<p>Two news ones I learned…and that I <em>gag</em> thinking about:</p>
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<li><p>Friends With Privileges - this means casual sex between those not romantically involved. (I suspect the woman is seldom the one who fronts this idea; but is so desperate for male attention she goes along with the request. In the old days, the woman’s family (like a father) insisted on a substantial commitment from the hormonally energized male, like marriage, before he could enjoy the benefits of close female association.) See also ‘Shotgun Wedding’.</p></li>
<li><p>Hooking Up - Similar to FWP (above) I suggest again the woman is maneuvered into agreement here for reason of whatever emotional need only her shrink could deduce.</p></li>
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<p>Needless to say, I detest these concepts of whatever method du jour us males have of wheedling our way through the better judgment of our womenfolk. They degrade women. It’s enough to make me a feminist…and I’m conservative. How about: I want to conserve the dignity of and respect for women? Hmmmm. I’d say that sings… :)</p>
<p>Then again, it could all be that ‘father’ thing I started 22 years ago. Maybe I can blame my wife?</p>
<p>I know this post is not really relevant to the general topic here, so pardon me for inserting them. BUT I just ran into the ones below a couple of days ago in a job enviironment, and I’ll bet I’ve heard them at least a dozen times since:</p>
<p>"Our department will have to change for two reasons… We need to realize efficiencies and will be re-vectoring some employees.</p>
<p>I’d laugh if it weren’t so obvious what these mean…</p>
<p>Wow, I am sure I would feel much more important if I was “re-vectored” (right on the “cutting edge”) than if I was simply fired – AND, I would have it all over those who were (shudder) “re-rastered”!</p>
<p>There has always been quite a litany of colorful slang words for sexual relationships and inebriation. Somehow, I don’t think that today’s college students would be saying, “Last night I got extremely intoxicated, but after I vomited, I decided commit fornication in my room with a girl I had just met an hour ago.”</p>
<p>but got wasted and went all the way is at least honest compared to pre-gamed and hooked up, which can mean anything from one beer and a kiss, to a keg and sexual intercourse…and all in between</p>
<p>see, when you say “downsized” its pretty clear you got let go, or home run, is intercourse, but hooking up is so vague as to be useless, so its more than just slang, its cryptic…and that is the difference</p>
<p>Conversely there are a number of words that are now standard English but got their start as slang or euphemisms.</p>
<p>Fired: as in fired from a job. Was orignally a euphemism for “discharged.” The connection was discharging a gun = firing a gun; thus discharging an employee came to equal firing an employee. </p>
<p>Other accepted words that began as slang: hair-do, strenuous, and kudo. Kudo is interesting because it’s a false singular form of kudos. Kudos is a Greek word meaning praise, but it is already singular. The Greek plural of kudos would be kudoi.</p>