Confession:
The term, “fleek,” makes my skin crawl.
I don’t love it.
Not for sculpted, perfect eyebrows. Not for flawless, gorgeous highlights. Not for sharp, crisp winged liner.
“On point,” I can dig. But for some reason I just can’t stand, “on fleek.” I’m not anti-slang, it’s just this specific term.
Research suggests the term has been tossed around since at least 2003; but it came to prominence after a Vine user mentioned it to describe her own brows while en route to a party. Somehow, it blew up and became this meme-esque slang phenomenon.
I don’t get it. Maybe I’m getting old?
Brows on what? Listen, dear – your eyebrows, highlight, and winged liner look fabulous and masterfully executed…but stay out of my dang hyacinths and azaleas, alright?
I personally think it’s better than a lot of other things. :p I can’t stand ‘I’m getting my – game on’ even ‘ on point’ is grating a little. Maybe I’ve seen less of fleek than you have.
Nothing will replace the word ‘fucking’ in my vocabulary though, like ‘my – is fucking awesome.’ Nothing quite like it in the world.
“On point,” and, “____ game on/_____ game strong,” can get on my nerves a little, but they don’t make me cringe the way, “fleek,” does. Ergh.
And you’re right – there isn’t, and that’s why, “fucking,” is a classic. :P