Friday, March 8, 2013, 8:45:20 PM - 9:15:20 PM
Earlier, I stated that I could not understand the slang words I often heard at school. One of those words was "drove". I don't care what you say, the word "drove" means the past tense of drive, i.e. I drove somewhere. But apparently it has another meaning now which makes no sense. On Wednesday, we were discussing which Romeo and Juliet movie we liked better. This one girl in my class said that the ending to the Leonardo Di Caprio version was "hella drove". I know basically what hella means. It's an adjective which intensifies anything. It's basically a swear word you can say without swearing. So I looked up "drove" on the Urban Dictionary. For those unaware, it means "mad or angry" or "acting really ghetto" or "crazy". But get this: "Drove originates from the north side of St. Louis County." I live there! Well, not exactly there, but in the area which is classified as St. Louis. South St. Louis, really. But we have our own words!
I still don't like it, but at least I understand it.
Now for the word "thick". One of my acquaintances once said that she was too "thick" to do the Thriller dance. Yeah, sure, I'm pretty much incapable of dancing, but you can't dance? I thought all African-American people could dance. That may be a little insensitive, but hey, I have little social experience. I still don't think it's a legitimate statement, but the definition that seemed to apply most was "a woman with a perfect body, filled-in places that are, by nature, designed to attract the opposite sex, such as the thighs, the hips, the breasts, and" - keep in mind that I did not write this, clearly some dude with overactive hormones did- "the most lovely part of all, the booty." It's a little sexually insensitive to me, but if people willingly call themselves that, who am I to say that it shouldn't exist?
I still don't like it.
Now for a proper definition of the word "hella". Oh, it's just a substitute for "really" or "very". Seriously? Just use really and very. You're not Californian, so stop using a word from California. If California made jumping off of cliffs cool, would you do it? Yeah, if you were an idiot!
I still don't like it, but at least I understand it.
Now for the word "thick". One of my acquaintances once said that she was too "thick" to do the Thriller dance. Yeah, sure, I'm pretty much incapable of dancing, but you can't dance? I thought all African-American people could dance. That may be a little insensitive, but hey, I have little social experience. I still don't think it's a legitimate statement, but the definition that seemed to apply most was "a woman with a perfect body, filled-in places that are, by nature, designed to attract the opposite sex, such as the thighs, the hips, the breasts, and" - keep in mind that I did not write this, clearly some dude with overactive hormones did- "the most lovely part of all, the booty." It's a little sexually insensitive to me, but if people willingly call themselves that, who am I to say that it shouldn't exist?
I still don't like it.
Now for a proper definition of the word "hella". Oh, it's just a substitute for "really" or "very". Seriously? Just use really and very. You're not Californian, so stop using a word from California. If California made jumping off of cliffs cool, would you do it? Yeah, if you were an idiot!
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