'Chat I Need A Bus Ticket?! I've No Idea What My Daughter Is Saying Half The Time'

Forget French or Spanish, it’s safe to say teens who spend much of their time online are mastering an entirely new language altogether.In an exasperated post shared to Reddit’s r/AskUK, a confused parent shared they have “absolutely no idea what my daughter is saying half the time”.Some of the expressions their daughter comes out with include: “My bad, chat” or “so mid”. They added: “She sends me messages like ‘chat I need a bus ticket’.“She says it’s because we are chatting but I said it’s like walking up to someone and saying Talk before you start your sentence,” added the befuddled family member.What does chat mean when kids use it?While plenty of us might use chat to describe an informal conversation (ie.“can we just have a quick chat?”) or even to announce the presence of something or someone in wider conversation (ie. “X has entered the chat”), the younger generations are using it in a completely different way.According to Gabb’s guide to teen slang, chat is quite simply used “to refer to a group of people, like friends or people in their class”. It seems to have originated from live-streamers speaking to their viewers online.It can also be used to describe a person, as Slate explains: “It’s both singular and plural. It’s both second and third person. Everybody, regardless of the size of the intended audience, is chat.”So, you might overhear them saying: “I don’t know, chat”, “Chat, is this real?” (often used to discuss whether something’s AI-generated or not), or “Chat, come here”.What about mid?When kids use the term “mid” they’re usually calling something average or poor quality – so basically, they’re throwing shade.Kids have been coming up with all manner of new insults to throw around. Girls in particular have been called “bops” and “huzz” – both derogatory terms – while another insult, “chopped”, has been rising in popularity.While chopped, in my dictionary at least, means to cut something into pieces; in Gen Z and Gen Alpha speak, it means “ugly”.In some cases, younger generations have been calling people, mainly girls, chuzz – a less-than-friendly portmanteau of “chopped” and “huzz”, which means “ugly hoes”.The term is already evolving with kids using “chopped” to describe anything they don’t particularly like. So basically, “that’s chopped” is now the 2025 equivalent of “that sucks”.And why do kids keep saying six-seven all the time?This one is actually pretty meaningless.The saying seems to have originated from the drill rap Doot Doot (6 7) by Skrilla and has also been associated with basketball player LaMelo Ball who is – yep, you guessed it – 6′7″.It has since become incredibly popular on TikTok, with people using the song, and edited footage of the basketball player, to create 6-7 memes... and now kids use it at every opportunity.According to Parents: “Some say it means ‘so-so’, especially since kids often pair the phrase with an up-and-down hand motion. Others argue it refers to a person who is tall, some think it stands for a basketball term, and so on.”Yup, we need a lie down too.Related...WTF Does 'Crashing Out' Mean When Teens Say It?Teens Are Making An Unlikely Friend Online – One They Can Share Their 'Darkest, Strangest' Thoughts WithI'm A Child Psychiatrist – Don't Make This 1 Mistake When Talking To Teens

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