Hey kid, have you done any of the following today?

Chilled out, get back, hung around, chilaxed.

Or maybe today was a busy day, so you put your nose to the grindstone, aced your test and

slayed the homework monster.

Nice, but here's the thing. Most of the words I just used to describe what you

were doing don't mean what they say.

Huh?

For instance, I'm pretty sure none of you are actually chilling like an ice cube in the

freezer.

So cold.

And I seriously doubt any of you were literally putting your nose against a grindstone.

Ouch! Who even owns a grindstone? And while you may have done your homework or completed an assignment, you certainly didn't pull out a sword and slay a homework monster.

But homework sure would be more fun if you could, and it's certainly more fun to say,

which is why humans adapted fun, colorful ways of speaking,

and we call that slang.

But where did slang come from? Why does so many of us use it? And how are you able to decipher the meaning of new slang terms?

Hmm, it's time to relax to another whiff of science on.

Who's smarted?

Who's smarted?

Who's smart?

Is it you?

Is it me? Is it you? You? Is it me?

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