The evil smiley face
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If your teen’s been talking about Verity, here’s what that means. Verity is not a real person. It’s a cartoon character, a yellow smiley face that talks, from a horror series on YouTube by ThatMob, a YouTuber who makes Minecraft stories.
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Your car is ‘scuba’
What it means: “That stinks.” If something’s scuba, it smells bad. It comes with a dance where teens hold their nose with one hand and fan the air with the other. If your teen says your car is scuba, that means your car stinks. To make it even more confusing, some teens use it to mean they’re deep in their own thoughts.
Sources: New York Post, September 24; The Economic Times
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