It’s time for a totally nerdy Rogie post. Here’s a bunch of words that circulate in my rockin’ lingo vernacular:

Rad
Perhaps in overuse, I’ve drug this word back up from my past. Maybe it’s my desire to see more Trapper Keepers or Grip Tape in this world. Whatever the reason, I’m sure my overuse of the word is annoying.

Use: Dude, that website is Rad
Origin: Dunno, some 80’s dude

Dudical
My little brother (in attempt to be cool like his older brother), always said “Dude, that’s Radical”. Well, it just got too hard to say those three words, hence “dudical”. Use it, don’t abuse it.

Use: Look at 360° I just pulled off. Dudical!
Origin: Derek, my brother

Este´ Dudical
A phrase derived from Dudical. Basically it is the mexican version of Dudical

Use: This taco is delicious. Este´ Dudical!
Origin: Derek, my brother

Hory Clap
The Engrish version of “Holy Crap”. Works well for when you see a stunning website or get pwnd by some n00b on Unreal Tournament.

Use: Hory Clap this hot sauce is strong!
Origin: BFF Ed and yours truly

Radtastic
Simply, Rad + Fantastic. Use sparingly, because if everything is Radtastic, then Radtastic really loses it’s meaning.

Use: Battlestar Galactica is straight-up Radtastic
Origin: Yours truly

Flend
The Engrish version of Friend. Just sounds cooler. Use it.

Use: Wanna be flends?
Origin: BFF E and yours truly

Geesh
A strange adaptation of Gosh. Honestly, it really sounds lame when I say it, but I can’t shake it. Years of idolizing my cousins’ exaggerate use of this word embedded it permanently in my lingo.

Use: Geesh, Hagrid is such a cool Harry Potter character
Origin: Unknown (learned from cousins)

N00bari
In the movie Kill Bill, there’s this chick named Gogo Yubari – and she is the opposite of a total new-b (or n00b) – she kicks total butt. In true butt-kicking style, Gogo Yubari can totally own you, making you a n00b, hence making a n00bari of you. Use this as a substitute for n00b to get the one-up on your gamer buddies. Heck, use it to get a one-up on that kid on the playground.

Use: Back off before I pwn you n00bari!
Origin: Yours truly

Freakbag
An adaptation of freak, this word implies a whole lotta freak, or a whole bag of freak. This is a great name to throw out to those friends that are such freaks, that you gotta one-up it.

Use: Whoa dude, that J-Crew scarf makes you look like a total freakbag
Origin: Yours truly

Country
Yes, this is a word. But used in the context of “cool” or “rad”, it’s a totally new use for me. I learned this from my hillbilly friend George after he spastically yelled “Country” at something that he felt was extremely cool.

Use: Hey dude, wanna go out and fish for some delicious Bass? Country!
Origin: George P. Sonnenberg

I’d love to hear about your lingo, albeit probably not as freakishly strange as mine, but then again, who knows? Let’s hear it!

Comments

28 Comments

  1. Mark Jardine said 1565 days ago

    Cool definition list. :)

  2. chad engle said 1565 days ago

    Wow, actually I use several of those. Country is a new one on me man. I use toolshed – a really big toolbag (hence the shed) nice list!!

  3. Rogie said 1565 days ago

    @Mark Jardine – Wow, you are such a freakbag (see how I did that?) ;) I can’t believe you actually missed the point of the article and went right to the XHTML/CSS. LOL.

  4. Dave Simon said 1565 days ago

    What about @ridlo’s famous “swiss”?

  5. Rogie said 1565 days ago

    @Dave Simon – Ahhh, yes that is very famous, but I never use it. It never seemed to creep into the vernacular. Maybe I need to hang out with @ridlo more.

  6. ridlo said 1565 days ago

    Swiss, dudesaq, filet min-lame, wait what, oh girl

  7. Adam said 1565 days ago

    your forgot “Radness Creme”

  8. Jesse Gardner said 1565 days ago

    Some important ones:

    * Tubular
    * Holy-freaking-cow
    * SLIGHTLY (used sarcastically to emphasize anything)

  9. Mark said 1565 days ago

    I love the use of “country” in place of cool or rad. That is awesome!

