Buffy ,'Lessons'
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As the Lucasfilm logo faded away, someone in the audience did the Chewbacca...thing.
This makes me laugh.
I remember that happened when Star Wars (the first one) was re-released -- we went opening night, so the theater was packed and roiling with excitement, and as soon as the lights dimmed, someone did a truly impressive Wookie impersonation.
I've heard and used normal forms of 'own': "The reason you talk smack about that kick is because you don't own it." Works for me.
And that's a perfectly acceptable use of the word, IMO.
As the Lucasfilm logo faded away, someone in the audience did the Chewbacca...thing.
We know a guy who can do an amazing Wookie. We tend to think he has an extra bone in his throat or something.
I've also heard "tits" as an adjective.
The teenage nephews and niece who live in the OC still use "tight" but "hot" is also popular.
Emmett has also used "tight" since he was in first grade. Cali thang.
The word for "lame" in his school's vernacular is "cheap."
I've also heard "tits" as an adjective.
I think it goes back to George Carlin.
I think it goes back to George Carlin.
I've heard his bit where he talks about them sounding like a snack food, but I don't recall anything where he used it as anything but a noun.
I've heard his bit where he talks about them sounding like a snack food, but I don't recall anything where he used it as anything but a noun.
Heh. Bet you can't eat just one.
I loathe the upsurge of "hot," if only because it makes me think of that waste of space, Paris Hilton.
But it's still acceptable to describe a hot guy or gal as such.
Last month, my junior-high-teaching SIL told me that she was just horrified that the kids at her school are using "gay" to mean lame. I replied that that was common back when I was that age, and, when John Wayne Gacy's serial killings was discovered at Christmas of 8th grade, the phrase went from "Oh, you're so gay" to "Oh, you're such a Gacy." Of course, I don't think that many of us really knew what being gay actually meant--we'd picked up the word in the media but were vague on the details.
Last month, my junior-high-teaching SIL told me that she was just horrified that the kids at her school are using "gay" to mean lame. I replied that that was common back when I was that age, and, when John Wayne Gacy's serial killings was discovered at Christmas of 8th grade, the phrase went from "Oh, you're so gay" to "Oh, you're such a Gacy." Of course, I don't think that many of us really knew what being gay actually meant--we'd picked up the word in the media but were vague on the details.
There was a discussion somewhere here recently (natter maybe) about childhood games, and I mentioned we used to play a game called "smear the queer" when we were kids (aka "kill the guy with the ball"). I think use of the phrase "gay" in the above context came up as well.