Ask a Lion VIDEO: Slang vs. SAT Showdown
“Squad,” “finna,” “slapper.” Often times it seems as if teens speak their own language that many adults do not dare to understand. Similarly, many students stare blankly at the vocabulary lists handed out by teachers with the hope that they will never encounter those overly complicated words in real life. In an effort to clear things up for both sides, Lion Tales asked students and teachers to define popular slang terms as well as words that appear on the SAT. The results may surprise you. How many words can you define?
Dorrin Akbari is a senior at Lincoln High School. She was born in Iran and moved to the United States when she was seven years old. Dorrin has always been...
Felicia Viano is seventeen years old and a senior at Lincoln High School. Born and raised in San Jose, she hopes to study history in Southern California...
