Saturday, December 26, 2015

Words (Not to) Live By, 2015 Edition

Words (Not to) Live By, 2015 Edition: Attempts by dictionary publishers to appeal to the millennial generation have, sadly, lent legitimacy to words like "fleek" and "hangry."

10 comments:

Deb said...

I can't tell if the writer of that article is a curmudgeonly d-bag or is just presenting as one, but languages do change and evolve. However, I've discovered the surest way to stop my teens from using hip neologisms is to use them myself. When I said, "My eyebrow game is on fleek today and gives me all the feels," I never heard "fleek" or "feels" from my kids again.

mybillcrider said...

Good strategy, Deb!

Jeff Meyerson said...

Not in my world, they haven't. I've never heard "fleek" or "feels" used by anyone, but then I don't have teens (thank God).

To be honest, this is the first time I've ever heard the word "fleek" at all.

And they can all stay the heck off my damn (metaphorical) lawn.

Jeff Meyerson said...

OK, I read the article it I still don't know what "fleek" means. So I looked it up on one of the links and found "flawlessly styled, groomed."

OK, I'm hip now. Groovy.

Deb said...

The latest thing I hear my girls say is "retweet" or just "R.T." when they want to agree with something.

mybillcrider said...

Living with the kids keeps you "hip" and "with it."

Jeff Meyerson said...

Right, Bill, we are two wild and crazy guys.

Don Coffin said...

I like new words, especially ones that seem apt. I'm sure my parents hated some of the neologisms that my brothers and sister and I used.

Deb said...

From Buzzfeed today:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kwesijames/how-to-get-your-bros-eyebrows-on-fleek#.qmMXgYK9d

/I know all you guys here will want to keep your eyebrow game on fleek

mybillcrider said...

There's no hope for my eyebrows.