They're only drinking pumpkin spice lattes because everyone else is."
Basic: A put-down describing someone or something that's very common or a conformist. BAE: A term of endearment, meaning "before anyone else," used between romantic partners that can also be used between close friends. Slang is changing all the time, but here's a list of modern slang terms: "You could find a parking space more easily is your car wasn't so ginormous." Ginormous: This combination of "gigantic" and "enormous" means something very large. "I haven't seen Michael since he started hanging out with Jeremy. Bromance: This combination of "brother" and "romance" describes an intense friendship between two straight men. "You'd be a lot happier if you stopped hanging out with your frenemy." 
Frenemy: This combination of "friend" and "enemy" describes a person who is a little bit of both, perhaps a friend with whom one experiences regular conflict. For example, the actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were known as "Brangelina" when they were married. A new word created by combining portions of two existing words is called a portmanteau, and they are very popular as a way to give a new name to a celebrity couple. Some slang terms are created by combining two words into one that has a new meaning. "My hip grandfather plays the sax, but my hipster brother just makes homemade pickles." Today it's changed again to "hipster," meaning a self-aware, artsy person. It evolved to mean someone into jazz and beatnik culture in the 1940s and 50s, and changed further still into "hippie" to describe flower children of the 60s. Hip: Originally "hip" or "hep" meant someone very fashionable in the first half of the 20th century. "I got new rides to match my favorite shirt." Most recently, "my rides" can mean sneakers. Ride: Originally a verb for the act of being a passenger in a vehicle, this word also evolved into a noun to describe a car. 
"No, I won't go out with your little sister.
The latest use? As an adjective to mean "ugly." To your parents, it means getting caught doing something wrong.
Busted: To your grandparents, "busted" probably meant that something was broken. This keeps the word in usage but can lead to some miscommunication between older and younger speakers. Some slang words change their meaning over time, usually across generations.
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