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Guys, I need to admit something.
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I'm in my 40s. I'm married. I have two kids.
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But nothing, and I mean nothing,
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makes me feel older than when I realize
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I do not know the new slang terms that teenagers are using.
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And these days, it seems like teen slang terms
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are evolving so fast that it is impossible to keep up.
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So we decided to help you
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by giving you a little primer on new teen slang terms
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in a segment we call "Seth Explains Teen Slang."
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Our first new teen slang term is "Robert Mueller."
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Let's see the definition.
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Here it is in a sentence.
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Next one.
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Our next new teen slang term is "wait-listed."
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Here it is in a sentence.
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[ Audience groans ]
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Moving on, we have "Españ-YOLO." Let's see the definition.
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For example...
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Moving on, it's "the avengers."
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For example...
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Next up, we have "English lit."
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For example...
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Moving on, we have "massquatch."
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Massquatch. Here's the definition of "massquatch."
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Here it is -- Very helpful,
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because you didn't used to have a slang term for that.
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Here it is in a sentence.
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And I actually believe -- This is very exciting.
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Very exciting and very rare.
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I believe we have a photo of the massquatch. Let's take a look.
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[ Laughter ]
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Next up, it's "North Korea."
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For example...
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Next up, we have "Giuliani."
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This is a terrible wing man.
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For example...
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Up next, it's...
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[ Applause ]
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It's "AllerG-Unit."
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Here it is in a sentence.
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This one is really taking off with the teens.
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I would find it hard to believe
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if you have a teenager, you have not heard them hear --
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You have not -- [ Laughs ]
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Guys, it's "Koppelganger."
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Let's see the definition.
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For example...
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And finally, we have "high-ku."
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This is the haiku you write when you're English lit.
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For example...
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That was "Seth Explains Teen Slang."