Speaking from Experience Research - Slang

I want to use real words that my generation use because my target audience is the new first years, so the words need to be current and real.

So I thought the easiest way to get words from people was to ask on Facebook, I asked the class and my Facebook page so there was a range of northern and southern words.

The post wasn't that helpful, a lot of people on my personal page took the mic but the course helped a lot.

These are the only helpful comments, but are from the wrong kind of generation, (Bob's my dad) so won't really use most of these.

I also asked my housemates and other people from uni what kind of words they use. Only then after getting quite a few but not enough I used the internet like urban dictionary and blogs to research more words.

I didn't struggle at all with the Geordie lingo, we have so many words I could make whole dictionary.
I found the south quote easy too if I used mainly London words.
But the midlands was really hard, there isn't a lot of slang words used that I came across.

Speaking from Experience Research

When thinking about what I wanted to show the new first years I went through all the things I struggled with - 

-Distractions
Going out
Flat mates
Nice weather
TV/Films

-Uni Work
Used to the pace, because of Foundation
Intimidated by people who knew stuff about graphics
The quality of my work

-Social life
People couldn't understand me for my slang and vice versa
Going out a lot was fun, but definitely slowed down through the year
Money worries - spending too much, being in my overdraft all of the time
Food - eating really badly all the time, going out and eating because we're bored

There's a lot to worry about in first year and a lot to deal with.
With this list I've decided to go with the idea of slang, and people using words that I didn't understand and vice versa. So I want to help first years and educate them about words they might not have heard of.