Meanings of words evolve over time.
Words are shortened.
Sometimes they are completely different.
That's what this week's ten things Tuesday is about.
Words that have changed over time.
1. Jelly
Once, jelly was only known as something inside of a donut or what you put on toast. Now, it is also the new way of saying jealous. Not sure if someone was being lazy or just thought it was cute when they came up with that.
2. Thong
I may have mentioned this before. A thong is now a style of underwear that is like walking around with a permanent wedgie. When I grew up, you had a pair of thongs and you wore them on your feet.
3. Flip flop
A flip flop is what I used to call a thong. A flip flop also has another meaning. It means to go back and forth on the issues. Does anyone remember when John Kerry ran for president and people were waving flip flops around in protest at his rallies? Because he is the only politician ever to say one thing and do something else.
4. Coke
Coke started out as Coca-Cola. It is also short for cocaine. Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine. The company still processes the coca leaves the same way and cocaine gets produced. (It's all legal. They got a pass.) It is just not added to the drink anymore. Where does the cocaine go? Take a guess, you might be right.
5. Fairy Tail
It used to be spelled fairy tale and was a children's story. Now, the tale becomes tail and it becomes Japanese anime.
6. Disk
It used to be a round celestial body like the sun. Disk was also known as a gardening term. You turned over the soil with a disk( there were actually lots of small disks on it). Now, disk basically refers to a floppy disk or other disk on the hard drive in your computer.
7. Alcohol
Alcohol used to always mean rubbing alcohol. Alcohol has always been adult beverage, but it was never referred to as such. It used to be booze or hard liquor.
8. Rubber
In some places, a rubber is known as an eraser. Many years ago, a rubber in the US is what we now call a condom. I still remember this song we had to watch in school about safe sex. "If you want to play it safe, use a rubber". In 2010 "Rubber" was a movie about a psychopathic tire. I am NOT making this up.
9. Trunk
You can have the trunk of a tree or the trunk of a car. When referring to a person's body, the trunk used to mean torso since it was the main portion of the body- like the trunk is the main part of the tree. Now, it's called the core. A person's trunk is now the butt since on a car the trunk is in the back. Except the old Volkswagen Beetle.
10. Roughage
Does anyone still say roughage? I think that last time I said roughage I got odd looks. The new term is FIBER. Same thing. Kindler, gentler word.
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Have a great Tuesday!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Pow!
Did you hear?
It is no longer permissible to finger shoot someone and say POW!
I know.
What is the world coming to?
A school in Maryland suspended a six year-old for 1 day for doing just that.
The family is allowed 10 days to file an appeal.
But, come on.
First it's pretend guns.
Next you won't be able to play air guitar.
After that, who knows?
You just may not be allowed to use your brush as a microphone.
Whatever happened to telling the kid that it isn't nice to do that and to just stop?
Apparently, there was a similar incident so this needed dealt with.
That's why you tell them again to stop.
Six year-olds don't always listen the first time they are told something.
Two to one the kid thought he just got a day that he got to stay home from school.
If the kid doesn't understand the punishment or why what he did was wrong,
what good did all of this do?
And isn't this whole thing just a bit over the top?
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For the full article read here.
It is no longer permissible to finger shoot someone and say POW!
I know.
What is the world coming to?
A school in Maryland suspended a six year-old for 1 day for doing just that.
The family is allowed 10 days to file an appeal.
But, come on.
First it's pretend guns.
Next you won't be able to play air guitar.
After that, who knows?
You just may not be allowed to use your brush as a microphone.
Whatever happened to telling the kid that it isn't nice to do that and to just stop?
Apparently, there was a similar incident so this needed dealt with.
That's why you tell them again to stop.
Six year-olds don't always listen the first time they are told something.
Two to one the kid thought he just got a day that he got to stay home from school.
If the kid doesn't understand the punishment or why what he did was wrong,
what good did all of this do?
And isn't this whole thing just a bit over the top?
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For the full article read here.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Ten Things Tuesday- Hopes For the New Year
Every year New Year's Day rolls around and I am just sure it'll be a good year.
As the year progresses, it just doesn't seem to turn out as great as I had hoped.
This year I am changing my tactics.
Instead of being sure, I am going to be hopeful.
Hopeful is good, right?
This week's ten things Tuesday is about things I am hopeful for in 2013.
1. I'd like to win some money.
Publisher's Clearing House is awarding $5000/week forever in February and while that would be awesome, I'll take a sweepstakes win from one of my survey sites.
