Mescalhead
Vincebus Eruptum
cgannon64 said:
Yes. Actually I made that one up.
Any local slang?
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Yes. Actually I made that one up.
Here are some you might not have heard before. Partly my fault for propergating them but they are growing in popularity:
Shiny!
That's a term used around me a lot at the moment. It gets on my nerves a little. I think it means good.
Donut! Muppet!
Those are silly insults.
Wibble!
Alternative to the World Wide Wait (WWW); "I'll look it up on the wibble.."
Shiny!
That's a term used around me a lot at the moment. It gets on my nerves a little. I think it means good.
Donut! Muppet!
Those are silly insults.
Wibble!
Alternative to the World Wide Wait (WWW); "I'll look it up on the wibble.."
Syterion said:
The word here is "Bounty bar". And it's incredibly offensive, so I'd thank you not to continue using such expressions. Why should people play up to racial stereotypes? Why should you like a particular kind of music or dress in a particular way just because of the colour of your skin? It's ridiculous.
Mescalhead
Vincebus Eruptum
Plotinus said:
It's strange hearing white kids from the suburbs intentionally talk as though they grew up in the ghetto. Why would they want to disregard proper language for a much more limited form? Because in our culture, here in the U.S., many white males believe it is more masculine to act or talk stereotypically black, which means co-opting "ghetto" talk. Whats wrong with patronizing these misguided jokers?
Whoops! I misread the posts and thought they were about *black* people who act *white* rather than vice versa.
There's nothing wrong with making fun of those who "talk down". Sacha Baron Cohen has made a career out of it. The terms I object to are for those who go the other way - eg middle-class black people who don't like rap music. My girlfriend endured much verbal abuse as a teenager because she liked rock music, which was perceived as solely for white people, and therefore, being black, she was some kind of "race traitor". And that's as ludicrous as it is insulting.
There's nothing wrong with making fun of those who "talk down". Sacha Baron Cohen has made a career out of it. The terms I object to are for those who go the other way - eg middle-class black people who don't like rap music. My girlfriend endured much verbal abuse as a teenager because she liked rock music, which was perceived as solely for white people, and therefore, being black, she was some kind of "race traitor". And that's as ludicrous as it is insulting.
steviejay
Now in Black and White!!
emu said:
<chuckle> we use that too, I wonder what welsh woman you're refering to
El Justo
Deity
well, let's see...
shoobie: it is the local equivelant of the word "tourist" and is generally used in a derogatory sense. it's a/k/a as a "benny" as one moves further up the new jersey coast.
'youse guys: a mid-atlantic slang term that is equal to "y'all" or 'you all'; more specifically, it's the butchered version of 'you guys'.
my'an: i haven't heard this one in a while but it's a regionalized from of the word 'mine' and is used in a possessive sense.
Ar-kansas: there's a street in Atlantic City called Arkansas Ave and the locals call it 'Ar-kansas Ave' (sounding out each letter) instead of pronouncing it like the state (Ar-kan-saw). i have no clue as to why this is.
shoobie: it is the local equivelant of the word "tourist" and is generally used in a derogatory sense. it's a/k/a as a "benny" as one moves further up the new jersey coast.
'youse guys: a mid-atlantic slang term that is equal to "y'all" or 'you all'; more specifically, it's the butchered version of 'you guys'.
my'an: i haven't heard this one in a while but it's a regionalized from of the word 'mine' and is used in a possessive sense.
Ar-kansas: there's a street in Atlantic City called Arkansas Ave and the locals call it 'Ar-kansas Ave' (sounding out each letter) instead of pronouncing it like the state (Ar-kan-saw). i have no clue as to why this is.
BassDude726
It's Just a Phase
"wicked" - synonymous with "very"
"pisser" - awesome, cool, great
Used in conjunction, these words form the expression "wicked pisser" (wick' - ed pis' -sah), meaning extremely cool. Gotta love Boston.
"pisser" - awesome, cool, great
Used in conjunction, these words form the expression "wicked pisser" (wick' - ed pis' -sah), meaning extremely cool. Gotta love Boston.
steviejay
Now in Black and White!!
thats quite interesting cause pisser over here usually means the opposite. its crap, it sucks etc.
Japher
Voted for Bush
I'm hearing "sick" to mean kewl more and more these days...
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
Something that seems to be popular here for the moment is inventing nonsense verbs whose meaning is infered from context.
To make up an English example, someone'd say "Let's grudgel over to Harry's" instead of "Let's go to Harry's".
To make up an English example, someone'd say "Let's grudgel over to Harry's" instead of "Let's go to Harry's".
A lot of these are pulled from movies or are more fads then anything. I think of regional slang more in terms of "ya'll" & "grits" in the south, "youse" in the east, "eh" & "pop" in the north, as well as "loo" in England.
El Justo
Deity
pulled from movies? huh?sourboy said:
grits is food, not slang.
h4ppy
You sir, pineapple?
The only unique slang my area has is "jip" or "gyp", I'm not sure how its spelled. It means to cut in line.
Examples:
"Hey, no gyping."
"Get to the back of the line, you stupid jipper!"
Examples:
"Hey, no gyping."
"Get to the back of the line, you stupid jipper!"
Will you even register at the University of Vienna?
Japher
Voted for Bush
Yup, it's spelt gyp, as in gypsy... and it means to cheat.
Japher
Voted for Bush
we say that all the time round here too!
