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03/17/02 10:19 PM: Post 9/11 Slang?
This article talks about slang that “teens” have picked up following the War on Terror. It’s quite pathetic actually… here is an excerpt:
“It’s like, ‘Your Mama, Osama,’ as an insult,” offered Morgan Hubbard, 17, a senior at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, where students have picked up on the phrase from an Internet game.
“If you’re weird, people might call you ‘Taliban’ or ask if you have anthrax,” said Najwa Awad, a Palestinian American student at J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church. “Sept. 11 has been such a stressful thing that it’s okay to joke a little bit. It’s funny.”
It’s morons like Morgan Hubbard and Najwa Awad that give people in high school a bad name. “Your Mama, Osama” wow. How clever. Oh, you must have Anthrax, you Taliban. Uh-Huh.
Teenagers breeze through such expressions as “He’s as hard to find as bin Laden,” or “emo” to describe people who are very emotional about Sept. 11. (It traditionally referred to brooding punk music.) Girls might say a boy is “firefighter cute” instead of the more common “hottie.”
“Like OH MY GOD! He is so firefighter cute! But I heard he has Anthrax. He’s probabally really just a Taliban. Do I like him? That’s SOOOOO September 10! No, I’m not wearing a burka to prom!”
