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: Ed DeCoste 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: Ed DeCoste 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!
Cool definition list. :)
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!!
@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.
What about @ridlo’s famous “swiss”?
@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.
Swiss, dudesaq, filet min-lame, wait what, oh girl
your forgot “Radness Creme”
Some important ones:
* Tubular
* Holy-freaking-cow
* SLIGHTLY (used sarcastically to emphasize anything)
I love the use of “country” in place of cool or rad. That is awesome!
@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.
Rogie: Your wish is my command.
words we’ve shared:
yoze/yozes – Yo (common)
serios – seriously (common)
nizzle – nice (moi)
don’t forget typing everyting in some form of hybrid engrish
@Jesse Gardner – WOW. That totally cleared it up. *searches for any phrase he can inject SLIGHTLY into*
Is it wrong that I feel like a Thai hooker when I say flend?
“We be flends, me love you long time”
Battlestar Galactica is indeed Radtastic!
How about “sick”.
“That dude’s website is “sick”.
This is the coolest design site ever. AWESOME!!!! FABULOUS!!!! Good job with thi site Komodo. :)
Rad reminds me of mushroom grips. The opposite of Rad was Stale. Does anyone remember ‘Stale?’
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.”
I laughed and peed a little because I can totally hear you saying all of your favorite words in the same sentence.
@Jesse ROFL! I love it when people say they peed their pants. Maybe its because of my childhood bed-wetting issues…
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!
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!
My new favorite word is: swussy.
Defined by: Toni
Definition: Use your imagination…
ha! i love radtastic too!
post more, i need more ideas :P
This website is really good looking. This wood texture is very nice. Really I appreciate the designer, who has designed this interface.
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…