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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.