Re: Hood-rats, suburban homies.
My brother (age 19) refers to these individuals by combining the handle of a well-known rapper with a stereotypically white-boy name: “DJ Jazzy Trevor,” “Grand Master Colin.”
I dunno if he made it up.
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There should be a law against people from different generations trying to learn each other’s slang. No matter how hard they try, no matter what they say, the always end up sounding stupid.
OK, the ‘suburban homies’ one dredged up a memory from visiting my gf (now Mrs O) in Pennsylvania.
We’re driving along and at the stoplight a suburban homie pulls up alongside us, radio blaring, bass boosted, cap on backwards, the whole nine yards. As he pulls away we notice he’s got a Kansas license plate.
“Wow,” Mrs O mused. “No place like homeboy.”
All I wanna do is to thank you, even though I don’t know who you are…
Nope. My GF calls the white homiez (note spelling with ‘z’–placed to give me extra street cred) “DJ Jazzy Trvor” all the time.
the latest Gen-Y slang:
“The Bee’s Knees” - totally heller cool… “that car is the bee’s knees”
“The Cat’s Pajamas” , “Swell”, “Nifty” - the most hip variants of the Bee’s Knees.
“a-hoy, a-hoy” - the most cool way to answer the telephone.
What, you say, these have been used before?
Here’s some from my students (both college and high school)
Babylon 5–to start with a good idea that just turns into crap. “That date was really Babylon 5!”
Zeebloinked–to get so angry that it’s funny to others.
Code Yellow–identifying someone as gay when the person identified doesn’t really know it yet. “Michael is Code Yellow.”
Baywatching–to waste time in the hopes of seeing hot bodies, especially while watching TV.
Pokemoned–when a young adult is treated as though a small child. “My rents Pokemoned me again, they got me an N’Sync CD for my b-day.”
Green soup–vomit, especially after drinking too much.
Offstage–out of it.
Backstage–part of the inner circle.
Clark Kent–as in “he’s such a Clark Kent.” Someone who could be much cooler but doesn’t seem to know how.
Sprite–used to describe efforts at defining Gen Y (or Gen X), based on the “image is nothing” sprite commercials.
Bucky
Avumede wrote:
Circa 1930.
This was, I’ve heard, the old way telephones were answered, way back in the beginning, before `Hello’ came in vogue.
Old slang does crop up as supposedly new slang, and I wonder if this doesn’t have something to do with the T.V. show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I read an article about how the main writer on the show plays around a lot with new coinages and digs up a lot of old ones.
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Bucky wrote:
Such a usage sounds like a good way to get into a fight around the college students I know. People get into that show pretty seriously. Or maybe that’s the point, eh? In that case you might also want to try, “Oh my God, that’s so first edition!”
>TRUDAT-TRUDAT = that’s right (said quickly)
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Lexicon of Gen-XY vernacular, by Lexicon.
**fly-**describes something that is good, like a girl that looks sexy or a car that looks good.
dope- new word for cool.
money- similar to fly, only more so. Can be applied more universally.
**betty-**same as babe or chic, only more respectful.
baby- same as babe or chic, only not so respectful, used between guys, usually.
**harsh-[b/]usu used to describe an overreaction.
shenanigans- desribes a situation in which some strange things occur as a result of an individuals or groups actions.
fiend- an addict, as in “I am a straight dope fiend” can be conjugated to “fiending” as in craving what one is a addicted to.
jones very retro, this term means the same thing it always has.
porn- something that has intrinsic value due to rarity and shock effect, or an occurence that is very dramatic. The dark side of something or someone.
porn-star- a drama queen, not to be confused with the popular clothing line.
-of death something that is very hard to endure or tiresome. Something to be feared.
antics- the behaviour of an individual that is usu construed as embarrasing or innapropriate.
rodney king, paint the ground red, smack (one’s) bitch up, open a can of whoop ass, beat down, jaywalk, knuckledust, fisticuff- kick someone’s ass or get your ass kicked, either way.
swank- as mentioned above, this term is widely varied, but usu can be likened to “swell” or “okay” See word.
word- indicates agreement.
ex.: “Yo that bitch was fly.” “Word.”
chillin’- relaxing, hanging out, not doing anything urgently.
slippin’- not paying attention to one’s surroundings.
ill- in poor taste, usually. Can sometimes mean “funky” as in “Get ill”.
