Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Teen Slang

Sal, this is for you!
Arianna
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411 - information
5-0 - police
a
ape - crazy
aiight - okay
all that - wonderful
all up in my grill - up in your face
all up in the kool-aid - in someone's business
b
bangin' - cool
beast - someone that excels in something
benjamins - money
biter - someone that copies from others
bitter - mean
bling-bling - jewlery
blingin - wearing a lot of jewlery
bo bo - bad quality
boo - boyfriend
bootylicious - voluptuous/attractive
bounce - leave
bro/brah - friend (male)
buggin' - acting strange
bum - to borrow
bunk - not cool
c
checkin out - going home
chedder/cheddah - money
cheezin - smiling
chewy - cool
chillax - to chill and relax at the same time
chillin' - relaxing
clowin' - make fun of
crashy - messed up
crib - house
crushing - like a lot, have a crush on
d
da bomb - the best
dat is crunk - the situation is ok
dawg/dog - friend
dead presidents - money
dis - disrespect
down low (D/L) - secret
dude - friend
e
ease up - calm down
f
fa'sheezy, fasheezi, fashazel, fo'shizzle - for sure
federal - illegal
feel me - understand
fly - in style, cool
fo rizzle - yes
fo shizzle m'nizzle - I agree my friend
fo sho - for sure
foo - friend
g
ghetto - cheap, undesireable
gnarly - uncool
h
hatoraid - when someone hops on the bandwagon to hate someone or
something
homie - friend
hook me up - request for assistance
hot - cool, in style
hottie - cute guy
i
ill - cool, in style
IM - instant message
I'm out - goodbye
j
jonesing - craving something
junk in the trunk - nice behind
k
keepin it real - being serious
kewl - cool
kicking it - hanging out together
kicks - shoes
knicked out - flipped out
krunk - wild, exhilarating
kryptonite - weakness
l
L 7 - geek, square (creates the shape of a square when text messaging)
lights are on - parents are in the room
limp - cool
lol - laugh out loud
m
mad - very
mad fun - cool
mad skizzills - great talent
money - excellent
my bad - sorry
n
no brainer - obvious
o
off the hook - fun
old school - old style that's back in style
on fire - extremely good
out of order - not very nice
overshare - offering too much information
p
peeps - close friends
phat - cool
phat-phree - not cool
playa - a person that cheats on someone
player hater - someone who doesn't like others' achievements
poser - someone who pretends to be something he/she is not, or who
pretends to be able to do something he/she cannot
props - admiration, credit
psyched - excited
po po - police
poppin' - cool
postal - insane
punked - embarassed by someone else
r
random - when people say or do something unexpected
rents - parents
represent - doing your best
rewinder - addicted to school
rock - is really good
s
sad - not cool
shut up - no way!
sick - cool
sista - friend (female)
skrilla - money
slammin' - awesome
smak - derogatory comment
spent - tired
step off - back off
stoked - very happy
straight - honest
sup? - short for "what's up?"
sweet - cool
t
talking to - first stages of dating
talking smack - talking bad about someone
that bites - describes a situation that is unfair or not good
tight - very close relationship or very cool
TMI - too much information
trashed - drunk
trendies - first to try new, popular items
trippin' - to have a problem, acting crazy
truethat/tru dat - that's right
w
whack - really good OR really bad (depends on how it's said)
wassup (or sup) - what's up?
what's poppin? - what's up?
what's crackin'? - what's up
weaksauce - lame joke
wicked - cool
woot - "we own the other team", celebrate victory in a video game
(from America Online)

And I even made an exercise.  I picked out some terms from the first
half of the list.
http://www.quia.com/jg/729999.html
ari

Giò
-Tutto ciò che può esistere, esiste.
          (Tullio Regge)

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sk - steal-kill (i.e. over damage a mob already engaged by someone
else/another team, see "od") (online videogame)
-- 
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Stud. Medicina e Chirurgia - V.d.S. CRI - Catania
DD: <<"I made a new friend today". "Real or imaginary?". "Imaginary".>>

