Last week I posted a couple I grew up with as status updates on FB. They were fun postings. Several friends of my generation (growing up where I did) got a kick out of them. The rest probably found those both amusing and charming. Others might have found them strange and/or confusing.
Colloquialisms, just like everything, fall in and out of favor and victim to the ever changing zeitgeist. Remember when “bad” meant “good” or “amazing”? You don’t hear much of that anymore. It has since been taken over by “sick” or some other thing. Geography and culture also play a major part in phrases being coined.
Anyway, here are some I grew up with (the first two were featured in FB status updates.) :
BALLS
Context: Akin to “Bullshit”.
Usage:
student: I left my homework at home…
teacher: Balls!
BALL CARRIER
Context: Akin to “ass kisser” or “brown noser” with funnier visuals.
Usage:
bob: Can you believe how Greg agrees with the boss all the time?
dick: Greg is nothing but a Ball Carrier.
DIE
Context: Akin to “you’re/I’m screwed”.
Usage:
sally: Have you looked at my phone bill?
joan: (looking at bill) Die!
sally: I know.
POKAI
Context: Akin to “broke”.
Usage:
jen: Let’s go out for drinks tonight.
clive: I can’t.
jen: Why? Pokai again?
clive: Yeah.
TOKKOK (Talk Cock)
Context: Akin to “bullshitting” or “embellishing a story” or “lacks credibility”.
Usage:
jason: Joe says he had drinks with Scarlett Johanson last night.”
max: You should know by now how Joe likes to tokkok.
I’m trying to use these again in my everyday speak. And if you decide to use them as well… say em loud and say em proud. If there are some you grew up with feel free to include them in the comment section.
Yes, this is my count this week simply because mutations of language make for a richer communicating experience… at least I think so. And if you don’t… go suck an egg. 😉
