If you’ve got school-age kids, you’re probably hearing a whole new vocabulary from them. And there’s a pretty good chance half the words that come out of their mouth are a complete mystery to you. “Maybe I am showing my age here, but my three teens talk to me in ways I wouldn’t be able to understand if it weren’t for Google,” writes Katie Bingham-Smith today. “I am not mom, I am bruh, pronounced strictly as /brə/ rather than “bro” because it’s way more lit to say it that way. By the way, kids don’t say ‘lit’ anymore — it’s so 2016 — but I kind of like saying it because my kids think I’m cringy (another word we’ll explain) anyway so why not really embarrass them?” And so she has helpfully defined some of the words that you’re likely hearing out of your kids’ mouths that have you completely stumped. Don’t say we never did anything for you! Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor | 
