Idiom Academy | New Idioms

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss three recently coined idiomatic expressions in English. Transcript: 00:00:01 Jack Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are talking about new slang slang that is just brand new in the culture. Actually social is my expert when it comes to pop culture and. 00:00:21 Jack Modern culture, youth, youth culture. I'm. I'm too old. I'm. I'm out of touch. So some of these that I pulled up may not be as new as I think they are, but let's go through three of these idioms. 00:00:38 Jack Tier and so the first one is vibing. 00:00:43 Jack So what does it mean if you're vibing with someone? 00:00:48 Xochitl By being biting is hard to explain, but like it's kind of turned into like hanging out, chilling, and also if you're vibing, you're like getting along well, like like sometimes like when I just have this conversation and we're just vibing like we're really on the same page, things are flowing. 00:01:10 Xochitl Everything's going well, and then if you're not vibing with someone, it's. 00:01:13 Xochitl Kinda like if you're on a bad day or you're like needing someone for the first time and it's really awkward or things go South. That's like the opposite of vibing. 00:01:22 Jack Yeah, you're you're not vibing essentially. 00:01:25 Jack And. 00:01:25 Jack And this is I think this really makes sense in the in the in the world of like online dating, where everything is immediate, right? Just like Tinder, it's like, OK, I'm going to meet you. Boom. We talk for 5 minutes. If we're not vibing, I'm out of here. You know, dating is almost like. 00:01:35 Xochitl Yeah. 00:01:43 Jack It's so different than than my generation where you had to, like, call someone's house phone, you know, like, make an appointment, you get together. And if you're on a bad date, you just ride that horrible wave all the way to the end of dinner and. 00:02:02 Jack It's quite torturous, you know. Uhm, and the younger generation is just like, no, we're we're meeting for a drink. If we're not vibing within a couple of minutes, I'm out, you know, and that seems to be the agreement. Am I wrong about that or is that accurate? 00:02:22 Xochitl You mean like? 00:02:24 Xochitl You think they're kind of more instant culturally now? 00:02:27 Jack Insofar as dating goes. 00:02:29 Xochitl Yeah, even like meeting new people. Was it different before like? 00:02:36 Jack Yeah. I mean, I think I think you're more stuck together, right? Like if you made a plan, if you made a, if you made it, if you're your date, if you're going on a date with someone. 00:02:46 Jack You're you're in for the the date you're in for the long haul. It doesn't mean. 00:02:48 Xochitl They're spending like 2 hours together, even. 00:02:50 Jack It's a few hours, right? I mean, you're not going to go like, if it's a horrible dinner, you're not going to go like, hey, do you wanna go get ice cream? You're gonna, you know, you're gonna go your separate ways, but you're still gonna finish the dinner together. I feel like the younger generation is like, no. Let's just meet for drinks. 00:03:10 Jack And then you know, then you're only stuck for one drink and then it's. 00:03:14 Xochitl Yeah, it's like get a coffee together because then you're only stuck for. Because I've had this situation. I had this situation kind of pop up in Korea where it was like we went. I told you about that, but we went and had, like, a a lemonade. I had a lemonade at a cafe. And then after that, he was like, oh, you want to go get dinner? I was like, I got a dip. 00:03:34 Xochitl I have 4:00 except and it was like not three. I did not want to be stuck with this bozo for another minute. 00:03:37 Jack Yeah. Yes. 00:03:41 Xochitl So I'm glad that like we proceeded it with the cafe kind of thing. 00:03:45 Jack Yes, yes, that, that's, it's actually I. I kind of like this. The young generation is just like let's throw a