The Modern Lexicon cover: a Victorian gentleman's hand holding a smartphone.
“ngl chat im cooked” “might link with fine shyt” “bruh that’s cap” “bet. ima dip”
…Pardon? We did not understand a word of it either — not the first line, nor the last. But utter rubbish does not repeat itself so faithfully, and so we declined to call it such. We sat with it. Took it apart, phrase by phrase, until each one yielded a plain and sensible meaning. Now, dear reader, we understand it perfectly.
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Same Words·A Brighter Meaning·A More Civil You

Modern slang, properly defined and translated into language fit for polite company.

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Dictionary page for the entry GYATT, illustrated with a Victorian couple, aged and torn at the edges. Dictionary page for the entry MID, illustrated with ornamental urns on pedestals, aged and torn at the edges. Dictionary page for the entry RIZZ, aged and torn at the edges. Dictionary page for the entry GANG, aged and torn at the edges. Dictionary page for the entry TWIN, aged and torn at the edges. Dictionary page for the entry FIT, aged and torn at the edges. Dictionary page for the entry DIP, aged and torn at the edges. Dictionary page for the entry CRINGE, illustrated with a Victorian lady wincing, aged and torn at the edges.
A Brighter Meaning

A Lexicon of the Common Tongue, Rendered Fit for Polite Society

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115 terms of the present age, translated for the bewildered into proper English fit to be spoken amongst aristocratic society, or those of refined taste alike.

115 things people are sayin rn, translated for the ops, uncs, and anyone else who’s lost.

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Every Generation Invents Its Own English

Every generation is accused of ruining the English language. Every generation is wrong. What passes for slang today was, a century prior, simply speech — the same restless instinct that once gave the world “okay,” “jazz,” and a great many words polite society was slow to accept.

The vocabulary collected here is no exception. It is compressed, inventive, and frequently more precise than the words it replaces. There is no single old word for the particular indignity of the ick, nor for the exact confidence implied by rizz. The young did not lower the language. They noticed what it was missing, and built the rest themselves.

It is, in truth, rather brilliant. We are only glad to have finally caught up.