Well, as the decade comes to an end our language and culture has changed. A lot.
Language has changed and perhaps the greatest, to start, is with cell phones. It used to be a big deal to have a car phone, then a cell phone. Now we not only have cell phones, but smart phones. Blackberries, I-phones, Droids, have all hit the market. People are walking around with computers in their pockets that are more powerful than desktop computers were a year ago. These new phones send out e-mail, keep our contacts, keep our schedule, take pictures, take videos, allow us to surf the web at high speeds. It boggles the imagination.
Our language is no longer the same in a lot of areas.
Green is no longer just a color but a lifestyle.
Cougars are no longer just cats. I’ll leave that alone.
Tween. Now a major market is going advertising to tween girls.
De-friend. Don’t like someone on your Facebook----de-friend them. You can de-friend and they won’t even know.
Tweet. The thing you do in Congress when the President is giving a speech. Or in class during a boring lecture. Alas, I suspect some people have tweeted in church during a boring sermon. Alas, people in my church wouldn’t know what a boring sermon was.
Truthiness. Is knowing something to be true despite all evidence to the contrary. If you believe it, it’s true.
Palinize. To bluster, to speak without saying anything of substance. To Randomly repeat talking points regardless of the questions given to you.
Staycation. Being off from work but staying at home.
Chillax. A combination of chilling out and relaxing.
Tea-baggers. Hmm, I’m not going to even go near this one because some folks would be a tad surprised...
Hiking the Appalachian Trail. To have an affair.
Having a wide stance. A handy explanation as to why you were playing footsie with the guy in the next stall.
Obamacare. A mythical idea that Obama had an idea for healthcare.
Death panels. To palinize using truthiness about something that existed in obamacare.
Liberal Facists. Akin to jumbo shrimp, little giants, and Microsoft Works.
Marrying Opposites. Marrying a person of the opposite sex.
Viral Videos. Videos on You Tube that were seen by millions.
U. S. Americans. People who don’t have maps.
Octomom. A potential love interest for Jon Gosselin.
EVOO. An overly perky way of saying extra virgin olive oil.
Snarky. Making wise-cracks. Being a smart derriere.
Pulling a Favre. Retiring, than un-retiring, than retiring, than un-retiring all the while showing up in different places.
To pull a TO. To talk your way off a football team.
Then more in the world of technology.
Apple seems to have:
I-Macs
I-Pods
I-Phones
I-Pay too much
I-break down too much
I-yay-yay-yay
Microsoft has its own language.
Microsoft Works. Still doesn’t.
Microsoft Word. Still promises the world. WordPerfect still delivers it.
XP. Windows, finally works well.
Vista. Correcting the mistake of making XP work well.
7. The jury is still out.
Finally, Happy New Year!!!
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