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Exciting terms that you've always hear ppl use or you've never hear before but seen it somewhere, or if you are a person who is such a frog in the well, then well here is it, so when ppl say that to you, you will know what they are calling you...here goes...these are the most famous ones..those not that famous one i'm not putting..haha...enjoy:
Bitch
*opps..this one i knew long long ago..haha..even scold someone with this before..opps*
A bitch is a female dog (any kid on the playground can tell you that) or a female human who, like a dog, will whimper, growl and occasionally bite back. When someone calls a woman a bitch, the message is that she is straying from the quiet, obedient, "feminine" ideal. She is uppity--and needs to be controlled.
First used to describe lady dogs in 1000 A.D., "bitch" was applied to humans about 400 years later. The term has endured the test of time and is still a big favorite for putting a woman in her place. The modern twist is applying it to men. A male bitch is seen as "womanish": weak, whiny and submissive (and more than likely gay).
Dork
"Dork" is something like "geek" and "nerd," but "dork" doesn't have the brainy connotation of the other two. "Dorks" are considered socially awkward, uncool and often physically inept--but not necessarily supersmart.
Legend has it that "dork" appeared in the slang of American teens in the early 1960s. Originally it meant penis--a combination of the word "dick" and "dirk" (slang for a small knife). A decade later, "dork" had come to mean a clumsy, foolish person and it's used in this sense most often today.
"Dork" is a playful word--and so is "dorky." Clothes, names, parents, younger siblings or even friends can be dorky. Single-minded but harmless devotion can make you a dork; "band dorks," for example, spend all their time practicing and hanging out with other musicians.
Faggot
*where did i hear this before? hmm...*
"Faggot" is the classic anti-gay slur. Most people think it's a funny coincidence that the word also happens to mean "bundle of sticks." But there may be an ancient and awful connection between the two definitions: During the Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century, homosexual prisoners were forced to collect wood for the Inquisition's witch-burning fires--and their own bodies were then used to fuel the pyres when the flames died out.
The word's journey from Latin to Modern English is hard to trace; along the way "faggot" was, among other things, a reprimand for boys who were "sissies" and a putdown for women.
By the early 20th century, the term (by then usually shortened to "fag") had made it into American prison slang in reference to men who dressed in women's clothes. (And into British English to mean "cigarette"--possibly because cigarettes were considered effeminate by cigar- and pipe-smokers.)
"Fag" has remained a criticism of men with stereotypical female traits--long hair in the 1960s, an earring on one side in the '80s--as much as of actual gay behavior. It has also spawned expressions like "artfag" (a name-dropping, wannabe artist who is not necessarily gay) that play on the stereotype of gay men being sensitive and artistic.
"Fag" is still a direct insult when spoken with hostile intent to a homosexual man. But it has also morphed into a more generalized insult, to the point where kids and sometimes adults use it to refer to someone they find wimpy, not "manly" or just plain not good enough.
Freak
*haha! i've called that That that That person before..haha...*
"Freak!" is not really what you want to hear when you're trying to blend into a crowd. But for someone interested in being unique, it can be a compliment.
Geek
Although in Australia a "geek" is a "peek," as in a quick look at something, most of the rest of us know geeks as a special breed of socially awkward people with a passion for technology.
Ghetto
Nowadays, "ghetto" is usually associated with urban, predominantly African-American slums and the hip-hop stars who grew up in them. But the "ghetto" story goes way back.
Now "ghetto" refers either to a certain district or to someone from a poor urban neighborhood. It can be a term of pride for hip-hop stars who brandish it as a badge of street cred--or just describe life in the 'hood: "Ghetto bird" is a police patrol helicopter, for example, and "ghetto blasters" are the handheld boom boxes so popular on sidewalks in the '80s.
Goth
The word "Goth" covers a lot of ground and almost two millennia: from the marauding Germanic tribes of the second century, to pointy European cathedrals and haunting American literature, all the way to the "dark" fashion and music that still gets confused with devil worship.
Jock
The "jocks" of today are all about sports, but in its beginnings, "jock" (like "jack" in English) was simply Scottish for "guy."
"Jock" was a catchall phrase for men performing any number of odd jobs (hence the expression "jack of all trades"). With time and the industrial revolution, "jock" became short for "jockey" and came to mean anyone who operated machinery or rode a horse.
The word was used in a tongue-in-cheek way--people have always poked fun at anyone so concerned with being macho--but being a jock wasn't so bad. Jocks were generally considered genial and, at least in mainstream media, always "got the girl."
Today, jock has lost its hazy innocence. While it is still used to describe someone who is simply into sports, the jock we've come to love to hate is overly obsessed with them, tends to malign artistic and intellectual endeavors and may on occasion like to use brute strength to bully others.
