Posted in Poetry, So-Cal Twaddle, tagged , Art, California, language, Poems, Poetry, Rhyming, Slang, Slanguage, So-Cal, Speech, Surfing, Vernacular, Writing on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another great slang poem using some So-Cal surfer slang.
Riding my surfboard to catch a wave,
The perfect ride is what I crave.
My board all waxed, I’m ready to ride,
On my belly into the surf I glide.
I paddle out fast and watch the swells,
Any apprehension I quickly quell.
There’s the one, it looks just right,
I position myself [...]
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Posted in Poetry, Poets, tagged Authors, Classics, history, Italian, Italy, language, life, personal, Poets, random, Reflection, Rome, Slang, Slanguage, Speech, thoughts, Vernacular, words, Writing on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For six years, in secret, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli wrote almost a sonnet a day. As a native Italian, he had resolved to write poetry in the tongue of the common Roman. He held nothing back as he imposed vulgar speech upon the sonnet form.
Eric Ormsby of The New York Sun wrote an excellent [...]
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Posted in The Gauntlet, tagged Humor, language, life, personal, random, Reflection, Slang, Slanguage, Speech, thoughts, Vernacular, words, Writing on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. Oatified – the act of coming down with a severe stomach ache
2. ubered – to kick the crap out of something using your computer
3. f00b – the combination of noob and foolish, a foolish noob
4. lack off – get out, go away, i don’t like you
5. eans – hold up there, simmer down, cool [...]
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Posted in Slanguage, tagged blogging, Business, Humor, language, life, personal, Poetry, random, Reflection, self-reflection, Slang, Slanguage, Speech, thoughts, Vernacular, words, Writing on October 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever had a friend point something out to you that you had never seen before and all of a sudden you see it everywhere? It seems like there is so much in life that we don’t notice until someone points it out, or until we take the [...]
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