needs to know.
Warning: Some strong language ahead
1. Savage
Extremely violent, wild, or frightening
2. Askhole
An individual who asks ridiculous, obnoxious or irrelevant questions.
3. Blamestorming
The act of attempting to identify who was to blame for a failure or problem, rather than trying to brainstorm a solution.
4. ELI5
Explain Like I’m 5.
5. Bromance
Two heterosexual males with such a close relationship that they appear to be romantically involved.
6. Netflix and chill
Code for having sex with Netflix On in the background.
7. Hot mess
A situation, behaviour or appearance in a disastrous state; often refers to an individual who’s attractive but doesn’t have it together.
8. Lit
Means awesome, excellent, turned up but some people also use it as a synonym for drunk or high.
9. Bae
Before anyone else. A person’s boyfriend or girlfriend.
10. Bruh
A male friend (often used as a form of address) — ‘get off the Internet and get a life bruh’
11. NSFW
Not Safe For Work. If the link says “NSFW”, then it’s not safe to open in an environment where someone might see it and be offended.
12. YOLO
You Only Live Once.
13. Meh.
Expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm.
14. AF
“as f*ck”- as in people who use this word think they’re cool AF
15. FOMO
Fear of missing out. Anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on social media.