  10. Rogie said 1565 days ago

    @Adam – Dude, Radness Creme is simply amazing. I totally forgot about that tweet. Thank you for bringing that back.

    @Jesse Gardner – Nice little set of words. I think your implementation of SLIGHTLY I’m gonna have to hear in person to really get the full impact. As for tubular, heck yes that is a good word!

    @Mark – Now that you know about ‘Country’, don’t ever stop using it. Ever.

  11. Jesse Gardner said 1565 days ago

    Rogie: Your wish is my command.

  12. Eddy said 1565 days ago

    words we’ve shared:

    yoze/yozes – Yo (common)
    serios – seriously (common)
    nizzle – nice (moi)

  13. Eddy said 1565 days ago

    don’t forget typing everyting in some form of hybrid engrish

  14. Rogie said 1565 days ago

    @Jesse Gardner – WOW. That totally cleared it up. *searches for any phrase he can inject SLIGHTLY into*

  15. Chris Gedrim said 1564 days ago

    Is it wrong that I feel like a Thai hooker when I say flend?

    “We be flends, me love you long time”

  16. Gilbert said 1564 days ago

    Battlestar Galactica is indeed Radtastic!

  17. Adam said 1564 days ago

    How about “sick”.

    “That dude’s website is “sick”.

  18. OMG said 1564 days ago

    This is the coolest design site ever. AWESOME!!!! FABULOUS!!!! Good job with thi site Komodo. :)

  19. saddacracker said 1564 days ago

    Rad reminds me of mushroom grips. The opposite of Rad was Stale. Does anyone remember ‘Stale?’

  20. wikd said 1557 days ago

    Nice list! :) Also the site looks dam slick.

    @Post – I like gnarly, its kinda a surfer or skater term i think. According to urban dictionary “Gnarly is when you’ve gone beyond radical, beyond extreme, it’s balls out danger, & or perfection, & or skill or all of that combined.”

  21. Jesse said 1554 days ago

    I laughed and peed a little because I can totally hear you saying all of your favorite words in the same sentence.

  22. Rogie said 1554 days ago

    @Jesse ROFL! I love it when people say they peed their pants. Maybe its because of my childhood bed-wetting issues…

  23. Ben Lind said 1553 days ago

    I’ve got a lot of these things with my friends over the years. :P Here are a few:

    1) After everything you say (every phrase), say either “secretly” or “slightly” in a “dude” kind of voice. For example:

    Hey man, I’m gonna go get some chow…secretly.

    or…

    Wow, this chow rocks…slightly.

    2) When we’ve heard a joke a bit too many times, we say it’s “stale”. Or if we’ve heard the word “stale” too much, we say it’s “fungisical”.

    3) After every joke that’s kind of funny, we laugh like an old farmer, slap our knee, and say “that’s a knee slapper!”

    Well that’s all I can think of right now – great post!

  24. Daniel Barrett said 1550 days ago

    Slingo – Slang lingo (Sringo for Engrish)

    Love the list though. Country! is new to me, I must start using it.

    Also, I’m a mega fan of Engrish, I DEMAND MOAR ENGRISH!

  25. Chris said 1550 days ago

    My new favorite word is: swussy.

    Defined by: Toni
    Definition: Use your imagination…

  26. hanna said 1527 days ago

    ha! i love radtastic too!

    post more, i need more ideas :P

  27. Bhavya Technologies said 1512 days ago

    This website is really good looking. This wood texture is very nice. Really I appreciate the designer, who has designed this interface.

  28. WCNZ said 1501 days ago

    Culture! = When someone steals your carpark etc. or…

    Cultural Indifference!!! = Used for those extra trying moments (eg. locked in your car keys, and there’s no spare….)

    Rude = (Pronounced ruuuuude) Maori slang for “pretty cool eh”.

    All this is picked up or invented by my brother & his friend…

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