So it's the new year. Wow!!!
Exciting, right?
Here's wishing all of you from Let's Talk
a really amazing learning year ahead,
where you can upskill your knowledge and
always be updated with everything that's new. Okay?
Now, talking about new, what's new with you?
Well, I'd like to tell you what's new with us out here.
I have come across some amazing new
words that are added to the dictionary.
Now, you must be really surprised because we are so used
to the same old words, but here we have some new
words that are so cool, so different, never been heard.
Some have just been introduced, which people have been using, but
I can't wait to share all of them with you.
Are you ready? Yes.
Okay, so let's go for the new
words added to the dictionary in 2023.
Let's get going.
finfluencer.
Have you ever heard that one before?
This was my first time as well.
Now, what is a finfluencer?
Any guesses?
If you're smart enough, I'm sure you'll guess this.
Right now, finn is just a short form of finance.
So financial influencer.
An influencer who focuses on money related topics. Okay?
So they're just not talking about
general things because we have influencers
for beauty, hair, health, lifestyle, ETCA.
Here they only focus on money related topics.
Now, I'll give you an example which you
can use when you're talking about an influencer.
Don't always put your money based
on what a finfluencer says, right?
So here finfluencer. Got it.
So this would say, hey, I know you're
getting influenced by what he's saying about money,
but do your research as well, okay?
So make sure you do that and not
just blindly listen to what if influencer says,
let's see what the next word is.
Situationship.
So anything with a ship.
Okay, so we're used to relationship.
Yeah, sounds familiar.
But what is a situation ship?
Okay, let's see what it means.
A relationship that's more than a
friendship but less than a couple.
Interesting, isn't it?
I have come across this word fairly
recently, and I was like, what?
Situation ship?
And then I realized there are these
complex relationships that are not just friendships,
they are more than friendships.
And yet they're not an official couple either.
So there is something going on, and everybody knows.
Here's an example to help you understand it better.
I'm really confused about RIA and Ryan.
They seem to be in a situation ship.
Whoa.
I like the way I'm doing this.
It is confusing, right?
So situation ship.
So now you'll realize when you see certain people
out there, you say they're neither here nor there.
I think they're in a situation ship.
Okay, so you can term that rightly now.
Come on, let's look at the next one, which is janky.
What does janky mean?
Any guesses?
I'll help you on this one.
Something that's not of high quality.
Okay, so when it's not of good quality
or high quality, we say it's janky.
So let's look at an example to support this.
The touch and feel of this
gaming laptop is a bit janky.
Now, you know how gaming laptops are, right?
It needs to be sturdy, needs to be strong.
It needs to be of good
quality because you're like, right?
But if it's not of good
quality, you say, hey, it's janky.
So you know how and where to use this term.
All right, now, the next one is Yeet.
What is yeet?
Not wheat.
We know what wheat is.
This is yeet. Okay?
Now, the meaning of this is to
throw something with a lot of force.
Now, it has two meanings to throw something
with a lot of force or to describe
something that is funny or exciting.
So I'll give you two examples here to
get a better understanding of both the meanings.
The first one, can you yeet me that bottle, please?
Can you just throw me that bottle?
I'm sifting here. I'm too lazy.
Can you just throw me that bottle?
So can you just yeet me that bottle?
So the next time you use
that, they'll say, what's yeet?
And then you can sound smart and say, yeet
means to throw something with a lot of force.
Okay, the next one, look at his T shirt.
It's Yeet, which means it's
something amusing, funny, right?
I have seen so many T shirts that I'm
just walking by and just catches my eye.
I'm like, did you read that T shirt?
It's so funny.
So you could actually use it in that context as well.
Okay, the next one is a darker bull.
Now, I'm sure you'll think it is related to
being adorable, but no, it is nothing close.
Okay, what does adockable mean?
A socially awkward or non fashionable person?
Again, this has two meanings.
Now, socially awkward is when you're like,
hi, I don't know where I'm going.
Just awkward or non fashionable, where
you're like, this is not happening.
So an example is well, Neha is
the one in that dockable sunglasses.
Sorry, glasses.
It could be sunglasses, too.
So that means she's wearing these really old
fashioned glasses and it's not even suiting her.
They're not fashionable at all.
So you can actually use this term in that context.
Okay, moving on.
Let's look at the next one, which is churn rate.
