Awesome:
really great! Cool!
Big Time:
large amount
Bogus:
fake; false; unreal
Bummer:
the feeling of sadness; pertaining to something which is sad
Chillin' out:
to relax; the act of relaxing, "taking it easy"
Chow:
food
Ciao:
a greeting -hello or goodbye, borrowed from Italian language
Cool:
approval; a positive response; a person who is accepted by their peers, something you like is "cool"
Dig it:
a 1960's American slang term meaning: to understand; to recognize, dig can also means you like it.
Down with it:
unacceptable; don't like it
Dude:
a male person
Dudette:
a female person
Dunno:
directly translated to English means "don't know"
Dweeb:
a person who is not accepted among those who are cool
Funky:
good; pertaining to music which has a certain type of beat, also things can be "funky" which means they are "unusual"
Geek:
a person who may be very smart yet lacks the social graces of those who are considered cool , a "computer geek" is someone who spends too much time on the computer and has no social life.
Gotta:
an abbreviation for the words "got to" , must get or must do; have to.
Gnarly:
to be very good; great
Hot:
in, cool, awesome,
Hangin':
waiting; to wait as in "Hangin' around"
Homey:
(also know as a "home boy"): One's close friends. Usually from the neighborhood
In:
the present style, what's "in"
Jammin':
music which is enjoyable, makes you want to dance; playing of a musical instrument
Jive:
slang English used by those who are usually attuned to the people who are cool
Jipped:
like being ripped off; to be shorted or receive less that you paid for
Main Rig:
the best music reproduction system in a persons home
Nasty:
Cool
No FX:
No special effects
Phat (fat):
very good
Psycho:
agressive anti-social behavior (used in punk)
Poser:
fake; false
Rage:
anger or what's" IN" is the rage
Rad:
Radical
Radical:
Very good; to be excellent
Ripped Off:
to steal or be stolen from
Rules:
the best; being the best
Sick:
Cool
Slammatocious:
a feeling of joy; a giving of one's approval
Spreck:
To move or go to; moving
Stoked:
to be happy or joyous; a feeling of pleasure
Stuff:
an item or items, "things"
Subschnauser:
a subwoofer
Sublime:
extreme,person who does not fear consequence
Tease:
provoking
The Man:
the "COOL GUY" as in "I am the Man"
Thingies:
items; a grouping of "things" "stuff"
Totally:
all, everything as in "totally cool"
Wild:
if something is wild it's great, if someone is wild they are out of control
Ya:
you
YO:
"what's up?"
Yummies:
specially enjoyed food. Usually of the sugar filled variety
501:
Excuse thatâs full of holes.
A-OLS:
Administrators On-Line. Computer service administrators who police the on-line services are not fond of kids who don't follow the rules.
BEAM:
Real-Time chat line that is private to the Kids.
CANCER:
Deadly virus.
COMM & COMMING:
To communicate via email or real-time text messages
COMMBOT:
Program that automatically logs the conversation during a Cyber.Kdz comm.
CRASH INTO:
Break through security to gain access to a private network. Scrunch.
DOTGOV:
Government Officials (derived from the .gov ending of government email addresses)
DOUGHBRAINS:
People who use the net only to make money.
DRIVEL:
99% of what passes through the net.
FAILS, FAILED: Stinks; sucks. As in Life fails.
FLU: Bad virus.
FRISBEE: CD-ROM
FRY A SCREEN:
Send a flame (a flame is a mean or angry message).
GODZILLA:
Computer owned by Deeder that is tricked out and optimized for detecting and
destroying flus and cancers.
GREPPER or GREPHEAD:
Someone who is really into UNIX. (Comes from the UNIX command grep).
KID:
Fellow member of Cyber.kdz.
PLAYDOUGH:
The money you need to spend to be online.
PERCOLATOR:
Program for the Web written in JAVA.
SCRUNCH:
See Crash into.
SCUM OF THE EARTH:
People who create cancers.
SLIDE THE TALKWAYS:
Surf the Net.
SMART TERMINALS:
Universities.
SPIN THE WEB:
Browse the World Wide Web.
STIKS:
Shirt, Tie, Keyboard. Boring corporate IS people.
TAKE A DRIVE FOR A SPIN:
Search through a huge database.
TALKWAY:
The Wire.
THE WIRE:
The Internet.
THREAD SLED:
World Wide Web Browser. Software used to spin the web. (You're using one now).
TUB:
A slow modem (9600 baud or less). Also known as a Slow Boat.