The Urban Dictionary

Attention North Shore Parents!
Need a little help deciphering kid speak,
teen talk or extreme slang?

There was a time not too long ago when thought I was, for real, a cool mom.

Like generations before me, I thought I was able to successfully understand and communicate with my kids. That was easily two years ago when I walked into my then 11 year old’s room. His fingers pecked frantically at his keyboard and all activity came to a screeching halt. I noticed three letters on his IM screen -- POS. Later in a weak moment he explained the acronym, Parent Over Shoulder.

With the advent of text messaging, IM and the internet, creative spellings and new language hatching faster than hormone-free organic eggs with added Omega 3 who can keep up?

Well, last nite I was introduced to www.urbandictionary.com by my youngest, now 10. He shared the trill of discovering the site – but more honestly the wow factor in uncovering the total taboo of irreverent language. He roared and I panicked in the uncertainty of whether to join in or banish him to a tightly sealed chamber for the next 20 years.

Dear Parents, if you do decide to venture there, heed with caution. The site is filled with the raunchiest and baddest, bad-ass terms which gratefully are used in a sentence to provide context to the content. Most definitions are user generated entries (god bless) and rated. What’s more, you can register for your urban word of the day – which I did, for work of course review the glossary of new definitions and chat.

Here’s the good news. You can now de-code the comments you’re likely to hear. The not so good news – you’ll still feel like an outsider even if you have this insider information.

Loren Greiff

The Urban Dictionary

Attention North Shore Parents! Need a little help deciphering kid speak, teen talk or extreme slang?

Attention North Shore Parents!
Need a little help deciphering kid speak,
teen talk or extreme slang?