Dinter, bitz and gwop: a guide to British youth slang in 2016

By Tony Thorne. If you struggle to understand the teenagers and young people around you when they call their schoolfriend a durkboi and try to cadge some peas, you are not alone. The idea that they are communicating in a different language from their parents has been the subject of excited chatter on parenting websites and among some researchers. More...