Spring session is well and truly underway! The students have returned! Do you know the lingo? Certified Generation Z Member Aaron Liu (and Media Arts and Production student) has volunteered to bring staff up to speed in this video, How to Talk Like Generation Z (mostly from the west).
Your reference guide:
Ceebs: when one simply cannot be bothered
e.g. “I called in sick to work because I was so ceebs for that”
Chat: when something is not to one’s liking
e.g. “My mate cooked me this dish and I pretended to like it but it was so chat.”
Fuar: a term used to add and/or enhance a specific emotion or to show that one is impressed
e.g. “Fuar no way you got that job offer straight after you applied.”
Gee up: a term to express one’s excitement
e.g. “Kristina is celebrating her birthday at karaoke, what a gee up.”
Gee down: a term to express one’s disappointment, the opposite of ‘gee up’
e.g. “The lady told me that they ran out of ice-cream, what a gee down.”
Hard: a term used when agreeing with something or someone
e.g. “Man the most recent episode was so bad.”
“Hard.”
Jet: a term used when leaving a location
e.g. “It was good seeing you, but I have to jet now.”
Sack: to disregard
e.g. “I really had no energy to do my homework so I decided to sack it.”