Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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I ' m stoked — Mosl likely talking about the wave they caught over the weekend. Koty Mukasa. Brad Clark. Chad Johnson and David Lamey participate in that ever popular pastime, hyperbolizing. Do you understand? — Understanding seems to be a problem with the immeasurable amount of argots floating around, changing almost week from week. But good friends like Guillermo Rosales and Juan Martinez need not worry. Sayings Student Life 11

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s TUDENT L,IFE L Its a totally cool way to talk because everyone gets it. They ' re trendy sayings and they are heard all of the time. Let ' s talk trendy T .hroughout the echoing halls of the school, a few hey dude and that ' s awe- some are shouted from locker to locker. She ' s soo rad and It ' s totally gross might be heard on the P.E. field. What are these words and what do they mean? A question often asked by many curious par- ents and teachers. Trendy sayings are words and expres- sions that we use to express ourselves nowa- days. Ninth grader, jason Olson said. Trendy sayings are considered a lan- guage among friends. My friends and I talk all the time and you could pick out the trendy sayings in our conversations, tenth grader, Sheri Kadin exclaimed. These sayings are heard daily especially at nutrition and lunch. Nutrition and lunch give me the oppor- tunity to speak freely among my friends. In class I wouldn ' t use trendy sayings towards my teacher, eighth grader, Katrina Dole- zal said. Some of the students revealed their most popular trendy sayings. The most popular trendy saying in my neighborhood would probably be worde, eleventh grader, Bwana Johnson said. Is my hair totally tweeked? — asks eighth grader Jennifer Levy as a rad dude walks by. Her friend eighth grader Michelle Loomis laughs at her at- tempts to fix her hair quickly so the dude will notice her. By Stephanie Prince If something weird happens I usually land up saying omigosh, sixth grade, Lau- ra Stein said. Her friends commented that that ' s cool was another one of their favor- ite sayings. Even though these words mean nothing to parents and teachers students feel that trendy saying is a good way of communicat- in g with one another. ' Whats up? ' is just like saying ' hi! ' or ' what ' s new? ' , everyone says it,, seventh grader. Josh Elias explained. These trendy sayings usually last throughout the years, however some leave and some of these sayings remain with us. Some even stay as much as a decade. My mom said that she used to say cool all the time and now when I tell her that we use it. She says that ' s weird, eighth grad- er, Jennifer Ignico said. Now that all is said and done, trendy things are still apart of our society. Espe- cially in school there will always be used by students and their friends. I ' ll probably never stop using trendy sayings, they usually stick with you throughout school life, eleventh grader, Jeremy Goldfarb said. 10 Sayinigs Student Life

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Gotta run for the boarder — Taco Bell is probably at the top when it comes to Mexican fastfood. Right now. a Taco Supreme is for $.99 and note the sign of prop. 106 on the upper left hand corner. It ' s a good time, for the great taste — McDonald ' s probably known as one of the most common fastfood restaurants commercializes its food products with a character named Mac Tonight with a head shaped like a moon, playing the piano. NOIof Time out from school — Tricia Eslares and Monica Geronimo lake a short walk to the Fire House across the street from school during lunch lo share some fries and a drink. Back in time — Hudson ' s Diner located on Parthenia in Northridge is decorated inside with a mural of 50 ' s cars on one wall and real playing guitars on the other. 12 Outside Food Student Life