Slang Survey
What new bit of language are you hearing at the moment? We want to hear words and phrases, with definitions and where it's being used. We're interested in marketing speak, stuff from kids in playgrounds etc.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 14:00)
What new bit of language are you hearing at the moment? We want to hear words and phrases, with definitions and where it's being used. We're interested in marketing speak, stuff from kids in playgrounds etc.
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 14:00)
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Well,
"meh" is quite a good word. I guess it's onomatopoeic... I suppose it means "oh well", "never mind"... at least that's what I mean when I use the "meh" sound. Other people use it as in "I'm feeling meh" (i.e. I feel shit". Meh, I dunno!
"Blaze" seems to be popular among the people pretending to be black at my school. As in "let's blaze it down to English", or "are we blazin' it?". The latter can mean almost anything, it seems.
One fantastic one - "Mange"... pronounced the same way as the French for "eat". Often used in the same way... "Let's go and mange something" (at around lunchtime), or even "I'm in the mood to mange some minge". But it can also be used to mean absolutely anything... "I'm manged off with you!" or "Wow, that's mange!"
Given that some of these words can mean absolutely anything, is there any point in language any more?
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 19:20, Reply)
"meh" is quite a good word. I guess it's onomatopoeic... I suppose it means "oh well", "never mind"... at least that's what I mean when I use the "meh" sound. Other people use it as in "I'm feeling meh" (i.e. I feel shit". Meh, I dunno!
"Blaze" seems to be popular among the people pretending to be black at my school. As in "let's blaze it down to English", or "are we blazin' it?". The latter can mean almost anything, it seems.
One fantastic one - "Mange"... pronounced the same way as the French for "eat". Often used in the same way... "Let's go and mange something" (at around lunchtime), or even "I'm in the mood to mange some minge". But it can also be used to mean absolutely anything... "I'm manged off with you!" or "Wow, that's mange!"
Given that some of these words can mean absolutely anything, is there any point in language any more?
( , Sun 1 Feb 2004, 19:20, Reply)
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