TEEN SPEAK

1. SLANG

1.1. evolving slang - changes over time

1.1.1. going steady - we now say dating or going out

1.1.2. flipped - we now say interested in someone or you find them hot

1.1.3. doll - we now say hot or good looking

1.2. modern slang - common and used by teens or young people in this generation

1.2.1. basic - something common that everyone does/has

1.2.2. extra - dramatic or over the top

1.2.3. salty - someone bitter

1.2.4. tea - gossip

1.3. portmanteau slang - combining 2 words to make one

1.3.1. bromance - brother and romance

1.3.2. frenemy - friend and enemy

1.3.3. ginormous - gigantic and enormous

2. INSERTION

2.1. souvlaki - souvAlaki

2.2. bus - buz

2.3. hamster - hamPster

3. ASSIMILATION

3.1. handbag - hambag

3.2. went all - wenall

3.3. told ya - tolja

3.4. do ya - dya

3.5. hot potato - hopotato

3.6. nice to meet you - nice ta meecha

4. VOWEL REDUCTION

4.1. you - ya

4.2. a - uh

4.3. and - an

4.4. to - ta

5. PRE 1900 LANGUAGE

5.1. bolter - now means a person who runs away or leaves a place suddenly

5.2. boned - now means someone taken into custody

5.3. brisket-beater - a roman catholic

5.4. bush'd - someone poor

5.5. done - convicted

5.6. swish'd - to be married

5.7. swell - a gentleman or well dressed person

5.8. sharp - now means a gambler or cheat

5.9. prig - a person who is a theif

5.10. lushy - meant to be drunk or intoxicated

5.11. mollisher - another word for woman

5.12. lagger - a word for sailor

6. ELISION

6.1. camera - kamra

6.2. I don't know - I dunno

6.3. comfortable - kumftabl

6.4. family - famly

6.5. him - 'im

6.6. temperature - tempracha

7. COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGE

7.1. 'aint

7.2. gonna

7.3. wanna