skins

(british slang) rolling papers, esp. when rolling a joint.
a british drama on e4 every thursday which follows a group of 17 year olds in sixform college on a string of parties, drug scandles and affairs.
very true to reality.
very comman amongst scene people and when it is on the mysp-ce bulliteboards get full up during adverts about skins.
scenekid – omgosh did you watch skins last nighttt????
me – no, i had to work
scenekid – omfg, loser.
me – shup scene kid.
the teen drama which appears to have taken british television by storm.
the show follows the lives of the characters:

tony, the popular, confident, ‘hit with the ladies’ boy.

sid, tony’s best friend, and who is also in love with tony’s girlfriend. he’s often left in tony’s shadow.

chris, he’s in love with their psychology teacher and generally enjoys excitement. has a tendency not to think everything through before he does it.

mich-lle, tony’s not so happily ever after girlfriend. she gives a lot more love than she receives.

maxxie, a h-m-s-xual, he’s not ashamed of his s-xuality, and neither are his friends, apart from anwar.

anwar, is maxxie’s best friend, although he believes h-m-s-xuality is wrong. he has a strong like for women.

jal, a very intelligent and financially comfortable girl who’s mother died and lives in a very musical family, playing clarinet herself.

c-ssie, an anorexic girl who is deeply in love with sid, despite knowing he’s in love with mich-lle.

effy, tony’s sister, she very rarely speaks, and it’s mentioned the only one she can really feel comfortable around is her brother tony.

note: these character descriptions were formed from the first series alone.

the show itself shows the highs and lows of each character, as they fall in and out of love, drugs and friendship.

at first i didn’t think it would be worth watching, h-ll, i was wrong~
skins series 2 is now on tv!!!!

shane richie is also going to appear in the new series at some point as a teacher.
the sh-t that makes sure your body doesn’t fall apart. may also be used for fur or surface.
he liked the look of her skin.
he’s got nice skin.
an amazing british show that is soon to be slaughtered by mtv. will probably be adored by preteen american girls. will mess up every detail and every character.
joe: i was watching skins last night.
cindy: that new show on mtv?!?!
joe: no, dipsh-t, the real one.
slang name for the rizla paper required to roll a joint/spliff. also known as your papers.
yo dude you got any skins? we jus’ picked up a fat eighth!!
a rolling paper used to roll various substances into a cigarette form.
let me have a skin, dude, so i can twist one up.

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