> gnarly - uncool
This definition struck me as odd. It can mean 'uncool' in some contexts but
the common connotation is 'extreme' or 'radical' and the use is often
positive. I believe the term originated in surfer jargon some 40 years ago 
or more.

 de che?
411 is Directory Assistance.  That's what you call to get someone's
phone number.
Hawaii 5-0 was a cop show.   I think that's that's where 5 0  comes
from.
bye
ari

 
Thank you!  I know nothing about video games.
ari

from.
E cos'è 5 0 ?
Scusa, ma mi sono un po' perso.
PS Nelle ultime due puntate di GG hanno citato:
* Prime Directive
* keep your phasers set on stun
* video di Pamela e Tommy Lee
* varie ed eventuali
* hanno parlato in Middle English
tutto troppo rotflo. Ho paura veramente che a me come italiano
resteranno due culture: quella locale (per me, quella romana) e quella
americana.
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Mah... non so perche' era Hawaii 5-0.  Good question.  I asked a couple
of people at work and one person said that it's because Hawaii is the
50th state.  It's the last state to become part of the Union.
bye
ari

50th state.  It's the last state to become part of the Union.
Non ho capito niente, ma fa lo stesso.
Suppongo che forse anche tu stenteressi a capire se ti dicessi
I DE 4-3
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La amargura de lo efimero wrote:
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Ma come non hai capito?  Non capisco che cosa ci sia da non capire.
Hawaii 5-0 e' una serie di telefilm polizieschi che si svolgono nelle
Hawaii ecco da dove viene il nome.  Come CSI Miami si svolge a Miami e
Chicago Hope a Chicago e The Streets of San Francisco a San Francisco
ecc.  Molti telefilm hanno il nome della citta' in cui si svolge
l'azione. Hai capito adesso da dove viene Hawaii?  5-0 viene dal fatto
(cosi' mi hanno detto) che lo stato delle Hawaii e' stato il
cinquatesimo (50) stato ad essere incorporato negli Stati Uniti.  Mi
segui?  Dato che Hawaii 5-0 era una serie di telefilm polizieschi,
qualcuno ha iniziato ad usare 5-0 come sinonimo di "polizia"  Hai
capito adesso?  Se non hai capito allora non c'e' speranza per te.
bye
ari

capito adesso?  Se non hai capito allora non c'e' speranza per te.
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
(Vader....realease him. - As you wish)
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 Dichi? Essi nu mmoo dichi come faccio a ccapě?
Ehm, l'aveva gia' detto.
-- 
Laz - [
http://www.dimensionedelta.net
]
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" 

 capito adesso?  Se non hai capito allora non c'e' speranza per te.
Tutto chiarissimo tranne una cosa: perchè il tf si chiama 5-0 e non (al 
limite) 50? E soprattutto come si legge 5-0? (in italiano lo leggerei "5 a 
0" come fosse un risultato di calcio et similia...)
-- 
I'm a Dream!!! 

 limite) 50?
That I don't know.
E soprattutto come si legge 5-0?
si legge 5 come numero e 0 come lettera dell'alfabeto.  E meglio che
spieghi piu' chiaramente per Giovanni altrimenti mi dice di nuovo "non
capisco!".  Si legge 5 (five) cioe' il numero che e' tra 4 e 6 e 0 la
lettera che e' tra N e P.  I hope that's clear enough!
Perhaps you heard the soundtrack.  It's very well known.  Here's a link
to the show.  It's was of the longest running shows on American TV.
http://www.mjq.net/fiveo/
bye
ari

pvp - acronym for Player Versus Player (online videogame)
pc - player character
pk - player killer
pkill - to kill another player
and so on :-)
'bye


"Hawaii 5-0" (Five-oh)  was supposed to be an elite police unit of the
State of Hawaii, reporting directly to the Governor of the State.
The name was chosen because Hawaii was the 50th state, and
"Hawaii 5-0" sounded like a good name for an elite unit.
There is not and has never been any police unit in Hawaii which even
remotely resembles the unit in the show.
The show was on for more than ten years, so "5-0" eventually found]
its way into the language as a slang term for police.
"411" is the number you dial in the US to find local telephone
numbers.
If I dial 411, I can get information for a very limited local area.
If I dial 555-1212, I can get information for all of my area code.
If I dial 1 + Area Code + 555-1212, I can get information for
a particular Area Code.
If I dial 
1-213-555-1212
, I can get information for Los Angeles.
If I dial 
1-212-555-1212
, I can get information for New York City.
Joe from Massachusetts


