The course objective is to develop learner skills and schemata to comprehend the authentic/most frequent informal language of Russian youth: street talk colloquialisms; computer/Internet slang; hacker slang; demotivational posters, memes and allusions; and delinquent slang. This one-week, advanced-level course aims to provide students with training that will improve their skills as analysts of the modern (i.e. real) Russian language.