Is OK the Old OMG? How Teenage Slang Takes Over the World

Could current teenage slang have the staying power to still be in frequent use 200 years from now? That’s just what happened with a word I’d bet you say every single day. Stick with me on this one, OK?

If I told you that your great-great-great-great grandkids might still be saying  “LOL” or “spilling the tea” in conversation two hundred years from now, would you believe me? As odd as it sounds, that’s exactly the case for one of the most commonly used words today! OK, get ready to have a little more fun talking every day after you hear this quirky origin story.

By Ellen Allerton

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