Good morning and welcome to Kid News. We're hitting the beach for a few weeks, but we're

still keen to keep you in the know and on your toes. Tune in for a different Kid News

classic and new alert challenge every day until the end of July.

Last September, Merriam Webster made a point of catching up with today's kids. The dictionary

has just added yeet for when something is cool. Janky for when something is anything but

cool, McGiver to fix something on the fly, and Pumpkin Spice, which pretty much speaks for itself.

But Miss Smith's fifth and sixth graders in Swan River, Manitoba, Canada,

wrote to Kid News to provide some important kid perspective. They say that for them,

yeet doesn't mean cool. It means to throw something.

What is a word, either in English or another language, that is used in your family,

friend group, or community that many people would not understand without your help.

Write a dictionary definition.

Tune in tomorrow for a news story and question taken from our podcast and from our free monthly

worksheet known as the Noodler. Each exercise is designed to take our Kid News kids beyond the

headlines to get them thinking critically about current events. And while you noodle, we're recharging

our news batteries and looking forward to getting back on the air with fun, fresh episodes on Monday,

July 31st.