"Hawaii 5-0" (Five-oh)  was supposed to be an elite police unit of the
State of Hawaii, reporting directly to the Governor of the State.
The name was chosen because Hawaii was the 50th state, and
"Hawaii 5-0" sounded like a good name for an elite unit.
There is not and has never been any police unit in Hawaii which even
remotely resembles the unit in the show.
The show was on for more than ten years, so "5-0" eventually found]
its way into the language as a slang term for police.
"411" is the number you dial in the US to find local telephone
numbers.
If I dial 411, I can get information for a very limited local area.
If I dial 555-1212, I can get information for all of my area code.
If I dial 1 + Area Code + 555-1212, I can get information for
a particular Area Code.
If I dial 
1-213-555-1212
, I can get information for Los Angeles.
If I dial 
1-212-555-1212
, I can get information for New York City.
If I dial 
1-800-555-1212
, I can get information about toll-free
numbers.
Joe from Massachusetts

 Hawaii was the fiftieth state in the union. "
...and here is a link to a bunch of soundtracks.  They're all American
TV shows, so if you scroll down, you'll find Hawaii 5-0.
http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/tv_theme_wav.htm
 
bye
Ari

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uber - the best (example: "ppl here around think im uber player and keep
training me" = low level players keep coming near an high level player to
make monsters/enemies attack him instead, and save themselves)
yet can't understand 'gimp' :p
(all words referring to online videogames)
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"Gimp" normally means "physically hadicapped or lame".
Ïf a friend hurts his leg and walks funny, you might call
him "Gimpy".
"Gimp" can be synonymous with "wimp".
The GNU Image Manipulation Program or "The GIMP" is a bitmap graphics
editor.
A "gimp" is a sex slave, usually dressed in black leather.
A "gimp suit" is a suit worn for S&M.
A "gimp suit" can be a suit which gives special powers [ ;>) ] in
gaming.
Joe from Massachusetts

 him "Gimpy".
ty a lot :D
i knew "the gimp" graphics program, as i use linux ;)
now i better understand when a player say "gimp" to another one :D
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I see you're a medical student.
When I was in the Army in Italy, an American friend was
studying medicine at the University of Bologna. His
landlady was very nosy, and would always go through
his things in his room when he wasn't there, so he decided to
teach her a lesson. He brought an arm home from
the University, and left it in the closet where she would
be sure to see it. After that, she never snooped in his
room again.   :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 never snooped in his room again.   :>)
ROTFL, funny story joe :DDD
also, it makes me remember our teacher on anatomy II. he used to bring a
'head' at lesson. we clearly understood who of us was good for surgery
clinic, and who not :>
cheers
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Now that I think back, I think he might have put the arm in the
arm-adio, not in the closet.  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 clinic, and who not :>
I also have a story.  When I was taking anatomy, besides the cadaver
that was assigned to our class we had varous body parts.  In the lab
there was a sink covered with a lid.  The lid was attached to a chain
which was attached to a wheel.   As you turned the wheel, the chain
moved and lifted up the lid (it made a kind of a weird noise too!).
Anyway, the sink contained the various body parts.  We used to try to
match the body parts and figure out what belonged to whom.  That was
one of my favorite courses probably because I had a dynamite professor,
Dr. Lawrence Swan.  I loved the class, but couldn't deal with the
smell.
ari

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Did you ever come across any parts which might have tempted you
to swap them for your own?       :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 to swap them for your own?       :>)
She did take a degree in boobology. Or was it biology?
Bye, FB
-- 
Mrs. Palmer, in her way, was equally angry. 'She was determined to drop his
acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been
acquainted with him at all'. (Jane Austen)

 She did take a degree in boobology. Or was it biology?
Human physiology and hey!  Don't make fun of my major :-)) it was a lot
of hard work.
bye
ari