Pimp
The word "pimp" is one of those slang words that can be an insult or a compliment, depending on how you look at it. In hip-hop culture and now in more mainstream culture (i.e., MTV's "Pimp My Ride"), you may hear someone describe a car or a person as "pimped out," meaning it's decked out or done-up. In other words, it looks really cool. But something that's pimped out can border on being gaudy, which is why some people use the term negatively to say that something is "too much." Everyone's got their limits...
Originally, the word "pimp" was used to refer to a male owner of a brothel (whorehouse) or a man who procures prostitutes for customers and takes a cut of the pay...and is often abusive. Pimps are all over the movies, especially the Blaxploitation films of the '70s like "Shaft" or "Coffy," in which they're portrayed as flashy dressers. In a parody of the genre, the pimp in "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," actually wears clear plastic platform shoes with goldfish swimming inside. Presumably, it's because of these outrageous outfits that the word "pimp" has come to be used as a way of describing something souped up and cool
Punk
*my favorite huh? Punk Rocks man!! Btw, this is punk, not PUN..*
The style and attitude of punk rock--mohawks, anarchy and leather jackets--are what most people think of when they use the word "punk." But back in 16th century England, a "punk" was a prostitute.
These days, "punk" refers to a look, an attitude, an ethos, a style of music or a person who seems to espouse any of these. It can be hurled as an insult to label someone as degenerate or antisocial, or it can be worn as a badge of pride. Beyond that, however, the definition of punk has become confused (it can be a pretty touchy subject) because of its commercialization and the development of so many kinds of punk music and communities: racist skinheads, non-racist straight-edge skinheads and crusty punks, just to name a few.
Retard
*reminds me of someone who keeps using this word..haa~*
"Retard" means "slow" in French. When the word came into common English use in the 20th century to describe mentally retarded people, it was offered as a kinder alternative to medieval words like "idiot" and "fool" and images of pitiful, sometimes dangerous, social rejects.
Skank
*ok..i admit it..someone call me this before..and i was super duper angry..i ignored that person and shouted the word "B*tch and Sl*t back..opps..years ago..haha!*
The word "skank" is used to describe a person (originally a woman or girl) who is considered dirty or diseased because he or she is promiscuous or slutty. It is implied that a skank spreads sexually transmitted diseases. You may also hear "skank" used as an adjective to describe a thing or a place. As in, "Dude, that bathroom is skanky."
The roots of the word skank are slightly unclear, but it may come from the word "skag", a word that originated in the African-American community in the 1920s to mean a dirty, unclean woman of questionable repute. "Skank" is also a type of reggae/ska dance in which the dancers bend at the waist, and flail their arms in the air. The gyration of the hips during this dance may have lead to views of women who danced in this style as knowledgeable about sexuality and therefore "skanky." Either way, the term is racially charged, though that aspect of the word seems to be largely forgotten or ignored these days.
Slut
*lalala...i see so many around..haha..opps*
People usually use the word "SLUT" to put down a woman for being sexually promiscuous--whether she is or not. It's sometimes used to taunt females who have been raped, and to embarrass girls who go through puberty before their peers.
Snob
*are they saying about me? haha..someone used to scold me that..what i reply back..."bleah!!" haha!*
Snobs look down at you: They seem to think they're better or smarter; maybe their parents are loaded or maybe they know a lot about something. But the term actually originated as a putdown for social climbers, people aspiring to look down at somebody else.
ATTENTION!!!
HI PEEPS, i want to start a band which consist of all GIRLS....coz i wanna form an all-girl band...many ppl in this world despise the fact that girls can play great music...so therefore, to you girls out there, if you can either sing, play guitar, drum, keyboard...you are free to join my band...we will go for jamming sessions and blah blah blah..anyone interested? if you are interested, plz get in touch with me...and i'm only looking for those in SINGAPORE...haha...coz i know some ppl reading my blog are not from singapore...so yar....regardless of your race...best if you are not above the age of 20..hee~ thanxs...
hmm...someone msged me early in the afternoon...asking me want to work as a data entry one..hmm...mum gave them my no..and i called mum..mum WANTS me to work..bt i don't want to..haha..how lazy can i be? oh well...should i work? hmm....not sure...if i work, no more freedom...must work until end of march...hmm...oh well..btw, i had a gross lunch 2day..haha..i can't stand chili..so hot!! and you know wat, i juz discover that my dad juz drank shark fin soup without giving me some...how selfish can he get...yesterday i and sis share one whole big bowl...he ate one whole big bowl by himself...like i said, he only care about himself..haha...always leaving the good food for himself....bt nvm..he is old already...let him then...next time i'll eat something even better!! haha...muahahaa....
