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my friend jordan proves he has great potential in the dictionary business:
"I have coined a new phrase. Please start spreading it. But don't forget where you heard it.
African AIMerican (n.)
One who talks really ghetto online but doesn't in person and is not black.
ex: I talked to Janet online and she
kept saying things like "hate the playa not the game", and "I got so
many karats I'm a fuckin' vegetarian", and "bitches call me Horse, the
pussy filla". But then I saw her at lunch and she was all quiet and
shy. She was also paler than a sheet of copy paper, and so awkward.
Must be another one of those African AIMericans."
hahaha. i'm sharing this partly because "African AIMerican" is the best
new word i've heard this month (besides "lawn mullet"), and partly
because i think edgar will get a huge kick out of it! p.s.: "lawn
mullet" refers to houses with a tidy front yard and unkempt backyards.
it was brought up at the annual meeting of the american dialect society
of which i am mostly definitely becoming a member as soon as i finish
up my major in vocabulary (special emphasis on newly coined words and
"street" slang).
January 22 2005, 22:16:09 UTC 7 years ago
there is a major in vocabulary?
January 23 2005, 06:36:56 UTC 7 years ago
a couple more n's, for good measure
hahaha, no. that would be so cute. it's a joke. it's daniel's way of making fun of me for liking words. supposedly, concentrating in vocab became my dream right after i mangled "titanic" in the city spelling bee in 5th grade. (t-i-n-t-a-n-i-n-i-c, remember the random n's? it was bad)speaking of bees! read this: http://theater2.nytimes.com/2005/01/2
it's so interesting, and written really cool(-ly?).
January 23 2005, 08:59:06 UTC 7 years ago
i couldnt spell "knoll" in my 5th grade spelling bee, although i could spell everyone elses words
well, i dont have an ny times user id so i cant really get to the article.(incidentally, i like the way that sentence looked unpunctuated, so instead i might just start saying things like "user ego" or "login superego" instead of "id")
and it took me a really long time to figure out where the "speaking of bees" came from, i was like no one nowhere was speaking of winged insects. (but did i tell you, i read the secret life of bees, and its awesome.)
January 23 2005, 13:49:31 UTC 7 years ago
do you remember 8th grade's overwrought/overrot fiasco?
i would laugh at you for not understanding where bees came from, but it took me a really long time to figure out where all the freudian terminology was coming from, hahaha.you should get a nytimes user ego/superego/id! you know what that would do? it would open a world of *knowledge*. just like college. i predict you will get one and be frantic with excitement about having gained entry into said world of knowledge.
does it surprise you that i own two copies of "the secret life of bees" (one here, and one in nc) and that i have yet to crack open either one? (sue monk kidd wrote it, right??? haha)
January 23 2005, 14:15:58 UTC 7 years ago
i do remember...vaguely...
college IS knowledge.and buddha eats gouda.
no, i am not surprised in the least.
January 23 2005, 14:24:40 UTC 7 years ago
"it's like survivor for nerds!!!"
ok i registered. and read it. i feel enlightened now.January 23 2005, 15:36:41 UTC 7 years ago
haha
"partly because i think edgar will get a huge kick out of it!"You know me so well! YES...this new wonderful addition to the dictionary will be spread to NYU/Columbia students I deem worthy of such knowledge!
lawn mullet, lol, YO I'm thinkin' new facebook group biznatch!
Laterz,
Edgar