Keep Up With Slang Losers

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 07-31-2011, 06:51 PM

I know it's different depending on the country you're in but let's see what the trends are in terms of slang words and what is so out right now. Yes I'm talking like a 13 year-old girl.

So like, in NZ if you want to agree with someone or answer a question yes it is "Yea na". If you want to go along with someone about something, "true bro" or "eh!".

Uncool words: Epic, planking, rad...

Any to add?

Nosferatu Man · 07-31-2011, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

I know it's different depending on the country you're in but let's see what the trends are in terms of slang words and what is so out right now. Yes I'm talking like a 13 year-old girl.

So like, in NZ if you want to agree with someone or answer a question yes it is "Yea na". If you want to go along with someone about something, "true bro" or "eh!".

Uncool words: Epic, planking, rad...

Any to add?

Myself and a mate actually consider ourselves fluent in Kiwi after watching this a couple of hundred times. We regularly go for nights out and speak only in our kiwi accents.

jackhammer · 07-31-2011, 07:04 PM

The appropriation of Patois into urban slang so beloved of those urban types in our capital is the most annoying crap I ever heard.

Regional slang and colloquialisms are an everyday part of the English language but the language I hear should say something that is integral to local dialect and it seems that it is almost being completely replaced with words and phrases that have no roots in the venacular.

If I hear one more white person say 'innit blood' or 'aye, is it' I will pull their tongue out and wipe my feet on the fecker.

Language is always evolving. It is it's nature and I accept that but you should still have a base that can be attributed to your own language or dialect.

Not quite the response you wanted. Apologies.

For the record I love Patois and could sit on a Jamaican beach all day listening to it bloodclot.

TheBig3 · 07-31-2011, 07:47 PM

I don't wait for it to come to me. I make it up. This kickball season we came up with "Sea doggin'" or "Going up to Portland."

Our friend josh enjoys himself some vagina. So much so, that he's willing to bat a few leagues lower than he could/should. Analogy incoming: "This kid...its like he plays for the Sox, but he's batting with the Sea Dogs...he's going Sea Doggin'"

Don't expect to hear this one around, but its apt none-the-less.

hip hop bunny hop · 07-31-2011, 09:05 PM

Meh. Here is some old school proper northern plains slang:

uff da
gahl damn

Etc.

"Uff Da" being used when, say, lifting a heavy load or in reference to a heavy burden; wheras "gahl damn" is used, essentially, the same as god-damned.... only when you say it, you let people know you're from the beautiful heathen north.

ThePhanastasio · 07-31-2011, 09:50 PM

People have issues understanding what my friends and I are talking about sometimes, because we've adopted some bastardized form of communication that is parts surfer, beatnik, hippie/stoner, and random southern-isms.

An example of something that might be heard from one of my friends:
"That cat done **** her nest, brah!"

Translation: "That person really messed up, man."

Nosferatu Man · 08-01-2011, 12:23 AM

A couple of us switch the first letters of words around.

Like in shops buying cigarettes - 'Can I get a packet of Lamel Cights please?'
Will you roll a joint? - 'Joll a roint bro?'
Such nice weather - 'Wuch nice seather'

If you just throw a sentence of it in amongst normal talk people notice but they are always like unsure if they misheard correctly and they end up just looking slightly confused. We get bored sometimes....

Mykonos · 08-01-2011, 03:07 AM

I'm rubbish with slang. Birmingham slang isn't too difficult though. You've just got to say 'dat is well (insert word that would normally have a bad meaning)' for something good, and basically impersonate a London chav. I've wanted to take it further and try and make Clockwork Orange slang popular, but, well, I'd fail at that.

~~Farfisa~~ · 08-01-2011, 04:56 AM

I use "dig" and "man" a lot. I think that's mostly because it's not cool to say either these days and I like feeling like I'm trapped in the late 60's early 70's. I'm contemplating bringing back "Jim" though, but people might not understand it at all and it will make conversations weird.

Howard the Duck · 08-01-2011, 05:48 AM

i use a lot of American slang which nobody around here understands

groovy, hurl, lolz, nerdgasm

07-31-2011, 06:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	Keep Up With Slang Losers I know it's different depending on the country you're in but let's see what the trends are in terms of slang words and what is so out right now. Yes I'm talking like a 13 year-old girl. So like, in NZ if you want to agree with someone or answer a question yes it is "Yea na". If you want to go along with someone about something, "true bro" or "eh!". Uncool words: Epic, planking, rad... Any to add? __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

07-31-2011, 07:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	The appropriation of Patois into urban slang so beloved of those urban types in our capital is the most annoying crap I ever heard. Regional slang and colloquialisms are an everyday part of the English language but the language I hear should say something that is integral to local dialect and it seems that it is almost being completely replaced with words and phrases that have no roots in the venacular. If I hear one more white person say 'innit blood' or 'aye, is it' I will pull their tongue out and wipe my feet on the fecker. Language is always evolving. It is it's nature and I accept that but you should still have a base that can be attributed to your own language or dialect. Not quite the response you wanted. Apologies. For the record I love Patois and could sit on a Jamaican beach all day listening to it bloodclot. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

07-31-2011, 07:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I don't wait for it to come to me. I make it up. This kickball season we came up with "Sea doggin'" or "Going up to Portland." Our friend josh enjoys himself some vagina. So much so, that he's willing to bat a few leagues lower than he could/should. Analogy incoming: "This kid...its like he plays for the Sox, but he's batting with the Sea Dogs...he's going Sea Doggin'" Don't expect to hear this one around, but its apt none-the-less. __________________ I've moved to a new address

07-31-2011, 09:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
hip hop bunny hop Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,381	Meh. Here is some old school proper northern plains slang: uff da gahl damn Etc. "Uff Da" being used when, say, lifting a heavy load or in reference to a heavy burden; wheras "gahl damn" is used, essentially, the same as god-damned.... only when you say it, you let people know you're from the beautiful heathen north. __________________ Have mercy on the poor.

07-31-2011, 09:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	People have issues understanding what my friends and I are talking about sometimes, because we've adopted some bastardized form of communication that is parts surfer, beatnik, hippie/stoner, and random southern-isms. An example of something that might be heard from one of my friends: "That cat done **** her nest, brah!" Translation: "That person really messed up, man." __________________ Phish: Studio Discography Reviewed 100 Albums I Heartily Recommend My last.fm It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung

08-01-2011, 12:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
Nosferatu Man Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 264	A couple of us switch the first letters of words around. Like in shops buying cigarettes - 'Can I get a packet of Lamel Cights please?' Will you roll a joint? - 'Joll a roint bro?' Such nice weather - 'Wuch nice seather' If you just throw a sentence of it in amongst normal talk people notice but they are always like unsure if they misheard correctly and they end up just looking slightly confused. We get bored sometimes.... __________________ Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night.

08-01-2011, 03:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
Mykonos AWhatup Ganache? Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 381	I'm rubbish with slang. Birmingham slang isn't too difficult though. You've just got to say 'dat is well (insert word that would normally have a bad meaning)' for something good, and basically impersonate a London chav. I've wanted to take it further and try and make Clockwork Orange slang popular, but, well, I'd fail at that. __________________ 'Not that Becktionary, the Rhyming Becktionary!'- Bender Bending Rodriguez

08-01-2011, 04:56 AM	#9 (permalink)
~~Farfisa~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,773	I use "dig" and "man" a lot. I think that's mostly because it's not cool to say either these days and I like feeling like I'm trapped in the late 60's early 70's. I'm contemplating bringing back "Jim" though, but people might not understand it at all and it will make conversations weird.