Top Ten California Youthspeak

1. Hottie Object of affection, either personally or in the cultural milieu¹.

2. For shizzle Variation of ‘for sure’, popularized by rapper Snoop Dogg.

3. Tight Replacing 'cool'.

4. Phat Way cool, as in ‘rolling phat’.

5. Hella An intensive: hella tight or hella phat.

6. Wassup This greeting refuses to die, entering mainstream² circles.

7. Flow Dinero, money. Originally from ‘cash flow’. Also, ‘bank’ for lots of flow.

8. Poppins Perfect. In the California version of Cockney rhyming slang ‘toppins’ rhymes with Poppins, which connotes Mary Poppins who was ‘perfect in every way’.

9. Bling bling The sounds of diamond and gold jewelry³ clinking together.

10. Stog Cigarette, short for ‘stogy’.