Slangipedia - Slang Dictionary

1

A person who sees everything and laughs at you for missing it while you're busy eating a taco.

I saw you trip over a curb and still managed to text me. You're observant, bro.

She noticed my messy hair and my dead phone battery at the same time. That’s observant.

He saw my sneaky snack steal and didn’t say a word. That’s the kind of observant I respect.

2

When you sit there like a king and judge everyone else for not paying attention.

He sat in the back of the class like a boss and took notes on everyone’s mistakes.

She watched the whole movie and didn’t even blink when the plot got weird.

He just sat there, watching, like he had a job to do.

3

A person who stares at you like they know your secrets, but they're not a stalker. They’re just weird.

He stared at me in the grocery store like he knew I’d steal the last candy bar.

She watched me from across the room like I was going to rob her.

He followed me to the bus stop, but he didn’t say anything. That’s just creepy.

4

When you look around too much and end up driving like a lunatic who just got out of jail.

He looked at every car and then swerved into three lanes at once.

She checked her mirror five times and then ran a red light.

He kept looking back at the passenger seat like it was going to bite him.

5

When you watch everything like it’s your job and you don’t even care if people get annoyed.

He watched the whole fight like it was on TV and didn’t even flinch.

She watched the baby cry and still managed to eat her lunch.

He watched me fail at everything and just smiled.

6

A real word that people use like it’s important. It’s just a fancy way of saying ‘you notice stuff’.

He used the word ‘observative’ like it was a superpower. It wasn’t.

She said it in front of the whole class like it meant something.

He used it in a sentence and it sounded like he was reading from a dictionary.

7

A word people use wrong. They think it means ‘observant’ but it's just a typo that stuck.

He used it in a sentence and no one knew what it meant.

She said it in a test and got it wrong.

He used it in a text and I had to ask what it meant.