You also, if my boyfriend George is any guide,( and when is he not?) need a word for knock-offs or last year's model...TryBys?
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erikaj - Jun 17, 2006 11:34:38 am PDT #7178 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Topic!Cindy - Jun 17, 2006 11:38:11 am PDT #7179 of 10001
What is even happening?
LieBys
erikaj - Jun 17, 2006 11:41:21 am PDT #7180 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Wrod. Better.
Zenkitty - Jun 17, 2006 1:17:24 pm PDT #7181 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
DeNys
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2006 1:48:03 pm PDT #7182 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
NoBuys.
SailAweigh - Jun 17, 2006 1:49:05 pm PDT #7183 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
but I a lot of hip hop slang--any slang, really, isn't nice, on purpose.
True. But I wasn't thinking of the hip-hop crowd as using the reference. I'm thinking of assholes like my brother who look for any way to turn something into a derogatory phrase, whether it's against yuppies, African-Americans, Muslims, or any group that is not "one of us." I hadn't even thought of it as something someone might have used with pride. I think I'm turning into an old fuddy-duddy.
Typo Boy - Jun 17, 2006 2:11:12 pm PDT #7184 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm wondering do any of us giving feedback know a whole lot about hip-hop slang? If so great. If not, might be better to get feedback from someone who does. IJS.
Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2006 2:55:49 pm PDT #7185 of 10001
brillig
Huh, the first thing that came to my mind was "DriveBy", too. Especially when I think back to the stories of kids killing each other for their shoes. "A FlyBy driveby".
Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2006 2:58:26 pm PDT #7186 of 10001
brillig
I'm wondering do any of us giving feedback know a whole lot about hip-hop slang?
Except the hip-hop world, especially the high-rolling hip-hop world, doesn't exist in a vacuum. There would undoubtedly be impact from the terminally unhip--of which I count myself in their number, for these purposes--that would need to be dealth with. I can just see "FlyBy driveby" being the kind of obnoxious phrase that would end up on a TV news broadcast.
Though, of course, Deb is fully entitled to mutter to herself, "My story, goddammit, get your oars out of there."
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2006 4:57:05 pm PDT #7187 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Nope, I'm weighing all the input. I like the idea of DriveBy being an actual incident-caused usage in the book - the negative result of something, and it sticks.
It's useful. It's all useful.