Cluelessinvented new words and further solidified existing words and phrases of the cultural climate. Between the odd “dope” and “phat,”Cluelessstrove to “totally” go where no “Betty” had gone before.Cluelessinvented words that took up residence in our every day speak and have been hand...
“I started to realize this was really important,” Chitsaz recalls, “when the state of Washington contacted us. They had audio files of House of Representatives sessions from the ’70s and ’80s that they were transferring from tapes to digital files. They had digitized the audio but didn...
I’ve always had a fascination with words. Even as a child I would pour through dictionaries, encyclopedias and any reference book I could get my hands on. In 1991-92, I wrote a guidebook to bars in the county where I was living at that time and in that book I also included several...
records ofphat—a respelling offat—come from around 1960. It came to be used as a synonym forcooland as a positive descriptor of attractiveness, especially applied to women, leading to (unsupported) theories that the word stands for “Pretty Hot And Tempting,” among other creative phrases....
Slang:Unique words andphrasesused within the hip-hop community. Cyphers:Freestyle rap gatherings promoting improvisation and competition. By immersing yourself in the vocabulary of various elements of hip-hop culture, you've gained a broader understanding of its multifaceted nature. ...
(thanks for those genes, dad!). He boasted that he stored soup in his moustache. He had a thick Argentine accent and a set of catchphrases that he’d deploy whenever the conversation lulled: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery!”, “Buy now, pay tomorrow!”“Never a dull ...
And painful.”Beth:“Babies put their feet in their mouths. Maybe feet taste good.”Me:“Not adult feet, I’m pretty sure. And embarrassment sure doesn’t. I know that too well.” Beth:“Your old phrases are kind of weird, you know?”Me:“That’s the pot calling the kettle black...
Since English is a majorlingua franca, languages around the world import Englishloanwords.Usually, meanings don’t change. But sometimes, other languages give completely new meanings to words and phrases that look like English but aren’t ever used by English-speakers (or aren’t used in the ...
The repetition of "Que sera, que sera" lacks certainty, replaced with a more introspective and questioning tone that reflects the growing disillusionment and desire for self-determination characteristic of the 1970s. Moreover, adding phrases like "what, or whoever will be" broadens the inquiry be...
but stand by it on the basis of the "it's probably true principle") - all thanks to this new fangled "internet" thing. It's easy to see how us old folks, and by old I mean anyone over the age of 25 - might get easily lost. ...