L.A. SPEAK

Juniorese, gathered with the help of Louann Zouain’s sixth-graders in Room 54 at L.A.’s Murchison Street School.

bag v. to call someone a bad name, to insult. “He really bagged her out on the playground.” SYN.--cap.

bended v. to make a mistake, mess up. “I don’t like art because when I draw, I always bended. “ adj. silly or ridiculous. “Handy Man on ‘In Living Color’ is bended. “

bitchen adj. awesome. v. to bother someone. “Stop bitchen me around.”

cap v. synonymous with bag. “She capped him back after school.”

chewy adj. uncool. “BMXs are chewy bikes.” “School lunches are really chewy. “

firme (pronounced FEER-may) adj. excellent, a high compliment and endearment. “Mr. Land is a firme teacher.”

freak, also super freak, and freak out adj. cute, attractive, handsome. “Luke Perry is a real super freak. “ “Christine Applegate is a freak out. “

fresh adj. cool, hip, in style, popular. “My substitute teacher was so fresh. “

killed it v. to destroy the moment by saying or doing something stupid. “Juan said a dud joke and killed it. “

moated v. to trump someone, get the final word, get them in trouble. “I got Priscilla moated for capping on me.”

psych (pronounced sy-y-y-k )an exclamation, means telling a lie. “Robert said Michael Jordan was his dad and then I yelled, ‘Psych! Psych!’ “

Sure Bill an exclamation, means “Yeah, right.” “Your mother had dinner with Sylvester Stallone. Sure Bill. “

tell it v. to speak the truth, come clean. Usually a command. “I told him he had to tell it. “