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Can you speak Teenglish?

(Image: Teens helping gran)

Following the surprise bestselling book "The A-Z of Teen Talk" by Lucy van Amerongen aged 13, bamboozled parents have finally found a way of understanding what their kids' slang really means and bridge the generational divide.

Parentline Plus created their own guide to stop adults getting "clocked" (caught out) and appear more "sick" (cool). And now Lucy Tobin has wrriten the latest guide 'Pimp Your Vocab' to avoid adults getting "owned" (humiliated) when speaking to teens.

But how well would you fare when verbally ambushed by a talkative teen? Take our quick quiz to test your updated vocabulary!

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