Yorktown High School - Grenadier Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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of every zero, loser, and winner. tall boys: 1) sixteen ounce beer cans that do the job better; 2) all basketball players, espe- cially Eric Beinhart. twelve pack: a night's supply of groceries for someone who plans to get wasted, wasted: tanked, intoxicated, blitzed, zasted, gone, blasted, winner: see loser, yeah, and I do, too: sarcastic re- sponse to tall tale. If someone tells you that you look like E.T., just say yeah, and I do, too! zero: a non-entity incapable of accomplishing anything. Definitions 27

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Learn the Lingo bag it: to remove from sight; bag your face. beachweek: weeklong party; trash, smash and crash; time to spend mega-bucks and nev- er sleep, beer bong: device made of a plastic funnel and tube; fast track to double vision, beer run: a zig-zag drive to the 7-11 made when the keg goes dry. booty booti: refer to getting it. brewskies: beer, always plural; Let's get some brrewskiis. buzzed: low calorie form of in- toxication; could be result of one beer, a cigarette or wine with dinner, cheat sheets: slips of paper hold- ing vital information; a loser's way of passing a test, dizzy: a total airhead; a girl who gets drunk on one beer; gig- gling a must. D.W.I.: Dunce Without In- surance; most easily acquired by going 70 MPH over Key Bridge. fer shurr: proper pronunciation of for sure ; sarcastic re- sponse to idiotic questions, get a job: do something with your life, get the boot: kicked out; negged; you're history. getting it: Don't worry, he said he'll give me a ride home. G.T. and D.T.: Georgetown and Downtown; where to go when there are no good parties; places of constant excitement and adventure, have a clue: like, you're so stu- pid I don't believe you said that. I.D.: a dime, a xerox machine, green food-coloring and a minor. invite only: closed party and you're not invited; just walk in, no one will say anything; get revenge by trashing the furniture, jack: nothing; i.e.: you ain't got jack. jamming: state of being totally absorbed in kick-ass music; i.e. air guitar, crank it up. like: main word in vocabulary, used before and after every noun. loser: someone who tries too hard but never makes it; i.e. an underclassman who thinks he can drink, mega; anything in great quanti- ty; i.e. mega-bucks, mega- homework, mega-good times. New Wave: weekend personali- ty for some Yorktowners who venture to 9:30 Club or New Wave Concerts; Wave Babies can be identified by their im- aginative clothing, hair-cuts and taste in music, ooh bang!: best way to rub in an insult or cause humiliation, profile license: no beer, no bar, total neg. quarters: a not-so-healthy game; a challenge to anyone who wants to remain standing at the end of the evening; pre- tend to aim the quarter toward the cup. razor stubble facial hair: a boost for the drooping male ego; im- mature males striving for maturity; keeps female kisses away because of painful scratches. Real Man: eats quiche and drinks daquiris. scarf: temporary weekend en- tertainment, senior-slump: continuous pro- cess; junior-slump, sopho- more-slump, freshman- slump, high-school slump, shm: prefix to imply disgust or apathy; homework shmomework. slam: total degradation; an in- sult that floors you. swinger: one who tanks-up, gets it, and knows all the words on this page; the envy 26 Definitions

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Can you play the weekend game? Friday Monday Shopping is a nice, leisurely way to spend a weekend afternoon. Right? Wrong? If you're like most of the population shopping can be quite an exasperating experience. Don't let the salespeople at Blooming- dales deflate your ego. Tell them what price range you are interested in and they'll show you to the budget de- partment where you are left to fend for yourself. Once you spot that perfect item nothing can stop you. Clutching your new discov- ery you eye other shoppers with suspicion — they all look as though they are out to get it. But you're safe. With the receipt in the bag, you're on the way home. “Now I have something to wear to school tomorrow. But what pants do I have to match it? Oh, I better go shopping next weekend ... Remember when you were little and used to get up at 7:00 a.m. to watch car- toons? Remember how you hated nap time in nursery school? Just as sleep used to be the enemy, (No mommy, I don't WANT to take a nap!), it has now become one of the fa- vorite pastimes. The weekend is anticipated be- cause, among other things, you can sleep late! Hear the alarm go off, groan as you attempt to get out of bed and then flop back as you realize it's Saturday. But then on Monday the alarm goes off and you have to get up. But wait!! While you were asleep it snowed twelve feet! Switch the radio to a news station and pray to hear those magical words. Fairfax County ... closed (so, what else is new?), Loudon Coun- ty .. . closed, Arlington County ... Closed!!! Aaaah! 28 Weekend