Overused catch-phrases creep into our mouths and plague our vocabulary on a regular basis and not only are we shortening words, "Parents" are "'rents", "totally" is "totes", "adorable" is "adorbs", combining words, "ginormous" we overuse and finish each thought and sentence with a term or set of terms as if they were bookends, supporting the rest of our words, as if they could not be held up on their own! Our society cannot simply have a text-messaging conversation without a "lol" or a smiley face inserted into each message: "Hey honey, can you pick up little Jimmy from soccer practice? :)" ....."lol". We have even become to lazy to spell out how pissed-off we are: "WTF" "FML".
In my circle of friends, we like to assume that we coined a lot of catch-phrases, or at least overuse them to the point where it would appear that we have. About three years ago, I assumed that everything was "genius". Star Wars watches at Burger King? Genius. Kyle stepped in a pile of dog poop? Genius. There is a sale on apple-jacks? Genius. Then I started working at Best Buy and the "Cool Beans" phrase resurfaced from my youth, and from that came the term I hold my friend Dan solely responsible for: "beans", that which I spit out faster than I can think and it's how I answer %99.9 of all questions, which confuses most people because when prompted with "Sara, can you run this up to purchasing?"...."Beans." Doesn't really sound confirming. My new favorite? "Epic". "KYLE!! If Steve Perry got back with Journey and went on tour with Weezer, it would be Epic!!!" But as of late, the phrase that even trumps "Epic" is "I'm just sayin'". Which we have all come to realize now and at this point we ridicule each other by repeating at after one of us lets it slip. "Guys, I think we should go to Taco Bell, just sayn'".."JUST SAYIN"" x3. We're genius.
To mix it up and appear among my superiors that I have much more knowledge of these "catch phrases" and slang that these kids nowadays use, I will sporadically dig in the depths of my knowledge of random crap to say to people (actually i just do it to baffle them, and most of the time I don't have to try, word vomit). For instance, when a co-worker comes sulking into the office on a Monday morning, I don't ask "how was your weekend Eisenhower?" I say "What's up Buttercup?" Which only once was I answered with "I am not a horse, dammit." Another favorites of mine is the old Joshing. "Hey Gertrude, why are all these flies in here? You know, you should really bathe once in awhile. Hahahaha, I am just joshing you." Then, there is the family favorite "The computers are down, someone stole the copper wiring again."..."Bloody Hell."
Now do I have a point to all of this? Why no, that would make sense, but if we could get some kind of guide-book going, or a weekly circular to keep us updated on which terms are in and out and which ones are the next to be placed into the old Webster, I mean if Ginormous can make it, I personally think "adorbs" should, it's cute and practical. That would be epic, just sayin'.
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