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Does the phrase 'beef ting fam' sound like another language, or does it make perfect sense? Well, it's becoming second nature to police officers in Surrey who have been having some lessons in 'youth culture'. Police in Reigate and Banstead have created their very own youth slang dictionary in order to get clued up with how young people communicate. While some words such as 'bruv', which means brother or friend, might be more well known, others, like 'peng', might have most people aged over 40 scratching their heads. It means good or attractive, of course. As it's noted that Stormzy isn't referring to the weather – it's the massively popular London rapper. And officers'definition of 'roadman' could prove to be controversial. They described the term as a 'teenager who involves themselves in smoking weed, no education, puffa jacket and man bag, acts hard on a bike’. Others will argue that the word is not negative and simply means someone who lives locally and is well known on the streets. The slang dictionary was posted on Facebook by Reigate and Banstead Beat, and people commenting seemed to enjoy the idea of officers trying to keep up with local youngsters. Imagining a conversation between them: ‘Wagwan bruvs. We got a call that there was some beef-ting and the popo got the fomo so we coming thru. I think you all seem like the goat fam, and it would be peng if you could all just get along and stop acting like roadmans, swear down blud.’ |