Also, “illin’” as in not thinking clearly.
buggin’- being annoying, unreasonable, or otherwise acting like a bitch.
punk, punk-ass, punk-ass bitch- someone not worthy of respect, usu because of glaring stupidity or cowardice.
bitch- in addition to the traditional meaning, this term can be applied to anyone who has been cowed, is acting irrationally, or is otherwise acting like a bitch.
chuck, unswallow, ralph, call the dinosaurs, blow chunks, spew, yack- to vomit.
blow, bail, bounce, step, roll- to leave, or continue on about one’s business.
Audi- used in “I’m Audi,” to indicate that you are leaving. See 5000
5000- goodbye, see you later.
so- indicates a level of severity beyond other terms, usu “so wrong” or “so not cool” or “so not ready for that”
deal- cope.
skank- a lady of low moral standing.
choad- various uses, usu a very stupid individual, but technically the area between one’s genitals and anus.
gank- well defined above, and can also be used to indicate imminent harm, or even death.
shorty- a child.
bust- let loose with, such as bust a rhyme, or bust a cap.
hang- compete with as in “you can’t hang with me” and also as in to spend time with “hang with my boys.”
bangin’- variant of fly, as in “her body was bangin’”.
kickin’- can be good, like a kickin’ system. Can be bad, as in a smell that’s kickin’.
rank- something repugnant or disgusting.
You listened to me? Haven’t I made it abundantly clear during the tenure of our friendship that I don’t know shit?
I was under the impression that “betty” meant a skater’s girlfriend or someone who wanted to be a skater’s girlfriend, whose role it is to sit around and watch her boything while he skates, and was not respectful in the slightest. Then again, maybe I’m just old.
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Lexicon wrote:
Fly in the sense of hip goes as far back as the 1830’s – in fact, it predates hip.
Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang has this listed under 70’s and 80’s.
There exists an earlier variant of this word meaning one’s preference. e.g. “That’s my money.” “He’s the man for my money.”
80’s.
Yeah, but what ever happened to skag jones?
Partridge suggests it’s probably from the German Schwang meaning in fashion. It entered english around the turn of the century.
80’s
My old man used to say this. It’s a short cut for “I must be slippin’ in my old age.”
Oh, and, plus, in addition:
Jones – this is listed in Maurer’s Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction which covers data gathered from 1935-1973.
That’s the way I always heard it.
shorty- a child
In my neck of the 'hood, shorty is your girlfriend.
Beaming-- Acting stupid (as in dumb, not stoopid which is good). Comes from drug slang. Someone smoking crack is said to be “beaming”, as in Beam me up Scottie.
Backed up-- Does not mean constipated. It means you are tough. Evolved from “I got back up” meaning people who will take my side, to its current form “I’m backed up.” meaning don’t mess with me.
Okay, these are ones that my sister uses. She is 19 years old as of today.
“Hoopty car”-- An old, beat up piece of junk. As in, “Hey, check out my new hoopty car! My dad got it for a thousand bucks.”
“Red-Headed Step-Child”-- Total dork who just doesn’t have a clue. I think it borders on meaning “retard.” As in, “What were you thinking? You’re such a red-headed step-child!”
NOTE: I have no idea why the step child has to be red-headed. Apologies to any redheads.
“Bunk-ass”-- Totally lame. As in, “I can’t believe I wasted money to see that movie. It was bunk-ass.”
“All That”-- Something pretty damn special. Used to take people down a notch. As in, “Oh, you really think you’re all that? Well, you’re not!”
“And a bag of chips”-- Used with “All That.” If someone is especially conceited, they think of themselves as “All that–and a bag of chips.”
Those are the ones I can think of right now. When I see her tonight, I’m sure I’ll be reminded of more.
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Tight: Denotes a close friendship, as in ‘Me and him are tight’. Also used as a term for musical proficiency, as in ‘Yeah, Eminem’s tight’.
Muggin: Drunk and looking for a fight.
Dub: Spoiled rich college student, usually female.
TMR
If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes
in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley
right around the corner.
Muggin’ around here is slang for kissing.
This kid I used to date was on the tail end of GenX and his favorite words were phat and **pimptomatic[p], both meaning cool.
Well, count me as UBB impaired.
I’ve never heard ‘pimptomatic’, but I’ve heard ‘pimpin’’, which has much the same meaning. In online slang, ‘pimping’ is promoting your own work.
TMR
If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes
in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley
right around the corner.
Jeannie,
We discussed the term “red-headed step-child” on another thread. The meaning that was discussed there was “something that was rejected in embarrassment”. The idea was that a husband might discover that his wife was cheating on him when he sees that the new baby has red hair, which neither he nor his wife has. This meaning of “a dork” must be an extension of the old meaning.