Post a new slang word/phrase

Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by visceral_instinct, Aug 2, 2009.

  1. CarolinaG. Registered Member

    Messages:
    22
    Cracktastik
     
  2. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  3. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

    Messages:
    24,690
    Please provide definitions.

    Not all of our members are native anglophones. And even those of us who are don't necessarily understand slang from a different region, generation or peer group.
     
  4. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  5. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    9,253
    From www.urbandictionary.com

    Epic- Anything great, spectacular, or large/monumental in nature

    Fail- An inability to complete an objective, task or job either assigned or volunteered for.

    Epic Fail -A mistake of such monumental proportions that it requires its own term in order to sucessfully point out the unfathomable shortcomings of an individual or group.
    Jack: Uh, dude? I may or may not have wrecked 14 ferrari's with my moped after derailing a whole train carrying nothing but kittens and puppies...

    Jim: Epic Fail, Man. EPIC Fail.
     
  6. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  7. KitemanSA Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    624
    Read one recently that I thought was quite good!

    Presstitute. Definition should be obvious, but describes many current "journalists".
     
    Dr_Toad likes this.
  8. jamesshaffer85 Registered Member

    Messages:
    5
    I like 'tldr'. It means that something on the net is too long and you didn't care to read it. It's probably an example of net slang as of now, but it can be used more often in the nearest future.
     
  9. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

    Messages:
    24,690
    I know what "epic fail" means. "Epic" is a venerable old word and using a verb ("fail") as a noun (when we already have the perfectly fine word "failure") is just today's way of butchering the language.

    Sorry, I was asking about "cracktastic." Does that mean "as wonderful as rock cocaine"? Or "as wonderful as your butt"?

    An abbreviation of "too long didn't read," obvious now that you've explained it.

    You're predicting that people will continue to communicate in shorter and shorter bursts, using abbreviations whenever possible, to fit the text-messaging maximum?

    What a crappy world!
     
  10. StrangerInAStrangeLand SubQuantum Mechanic Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    15,396
    Palap - New word for palindrome. (From Sorcerer)
     
  11. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

    Messages:
    24,690
    No, sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm just assuming that the most popular keyboard abbreviations will find their way into oral speech, as they have been doing since the institutionalization of e-mail.

    These things often go through a subsequent transformation in the move from writing to speech. I've heard people say "loll," then realized that they're pronouncing LOL as a word.

    Acronyms have been a phenomenon since the mid-20th century. They have their own rules, primarily that they must be constructed according to English phonetics so they can be spoken aloud. RADAR, NORAD, TASER, etc., are now written in lower-case and spoken as two syllables--although Cobol and Fortran are usually capitalized for obscure reasons that go back to the dawn of programming languages.

    But most texting abbreviations are limited to 3 or four letters, making them unpronounceable--with a few exceptions like LOL.

    Oddly, I've heard people say OMG, naming the letters, when it would take exactly the same time and effort to simply say, "Oh my God."
     
  12. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    33,264
    Raindar : to use radar to see where the rain is.

    Frizzle: freezing light rain.
     
  13. Shadowsmoke Registered Member

    Messages:
    47
    pluck = someone you extort
    busta =fake gangster
    west dakoda = how was that possible . example that was some west dakota stuff
     
  14. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

    Messages:
    24,690
    I've always seen it written as West Dakota.
     
  15. sunnevershines Registered Member

    Messages:
    96
    B

    behyman: Male anal hyman
     
  16. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

    Messages:
    24,690
    That's an old one. People were saying it when I was in high school in the 1950s.
     
  17. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    9,253
  18. Dr_Toad It's green! Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,527
    This thread has me grinnin' like a jackass eatin' bumblebees.

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
  19. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    9,253
    Is that your contribution to the thread, Dr Toad, or are you being serious?

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
  20. Dr_Toad It's green! Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,527
    It's another of those phrases. I believe it hails from the Southern US.

    So, yes to both.
     
  21. exchemist Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    12,451
    Badger-botherer. Meaning: promiscuous male homosexual who has assignations with strangers in public parks, etc. The name is due to a gay newspaper columnist, who was commenting on a rather ridiculous Welsh MP who was caught doing this and claimed he was just looking for badgers.
     
  22. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    9,253
    ''Go ham'' - acting out in an outrageous way, in anger or trying to be appear tough/hard

    ''I'm gonna go ham on that guy if he cuts in front of me, again!''
     
  23. exchemist Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    12,451
    That's a strange one. Any idea where it comes from and how it may have arisen?
     

Share This Page