talk speak

most of the time in my Intro to Graphic Desgin class we are asked to create type-based concepts. that means they use only type, or letters, to create the graphic. that got me thinking about words and language and all of the words i love. i talk a lot (if you know me, you know this is super true) so naturally i love words. but there are certain words i love more than others. you might have heard me say them. i am going to list them (in no particular order).

1) DELICIOUS: highly pleasing to the senses, esp. to taste or smell. this is such a fun word! just say the word and you must know what i mean. it has so many wonderful sounds and a wonderful meaning. it can be used to describe the obvious food, or other things such as an experience, person, etc.
Example: Today i went to the city and saw the most delicious boy walk out of H&M; naturally he was hand-in-hand with another male.

2)SWAGGER:as defined by urbdic, poised, sassiness that can't be touched. It may be in the walk or it may be in the talk, but there is no doubt it means you own the room and you have that natural charisma. all very true. anyone worth describing is described as having swagger.
Example: While on a relaxing vacation, Jay and B stopped all of those walking the streets of Rome with their immense, intense swagger.

3)HELLA (HELLUH): An intensifier, with a grammatical function and usage similar to "very" or "really". It's a contraction of "hell of", and may have originated in Alameda County, California. It was definitely in common use in Berkeley public schools as far back as 1979. (urbdic) basically it is something commonly used by and associated with northern california youths, although my father has dropped a few hellas. if you go to norcal, don't be alarmed to hear it and don't complain about it. instead you should pick it up because it is such a fun word.
Example: The girl from San Diego was hella trippin because she tried to say that norcal sucks.

4)POOP: i think you all know what poop is. basically i use it a lot in place of fuck, shit, or damn. it is a universal curse word which makes cursing something seem less harsh. it can be variated to poopoo, poopy, etc. try it out sometime.
Example: Girl 1: you totally just ripped your project.
Girl 2: POOP! now i have to do it all over again.

5)INEBRIATED: Exhilarated or stupefied by or as if by alcohol; intoxicated. as a teenager i encounter, and you probably do too, many inebriated people. i will admit to be occasionally inebriated myself. it is a fancy word which gives the appearance of intelligence. it is also waaaay more fun to say than drunk or high or even intoxicated.
Example: Max of Chester French arrived at the in store performance in his usual, inebriated state.

obviously i use more than just 5 words a lot, but these ones are quite fun. try to work them into your vocabulary and try them out. i think you will more likely then not enjoy it. another fun thing i like to do it either shorten everything to one syllable or add the suffix -ie to the end. it works best with nouns.
Example: oak=oakland, berk=berkeley and foodie=food, sodie=soda

Music: Bebe Buell - Chester French