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This Was The Most Popular Slang Of 2015

by Eliza Castile

Dec. 20, 2015

The end of 2015 is nigh, and you know what that means: a truly absurd number of retrospectives looking at the past 12 months. Today, I bring to you the most popular slang of 2015, as curated by BuzzFeed. Like most slang, some are catchier than others: As useful as they may be, words like "tidsoptimist" and "backpfeifengesicht" just don't have the same ring to them as "Mondaze" and "boregasm."

If you have an extensive vocabulary, or if you're familiar with Nordic languages, you might have noticed that "tidsoptimist" isn't actually slang — it's a Swedish word meaning, "someone who is habitually late because they think they have more time than they actually do." Similarly, "backpfeifengesicht" is German, meaning "a face badly in need of a fist." This is because BuzzFeed's list isn't just restricted to slang; the list is compiled by the Twitter account @words based on the most popular words used in BuzzFeed posts in 2015. Some you're bound to recognize from your own vocabulary, while others might seem like they come out of the left field, but either way, you're going to want to incorporate them into your daily vocabulary before 2015 comes to an end. The ones you can pronounce, at least.

To that end, let's take a look at 10 words below, along with some sentences to get you started. After all, there's no better way to entertain yourself during the holidays than by playing 2015 Slang Bingo with your relatives. Be sure to check out all 31 words over at BuzzFeed.