Letter from the Editor: Are you cooked or just losing aura?

Letter from the Editor: Are you cooked or just losing aura?
Letter from the Editor: Are you cooked or just losing aura?

If a teenager says you are “cooked,” it probably has nothing to do with dinner. If someone tells you to “lock in,” there may be no lock involved. If you lose 1,000 “aura points,” there is no official scoreboard - but everyone nearby may understand exactly what happened. Welcome to the fast-moving world of teen slang, where familiar words gain unexpected meanings and a number such as “6-7” may mean…