2025 School Slang List

Trying to decode what your kids are saying can be a full time job! Some school councilors are trying to help parents with this guide to slang school-age kids will be saying this year … just know that by the time you understand it, it’ll be out of date and they’ll have moved on to new weird words that confuse us.

• “6-7” - Kids say this in a very particular way, but what it means is up for debate. Michigan teacher Sarah Y says it started with a song called "Doot Doot 6-7" from Skrilla. It's been used in a variety of ways but the generic use seem to mean I'm OK. Six Seven instead of so so.
• “On God” - It’s like saying “swear to God,” apparently. High school teacher Adam P says he has students insisting they did their homework, but just don’t have it with them, so they say, “On God, Mr. P! On God!”
• “Lore” - It’s basically a way to say “backstory” or “background information,” usually about a person or fictional character and it can be complicated, but helps explain someone on a deep level.
• “Delulu” - This one is fun to say and means delusional.
• “Cinema” - It refers to something that’s high drama or incredibly messy and is used the way a millennial might have said “epic” back in the day.
• “Crash out” - This is the new “spiraling” and can be applied to just about anything. “Everything causes a crash out,” a teacher named Marnie explains. “No chocolate milk left in the cafeteria? ‘OMG! I’m crashing out!’ Can’t find the purple marker during group work time? ‘You guys, I’m crashing out.’”
• “Main character energy” - Someone who has this thinks of themselves as the star of the show and it’s used to call them out for taking themselves too seriously.
• “Big back” - This can be self-depricating, if a kid says they’re a “big back” while raiding the pantry for another snack. But it can also be downright mean when used as an insult toward someone else.

Source: Scary Mommy