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I Ain’t So Hip
By Adina Haas, LaSalle
It used to be that the teacher taught
the students new vocabulary. Now, I have
to do some checking with my daughter
and the urban dictionary on new words
and changing meanings. Keeping up
with this generation that watches TikTok,
that spends time gaming, that sends
messages in Teams and in Messenger
Kids, is a necessity. It is a rapid-fire and a
constantly-changing language scene.
One afternoon, during our Grade
3 reading class, I was explaining that
the book we had just read was fiction,
realistic fiction. This is a story that is
made-up yet is believable. One of my
students asked, Is that story “cap,” Mrs.
Haas? It took a few requests to repeat
his word until I was pretty sure I heard
“cap.” I had no idea what that meant but
his classmates did. “Cap” means fake; it
means made-up. After checking in with
my daughter, also a bit new to that lingo,
she did say that it can come off as, “Are
you kidding me?” People even put the
“cap” icon as a comment on someone’s
post, to show doubt or disbelief. Really?
And how word meanings change over
time. I remember when teaching the
benefits of laughter in Grade 1 health
class, including the clean little joke, “What
kind of shoes do cowboy babies wear?
Cowboy booties.” Now, you cannot speak
that “b” word without giggles erupting
and the need for a precise description of
the booties that babies wear on their feet.
And, the puzzlement of students when
the “bad joke of the day” includes that
word in a seasonal riddle, as read over
the announcements by the principal.
What is the world coming to, the kids
must wonder?
The other day, a few students had to
leave the classroom and head to talent
show auditions. As they were exiting the
room, a seated student shouted, that last
one is “sus!” And, what a reaction!
That last student retorted, “I AM NOT
SUS!”
I had to restore order in the classroom.
What does this mean, to shout an
accusation of “sus” out of the blue,
unprovoked? I suspected that “sus” was
short for “suspicious” or “suspect” and
that was confirmed. What happens when
we attach the label to someone? It seems
it was a negative connotation, that time.
In checking the urban dictionary, again,
anything that raises an eyebrow can be
deemed “sus. So, it’s possible that that
last person was called “sus” for having an
amazing talent show audition upcoming.
But, from her reaction, I think that’s cap.
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Spring 2024 Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. -Spanish Proverb
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