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I didn't post Friday because I was watching TV with my daughter.  We were watching our favorite show-RuPaul's Drag Race.

An interesting trend right now is that phrases from drag culture (which are also from African American culture-particularly women) are popping up on Twitter and are now mainstream.  In fact, I have heard students saying these phrases up and down the halls and I have to giggle to myself because I doubt many of them know what they are saying. 

So here are few favorites and what they mean (just so you know).

YAS! -This word was created as an exclamation to yell at drag queens while they were performing as a sign of support and encouragement.

Spill the T/Tea-Slang for the word truth or gossip.

Used in a sentence: "Girl, I'm about to spill the tea on everything that happened last night."

Gagging- Used when something is so fierce, you can’t help but want to gag from the overload of extreme fierceosity.

Sickening-Amazing, incredible, the best. it refers to when you look at a person and they look so good it makes you sick (but in a good way). Meant completely as an admiration.

Used in a sentence: "Girl, Madonna's new album is sickening!"

Realness-The ability to embody the truest version of something or someone.

Used in a sentence: "She walked in and served Valley girl realness with that blonde hair."

Fierce-If you're not familiar with this one, then, well, you're just not fierce enough.

Used in a sentence: "That is fiiiiiierce!"

Gurl-The “dude” of the gay world.

Henny- the drag communities version of “honey”, used to reference someone else.

Werk-  a declaration of support or approval or ambition

Shade- A concealed double meaning, typically meant to critique. acting in a casual or disrespectful manner towards someone/dissing a friend. One usually “throws” shade, meaning to act shady, fake, or funny around or towards someone else.

Used in a sentence: "She told me I looked 'healthy,' now that's some shade!"