2. I want a dear loved one to leave a cult.
It's hard to watch someone you love throw her future away on something that she believes in so much and that you know with every fiber of your being is a bad thing.
3. I want to take a monkey water bath.
We are biting the bullet and getting rural water. We will still be able to use the well outside. I have no idea when it will be done. I guess one day they show up and dig. I have not had a really nice, deep, hot bath since the night my well went dry.
4. I want chickens.
I never thought I'd ever say such a thing. But, I'd like fresh eggs and it is not always easy getting over to the farmer that sells us eggs. Getting the chickens are the easy part. Building the coop to keep out the other critters is another story-according to Honeyman.
5. I want my antenna.
I had one ordered. It never came. Now, it will have to wait until it is warm enough to put up. This time, I am going to Radio Shack so I know I will get it. I am so looking forward to telling Directv that I don't need them anymore.
6. I'd like the world to quit being ruled by money.
If that was the case, I wouldn't need my first hope. Everything is about money. It really is hard to do without and as life goes on, it takes more and more.
7. I want touchscreens to go away.
Maybe my household is in the minority, but we all hate them. Give me a button or keyboard any day.
8. Can everyone just stop with blaming?
When did it start becoming OK to not take personal responsibility? That is the reason I did it. They caused me to be the person I am. Who cares? You did it. Own up! At some point, each one of us has to take responsibility for the actions we take.
9. I want GE products labeled.
You can call it GMO too. And if it has those ingredients, you can't call it natural. We have all been raised that the government is looking out for our best interests. But, the government doesn't know what the effects of additives or GMO ingredients will ultimately do to our bodies. Or they do and just don't care.
Yes, I know we will all die someday. That's not the point.
10. I want my government to quit taking away our freedoms/privacy.
We lose more and more freedoms all the time. Many times the government says that "it's for our own good" and we need to be safer. It is well known that when faced with a choice of freedom and safety, the majority of people will opt for safety. I'd rather have my freedom.
If I want to walk down the street scratching my ass, I'd like to do it without a camera watching.
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Have a great Tuesday!
As the year progresses, it just doesn't seem to turn out as great as I had hoped.
This year I am changing my tactics.
Instead of being sure, I am going to be hopeful.
Hopeful is good, right?
This week's ten things Tuesday is about things I am hopeful for in 2013.
1. I'd like to win some money.
Publisher's Clearing House is awarding $5000/week forever in February and while that would be awesome, I'll take a sweepstakes win from one of my survey sites.
2. I want a dear loved one to leave a cult.
It's hard to watch someone you love throw her future away on something that she believes in so much and that you know with every fiber of your being is a bad thing.
3. I want to take a monkey water bath.
We are biting the bullet and getting rural water. We will still be able to use the well outside. I have no idea when it will be done. I guess one day they show up and dig. I have not had a really nice, deep, hot bath since the night my well went dry.
4. I want chickens.
I never thought I'd ever say such a thing. But, I'd like fresh eggs and it is not always easy getting over to the farmer that sells us eggs. Getting the chickens are the easy part. Building the coop to keep out the other critters is another story-according to Honeyman.
5. I want my antenna.
I had one ordered. It never came. Now, it will have to wait until it is warm enough to put up. This time, I am going to Radio Shack so I know I will get it. I am so looking forward to telling Directv that I don't need them anymore.
6. I'd like the world to quit being ruled by money.
If that was the case, I wouldn't need my first hope. Everything is about money. It really is hard to do without and as life goes on, it takes more and more.
7. I want touchscreens to go away.
Maybe my household is in the minority, but we all hate them. Give me a button or keyboard any day.
8. Can everyone just stop with blaming?
When did it start becoming OK to not take personal responsibility? That is the reason I did it. They caused me to be the person I am. Who cares? You did it. Own up! At some point, each one of us has to take responsibility for the actions we take.
9. I want GE products labeled.
You can call it GMO too. And if it has those ingredients, you can't call it natural. We have all been raised that the government is looking out for our best interests. But, the government doesn't know what the effects of additives or GMO ingredients will ultimately do to our bodies. Or they do and just don't care.
Yes, I know we will all die someday. That's not the point.
10. I want my government to quit taking away our freedoms/privacy.
We lose more and more freedoms all the time. Many times the government says that "it's for our own good" and we need to be safer. It is well known that when faced with a choice of freedom and safety, the majority of people will opt for safety. I'd rather have my freedom.
If I want to walk down the street scratching my ass, I'd like to do it without a camera watching.
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Have a great Tuesday!
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