A Safeguarding Hub - 10-minute briefing
As professionals who work with young people, we will have all faced a common problem – what on earth are they saying? For many years teenagers have expressed themselves through their own words, usually based
A Safeguarding Hub - 10-minute briefing
As professionals who work with young people, we will have all faced a common problem – what on earth are they saying? For many years teenagers have expressed themselves through their own words, usually based on the music and social trends of the time. Language is an important part of their identity, a confidence booster, helping them to connect and build relationships with peers. It also has the added bonus of allowing them to communicate in terminology that is often difficult for adults to follow.
More recently street slang has evolved into a fairly extensive vocabulary, a combination of slang words and phrases, supplemented by texting jargon, hashtags and emojis. Slang is part of modern youth culture, fuelled by various styles of music (hip-hop, grime), and spreading rapidly through social media and the internet. Todays ‘st