Here are some nearly-forgotten and fading terms and things from the not-so-distant past for all you middle-agers out there:
- Spaz - as in someone who generally randomly overreacts. Don't write any negative comments here because the owner of this blog is going to be a royal spaz about it.
- VD/herpes simplex - replaced by the more generic term STD.
- TaB - terrible tasting diet cola similar to Mr. Pibb or RC Cola. Making a comeback, at least in name.
- Uncola - sales pitch for 7UP. I drank a can of Diet 7UP yesterday, and the only adjective that came to mind was how un-cola it was; it's indeed much more refreshing than a Coke or a Pepsi.
- Loose - as in promiscuous.
Here are two words that bother me. It's obvious that it doesn't take much to make me spaz out.
- Flamboyant - much too flamboyant even for itself. Every time I hear or see this word, I can't but help visualize pink floating meat. The oi/oy dipthong doesn't help either.
- Dormitory - too American for me and is about as pleasant sounding as crematorium. Residence is what I called my living quarters at university.
2 comments:
Boring post. Need to post more stuff like the previous 2.
What did you want? Something about my loose and flamboyant days on campus in the dormitory? Perhaps something about one of my roommates who contracted VD?
I don't think there's an audience for this sort of stuff.
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