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Thread #93501   Message #1800245
Posted By: GUEST,Sorch again...
02-Aug-06 - 11:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Same As Slang
Subject: RE: BS: Same As Slang
Ride or wheels= car/vehicle

Bitch or Mama=US biker slang for girlfriend or wife
T shirt slogan...'If you can read this the bitch fell off'

Homey/Homeboy=friend or neighbor

Busted, several meanings....arrested by the police, no money, caught in the act by the rents

Rents=Parents

Rels-Relatives

Hog=Big motorcycle, usually a Harley Davidson

LOTS of Western cowboy slang, mostly corruptions of Spanish, out of Mexico. Hoolihan (type of rope loop), cayuse (horse),etc

Rodeo can mean any type of brawl...a bar fight can be a real rodeo

Are euphmisims included in slang? Such as Ladies of the Night? (prostitutes)

Saggers=knee length shorts popular among the skateboard crowd...worn so low the 'plumbers crack' and underwear (if any) shows

Boarder=short for skate boarder

Eyes=glasses or sunglasses

Four Eyes=wears glasses

Four Ears=hearing aids

Threads=clothes

Cool, Kewl, and Hot=very nice and wonderful

I could probably go on for a LONG time...slang is the most difficult part of a language to learn...and you don't know that you have made a BAD mistake with a word until you use it.....I've been embarassed more than once.