Nowadays, teenagers have their own expression, which often leaves adults perplexed. Between “whippin”, Sheesh” and “Yomb”, are you lost? Here is an ultra-modern lexicon to decipher their jargon in 2025, accompanied by a quiz to test your knowledge!
You don’t understand anything about teenage language? Alas, you are not alone. Young people use words that often require translation, even in their text messages. Some, like “PLS”, “ghoster”, “bader” or “crush”, even entered the dictionary in 2024. This new vocabulary generally comes from social networks, singers or rappers. To help you, we offer you an up-to-date dictionary of this year’s teen language.
Quiz: test your knowledge of the language of today’s teenagers
The SMS language of teenagers in 2025
- NPC : used mainly in video games, this term means “non-playable character”
- POV : point of view
- Askip: abbreviation of “so it seems”.
- JPP : I can’t laugh anymore
- TMTC : Yourself, you know.
- Tkt : Don’t worry.
- Tfk : What are you doing ?
- OKLM: be “calm”.
- JDCJDR : I say that, I say nothing.
The expressions of our teenagers that mean nothing
- Ratio : being humiliated by a user if the number of likes or comments on their message is high
- All whippin : means “to be completely off topic”
- Aura – 1000 or Aura + 1000 : the negative version is used when a situation harms a person, and the positive version is used when a situation is favorable.
- Skeu Skeu : expression associated with a dance step created by three friends on Tiktok: Jogga, Wilso and 7ia. “We communicate in the Skeu skeu”, “they want us Skeu skeu”… Teenagers repeat these two words over and over again,
- Whatcoubeh : popularized on Tiktok, when we ask the question “what?”, generally to repeat a sentence, the interlocutor then responds “Quoicoubeh”. The principle is the same as in our time, when we answered “feur” to finish the word “Coi-Ffeur.
- Apayinye : after saying “Whatcoubeh”the person opposite responds mechanically “Huh?” and the interlocutor then pronounces “Apayinye” to further confuse the individual’s mind.
Terms to talk about a person
- Goat : comes from the English “greatest of all time”, it is used to designate a person who is the best in their field
- Yes yes Endrick : invented by a Tiktoker, this expression describes a person who is “old”, the great with his references to the old
- Crush : designates a person for whom we have a crush
- Thug : said of a boss, someone tough, a thug, a gangster… Also said of someone who transgresses the rules (without great seriousness). Example : “you’re a thug, you passed me in line!”
- Bestah : from the English “Best Friend”, best friend. This is the evolution of the BFF of the 2000s
- Charo : a womanizer
- Boloss : said of someone who is not particularly quick-witted
- Cassos : literally social case
- Go: a girl
- My gow: my girlfriend, my girlfriend
- A gadji or a gadjo: a young lady, a gentleman
- A keystroke: a person of good taste
- A tchoin: refers to an easy girl, some rappers use this term to refer to prostitutes
- Magl: contraction of “my face” to say “my friend”
- Michto: a liar, liar, is also said of a person who does things out of interest (michtonuse)
Terms related to emotions:
- We blow : illustrates the famous “pff” when something or a person annoys us
- It’s Hess : it’s a hassle, it’s loose
- Sheesh: used to express surprise or, on the contrary, disappointment
- Bader: feeling sad, melancholy. Ex : “I’m totally bad at the moment”
- Being in PLS: from “safe side position”, not feeling very well
- Have the seum: to be disappointed, disgusted
- Yomb: angry, for example “I’m yomb, I lost my cell phone”
- Hitting bars : laugh, burst out laughing
- WTF: from the English “What The Fuck” which expresses incomprehension
- To be sauced: be enthusiastic
- To be jaded : to be drunk
- I am rapta / I am seriously blue: I’m drunk on alcohol
- I ban you: I’m taking you off my list (to ban)
Terms for a situation or behavior
- Guez : to say “it’s rubbish”
- banger : which means “it’s exceptional, it’s great”. For example, “this film is a real banger”
- It’s Gucci : which means “it’s cool”, “it’s all good, the situation is ideal”
- Red flag : designates one or more character traits of a person who poses a problem. So it is better to stay away from this person. Ex : “He manipulated my girlfriend, red flag.”
- Ghoster : from the English “ghost” for ghost, is said of a person who no longer gives any news of them from one day to the next. Ex : “he, she ghosted me without explanation”
- Djomb : is said of a person who we find “hot”, beautiful, more vulgarly for some “good”. It is the title of a song by Bosh which popularized this term among the younger generation
- There is R: there is nothing
- YOLO: You only live once, the new version of carpe diem
- Soumsoum (in): By submarine, discreetly
- It’s downgraded: something that is very very good
- Dar: Awesome ! In situation: “holidays are too darn”
- Swag: said of someone stylish. Ex : “he’s got the swag”
- Pull away: leave
- Care : beautiful. Ex : “Have you seen my new jacket? She’s too caring.”
- Pass the cream: that things are going well
- Zone in the tieq: walking around your neighborhood without a specific goal
- Belek: injunction to be careful (comes from the Arabic belec)
- In 2-spi: verlan of the word speed, an action that is done very quickly
- Who “takes his life”: which takes time
- Be “cart“: running out of time
Young people’s terms for various actions
- Spoilers: from the English “to spoil” which means “to spoil”, a key element of the plot of a series, film or book is revealed
- Pranker: This term is used to trap a loved one or relative on video. In our time, it was a hidden camera!
- Poucave, Pookie: bring something back to someone, swing
- Get excited: get in shape, party. Ex : “Saturday, we’re going to have fun at Brice’s party.”
- Grailler: eat
- Bicrave: sell
- Ken: far from Barbie’s handsome partner, Ken now refers to sexual intercourse
- Balec: abbreviation for “not to give a damn”, or not to be interested in something
- To be in I, to be in Y : do two-wheel stunts in I or Y
Words to talk about things in life:
- Moula, moulaga: sorrel, silver
- Baye: thing. Ex : “What are bayes?”: “What’s happening?”
- Bif: money, abbreviation of the word bifton (billet)
- Blase: coming from the term coat of arms, blase designates the name of a person or artist
- Coal: to work
- Zdeg: muscle. Fairly localized expression.
- Bédave : smoke a joint, a bedo
- Bendo : the city, the neighborhood
- A gova : a car