Here’s blog I have had
tucked up my sleeve for a few
weeks now. The fact I lost the list it was based on had nothing to do with the delay.
We are back to thinking about the new words than came into our consciousness in the year 2017. As far as 2018 is concerned we only have five
words to deal with. The Beast From The East.
Anyway, manel is a
panel, crime writing or otherwise, that
is made up of those with the XY chromosome combination. Equally the fanal,
is similar but made up of the XX
variety. The XXX are probably incarcerated or avoiding Olympic chromosome testing
and the YYY are all called Delilah.
A sausagefest is a male centered gathering which will be
full of manspreaders broflaking. ( Blokes sitting with their legs apart – not a
common thing here due to kilt mentality- while they grumble about being on a
shaky powerbase ) And a snowflake are those folks easily offended by … well anything you care to mention. Scotland is now a breeding ground for snowflakes and they are not all due to the beast from the
east. Or the pest from the west.
Hepeated is an interesting one. That’s when a XX says something
and it’s ignored until a XY repeats it
and then everybody pays attention. I do wonder what planet the people
who invent these words live on, I mean WHO pays attention to anything an XY
says unless it’s ‘Shall I take the bin out?’ or ‘Here’s this fiver I owe you.’
Mansplaining is that thing XYs do when talking to XXs and
thinking they do have to EXPLAIN it.
Well to be fair, there are somethings that men do have to explain, like
lager, the offside rule and the fascination
with gigabytes.
fluent in covfefe during Frisbee destruction
fluent in covfefe during Frisbee destruction
Of course there has been the influence of He We Shall Not Speak
Of; Kompromat- a word for compromising material that has been around since
the 30’s but is having a resurgence. And
Covfefe of course which I know to be the noise a Staffordshire Bull Terrier
makes when a piece of Frisbee lodges up a nostril. It’s like three quick
sneezes in succession. Equally, the old English word Dotard is making a
comeback due to increase in dotards in power.
Hygge, a Danish word for contentment and appreciating the moment
which has now been hijacked by interior designers
so it now means profit and dollar signs in front of the eyes. In 2018 it might
be Lykke (happiness and fulfilment). I am likking lykke.
Lagom is going to be the word of 2018 ( decided nobody yet)
and that means having just enough in a fairer society kind of way. And there’s
Hebrew word coming up in the outside lane ‘Firgun’ meaning taking pleasure in
the pleasure of others, the opposite of McSchadenfreude which is Scottish people
smirking at anything.
Gorpcore is an interesting one. It’s when outside clothing becomes
fashionable shorts with leggings underneath, or a snood over a cap. For those
of us from colder climes, our outerwear tends not to be a fashion statement, it
keeps the water off!
And I’m kind of through with non-binary. You are XX or XY or
vary between the two. You can be all if you want, but you can’t be neither or,
to quote Douglas Adams, you are in
danger of disappearing in a puff of logic.
I mean, they (who??) want to introduce Mx instead of Miss,
Mrs, or Ms. And that is supposed to mean my gender is not your business. Fair
enough. In Scotland Miss means, none of your business, legally I mean. The Ms
has no significance at all. Mrs means married but Miss means all of the above
but it’s not pertinent. Hence why professional ladies ( Doctors and lawyers I
mean not err… yes indeed well..) are
still Miss after marriage.
We have suffered the mermaid smoothie and the unicorn coffee – all multi-coloured and sparkly food and drink. That includes toast, I
kid you not. This is supposed to cheer us up.
I was talking to a person the other day who looks after a
very famous place where lots of American men like to hit small balls around a
field while avoiding a small hole with a flag in it. This place has a secret.
They have a very rare sub species of
white deer roaming over the area.
A real unicorn
When the aforementioned Americans report back to the bar after 18 holes, sitting sipping a malt and explain to the barman about these ghost like, flitting creatures, the bar man looks shocked and asks them not to tell anybody. He turns and lifts the phone to the office. ‘‘The unicorns have escaped again.’
Or a real unicorn?
Caro Ramsay XX Non Snowflake 23 03 2018
A real unicorn
When the aforementioned Americans report back to the bar after 18 holes, sitting sipping a malt and explain to the barman about these ghost like, flitting creatures, the bar man looks shocked and asks them not to tell anybody. He turns and lifts the phone to the office. ‘‘The unicorns have escaped again.’
Or a real unicorn?
Caro Ramsay XX Non Snowflake 23 03 2018
I love the story about the unicorn! I hope it's true! (I didn't understand much of the rest, but then I'm one of those people who think 'disrespect' isn't a verb. How conservative can you get?)
ReplyDeleteI’m so glad I got to comment after Michael did, because otherwise I’d have thought it was just me...or that I’d accidentally taken two oxycodone instead of Tylenol. Or was it oxycovfefe? God bless Douglas Adams. XO.
ReplyDeleteAt least the language is evolving if not the species.
ReplyDeleteI know I'm old. I've reached that point where I not only am not keeping up with all the latest words, terms, and acryonyms, but I no longer WANT to keep up with them. That's why I've started making up my own, it's so much more fun.
ReplyDeleteI'm a sad, sad sod.