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11 hip phrases you may want to know

It’s almost Thanksgiving, so you can’t believe he thinks everything can respected, honest, and successful.
know what that means. go back to normal after ghostlighting As country-pop artist Kane Brown
There’s the prospect of nearly me!” sings in his hit, “Grand”: “I always
three different generations gathering 6. Snatched keep it trilly with the fans.”
around the table to cut the turkey, Similar to glow up, this term is 10. Whole
feast on trimmings, and catch up on more focused on one’s physical ap- This word is as it sounds, but it
life. pearance. If someone is looking describes something that usually
And that means lots can get lost snatched, they look really good, as wouldn't be characterized as whole,
in translation. in, “Hey, gorgeous, your makeup because it's common sense to know
But if you’re like me, that mo- Eminem to thank for this one: In looks snatched!” that it is. For example: A whole per-
ment has already arrived. 2000, he released The Marshall 7. Cap son, a whole baby, a whole dog, etc.
Back in the spring, my 10-year- Mathers LP, on which his track, An older but still relevant term, For example, “I peeked inside the
old daughter tried teaching me the "Stan," told a tale about an extreme cap means to lie, as in, “Quit capping carriage, and there was a whole baby
choreography of a new mini dance fan named Stan. But in terms of and just tell us the truth!” However, staring back at me.
routine that had just started making slang, stan is a combination of if you say "no cap" it means you are 11. Fire
the rounds on YouTube Shorts. And, "stalker" and "fan." If you stan some- being authentic or truthful. Something that is really good—
apparently, whatever I was doing one, it means you're obsessed but 8. Sip tea amazingly, crazily (in a good way). As
with my arms was all wrong. not in a creepy way, as in, "You paid Sip tea is an alternative to in, “Did you see that documentary?
“That’s cringe, Mom,” she said in that much for concert tickets? You're "spilling the tea," meaning you're sit- It’s fire.”
a judgy tone. totally stanning Taylor Swift." ting back and listening to gossip And guess what?
Cringe? 3. Salty rather than partaking in it. Example: It’s likely that once you get these
I didn’t quite get what she was It means annoyed by, upset by, or “I’m right here sippin’ tea. Please, definitions down pat, they’ll be out-
saying, but I knew it wasn’t good. resentful of something that has been continue with your story.” dated. And it’ll be time to learn new
“Excuse me?” I said genuinely, per- done or said, as in, “Of course I'm 9. Trill ones.
plexed. salty—you made fun of me in front "Trill" is an amalgamation of the Courtney Conover is wife, mom,
“Cringe,” she emphasized. “Like, of all our friends!” words "true" and "real" and is most yoga instructor, and Chicken Soup
it’s embarrassing. 4. Bougie often used in the hip-hop community for the Soul contributor who has
Okay. Duly noted, I thought. So A shortened form of "bourgeois," to describe a person who is widely called Wayne home since 1995.
cringe—a verb—is now an adjective? this term refers to the display of os-
Got it. tentatious or sophisticated behavior,
Don’t let this happen to you. typically associated with a perceived
As we age, it can be hard enough middle or upper-class lifestyle. Peo-
to keep up with the latest slang as it ple often use it to describe someone
is. Add to the mix social media and pretentious, materialistic, or striving
the lightning pace with which tech- to portray an image of social superi-
nology progresses and new words ority. “He’s so bougie, he’ll only order
and phrases can arrive on the scene filet mignon!”
so fast, it makes our head spin. 5. Ghostlighting
Here are a few to make note of: Ghostlighting is a hybrid of two
1. Glow up concepts, gaslighting and ghosting. It
This means a makeover or trans- references the act of someone ghost-
formation from bad to good, as in, “I ing you—which means, ceasing all
feel like I really glowed up this year communication with you—and then
because I started a great new job.” coming back into your life and pre-
2. Stan tending that they never ghosted you
Rumor has it, we have rapper and not giving an explanation. “I

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