College professors love to make their students read their work, understand their opinion, and listen to them — but they often don’t speak to millennials.
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USA Today’s Collin Brennan interviewed several professors from Christopher Newport University to see if they could guess what some popular millennial terms like “on fleek,” “lit,” and “Netflix and chill” meant.
“On fleek” means something is flawless or close to perfect, but only two of the professors, including communications professor Jennifer Billinson, who teaches a course related to how millennials talk online, had any idea.
“It actually comes from a Vine,” Billinson informed. “A lot of people think it originated on YouTube but it actually comes from a Vine.”
When asked about the word “lit,” Dr. Jeanne Nailor asked if it meant literature, while communications professor Todd Lee Goen admitted that he didn’t have a clue and wondered if it had to do with lighting.
Being “lit” is when someone is extremely inebriated or high, which several professors guessed.
Almost none of the professors had heard of “Netflix and chill,” a millennial phrase inviting someone to come over their house so they could watch the beginning of a movie, but end up having sex.
Some of the professors had amusing guesses for what the term meant.
“They put on a movie and just relax,” guessed Dr. Nailor.
“I was watching this movie on Netflix and a lot of the characters was chill,” guessed Physics professor Leon Cole.
Once Nailor realized the exact meaning she was a disappointed and hoped that men would try harder than that.
“Well I expect men to do a bit more work than that, you know Netflix and chill does not cut it for me,” the math professor said.
Watch the hilarious interview here.
