Bebo users suggest slang terms

Piff brehs don't get shifted, you know?

Bebo users to vote on slang terms to be included in new dictionary Bebo users to vote on slang terms to be included in new dictionary

Well, you won't - but young users of social networking website Bebo understand.

Because they are just some of the slang terms that could be about to feature in a new edition of the Collins English Dictionary.

Publisher Harpercollins approached the website to help identify the most widely used slang terms in the UK.

Piff: good; breh: boy; shifted: get arrested. Other slang includes "stunting" or showing off; "pee", which is money; "co-dee", friends; and "pinky" which means £50.

The shortlisted words were put forward by a panel of 14-18 year-olds.

Over the next few months Bebo's 10.5 million users will vote on the words and terms they think should be included in the 30th anniversary edition of the dictionary.

Some of the favourites include - bare (a lot of), seen (cool), mugged (take the mick), fiend (addicted to something) or hater, which translates in teen speak as a negative person.

The most popular will be submitted to Collins, where a team of experts will research their origins and decide which make the grade for inclusion in the dictionary.

Bebo will publish the winning teen slang words in summer.

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