There were many trends during 2015. In fact, too many to name. They seem to go away before they get noticed by everyone. Plus, it’s more than impossible to keep track of them all.
Trends spread quickly through social media sites, such as Pinterest, Twitter, and Tumblr. People can also catch onto trends by simply walking into a high school hallway and observing. It won’t take long to hear the phrase, “it’s lit!” or see a group of girls walk by in their Birkenstocks, or see boys with some form of Nike Elite; whether that be a backpack, shorts or socks.
In the fashion world, trends that seemed to shine the most were Lokai bracelets, Chacos, Birkenstocks, party ponies and party buns, henna tattoos, a strong focus on doing eyebrows and contouring, Converse, Adidas soccer pants, Adidas Superstars, front and back earrings, and following the World Series win of the Royals: Royals merchandise.
Apps are addicting, and often cost money. Games like Madden Mobile, Minecraft, Solitaire, and Candy Crush were downloaded onto everyone’s phone at some point. Social media apps such as Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram are still popular, and are used by teens daily.
A new app, After School, was popular during the first semester. On the app, students could log-in anonymously and post about anything. When scrolling through the page – that is only accessible by students that go to the same school – the app would generate questions like, “Would you go to the movies with..” and a name of a classmate would pop up. Students then had the option to either choose yes or no, and the other student would immediately receive the notification of this.
Of all the trends, slang words and phrases stay the longest, and are taken most seriously. Freshman Jake Busey said, “Pepe basically guided me through my year.”
Often started on Vine and Twitter, the slang ends up driving most insane by the amount of times it is repeated. Words like, “fam,” “salty,” “squad,” and “bae” are commonly used. Phrases that also caught on were, “”it’s lit,” “A1,” “Got any games,” “John Cena,” “what are those,” and “deez nuts,” which originated from a Vine.
Lastly, memes. A meme, as according to Urban Dictionary, is “an internet information generator, especially of random or contentless information.” Memes that were around this year were Pepe the frog, Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” Left Shark from Superbowl XLIX, minions, zodiac signs, and of course, The Dress.