After a night in Margaritaville, I was curious about the self-professed pirate, and decided to learn a little more about him. I stumbled upon a description of his early days, busking in New Orleans and Key West. An online search for the term “busking” ironically led me to a list of modern day slang and some words that really don’t bear repeating, but it made me curious. What are kids saying today?
There are the college ‘buzz’ words, like ‘dweet’ (texting while drunk), ‘rendezbooze’ (a gathering of people with the purpose of getting drunk), and ‘peegret’ (remorse for leaving the bar without going to the bathroom). Teen and ‘tweeners speak their own language with words like: ‘salty’(annoying), ‘hashtag’, ‘selfie’, ‘derpy’ (being ignorant or stupid), and ‘squee’(great delight or excitement).
What was the slang or urban dictionary of your day? I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, when lava lamps, platform shoes, and hair bands were popular. Here is a smattering of slang from my teenage era:
Psyche!– used when tricking someone
Far Out! – something that was cool, awesome, unbelievable
Dream On – used to show someone that they were being unrealistic
Catch You on the Flip-side – used to say goodbye, see you later
Boogie – a description for dancing, having fun
Right On! –agreement with something or someone in the extreme
Brick House – someone who is physically built well with an attractive body
Can You Dig It? – used to see if someone agreed with you or they understand you.
Chump – someone who was a loser, an idiot, a fool
Do Me a Solid – to ask a favor of someone
Groovy – someone or something as cool, neat, great
On with the games!!
Mojo Friday Guidelines
Disclaimer; Kinda like the Pirates Code, they're just guidelines, meant for fun. They aren't hard and fast rules.
1) If you comment you have to recommend all comments. (in order to receive mojo you have to give mojo. It's only good mojo manners.)
2) Everything you say may be taken as a joke (so if you ask a question, expect a silly answer)
3) You must recommend the diary (and pimp it unapologetically)
4) You don't have to comment to recommend.
5) You can't steal my idea (right, like that ain't goin' to happen. It has in numerous forms, I'm flattered!)
6) Mojo mojo mojo mojo, mojo mojo mojo.
7) TexDem (that's me) is not bound by the guidelines. Neither are you
Mojo Friday Goals
Disclaimer; These are mostly here for nostalgia, the site has changed so much and the servers have been upgraded to the point I don't think we could fuck with the site with 1000 people participating. 2007 it ain't.
A. At least 300 different commenters and 1000 comments by 1:30 PM EST and 1500 by 5:00 PM EST Friday Night that it's posted.
B. 100 recommends for each comment, at least.
C. Stay on Recommend List at least five hours (this requires some strategic planning by you guys, refer to guideline #3)
D. At least 200 diary recommends. 300 would be better, spread the word.
E. And always, fun fun fun.
F. Have at least 75% average participation rate as seen here in the Mojo Friday Postgame Show by Woodtick and bjedward.
G. (New) Have at least 30 kossacks over 90% participation (see here for some tips).
H. Overload the servers with recommends, not to mention dominate Top Comments Mojo list. (we do tend to mess with the site with all of our recommends at one time)(also, to dominate the Top Comments Top Mojo we need at least 50 comments with over 200 recommends, see guideline B)
I. That's enough for now. (Have a suggestion? Post it.)
MKinTN posted a diary to help everyone achieve greater success called How to Succeed at Mojo Friday Without Really Trying.
For those of you new to MF (Mojo Friday) we have our own lingo about a few things. Thank's to MF'er Jez (the link will explain) go to this diary for a little more fun and explanation. Official Mojo Friday Snecktionary.