If you ever heard fruit salad, you would probably expect a bowl of cut fruits with dressing, right? Or lets say if someone mentions dope, you would probably imagine a highly inebriated teenager lurking somewhere nearby. What if we tell you that if you were a fashionista, these words would ring completely differently?Sounds bizarre? Then it is time for a quick lesson in fashion buzzwords. Heres a list of 15 fashion terms that will definitely help in combating that blank look, the next time your fashionista friend throws some jargon around.1. FeroshA combination of fierce and ferociousness, this is a term popularized by Project Runways Christian Siriano.Pronounced: Fe-rosh. Usage: The new collection at Mango is absolutely ferosh!2. Boyfriend

Were talking clothes, ladies, clothes. Boyfriend is not limited to only boyfriend jeans or blazers. It is defined as any style of womens clothing that was modified from a corresponding mens garment. They are often more unisex or looser in fit than most womens garments, though still designed for the female form. The origin of boyfriend fashion is literally borrowing and wearing ones boyfriends clothes his band tees, his blazers, etc. Usage: Absolutely love the boyfriend blazers Kim K sports!3. FlouShort for fluorescent. Usage: Flou is so last season! Not to be confused with flow.

4. Fruit SaladA cocktail of mixed prints that are big and bold. Can also mean the use of fruit prints on apparel. Usage: The fruit salad trend is not for the faint-hearted.

5. OutrSomething that is overdone, excessive or exaggerated. Can also mean quirky and eccentric. Pronounced: O-tre. Usage: Lady Gagas is known for outr sartorial choices and antics.6. SwagAppearance, style or the way someone presents themselves. Is also synonymous with being cool. Pronounced: Ss-wag, popularly an exaggerated sssss-waaag and fist pump! Usage: So I just won two tickets to the game. Swag!

7. SkortCombination of a skirt and shorts, usually with a flap over the front to give the illusion of skirt up front, but divided at the leg as shorts. Pronounced: S-kort. Usage: Because of the comfort factor, skorts are very popular with female tennis players.

8. Pop-Up ShopA pop-up shop is a venue that is temporary. The trend involves popping up one day, then disappearing, anytime from the next day to several weeks later. It can be a temporary brick-and-mortar or online store. Usage: Pernias Pop-Up Shop was one of the first stores to spark this trend in India.9. TrainwreckA chaotic and disastrous situation. Usage: Neha walked into the office, two hours late and looking completely like a trainwreck.10. PruneA garment that is sewn poorly and looks like a shriveled-up prune because the fabric is all wrinkly and crumpled. Usage: Sorry, those pants are a prune, they do nothing for you!11. LookbookA lookbook is a collection of photographs compiled to present a model, a photographer, a style, or a clothing line. Lookbooks are especially popular with fashion bloggers, who model looks in order to give viewers ideas on how to style outfits. Usage: I can spend hours on fashion blog lookbooks!12. DopeUsed to describe something that is excellent. Usage: That outfit is dope!13. Hero

Its that one thing thats going to take your outfit from zero to 100. It could a statement clutch or a statement necklace. The hero accessory is just another term for the seasons must-have item. Usage: Statement necklaces are this seasons heroes, revitalizing everything from dresses to white shirts!14. NormcoreIt is a unisex fashion trend characterized by unpretentious, average-looking clothing. The term combines the words normal and hardcore. Normcore wearers are people who do not wish to distinguish themselves from others by their clothing. Usage: Her style statement is so normcore.

15. Trickle-Up TrendFashion trends that start on the street, and make their way into high fashion. Usage:The punk-look of 1970s spread in the fashion world like wildfire. Designers like Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier were known to use punk as their inspiration, still seen on the runways today. Punk is the original trickle-up trend.