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Lucy Wigley

Do you know what your tween means when they say 'Oooh brother, oooh'? Put the urban dictionary away - mum Louise Boyce reveals all with her tween slang explainer

Group of tween smiling at the camera.

Does your tween ‘whomp whomp,’ ‘rizz,’ and ‘cook’, and offer up a scathing 'oooh brother, oooh'? Put the urban dictionary away - mum Louise Boyce decodes their slang in a hilarious post.

If you're confused by teenage slang words, we have news - tween slang is just as baffling. On top of sometimes being angry, entitled and rude, and insisting their parents have old people names, tweens are inventing their own language. If you feel like understanding tween riddles is just another thing for your to-do list, fear not - mum Louise Boyce has put together a handy guide for tween parents covering the phrases young people are throwing around.

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