In Germany, there a several characteristics which only exist in youth language. First of all the vocabulary partly is different, words like “Digga(h)” (bro) were introduced into German by youth language and have now partly become widespread terms. But there still are specific words only younger people use and these words constantly change while only a minority stays part of the German (youth) language. On the other hand there are some words which already exist in German but are more widespread in youth language, for example the North German greeting “Moin”. The gramma also partly differs since the youth language tends to accelerate the process of language simplification. There are also exeptions for that. The youth language is influenzed by different actors. First of all probably by other languages like English (many, many anglicisms) or Turkish. But also by people who are known among young people and by more complex structures. All these characteristics differ from region to region and only a minority actually applies to the whole of Germany.
Which country are you in? Are there any characteristics of your country’s youth language? Does the youth language maybe differ from city to city? How did it change over the time? By what is your youth language influenzed?
Am American and I think the kids seem to like coming up with words that are random and nonsensical? Like I still don’t know what this “skibidi” word means lol not sure I want to know xD
It’s a TV series
Cartoon where cameraheads fight toiletheads (heads-in-toilets to be accurate).
The toiletheads are trying to take over the cameraheads’ earthlike planet in a similar way as Audrey II plants did from little shop of horrors bad ending version, but are thwarted by the cameraheads’ Transformer technology.
After research, I’ve found that same information. What I haven’t figured out is what kids mean when they say it. Like, I get yeet. I know it came from a video, but when spoken it has an actual meaning, basically “I have great enthusiasm but lack finesse”, most useful when hurling things. But skibidi doesn’t seem to have a meaning? It comes from the video, but as a word it’s meaningless? So… why say it if it doesn’t convey meaning?
I think it’s to imitate the toiletheads/audrey II plants/zombies. Young boys like imitating scary creatures and now instead of kids putting their hands forward screaming “brains” we have “skibidi”. You’ll probably need to flush their heads by reaching and pulling up behind the back of their necks to play along.