In our age of information, any inconsistent entity changes very quickly, and the Russian language is no exception. Jargonisms and neologisms appear almost every day. To remain a modern person and speak the same language with youth, you need to constantly update your vocabulary. One of the newfangled words that can often be heard in youth slang is the word "bench". In this article we will try to answer the question, what is bench?
Value
To understand what benchmark is for youth slang, you need to remember the words "super", "cool", "cool." For children from the 90s, such words at one time were quite understandable and were widely used by them, misleading parents, especially grandparents. So, bench - this is about the same thing, only a more fashionable option, gradually crowding out all the previous ones from the language. In the usual Russian words, “bench” can be understood as “wonderful”, “very good”, “to a superlative degree”. The word is appropriate to use when something is really like, causes only positive emotions and, undoubtedly, deserves the highest rating.
Origin of the word
Presumably the word "bench" comes from the French bien, which in translation into Russian means "good." However, there is no direct evidence and the word sounds more like a bench, which translates from English as "bench".
Synonyms
Cool, cool, cool, super, great, great, awesome, awesome, awesome, top class.
Examples of using
- The party was just a bench! Be sure to repeat it.
- Did you hear his last song? No words, this is cool, Bench !!!
- Never a bench, I absolutely did not like it.
Similar words
In Russian, “Bench” is present not only in youth slang.
Definition by Wictionary: the coastal part of the seabed in the form of a ledge developed by abrasion.
Sports jargon: a bench.
IT slang: waiting for the project.