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Yo, this is dope! Check it, it’s the summer
of slang.
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Today you’re learning 3 new slang words:
dope, savage, and hype.
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Slang is something that changes a lot,
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a term may only be in use for a year or two.
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‘Dope’ is something that was around way
back when I was a kid,
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so I thought it has passed.
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But a friend of mine said he heard his son
use it the other day,
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and then I noticed on the HBO series GIRLS,
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that it was used twice in episode 1 of season 6.
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So it’s definitely still in use.
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It’s used as an adjective to mean cool,
awesome, great.
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Jay-Z’s new album is dope.
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Dope shoes!
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It can also mean drugs.
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It’s a little outdated, this use for it,
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as far as marijuana, but it’s still used for narcotics like heroin.
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She does what she can to get more dope.
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It’s also used as a verb, doping,
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in sports to talk about athletes who take steroids, illegally, to enhance performance.
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Doping has been a big problem in American
baseball.
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Lance Armstrong has admitted to doping.
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Savage.
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This is used when someone is bold,
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doesn’t care about consequences.
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Someone might also use the term ‘bada---' you get the point.
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It can also be used if you did something hard,
something other people wouldn’t do,
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and you did it really well, making it look easy.
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Like the guy who recently climbed the face
of El Capitan without ropes.
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That was savage.
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It can be used in terms of an insult.
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If someone insults you and you come up with a great comeback,
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and insult them even more than they insulted you,
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someone might say: That was savage.
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So, it’s a positive thing you might say.
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You’re complimenting someone on doing something really well.
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Hype. This means excited.
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I’m so hype! We’re going to Disneyland tomorrow.
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You’re really looking forward to it.
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You’re pumped up for it.
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I’m so hype for the state finals.
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You’re pumped, excited, you’re ready to play.
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Both ‘dope’ and ‘hype’ are 1-syllable
words that end in P.
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You may hear Americans dropping the release: dope--- dope--- dope--- dope---
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I’m so hype!
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But you don’t have to make it a heavy P: pp— hype— hype—
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Not a strong escape of air. It should be very light or it might be skipped.
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Dope.
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Hype.
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When should you use slang?
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I went over that in Summer of Slang video 2.
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So click here to check out all the videos in that series.
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