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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(derogatory or humorous) Communication by adolescents viewed as slangy, awkward, or immature..
"Righteous" and "dude" were part of teenspeak at the time, and had already been immortalized by another clueless adult, Grace, the Wite-Out sniffing secretary (Edie McClurg) speaking of the hero in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Real teenspeak is a mess of ums, likes, you knows, tangents and runaway trains of thought that, when transcribed onto paper, are pretty much impenetrable.
[…] "Nice to meet you, Mr. Tomasi. Thank you for the party tonight. That's just sick." "Sick means good in teenspeak," Audrey translated, before demanding, "What party?"
Use teenspeak when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Teenspeak means (derogatory or humorous) Communication by adolescents viewed as slangy, awkward, or immature..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Righteous" and "dude" were part of teenspeak at the time, and had already been immortalized by another clueless adult, Grace, the Wite-Out sniffing secretary (Edie McClurg) speaking of the hero in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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