Monday, August 16, 2010

urban slang made easy

Some new words have been making their way into my speaking dictionary lately. Heard of 'chillax'? It means a slackerish, laid back, hang out and no stress feeling. Haha!

Chillax, chillaxin', chillaxing.
Here's how to use 'chillax' (chill + relax) in a sentence.

'what ya doin? '
'Just chillaxing at East Coast, dude.'

'why did you write/say/do/that...'
'chillax la bro... I was only joking'
'finished all my work today, now time to chillax'

'Cougar'

More commonly known as a much older woman who prefers the company of younger men,
It can also mean a really hot older woman (Also known as 'MILF')
There are also 'pumas' , who are younger cougars (30 plus year old women with slightly younger men)...seldom used though.

'Don't turn around but there's a cougar sitting behind you.'


FTW

Means 'For the win', is a more positive outlook than the opposite 'WTF'... In gaming terms it means something else but popularly now it means either a positive encouragement or someone has done something good, or 'best'. How to use:

'Man Utd bought Bebe for 2 billion bux. FTW!'

'Bedok bak chor mee. FTW!


PWN (pwned, pwn-ed, pwning)

Either means 'owned' in gaming terms ... (pwned) due to proximity of both letters being next to each other on the keyboard and misspelt by a programmer, it has grown in popularity to use 'pwn'.

Locally, it also means a gunshot sound, albeit a rather cutesy one. Try sayin 'pwn pwn pwn'. You get what I mean.

And if you have spotted some weird hairdos on teenage boys recently, it's called 'The Bieber'. Similar to our bygone eras of 'The Crewcut' (square top head popular with military personnel), The Armani' (a very cool dude hairstyle which needs lots of wax or gel to spike up the top and sides are kept short but with sideburns) ... Let me introduce to you, 'The Bieber'.


Justin Bieber's hairstyle, a front-swept fringe. This can also be a girls' hairstyle. Other popular hair guys include Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson, Adam Lambert but none as uber cool as The Bieber! I do see many many teenagers having this style now. Sign of the times!