No, really. The headline means something. I just laughed at you really, really hard, and at the same time I called you a newbie. Ergo – it is possible to mock and ridicule people at this day in age without ever letting them know.
Scary? Possibly. Potential for business? Definitely.
“Parents of a Teenager-ictionary For Dummies”, for example. Or “Teenictionary”. Or “Geekictionary”. Selling point, for use in radio commercial: “Is your child a nerd who uses nerd language whilst communicating with his friends in writing, and now you feel slightly desperate and want to understand what they’re saying to each other to make sure they’re not planning to do something totally outrageous? Fear not! The new Nerdictionary 2000 is now available in stores near you! Don’t be a n00b.”
Epic lulz, ppl. Epic lulz.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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We are NOT supposed to speak their language. That is soooo uncool.
ReplyDeletelol that's pretty funny. i'm only 19 and i don't even know all the new lingo.
ReplyDeleteI'm so behind the times. I can't understand half of what my daughter says to me. Oh, wait, that's because she's three.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I need some kind of decoder ring to even understand what some people have written in the Blogger Help forum. I see a lot of bad spelling, slang, and texting. Slang, I can see because everyone uses it - I'm just not up on the latest. But the bad spelling and texting drives me nuts!
Ok - just figured out the title. I'm such a dork.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking as a kid, it's good when adults understand our lingo but just scary and lame when they use it themselves (esp. in reply to us).
ReplyDeleteIn that case, we just make up more new words to ever confuse adults more.
Adults who use plain language interjections such as "wonderful" or "fantastic" totally pwn for the win.