Dear Speakers of Vernacular English,
Hi! Jenni Jiggety, here! How's the old tongue flapping these days? Good, good...
Well, I am going to cut right to the chase here and tell you that I need your help, Slang Speakers! I have decided that a much beloved expression that has gone out of favor needs to make a BIG comeback! With you all by my side, we can stand strong and reintroduce this colloquialism to the world! The time is NOW!
What is this magnificent vocable of which I write, you ask? Well, I will tell you!
NOT!
As in:
I love liver and onions for dinner...NOT!
Cats are my favorite animals...NOT!
My kids are like little angels from heaven who never fight or wake me up at the crack of 9 am to tattle tale on each other after I stayed up too late watching Conan O'Brien....NOT!
As in:
I love liver and onions for dinner...NOT!
Cats are my favorite animals...NOT!
My kids are like little angels from heaven who never fight or wake me up at the crack of 9 am to tattle tale on each other after I stayed up too late watching Conan O'Brien....NOT!
I am certain you agree that NOT! really does belong on the lips of everyone you know. I ask that you join me and begin using it today! Teach it to you children (Hey! Let's have ice cream for dinner....NOT!) ... say it to your neighbors (I'm going to come over and mow your lawn...NOT!) ... get yourself the t-shirt and wear it proudly!
Thank you so much for your time and assistance. And don't forget that spreading the NOT! love is good for your health and will make you infinitely wealthy...NOT!
Linguistically yours,
Jenni Jiggety
PS: Also, let's consider bringing back PSYCH! As in: Want the last cookie? PSYCH!
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rofl. NOT! hey while we're at it can we bring back DUDE! too? cause that's my favorite:)
Sorry, I can't endorse this endeavour. How about WICKED! or FUCKIN A!?
Bodacious.
lmao too funny - unfortunately I don't think my 3 year old would pick up on the joke - he'd just be like, "Where's my cookie, woman?"
NOT!!! was a big thing when I was in high school so right now I am feeling horribly old. (Wish I could add a NOT!!! there but I can't!)
I think I'll go with PSYCH!!! instead! ;)
I kinda miss saying "Your Ass Is Grass." How did that one ever fall out of favor?
OMG, people don't still say that? Or DUDE? Apparently I am not as rad as I think I am. This whole thing is making me feel sort of gnarly. It's ok that I still say awesome, though, right? Oh, crap, it's probably - um - NOT!
Oh YEAH for the slang of the 90's. NOT! and Psych! were classics.
This is seriously crazy.
My 8 year old son has been using this all week.
He loves to tell me, "I just peed my pants...NOT."
I have no idea where he heard it.
Wait, Psych went away. I still use it and it totally annoys my husband.
Ahh, those were the days ... NOT!! :-)
I use "psych" all the time! What about "chill"? Just chill man!
I have a few Open Letters I need to get on...when I do...you'll be the first I share them with.
Remember this one...
"What up Dawg!"
...maybe that one was a Jersey thing...
oh and of course you know this one:
"Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
LOL
I am on board here. Totally.
Reading this post whisked me back to the days when my son was a few years old and used NOT in everything he said!
Ha ha! I actually have to stop myself from saying NOT! from time to time. Sometimes it seems necessary when the person your talking to fails to catch your sarcasm.
Brilliant letter! I cannot recall what the popular slang words of the 80s were. Of course they had to be, as there is in each decade, I simply do not recall.
Sweet! See, I learned that one from my 10 yr younger bil. And I call my son "dude" sometimes just cause I can. lol
I felt a smitch of my grey matter go Pfsst! while I was reading your blog, leaving me with this recollection:
There were three pieces of rope wandering in the desert. They were very hot and thirsty. They came upon a bar and one went in. He asked for a drink and the bartender said, "Read the sign, buddy, we don't serve ropes."
"Oh, come on. Just this once?" the rope asked again. The bartender refused him, so the rope left.
The second rope figured he was a bit better looking and maybe the bartender would soften a little and let him have a drink. He went in and ordered a drink. The bartender shook his head and said, "Listen mack, it's just like I told your friend, we don't serve ropes here." Dejected the second rope left the bar as well.
The third rope, hearing both of their stories, thought for a moment. After contorting and plumping his hair, he went into the bar and asked for a drink.
The bartender asked, "Hey, are you a rope?" "Nope," replied the third rope, "I am a frayed knot."
(Feel free to groan.)
I miss PSYCH. It was one of my favorites
Member "gag me?" or better yet "gag me with a spoon!" Oh, how I loved the 80's.
And I second Erin's "bodacious!"
We should all watch Napoleon Dynamite and bring some of his lingo into the 2009's. Now that cat's got it going on.
Like, I can do this for you man.
can we also bring back the fab one word answer, "dude" too?
LMAO! I'm rooting on PSYCH!!!
What I'm dying to know is how you feel about the word "irregardless". :)
psyche would be such a great word to bring back. NOT! : )
you know, NOT was already getting pretty tired, then when borat starting using it, it officially died an uncool death.
but i am totally psyched about pysch! my friend and i decided that it was due time for some 90s terms to come back. psych was totally one of them!!!
I do the not thing sometimes. People usually give me bewildered looks.
And I do the psych thing. Only for some reason I always thought it was sike.
Hated this post --- NOT! PSYCH!
A twofer!!
And perhaps the problem is having this thing on Thursdays ... you're competing with Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop. I know that is my problem!!!
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