Are you a teacher who feels like they don’t understand your students? Do you want to fit in and connect? Are you tired of Urban Dictionary? Level up your cringe factor with the best slang terms of 2019.

1. “Tea.” = “gossip.”  So if you “spill the tea” about someone, you’re talking behind their back.

2. “Beat.” = applying make-up as in “I gotta go beat my face.”

3. “Snatched.” = It means you look good, aka you’re “looking snatched.”

4. “Basic.” = anything mainstream is basic.  Pumpkin spice lattes, or having dinner at the Cheesecake Factory could all be described as “basic.”

5. “G.O.A.T.” = “Greatest Of All Time.”

6. “Extra” = over the top.

7. “Gucci.” = good.

8. “Keep it 100.” = “keep it real.”

9. “Ratchet = someone obnoxious, rude, or trashy.

10. “Bae” = “Before Anyone Else” aka that special someone.

11. “Sis” = A close friend, usually used before spilling the tea.

12. “Facts” = correct.