Wednesday, February 14
That's so cop show
The musicology guys over at Dial M for Musicology -- OK, one guy in particular Phil Ford (an assistant prof at the University of Texas) -- are trying to create a new slang word for awesome: cop show.
"I've been worried about 'awesome,'" he writes. "It's getting clapped out, and I don't want to be the last guy to use an outmoded piece of slang, like some loser wearing a leisure suit in 1982 and saying 'groovy.'" He admits it's not easy to start "a plausible bit of new slang." Go read his multi-posts to understand why he's making the effort.
So, I know my legions of seven or eight loyal and eclectic edge of nowhere word freaks will, if nothing else, try cop show out for a few weeks. Let's help the music theorists out with this lark: spread cop show, particularly with your teen-agers and school-age kids.
"I've been worried about 'awesome,'" he writes. "It's getting clapped out, and I don't want to be the last guy to use an outmoded piece of slang, like some loser wearing a leisure suit in 1982 and saying 'groovy.'" He admits it's not easy to start "a plausible bit of new slang." Go read his multi-posts to understand why he's making the effort.
So, I know my legions of seven or eight loyal and eclectic edge of nowhere word freaks will, if nothing else, try cop show out for a few weeks. Let's help the music theorists out with this lark: spread cop show, particularly with your teen-agers and school-age kids.
