Randomisms
February 28th 2008 05:55
Who cares - English is hardly a static language and depending on the cultural bent or demographic - just about anything goes these days - or so it appears.
Once upon a time 'mad' meant angry and a beast was something fericious - and not an adjective to describe something that's really 'cool'.
Remember when buff was something you did to a car and not to incinuate that someone was toned and sexy.
Or when clapped out meant your hands were tired from applauding and not out of date or simply worn out.
. . . how about my new favourite - 'chillaxe' - a nice hybrid of 'chillin' and relaxin'.
Fudge these days of course is hardly a piece of confectionary but someone (apparently) that's just plain 'dumb'.
Then there's those who are 'sick' which is entirely opposite to the meaning I grew up with or perhaps if you're lucky - your kids may actually refer to you as 'rents' - nowspeak for parents while being ''rinsed' allegedly means used up, all gone. "That song was rinsed, I don't like it anymore."
I don't even want to go near SMS and texting . . . which is a language altogether alien.
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