# Zoom! or what in the hell are those kids saying?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoom-or-what-in-the-hell-are-those-kids-saying/40751>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 11, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoom-or-what-in-the-hell-are-those-kids-saying/40751 "2000-11-11T02:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoom-or-what-in-the-hell-are-those-kids-saying/40751/1 "2000-11-11T02:26:44Z")

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This is not the **Zoom** of our youths ( or, if you are from New York, Yoots) the new\*\* Zoom\*\* on PBS. The kids are speaking some kind of funky language that I cannot figure out. Fat Albert meets Elmer Fudd, is what I hear. Is it me, or is it anyone over the age of 16 that cannot understand what those kids are jabbering on about?

Someone help me break the code.  
(PS: Pig Latin was never explained to me either.)

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**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoom-or-what-in-the-hell-are-those-kids-saying/40751/2 "2000-11-11T02:35:30Z")

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> Thubis ubis nubot thube Zuboom ubof ubour yubouths ( ubor, ubif yubou ubare frubom Nubew Yubork, Yuboots) thube nubew Zuboom ubon PBS. Thube kubids ubare spubeakubing subome kubind ubof  
> fubunkuby lubanguubage thubat Ubi cubannubot fubigubure ubout. Fubat Ubalbubert mubeets Ubelmuber Fubudd, ubis whubat Ubi hubear. Ubis ubit mube, ubor ubis ubit ubanubyubone ubovuber thube ubage ubof 16 thubat  
> cubannubot ubunduberstuband whubat thubose kubids ubare jubabbuberubing ubon ubabubout?
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> Subomubeone hubelp mube brubeak thube cubode.
> (PS: Pubig Lubatubin wubas nubevuber ubexplubained tubo mube ubeithuber.)
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Clubick [hubere](http://www.pbs.org/cgi-registry/wgbh/zoom/ubbidubbi.cgi) fubor subome hubelp ubin thubis prubessubing mubattuber!

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**Author:** ![popokis5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@popokis5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/popokis5)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoom-or-what-in-the-hell-are-those-kids-saying/40751/3 "2000-11-11T02:48:39Z")

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Is ubbi dubbi the same as zoom? Ubbi dubbi has been around a long time.

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**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2000, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoom-or-what-in-the-hell-are-those-kids-saying/40751/4 "2000-11-11T02:53:27Z")

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> \*\*  
> S:Pay igPay atinLay asway evernay explaineday otay emay eitheray.  
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PS:  
Yubes **pubopubokubis5** Ububbubi Dububbubi ubis thube lubanguubage thubey ubus ubon Zuboom.