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The Kids Of Today May Be Swinging On The Flippity-Flop

deusdiabolus — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:56:01 EDT

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

deusdiabolus

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NickEddy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:03:03 EDT

Does anyone have MP3's yet of "Maths Was Dry"?

What? Oh.

NickEddy

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Al aka El Negro Magnifico — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:32:40 EDT

...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.

Al aka El Negro Magnifico

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Al aka El Negro Magnifico — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:29:00 EDT

I gotta watch Hype! again. That shit was classic.

Al aka El Negro Magnifico

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Amphiuma — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:47:22 EDT

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?

Amphiuma

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Poubelle — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:04:14 EDT

@BlimpyMcFlah: Yeah, except very most members of the generation in question probably would want to know if that article is shitting them.

Poubelle

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Weezy F Baby — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:14:46 EDT

shit. didn't read further to see that "blaps" is correct.

sorry, 404 moment.

Weezy F Baby

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Weezy F Baby — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:09:24 EDT

@sparkletone: ahem, i believe you want to BLAP everyone.

Weezy F Baby

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BlimpyMcFlah — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:00:39 EDT

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.

BlimpyMcFlah

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sparkletone — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:40:56 EDT

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.

sparkletone

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Poubelle — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:31:56 EDT

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.

Poubelle

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noamjamski — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:31:42 EDT

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......

noamjamski

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MC — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:29:01 EDT

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."