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Sometimes foreign words are so firmly established in our vocabulary that we speak them unconsciously, automatically. We forget that borrowed words can really mess up our speech or social media post and leave us with a bad impression.
Of course, young people who use their usual words in conversation with each other will not notice how much they spoil what they say, but a literate and educated person will always pay attention to how ugly they sound.
From this article, you will find out what slang words young people (and people of any age in general) say in conversations without hesitation.
Someone does it on purpose to seem fashionable, and someone just can’t get rid of the habit of saying them.
10 Feedback
On the Internet, this word can be found more often than in the store. It came from the English language, and is translated as “reverse nutrition.”
If we consider the word in a broader sense, then it means a call, a response – about a product, any action, event. On many sites, feedback is understood as feedback from visitors, a request to leave their opinion.
For example, if you are searching the Internet for the “user opinions” section, and stumble upon “feedback”, you should know that this word is a replacement.
9. Securities
Security refers to any security officer. It can be a watchman, a guard – one who guards a person or a group of people. In general, the one who first takes the blow in the event of a threat.
A foreign word came to us not so long ago, but now it is used quite often.
In addition, in computer technology there is such a term as “smart security”, which means a set of solutions that ensure the security of devices.
8. Speech
This is the name of a short speech that is delivered at a banquet, a gala dinner. In a word, a speech is a short welcoming speech.
We all watch politicians or big businessmen making sentimental speeches. But they are specially written for them, and there is even such a position as a “speech writer”. Officially, she is called a “public relations specialist.”
A speech is a short catchy phrase, for example: “Do you still want to stay here or will you come with me to conquer this world?”
7. Follower
This is the name of Twitter users who subscribe to someone’s messages. If someone reads your posts, they are called followers. That is, a follower is someone who subscribes to someone on Twitter or Instagram and follows his news. Can be interpreted as a like-minded person.
Followers are needed by those who need to promote their music, goods to the masses, or those who simply want to share their life events and attract observers.
6. light
If you tell your pen pal, “You’re so light!” he will take it as a compliment that he is light, positive, pleasant. Of course, if he himself uses slang expressions in his speech. The word was borrowed from the English “light”, and is translated as “light”.
Examples: “Fuh, today is such a hot day … I should drink light water, otherwise my throat is dry.” “You are such a light girl! It’s a pleasure to talk with you.”
5. Production
This word is not used as often as “light”, “hype” or “hater”, but everyone has heard it for sure. This word is the Russian version of the English “production”, which means the production of something. That is, it means the process of creating a creative product. Most often, the word production is used in the field of music and cinema.
In the film industry, production is used most often – it is included in all stages of the film industry: voice acting, editing, writing a script, etc. This word can easily be replaced by another – production.
4. Hype
In youth slang, you can often find the word hype. The very use of this word automatically makes you fashionable, hype means fashionable, and hype means having fun, hanging out.
Hype means some kind of hype – around an event or person. But there is one nuance here – it is hardly possible to call anything that has attracted public attention a hype. Rather, it means people’s attention to an outrageous situation, to a person.
Very often it is used by young people in their colloquial speech when it comes to show business, where someone wants to promote themselves using non-obvious actions.
3. Bow
The word comes from the English “look”, which means “view” and “appearance”, that is, “appearance”. The word bow hides a whole set of such components as clothes, makeup, shoes, from which a complete image is obtained.
A bow is always a designation of a stylish look: stylish clothes, well-chosen accessories, etc.
Instead of this word, you can use another “image”, it will mean the same thing. VKontakte has long had a “Lookbook” group in which people share their photos with unique fashionable looks.
2. Handmade
For some reason, many creative people prefer to call their products on the blog or on needlework sites hand-made, and not just “handmade products.” Perhaps a foreign word attracts more subscribers …
In general, hand-made means any product that has been created by one’s own hands. It can be postcards, notebooks, knitwear, etc.
Maybe it’s not so important what people call their creations? If they like the word hand-made, so be it. Much more important is what they carry, and what feelings their creations evoke in people and the creators themselves.
1. Face
“Face” (face) is a face. Young people very often use this word instead of “face”. New words and phraseological units are constantly appearing on the Internet, so it is not always possible to keep track of when a particular word began to be used. In addition to the fact that young people often use the word face in communication, so is poker face.
Poker face was borrowed from the English “poker face”, and means “poker face”. That is, it means a facial expression devoid of any emotions, an indifferent face. A poker face is a Rage Comics character who has a stone face in any situation.