Now, a lot of people have been using churn rate,
and I'm sure you can guess what this means, but
if you're not able to, this is what it means.
A percentage of people leaving a service or a company.
This is the percentage of people, right?
The number of people that are leaving a company or an
institute or a project or whatever, it could be here.
You'll understand better.
The churn rate for cable TV has gone higher
as more people are moving to the OTT platforms.
We all know what this is, right? How?
We have Netflix and we have
the Amazons and all of that.
So turn it to cable TV.
People don't even know what cable TV is anymore, right?
Those were the days.
Cable TV.
So now the churn rate for cable TV has
gone high because people have just stopped watching.
This whole number of people have stopped watching
cable and they've moved on to OTT platforms.
It's a fact.
Now, the next one is simp.
Say that with me. Simp.
Simp is simp. All right?
This means a silly or not intelligent person.
Someone who tries hard to please somebody,
or someone who admires famous people.
Now, there are three totally different meanings, and it's
interesting that you can use them in different ways.
First example, he's quite a SIM for his age.
Like, you know what?
He's 50 and he's acting like a teenager.
What's wrong with him?
He's quite a SIM for his age.
He's looking he's, you know, just so weird.
Like, that's just not normal. Okay?
Or I don't understand why she
sims so much in her relationship.
And we have seen this a lot, right?
It could be for him or her.
But we see people who really try hard to please
their partner and we're like, Why are they doing that?
Shouldn't it just be a
natural, balanced couple relationship?
Some people try really hard.
So that is simp.
And the next one is, why am
I such a simple middle age actors?
It says, Why am I admiring all
these famous people in another way?
Just shortening this entire admire famous people
is like, imagine just one word simple.
How simple is that?
Cool, right? Okay.
Our next one is Bottle episode.
Any idea what this means? No.
It's not an episode that has bottles
in it or alcohol in it.
It means a web show that
is restricted to a specific location.
That means they've shot the entire
thing in just one location.
How cool, right?
But what could be the reason of that?
Well, it's less expensive to save on costs
and so many other reasons as well.
So an example of this would be the ten
part series is made up of mostly Bottle episodes.
So do you know of any series like
this that you could share with me?
Because the one thing that comes to my
mind is, have you seen the film Saw?
S AW saw the first part.
The entire film was shot in
just one room, beginning to end.
Psychological thriller.
Very intense.
So if you know of something like this, let
me know what Bottle episode you know of. Okay?
I'd love to see it in the comments.
Our next one is Shadow Ban.
Interesting, right?
Now, Shadow Ban is a platform suppressing a post
or a video post for violating terms of service.
Now, what does that mean?
It just means that if there's something that is
not acceptable, that is probably a bad influence.
Maybe they're showing children doing some action
sequences and children getting influenced by that.
You just don't know, or explicit content.
Well, that's what they do.
A channel or an authority actually
has the authority to shadow ban.
So an example would be the government directed the
social platform to shadow ban certain posts, even though
they didn't violate any terms of service. Right.
Tos is terms of service, just so that you know.
So, yeah, this is just an example that shadow ban
is when you are suppressing a post, you're not encouraging
it, so not everybody gets to see it as much.
And now our last new word for the day is a romantic.
Romantic.
Interesting, right?
It is not a romantic.
It is a romantic.
I know it could get a little confusing, especially when
you say it, but it is a word that exists
people who experience little or no romantic attraction to others,
which is just the opposite of being romantic.
Okay, so an example would be I'm not a romantic.
I'm not just able to fall
in love after my last breakup.
So it means, hey, I'm a normal person.
It doesn't mean that I'm not attracted to people.
It's just that, you know what?
I'm healing right now.
I'm getting over my last relationship.
Give me time.
Okay, so a romantic you have to say it together.
You cannot just say a romantic.
It's a romantic, okay?
And when somebody hears that, they
say, hey, doesn't this mean this?
Then you can explain to them that
it means somebody who experiences little or
no romantic attraction to others. All right?
So I hope that these new words will be used in
the new year to make you feel even more new.
I'm sure this is going to make you stand out,
and you're going to feel great about using these.
Tell me which one was your favorite?
I'd love to see it in the comments, and I'd
love to know what have you started using already and
which ones you knew and which ones you didn't.
My name's Christine, and I'm looking forward
to seeing you in our next lesson.
Have a wonderful time learning.