Idolator
We don't make any claims about being down with the youth, but something sounds fishy in this Guardian piece that "defines" slang used by teenagers, and it is this:
biPod
Listen to a music player with someone else. "I've got the new Killers album, want to biPod?"
Okay, stop. First of all, even people who use "MySpace" as a verb would feel stupid using this term. Second of all—well, really, all of our arguments against this usage being real are centered on it sounding absolutely idiotic. We just hope this little bit of slang is actually subterfuge by the next generation's Megan Jasper, a young lass who knew that the reporter trying to uncover this secret code would never do enough research to find out that all references to "biPod" on Urban Dictionary are related to various weapons used by the British army.
Crack their code: the words kids don't want you to know [Guardian, via Largehearted Boy]
Tom Frank, "The Great Grunge Hoax," and The Baffler [cornell.edu]
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Um... OMG this list is like so 404. Some of these are from ca. 1991. Are the kids really still using these??? Fudgin' hufters.
Beef
Grounds for a fight. "You got beef?" is like "you got a problem?"
Caj
Cool, as in 'casual'. "Your new boots are caj."
Dope
Cool. "That's dope."
Fugly
Compound of 'fucking' and 'ugly'.
My bad
Mistake. "Whoops, that was my bad."
Uber
Very. "This bar is uber cool."
Unless the language gap between the US and the UK goes beyond wildly varied meanings of the word "pissed" there is just no way most of these are real. And if they are, the kids just ain't cool anymore.
Swipeout
When your credit/debit cards become unusable. "I was about to pay when I realised I'd hit a swipeout."
Remail
Resend an email. "I'll remail you the info."
404
Stupid, idiotic. From the internet error message 404, "file not found". "He's got the 404" means he's got no idea.
I had to travel through many Harsh Realms to bring you those nuggets......
My question about that article: Seriously, parents need a definition for "drunk dial"? I think that's a sign of much bigger issues than the generation gap.
And biPod really sounds like an iPod that swings both ways.
I've been mulling this over all afternoon (after getting the link from the always-awesome Largehearted Boy). The conclusion I've come to is that articles like this make me want to walk down the street and blaps everyone under the age of 18.
I actually think some of that slang is quite creative, more so than previous generations' teen slang
so, get back in the fridge, dad. you all greened over.
@sparkletone: ahem, i believe you want to BLAP everyone.
shit. didn't read further to see that "blaps" is correct.
sorry, 404 moment.
@BlimpyMcFlah: Yeah, except very most members of the generation in question probably would want to know if that article is shitting them.
Megan Jasper is my heroine. An offer of marriage and abject obeisance is forthcoming. Whatever they're paying her isn't enough. Oh, where are you, MJ?
I gotta watch Hype! again. That shit was classic.
...and "blaps" sounds very West Indian to me (my mom is from Barbados). The UK has many WI immigrants, so that one seems pretty plausible.
Does anyone have MP3's yet of "Maths Was Dry"?
What? Oh.
So the whole Chef monologue about how we went from "in the house" to "in the hizzy" to "in the heezeezy" to "flippity-floppity-floop" wasn't that far off?
/creepy
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