40 going on 832
yesterday, the coordinator of a buzz session used the word "be-boppin'", twice. you'd be happy, just be-boppin' around! i cringed the first time, and nearly vomited the second.
this is one of those words, awfully outdated and awkwardly unhip, that makes me have a weird feeling in my stomach - like slacks. slacks is one of them. she wore a nice pair of slacks. harf! all i could do was think of her kids, if she has them. mom! stop saying be-boppin'! it's embarrassing!
when do we make the transition to these words and not know they're parent words?
i think it's about the time that you start listening to light rock or smooth jazz in your car.
posted by tara d. @ 12:21 PM
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YES! I had in my list a note to post about the term "be-boppin" used by people who are seriously out of touch with anything resembling hipsterdom.
My dullard of a career management professor used this one day. Cringe doesn't even cover the reaction, not just from me, but the class at large. "Don't go into an interview with your tie loose and don't sit there be-boppin' between questions..." It got to the point where we openly hated her. Then she wrote me a letter. But that's another matter.
Another word used along these lines is "meal". It's like nails on a chalkboard to me. So is "synergy". +10,000 points to you for taking a stand against such painful sparts of speech.
- Scott
I HATE the word slacks. AND the word trousers. Unless the speaker is british. My daughter will hate the word pants.
I also hate the word Gourmet.
There, I said it.
One time my aunt referred to one of my distant cousins as a "fertile myrtle" which was weird because her name is Gillian.
She's from Kansas, though, so I guess quaint, octogenarianesque* sayings are to be expected.
*I made that word up.
-Keri
why is it so bad, scott? it is so annoying! last night, in the late night session, i stayed through her presentation just to see if she'd say it again...
AND SHE DID!
(also, i was bored. but i did feel gratified and annoyed when i left.)
gross.
GROSS!
me too, zach, i hate it. i've grown to weirdly hate it less - now i feel like a lot of people hate "slacks", so it's only said tongue-in-cheek, which caaan be funny.
selectively, use it selectively.
gives me the shivs.
i love that you hate gourmet. that makes me laugh...
keri - hi! question: was your cousin pregnant? i can't even imagine another reason, unless she's a thriving horticulturist.
woops. yes she was... forgot to mention that. I think she had 4 kids in something like 3 years. Anyway...
yes. she was pregnant.
Keri
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