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Wales Online
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Elaine Blackburne

15 confusing words your kids use - and what they actually mean

Anyone with children or who spends any time at all on social media will know there is a whole different language out there. For many of us the terms used by our teenagers - and plenty of adults and kids as well - leave us wondering if they are speaking English.

And rather than admit to not knowing what on earth people are talking about people are regularly using the power of the internet to discover what others are actually meaning when they speak or post online.

By using search volume data, a research done by DiggityMarketing.com found the slang words and expressions the Brits find most confusing. Top of the list was woke - with a massive 40,000 searches every month but there are plenty of others which appear to be leaving people in the dark when it comes to conversation with their kids.

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