Being in a relationship is known as "taken" or "Ownageeee", and "Ridneck", a corruption of redneck, means to feel embarrassed.
如果要表述自己正在谈恋爱,青少年会以"taken"或"ownageeee"来描述自己。而"ridneck"则是故意这么拼写来代替"redneck",用来表达感到困窘或难堪。
Meanwhile, girls posting "Legal" are indicating that they are above 16 and legally allowed to have sex.
如果有女孩子以"legal"来描述自己的状况,意思是说她已经年满16岁,可以合法进行性行为。
Lisa Whittaker, a postgraduate student at the University of Stirling, who studied teens aged 16-18 in Scotland, said the slang had been created to keep their activities private, and cited the example of one young girl who was sacked after bosses found pictures of her drinking on the website.
苏格兰斯特灵大学的研究生(论坛) 丽莎·惠特克对16至18岁青少年在Bebo社交网站上的活动进行研究。她表示,曾经有一个年轻女孩在社交网站上张贴自己喝酒的照片而被雇主开除,所以现在的青少年为了保持自己网上活动的隐私,创造除了这种新的秘密语言。