tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post918438065762542661..comments2023-08-06T05:53:49.308-07:00Comments on The Former Anne Spollen's Author Blog Is Being Retitled to "Notes from Living Upghetto": SlanguageAnne Spollenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-66125135378704286242010-08-22T11:12:13.737-07:002010-08-22T11:12:13.737-07:00Fun post! Lately, I've noticed the pre-teen se...Fun post! Lately, I've noticed the pre-teen set here (Houston) throwing out a lot of short Shakespeare quotes, but it's clear they have no clue where these quotes came from. <br />Alas, poor Yorick!Vonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17228707287799345805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-89548909830601092222010-08-16T14:37:36.796-07:002010-08-16T14:37:36.796-07:00Mouse potato - that's a great one!
Good luck ...Mouse potato - that's a great one!<br /><br />Good luck with the room repainting...I tackled that one last summer (so glad it's behind me).Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583029102450754497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-8119607315729856582010-08-15T21:32:47.040-07:002010-08-15T21:32:47.040-07:00Funny stuff. I was familiar with a few, not all o...Funny stuff. I was familiar with a few, not all of them. It's also interesting to see that some teenspeak is national, while other words are regional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-54361855612715837912010-08-14T08:09:44.625-07:002010-08-14T08:09:44.625-07:00Thanks for the jargon buster, Glynis! It seems tee...Thanks for the jargon buster, Glynis! It seems teenagers all over the world have their own set of vocab<br /><br />Metonymy! Oh Shannon, a girl after my heart - I try explaining things like this to my kids, and they put pillows over their heads. I think Emma just sees LA as THE glamour capital of the world, as do most tween girls here. She goes to NYC all the time, so she sees the garbage blowing around and the bums on the subway. LA is NY without the grunge. (Actually, I would love to go to CA; I'll get out there one of these days)<br /><br />You're welcome, Marcia! I was clueless on a few of these...like rides and fly.<br /><br />Mary, you're in Scotland? Not Turkey? I must have missed the blog wherein you MOVED -- well, at least now I know. Yes, those teens come in handy. You miss them when they're not around.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-10086877393110996502010-08-13T08:37:33.312-07:002010-08-13T08:37:33.312-07:00My kids probably don't know all of the slangua...My kids probably don't know all of the slanguage you've mentioned, but I'm guessing they'd be able to guess the context perfectly. <br /><br />Here in Scotland we've got 'buggin' to mean 'cool' and 'That bites' to mean 'That sucks'. And a few dozen other ones that I can't remember because my kids aren't around right now. Which is sort of buggin.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-67384035125600429142010-08-13T07:02:55.887-07:002010-08-13T07:02:55.887-07:00I love the inventiveness of these, like wikidemia....I love the inventiveness of these, like wikidemia. The only one that left me totally clueless was bra pack. Thanks for the laugh!Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-70911704412497397202010-08-13T00:29:09.748-07:002010-08-13T00:29:09.748-07:00I guess that's the same thing with the kids he...I guess that's the same thing with the kids here liking New York , ("New York" is a metonymy for "New York City" at my high school because it's still revered as a "happening" cultural spot closer than San Francisco--which reveals either that American students are truly geography confused or that the movies we watch focus on these titanic-sized capitals of consciousness too much) and obsessively listening to MGMT all the time. I agree with Emma--the RHCPs do capture a slice of LA, or at least, a more saturated shot of it than normally seen on your average vacation. :DShannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-493808014485982422010-08-12T10:49:21.790-07:002010-08-12T10:49:21.790-07:00Well I had just got used to saying cool. Thanks fo...Well I had just got used to saying cool. Thanks for the lesson Anne!<br />BTW in the UK there is online help for parents...jargon buster...http://www.gotateenager.org.uk/default.aspx?page=jargonbuster<br /><br />Now you can compare LOLGlynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-71796949358856998612010-08-12T09:07:57.398-07:002010-08-12T09:07:57.398-07:00EVERYTHING is diff is So Cal, Shannon (how's t...EVERYTHING is diff is So Cal, Shannon (how's that for shortening?) and I think, at least from the East Coast perspective, in a way I would love to see for myself. Did I ever tell you that Emma is LA obsessed and has a clock in her room set to LA time? She also knows all lyrics to most Red Hot Chili Peppers songs because that band reminds her so much of LA.<br /><br />I knew "meh" and "legit" but not the others. I do think language is regional. And thanks for these - it's interesting to see how slang is used, especially among teens since adult language pretty much stays the same.<br /><br />Sleepaway camp, Lisa? That's my house this summer for the local teens...but yeah, I'll bet she comes home with some new ones. And "tramp stamp" was a new one for me...Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-1978689649191461092010-08-11T21:59:59.962-07:002010-08-11T21:59:59.962-07:00LOL, Anne. Yes--I am familiar with the infamous *t...LOL, Anne. Yes--I am familiar with the infamous *tramp stamp*. Gotta listen closely to what comes out of daughter's mouth when she returns from sleepaway camp.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725012086692924891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-11883006594736603192010-08-11T21:02:59.778-07:002010-08-11T21:02:59.778-07:00Hahaha! I was laughing as I read this one. Some th...Hahaha! I was laughing as I read this one. Some things are different on this coast though (and I think unique to SoCal:<br /><br />"SKETCH"--as in "dude, that's totally sketch" or "that's sketchy" means dubious, fear-inducing, an uncool move on somebody else, anything in an unfair situation. Eg: 1) That alleyway's sketchy, man, let's go around the real road. 2) I got too sketched-out (afraid, forewarned into paralysis etc) , so I didn't go to his party. 3) "My boyfriend's cheating on me with my best friend." "That's so sketch!"<br /><br />"TIGHT"/"SICK"/"Legit" - cool, awesome, amazing Eg 1) "Hey I just pulled my first kick-flip" (skate-boarding trick) "Tight!" 2) I love fedoras; they're so sick. 3) 'Legit' is just the shortened form of 'legitimate', but I think that's been around longer.<br /><br />Shortening words also pops up occasionally. "Brilliant" to "brill" etc. With guys everything becomes a "brofest", "brodown", etc. I've never used "brah" to refer to a female friend though. That one's new to me. Urbandictionary.com has a lot of 'slanguage': some definitions are really funny, others are slightly crude, but it's still a useful tool. Oh I forgot the most important one:<br /><br />"Meh" - expression of indifference/apathy, a sheep sounding noise/verbal shrug of the shoulders Eg 1) "Hey, do you want to go for a burger?" "Meh" "All right, let's go the beach" "OK".Shannonnoreply@blogger.com