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By Sadmom - 14/09/2016 02:15 - United States - Cherry Hill

Today, I found out that my son thinks it's acceptable to use words like "on fleek" in high school level essays. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/04/2016 13:12 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my daughter and her "friend" kept using crude euphemisms right in front of me, thinking I was too old or too stupid to figure out what they meant. I nearly had an aneurysm when she told him he could put his "pencil" in her "sharpener" next time they studied together. FML

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By Toby's.Mom. - 16/02/2017 17:00 - United States - Houston

Today, I heard my son use the word "exacerbated". I had to look it up to see if he had correctly used it, which he had, because I couldn't remember what it meant. I'll be 23 next week. He's not even 4. FML

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America, hell yeah brother

By Anonymous - 03/10/2012 23:00 - United States - Tallahassee

Today, my teacher's comments on my essay read, "I know it's college, but you use a lot of unnecessary words with a lot of syllables." He basically scolded me for having a complex vocabulary. I go to an accredited state university. Nothing says "America" like under-achieving professors. FML

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Catdragon 40

Sunday 2 October 2016 11:01

Congratulations, you've raised a dumbass.

BloodyMary666 24

Saturday 17 September 2016 19:33

What the hell was he writing about?

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Lillysar91 20

Sunday 2 October 2016 15:13

Jane Austin's eyeliner was on fleek?

cuz803 44

Sunday 2 October 2016 15:34

I've seen my classmates do that. It's mostly for memoirs where you can use words like "on fleek" but what was he writing?

r1has 28

Sunday 2 October 2016 16:22

Well it's in a dictionary. UrbanDictionary is a dictionary. I'm sorry, I tried. Your son is a dumbass

Pixelatedpotato 28

Sunday 2 October 2016 16:40

What's worse is that isn't even a common phrase anymore.

Lalala579121 27

Sunday 2 October 2016 23:18

I'm still concerned that it was ever a common phrase to begin with.

WolfLady 18

Sunday 2 October 2016 17:08

Sadly he's not at all alone in that. A lot of students believe it's okay to write things like that in high school level essays.

zefronke8 25

Sunday 2 October 2016 19:18

I believe that "on fleek" is a phrase, OP. If you don't know that you're not on fleek.

NinePlusTen 4

Sunday 2 October 2016 20:56

Ohh America's shitty educational system...

URBeingLied2 23

Monday 3 October 2016 17:26

Excellent brainwashing system though.

band13geek 16

Sunday 2 October 2016 20:59

As a high schooler in the state of New Jersey, I promise you that not every teenager is this stupid. The only people that use the phrase "on fleek" are (no offence, OP) morons.

17Mom 9

Sunday 2 October 2016 23:05

with words like those, his essay should be on fleek ?

MiaTheMartian 21

Sunday 2 October 2016 23:09

it depends on context honestly

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