Have you ever wondered where our current slang ever originated from? Well here is a brief look into our favorite words and how they came to be.

Definition: Obsessed on something that pisses you off (aka you need to get your life together and stop dwelling on the unnecessary).

Example: So what if he stole your gum. Why are you so pressed over this right now?

 

 

Definition: Too Long; Didn’t Read. When you’re too lazy to read something so you go straight to the cliff notes.  When, upon seeing a wall of text without pictures, you throw your hands in the air and give up before trying. Is mostly used to call out someone online/texting for a long post.

Example #1: *checks syllabus* “Have to read pgs. 121-189. *opens book* *flips through pages* *laughs* Nope. TL;DR. *close book*

Example #2:
Student 1: Hey, did you read last night?
Student 2: *laughs* Nope. TL;DR

*sidenote: please don’t read-spell this out loud, it’s embarrassing.

Origin: No one really knows where this phrase originated from, Quora suggested that it may have originated from the forum Something Awful back in 2002. However, the first Urban Dictionary entry with this term dates as far back as 2003.

Definition: Something that’s on point; your hair, your outfit, etc.

Example: “Your eyebrows is on fleek, girl. Loves it!”

Origin: It started off as an off the cuff comment from Chicago teen, Kayla Newman. She’d posted a Vine video after having had her eyebrows done, wanted to show them off. She pointed her phone camera towards her face and said “Eyebrows on fleek, da fuq.” Flash forward a year and 200,000 views later and the phrase On Fleek is used an embarrassing amount.

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Is used when someone is salty with someone else. When they say something offensive to that person without any remorse they say “sorry not sorry.” So, essentially it’s a non-apology.

Example: Oh, you’re upset that I took the last lollipop, kid? Well sorry not sorry. Gonna take it anyway. *shrugs*

Origin: It comes from the movie, Wedding Crashers.

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