Bitch
*opps..this one i knew long long ago..haha..even scold someone with this before..opps*
A bitch is a female dog (any kid on the playground can tell you that) or a female human who, like a dog, will whimper, growl and occasionally bite back. When someone calls a woman a bitch, the message is that she is straying from the quiet, obedient, "feminine" ideal. She is uppity--and needs to be controlled.
First used to describe lady dogs in 1000 A.D., "bitch" was applied to humans about 400 years later. The term has endured the test of time and is still a big favorite for putting a woman in her place. The modern twist is applying it to men. A male bitch is seen as "womanish": weak, whiny and submissive (and more than likely gay).
Dork
"Dork" is something like "geek" and "nerd," but "dork" doesn't have the brainy connotation of the other two. "Dorks" are considered socially awkward, uncool and often physically inept--but not necessarily supersmart.
Legend has it that "dork" appeared in the slang of American teens in the early 1960s. Originally it meant penis--a combination of the word "dick" and "dirk" (slang for a small knife). A decade later, "dork" had come to mean a clumsy, foolish person and it's used in this sense most often today.
"Dork" is a playful word--and so is "dorky." Clothes, names, parents, younger siblings or even friends can be dorky. Single-minded but harmless devotion can make you a dork; "band dorks," for example, spend all their time practicing and hanging out with other musicians.
Faggot
*where did i hear this before? hmm...*
"Faggot" is the classic anti-gay slur. Most people think it's a funny coincidence that the word also happens to mean "bundle of sticks." But there may be an ancient and awful connection between the two definitions: During the Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century, homosexual prisoners were forced to collect wood for the Inquisition's witch-burning fires--and their own bodies were then used to fuel the pyres when the flames died out.
The word's journey from Latin to Modern English is hard to trace; along the way "faggot" was, among other things, a reprimand for boys who were "sissies" and a putdown for women.
By the early 20th century, the term (by then usually shortened to "fag") had made it into American prison slang in reference to men who dressed in women's clothes. (And into British English to mean "cigarette"--possibly because cigarettes were considered effeminate by cigar- and pipe-smokers.)
"Fag" has remained a criticism of men with stereotypical female traits--long hair in the 1960s, an earring on one side in the '80s--as much as of actual gay behavior. It has also spawned expressions like "artfag" (a name-dropping, wannabe artist who is not necessarily gay) that play on the stereotype of gay men being sensitive and artistic.
"Fag" is still a direct insult when spoken with hostile intent to a homosexual man. But it has also morphed into a more generalized insult, to the point where kids and sometimes adults use it to refer to someone they find wimpy, not "manly" or just plain not good enough.
Freak
*haha! i've called that That that That person before..haha...*
"Freak!" is not really what you want to hear when you're trying to blend into a crowd. But for someone interested in being unique, it can be a compliment.
Geek
Although in Australia a "geek" is a "peek," as in a quick look at something, most of the rest of us know geeks as a special breed of socially awkward people with a passion for technology.
Ghetto
Nowadays, "ghetto" is usually associated with urban, predominantly African-American slums and the hip-hop stars who grew up in them. But the "ghetto" story goes way back.
Now "ghetto" refers either to a certain district or to someone from a poor urban neighborhood. It can be a term of pride for hip-hop stars who brandish it as a badge of street cred--or just describe life in the 'hood: "Ghetto bird" is a police patrol helicopter, for example, and "ghetto blasters" are the handheld boom boxes so popular on sidewalks in the '80s.
Goth
The word "Goth" covers a lot of ground and almost two millennia: from the marauding Germanic tribes of the second century, to pointy European cathedrals and haunting American literature, all the way to the "dark" fashion and music that still gets confused with devil worship.
Jock
The "jocks" of today are all about sports, but in its beginnings, "jock" (like "jack" in English) was simply Scottish for "guy."
"Jock" was a catchall phrase for men performing any number of odd jobs (hence the expression "jack of all trades"). With time and the industrial revolution, "jock" became short for "jockey" and came to mean anyone who operated machinery or rode a horse.
The word was used in a tongue-in-cheek way--people have always poked fun at anyone so concerned with being macho--but being a jock wasn't so bad. Jocks were generally considered genial and, at least in mainstream media, always "got the girl."
Today, jock has lost its hazy innocence. While it is still used to describe someone who is simply into sports, the jock we've come to love to hate is overly obsessed with them, tends to malign artistic and intellectual endeavors and may on occasion like to use brute strength to bully others.
