‘Ma stobbe’ and ‘drip’ could become the child and teen word of 2021, but well-established terms such as ‘lol’ and ‘guest’ also have a chance. — © © VRT 2015
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Now that the end of the year is lurking around the corner, Ketnet and Van Dale are looking for the Children’s and Teen Words of 2021 as an annual habit. The shortlist, which was announced on Monday evening, shows once again that the popular TikTok affects young people. They learned words like ‘Ma stobbe’ and ‘sheesh’.
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mom stubbe leads the shortlist of children’s words. It means ‘stop’, but pronounced ‘cooler’. TikTokker Timon Verbeeck introduced the word in his videos. Also on the list is the indestructible lol, in other words laughing out loud, just like the salutations bro on guest. The list ends with Bruh, a response to a stupid question – Bruh, are you serious? – or funny situation.
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TikTokkers also show their influence in the shortlist of teenage words. The word sheesh, which means as much as Wow, was indeed accepted. Drip say you again if you want to emphasize that you like someone’s look or outfit. LOW is an abbreviation with two different meanings: either bitches ain’t shit either boys ain’t shit. Although it is not always used literally. You can also use it to reinforce a statement. “The weather is really bad in Belgium. Bass, man.”
Fixed is a hipper word for party. And beasts, a name for best friend, is no longer a foreign word. Although Ketnet and Van Dale indicate that it is usually used ‘sarcastically or for a laugh’.
Which two words will be chosen as the Children’s and Teenage Words of the past year will not be announced until next Monday. You can vote until Sunday evening. For the Children’s Word this is done via the Ketnet website, for the Teenage Word via the Instagram channel of nws.nws.nws, the news channel for teenagers of the VRT.
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