HEY – NEW WORDS YOU CAN START USING TODAY!

Dictionary.com has added several Gen-Z slang words as part of the website’s 327 new entries. Here is how to sound fresh and groovy:
– The ick: distaste towards another person or entity. As in, “That guy gives me the ick.” (* Is that different than “That guy GAVE me the ick”?)
– Mid: mediocrity or something that is unimpressive or disappointing.
– Bussin’: feeling great, amazing or wonderful.
– Boobne: Pimples or acne on the breast that come as a result of sweat and bra chafing. (* Is a pimple on your butt ass-ne? Are pimples on the back of your leg knee-ne?
– Greedflation: high prices for consumer goods and living expenses.
– Sound bath: listening to a bevy of bells and chimes for aural therapy and mental well-being.
– Bechdel test: a measure used to chart the representation of female presence in works of fiction. To pass the Bechdel test, the movie or TV show must include at least two fairly important female characters who talk to each other about something besides a man.
– Squish: an intense feeling of infatuation that is not romantic or sexual in nature; a platonic crush.
– Barbiecore: the surge of Barbie culture and all that is pink.
– Bed rotting: spending an excessive amount of time in bed. In Scotland, this is called the “hurkle-durkle,” which is a term also making it way around the intenet in the last month. (* I thought hurkle-durkle is when she drinks too much and barfs, but you’re still willing to have sex with her.)
– Skiplagging: When you want to fly from, say, Florida to North Carolina, but that flight is more expensive than a flight from Florida to New York that makes a stop in North Carolina, so you book the cheaper flight to New York but get off the plane in North Carolina. You save money, and the airlines hate that.
– Girl dinner – a low-effort, odd assortment of food cobbled together as a last-ditch meal. (* So, basically, weekend breakfast.)