Happy to announce, winners of Edith Maxwell's (Maddie Day's) MURDER AT THE RUSTY ANCHOR: Brenda Gaskell and Judi (Brenda, Judi, please email Edith at edith@edithmaxwell.com)
HALLIE EPHRON: When I was in high school in California, we’d say this or that was “bitchen”—meaning super good. My parents thought it was a swear word.Flash forward, and Gen Xers were saying the same thing was “rad.”
When you’re a writer these details matter.
Here’s some Gen Z expressions that I’ve cherry-picked (meaning: ) from an article in PARADE magazine.
Here’s one you probably know: CANCEL CULTURE
Here’s one I did not: STAN
It’s a verb that combines being a stalker at a fan. As in: I stan Taylor Swift.
DANK: aka bitchen.
GHOSTING: I know you know that one.
BOUJEE: An adjective that describes something or someone that’s extra fancy.
My favorite – BIG YIKES. Needs no translation.
How many of these did you know?
And what are some words or expressions that you’ve encountered lately that left you scratching your head. Or used yourself and induced head-scratching from the young-uns (aka pipsqueaks) around you?
(See PARADE's complete list.)
