In youth slang, totes is short for “totally.” Grant talks about new, lengthened version of this slang shortening. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Totes”
Martha, you know about the trend of young people shortening words?
Sure.
So that totally becomes totes?
Totes, yep.
Well, what happens when they short it, it becomes so entrenched that sometimes they make it longer.
Oh, really?
I heard this the other day.
So you say, that’s a really great shirt, and I say totes, right?
Right.
And then if you agree with me, you’re going to respond and say totes my goats.
Totes my goats.
You like that?
I love it.
So it means very much totally, very totally, completely totally.
Can you say that?
Totes my goats.
I love it.
I love it.
It’s not really native, though, to us, is it?
It’s about 20 years younger.
Yeah, yeah, and I wouldn’t know how to spell it either.
New slang, new words.
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