When you no longer have a social life.

When all of the people you know now know what a flop is.

when you start using shade and flop and mess and messy and messiness in your essays

When my teacher tried to insult me and I told him to "stop reaching, i'm embarrassed for you"

I once said "that's flawless" in class

When you say "flop" "shade" and "mess" in everyday conversation

When you always call your mom a "mess"

When you use "mess", "flop", "sis", "stop reaching", and "get ha" in conversations.

When you almost tell people you stan for something

*IM on Facebook*

IRL Friend: Hey :)
You: Hey sis
IRL Friend: ...?
You: Oop. Flop. That last part was a typo.
IRL Friend: Okay...well would you like to hang out later?
You: No. I am perched waiting for information about the Monster Ball.
IRL Friend: The what?
You: :jonny: Lady Gaga's tour.
IRL Friend: You like Lady Gaga? She's weird. And who is Jonny?
You: You're a flop :biblio:
IRL Friend: Flop? What are you even talking about?
You: Are you shading me?
IRL Friend: I just wanted to know if you wanted to hang out...
You: Okay fine. Just don't bring that irrelevant *"friend"'s name here*". She is a heaux :rip:
IRL Friend: She died?!
You: Stop reaching sis. :biblio:
IRL Friend: ...Just meet me outside *name of place* okay?


That's about when you need to get away from ATRL for a bit.

I use "tea" and "serve" when talking to my peers.

I've used "spill the tea" ,"_____.com", "mess", "shade and a few others lol...

I once said "what kind of...."

I said yaas and someone was like ?? who's that

people don't really understand this lingo, like have several/you tried it/death/ch

Oh, and I use irrelevant and slay in actual conversation. Irrelevant because it actually has a practical use, and slay because it's been in my vocab before I even found ATRL.

I mean... i might say mess in real life and when im texting my bestie. I might use the slang around the house but i dont use it in public.