Pimp
The word "pimp" is one of those slang words that can be an insult or a compliment, depending on how you look at it. In hip-hop culture and now in more mainstream culture (i.e., MTV's "Pimp My Ride"), you may hear someone describe a car or a person as "pimped out," meaning it's decked out or done-up. In other words, it looks really cool. But something that's pimped out can border on being gaudy, which is why some people use the term negatively to say that something is "too much." Everyone's got their limits...
Originally, the word "pimp" was used to refer to a male owner of a brothel (whorehouse) or a man who procures prostitutes for customers and takes a cut of the pay...and is often abusive. Pimps are all over the movies, especially the Blaxploitation films of the '70s like "Shaft" or "Coffy," in which they're portrayed as flashy dressers. In a parody of the genre, the pimp in "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," actually wears clear plastic platform shoes with goldfish swimming inside. Presumably, it's because of these outrageous outfits that the word "pimp" has come to be used as a way of describing something souped up and cool
Punk
*my favorite huh? Punk Rocks man!! Btw, this is punk, not PUN..*
The style and attitude of punk rock--mohawks, anarchy and leather jackets--are what most people think of when they use the word "punk." But back in 16th century England, a "punk" was a prostitute.
These days, "punk" refers to a look, an attitude, an ethos, a style of music or a person who seems to espouse any of these. It can be hurled as an insult to label someone as degenerate or antisocial, or it can be worn as a badge of pride. Beyond that, however, the definition of punk has become confused (it can be a pretty touchy subject) because of its commercialization and the development of so many kinds of punk music and communities: racist skinheads, non-racist straight-edge skinheads and crusty punks, just to name a few.
Retard
*reminds me of someone who keeps using this word..haa~*
"Retard" means "slow" in French. When the word came into common English use in the 20th century to describe mentally retarded people, it was offered as a kinder alternative to medieval words like "idiot" and "fool" and images of pitiful, sometimes dangerous, social rejects.
Skank
*ok..i admit it..someone call me this before..and i was super duper angry..i ignored that person and shouted the word "B*tch and Sl*t back..opps..years ago..haha!*
The word "skank" is used to describe a person (originally a woman or girl) who is considered dirty or diseased because he or she is promiscuous or slutty. It is implied that a skank spreads sexually transmitted diseases. You may also hear "skank" used as an adjective to describe a thing or a place. As in, "Dude, that bathroom is skanky."
The roots of the word skank are slightly unclear, but it may come from the word "skag", a word that originated in the African-American community in the 1920s to mean a dirty, unclean woman of questionable repute. "Skank" is also a type of reggae/ska dance in which the dancers bend at the waist, and flail their arms in the air. The gyration of the hips during this dance may have lead to views of women who danced in this style as knowledgeable about sexuality and therefore "skanky." Either way, the term is racially charged, though that aspect of the word seems to be largely forgotten or ignored these days.
Slut
*lalala...i see so many around..haha..opps*
People usually use the word "SLUT" to put down a woman for being sexually promiscuous--whether she is or not. It's sometimes used to taunt females who have been raped, and to embarrass girls who go through puberty before their peers.
Snob
*are they saying about me? haha..someone used to scold me that..what i reply back..."bleah!!" haha!*
Snobs look down at you: They seem to think they're better or smarter; maybe their parents are loaded or maybe they know a lot about something. But the term actually originated as a putdown for social climbers, people aspiring to look down at somebody else.
ATTENTION!!!
HI PEEPS, i want to start a band which consist of all GIRLS....coz i wanna form an all-girl band...many ppl in this world despise the fact that girls can play great music...so therefore, to you girls out there, if you can either sing, play guitar, drum, keyboard...you are free to join my band...we will go for jamming sessions and blah blah blah..anyone interested? if you are interested, plz get in touch with me...and i'm only looking for those in SINGAPORE...haha...coz i know some ppl reading my blog are not from singapore...so yar....regardless of your race...best if you are not above the age of 20..hee~ thanxs...
hmm...someone msged me early in the afternoon...asking me want to work as a data entry one..hmm...mum gave them my no..and i called mum..mum WANTS me to work..bt i don't want to..haha..how lazy can i be? oh well...should i work? hmm....not sure...if i work, no more freedom...must work until end of march...hmm...oh well..btw, i had a gross lunch 2day..haha..i can't stand chili..so hot!! and you know wat, i juz discover that my dad juz drank shark fin soup without giving me some...how selfish can he get...yesterday i and sis share one whole big bowl...he ate one whole big bowl by himself...like i said, he only care about himself..haha...always leaving the good food for himself....bt nvm..he is old already...let him then...next time i'll eat something even better!! haha...muahahaa....
posted by Abigail @ Thursday, February 17, 2005
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