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5-0 - police officers.
24-7 - all the time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

A

all that and then some - usually used when talking about a member of the opposite sex, he/she is everything that defines great and more.
all that and a bag of chips - very attractive, very fine, very cool.
awesome - great, really cool.

B

biters - people who copy from others.
brew - beer.
babe - a good looking girl.
busted - used when a teen gets caught doing something.
butter - something that is good.

C

crush - the person you really like, but they don't know it. "I was walking down the hall with my head down, and I smacked right into my crush!"
cruisin' - driving around town, with no real destination.

D

da bomb - means great, awesome.
daisy dukes - short shorts.
driveby - to drive in a car and check out a situation.
a do - a person's hair style.
dorky - Stupid.
down with - a kid who is 'down with' is high.

E

easy - asking someone to calm down, pronounced by saying the letters, E Z.

F

fave - Favorite, the best in their opinion.
fine- an attractive person.
flares - new term for bell bottom pants.
Flash! - as in NEWS FLASH!, which basically means you just said something really stupid.
Fly - Cool, used as an adjective, you would say, 'John's threads are fly.' but you wouldn't use this term alone, like you can with 'COOL!'.

G

girlfriend - used in greetings and conversation mostly between two girls, ie 'What's up, girlfriend?'
glam - glamorous, its a style, 'the glam look'.
grooviness - now instead of something being groovey, it is full of grooviness.

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