What Does "LIT" mean? American Idioms & Slang 360-degree Video

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- Oh, lit!

That's when you at the club and we poppin' bottles, baby!

We get all the way lit, we going live, sham.

- Hello, and welcome to

the Sozo Exchange Vocabulary Challenge.

My name is Christina and I'm your host.

We are in the lovely Marina Del Ray right now,

shooting in 360 degree format.

Today, we are going to be asking some people

to explain the meaning of the phrase "lit".

What is your definition of the word "lit"?

- See, I don't know if it's...

I feel like it's probably the same in Britain.

And here, I feel like lit is just cool.

- Just cool?

- If it's lit, it's like,

if it's a nightclub, you wanna go there.

If it's lit or... - Mm-hm.

- Yeah, just cool, I kinda hope that's what it means.

'Cause that's what it means in Britain,

so I'm hoping it means the same here.

- Um...

Something that's really cool or exciting.

And awesome.

- Okay, what...can you place it in a sentence for me?

-That party was really lit last night.

- Again. - That's the most...

- That's like the most used way, like, if a party's lit

it's really cool, it's really like,

there's a lot of people there. - Great.

- What is your interpretation of the word lit?

- I hate that word so much, okay.

Almost like beasting out.

Getting lit tonight, like, going crazy.

Going off partying, drinking.

Man, it's lit, like, it's just on fire, maybe.

- Okay, so it's also in like a party context.

- Yeah, yeah.

What I've been around and heard people who say it.

- What is the stupidest sentence or phrase you've heard

using that word?

- Hmm.

- What makes you...why are you so irritated by it?

- Man, my ex-boyfriend would just always

every single Snap Chat, "Getting lit",

"Going out with the boys, getting lit!"

And it's not attractive at all.

- Okay, thank you very much for participating today.