Millikan High School - Aries Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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me Wh! N 4 N Changes7Change ls. . . Say What? Slang - I Can You Relate? Slang is defined in Webster's Dictionary as Language peculiar to a particular group. Some of the younger generation's jargon might be called a little peculiar to the older generation but if a foreigner came into the picture it would be called plain weird. Just imagine this: a Japanese tourist visits Mil- likan's campus with only a sketchy knowledge of English. As he walks through the halls, he hears bits of conversation. Armed with this information, he attempts to piece together the American teen- age lifestyle. I don't know why I pork out all the time. The way l stuff my face, l'm gonna have this big ol' honking bod stuffed into a humungous sized bathing suit. Being a tub is the pitts! Most likely the visitor would translate it like this: As a hobby, this young girl stuffs faces and probably mounts them in her game room along with her collection of noisy stuffed bodies, in Russian swimsuits. She also resembles a porce- lain bathtub which resides in a dank, deep pit. Randy is the biggest turkey Friday night our joint he brought his own brew. And, man was blowing chunks! Geez, l was gagging it so gross! A literal translation: Y Another example-might be: l u 4 ' I' A young man blessed with the body of a bird placed a good sized vat used to make alcoholic beverage on a large joint Cprobabl shoulder socketj. He then proceeded to blasts of air on small pieces of unknown In the meantime, the yourtg lady choked estimating the total gross profit from the man's beverage. Or, what if our Japanese friend heard this Oooh, what a chop! Shari was kicking back Anthro and Uncle Ern came down on her during flick just cuz Shari was rapping about the concert to some stoner. And she peeled out to heavies for not doing jack. What a burn! This mish-mash might be interpreted as such: Q l e l i 4 c A violent young girl named Shari was kickin chopping and rapping on another human who seems frequently threw stones at queens. H uncle stumbled over Shari while he was flickin his fingers. She began to peel some type of fru but contracted a burn. She was not acting like z jack in that she couldn't hold up a car while a tir is changed. Obviously today's jargon tends to be confusin not only to foreigners but to us swinging guys too. Most likely the Japanese visitor would be relieved to walk into the Teachers' Lounge anc finally hear some words he could recognize Words like golly, gee, whiz, cat's paja mas, and swell, Talk about peculiar Betsy Jagger

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