Even more popular than “Half Priced Friday’s” at Qdoba is the use of new slang at CHS. Originating here, this new language is spreading throughout the student body like wildfire.

The slang features words such as “jaunt”, “cise”, “tryna”, “latenight”, and get nice. At any given time, anyone in the CHS community can hear these words being implemented into many students’ daily conversations in unexpected ways. However there are still many poor souls who are clueless of their meaning.

Take, for example, sophomore Luke Shannon. He came to the first day of cross-country practice only to be bewildered by this new language he was hearing.

“I really didn’t know what they were saying,” Shannon said “I was kind of confused. I was so used to words like ‘spicecat’ that these new words caught me off guard.”

So, for those students who are baffled by the talk and for those who are baffled that there are people baffled by the slang, here is clarification on the lingo.

“Jaunt” is quite possibly the standard, and the word that started this language. Its popularity can be attributed to the word’s versatality. One can use “jaunt” to refer to any object, “Pass me that jaunt,” a homework assignment, “When’s that English jaunt due?” or even to refer to somebody’s personal space, “Hop off my jaunt.”

Next in line would have to be “cise.” Its also open-ended definition is what attracts students. “Cise” has been defined by sites such as Urban Dictionary to mean exaggeration and many users follow that listing. But there are still other ways to use it; one way is to say that somebody did something nice for you. For example “My teacher cised me that A,” or “He cised me his sandwich at lunch.” Additionally, “cise” is used to imply that one wants someone to give them something, “Cise me my jacket,” or that they did well on an assignment, “I just cised that test.”

Two more very commonly used words are “tryna” and “latenight.” Tryna was originated from “trying to” and refers to wanting to do something. “I’m tryna go to Jersey Shore,” or “I’m not tryna get in trouble,” simply means that one is trying to go to Jersey Shore or does not want to get in trouble. “Latenight” is one of the more scandalous words in the vocab of many speakers and can be used in two parts of speech. In the verb form, to “latenight” means to sneak out at night with a guy or gal late at night, usually after midnight. In the noun form, a “latenight” is a person who frequently sneaks out after hours.

Those who speak this language find a sense of fellowship among other speakers. Students who use these words feel as though it unites them.

“It is something that a lot of Churchill students have in common,” sophomore Tyler Wooster said.

Though the use of these words has become increasingly popular this year, it started about two years ago, and some students have been using them for over a year.

“I started using it in middle school when nobody liked me to sound cool,” junior Bharat Bhatia said.

So put down those SAT vocab cards and start studying these new words and maybe you’ll be able to join the big dawgs at CHS.