• And if the male minders would let go of there grip of Julia like in her "mysogyny parliament speech, and not like her 'women for Julia' launch speech she will shine through even more. Julia is brilliant always when they do not speech write for her. I have a feeling Germaine you know exactly what Julia is going through with the constant media attacks . You are an amazing women who comes through as always comes through for the sisterhood. Cheers. - Emily C
  • There is a distinction between saying “it is inadvisable to do X (because it may lead to or increase the risk of Y)” and saying “you are not entitled to do X, and if Y happens to you then you’ve got what you deserve.” Reasonable people have no problem with the first type of statement: it’s not victim blaming and you have to be deliberately obtuse or stupid to claim otherwise. To assert that a person has, ex ante, alternative courses of action open to them that can reduce or increase their chance of being attacked isn’t to reduce the culpability of the perpetrator for attacking them, and it doesn’t thereby imply that the victim is themselves liable for being attacked. Besides showing intellectual dishonesty and/or infirmity, the “don’t blame the victim” campaigners show an unpleasant willingness to use the tragic misfortune of other people as an opportunity to push political barrows and grind axes. - MicheleS
  • Tracey: “So it’s her fault because she was drunk.” That’s your interpretation. Two footballers had evil intentions and a 16 year old girl was drunk. Serena Williams stated she did not blame the girl and most of her comment was concern about how it had happened, quote “your parents should teach you…”. Her parents probably did teach her but like many teenagers she ignored their wise advice and took a risk. What a marvellous reminder to young people that bad things can happen. - MicheleS
  • I think many women's rape stories get twisted by others no matter what they do. Not being believed would be the worst. - katie
  • Last week, when the criminal record of Meagher's killer was made public, everyone seemed amazed person like him could be out of prison. While I was disgusted he was free, I wasn't surprised and it's because of attitudes like the ones Tracey describes. As a society we place blame on the victims of sexual assault, and therefore mitigate the responsibility of the attacker. There is some underlying idea that men are unable (or unwilling) to control themselves, which is rather insulting to the vast majority of men who do act decently. As I was buying my morning coffee today I was scanning the front of the paper and read the story of Milne's arrest for rape. The barista noticed and I said it was interesting the arrest had happened so long after the crime. The barista asked what did the girl expect, going back to some guy's hotel room. You hear stuff like this whenever these topics come up. Having no desire to start a fight with a virtual stranger I just replied that I had had people I didn't really know sleep at my house in the past and not once did I find it necessary to rape them. I will be buying my coffee elsewhere in the future. - kage
  • Thank you Germaine for the article. I do not need to be persuaded to vote for the PM and not just because she is a woman, but because she is a leader, a leader under extremely difficult and distressing circumstances; a leader with vision; sometimes having to compromise and take a smaller step forward than envisaged, however, any step forward in policy and reform is a step in the right direction. I try to use my voice against shock jocks on stations I despise, just to get up their noses, and get totally put down and ridiculed when objecting to their tactics, BUT Germaine YOU have a voice and a voice to be listened to. Please use YOUR VOICE as well as your writing skills to spread this message. - Vickie
  • Sometimes I just want to give up and call everyone who does not get how wrong such assaults are pigs. - ro.watson
  • Given that i wish to see the continuation of carbon pricing and allied green policies, the roll out of the (real) NBN, the funding of the NDIS and the Gonski education reforms, i have no hesitation in voting Labor on September 14th. I will be extremely happy to see PM Gillard retain her position. - sally b
  • Show me your policies Tony Abbott. I judge Gillard on her strengths already, not as some putative enduring barricade against the shock jocks here or there, Germaine. - ro.watson
  • This is so much like my own story. I have so much trouble getting people to understand, even 6 years after separation that he will always be the father of my kids, that he is deserving of respect, even if he has not been the best husband, that I cannot live with him, I do not feel romantic any more but I want him to be the best person he can be because my kids love him and he is their hero, no matter what I say. And I worry so much about the kids and I hope they don't grow up without the skills for a beautiful relationship. So I hope all goes well. I look forward to seeing how you manage. - Bron
 
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Categories:  Must see, News and Opinion

LIKE, TOTES AMAZEBALLS, PEEPS.

By Mrs Woog
September 19, 2012

It is official. I am extraordinarily uncool.

I suspected it all along, but there was a recent incident that cemented me into Dorksville. Population…ME!

Or are there more of us out there?

My oldest son thinks he is very cool. (Hey! We don’t know where he got it from either.) He walked into the kitchen after footy the other day, looked at me, and jerked his nose skywards before opening the fridge. I asked him what that meant.

“Sup.” He replied.

What does that mean?

“Wassup.” He informed me.

And what does THAT mean?

“What’s up?”

Please elaborate?

“What are you up to Mum?”

Ah! Phew. A full sentence from a lad whose communication has recently shifted from a wide and impressive vocabulary to grunts, head and hand movements.

To keep up with his latest vernacular, I have had to re-educate myself on this new generation of users of the English Language.

So, I have written a guide. If you have kids in your life, you may find my guide useful. Ditto if you ever need to visit the Apple Store, JB Hi-Fi or any other technology outlet that is staffed by young folk.

Now, I wonder whether I have given myself enough credit here – after all, I do know who Jason Bieber is, and I am well aware that if you mix vodka and energy drinks, you will be up for days (if your heart does not stop in its tracks).

 

 Jason Bieber. Mrs Woog has totes heard of him.
 

However, the fact that I used the phrase “young folk” in the last paragraph leaves me to believe I already have one hand on the zimmer frame. But I refuse to go quietly into the aged care facility, so to prevent this from happening I need to become bi-lingual.

So, grab your guarana and let us begin!

These brave new words include, but are not limited to, the following;

  • Vacay – holiday. To take a break.
  • Adorbs – adorable. Something that pleases you.
  • Totes – totally. Extremely committed.
  • Peeps – people. Fellow citizens of the earth.
  • Ridic – ridiculous. Something that makes no sense.
  • Cray-Cray – crazy. Taken leave of one’s senses.
  • Cray – also crazy. Because you cannot be bothered to repeat yourself.
  • Obvs – obviously. Der.
  • Def – definitely. Not hard of hearing, but 100% affirmative.
  • Deets – details. One’s means of contacting you.
  • Awks – Awkward. Meaning to feel slightly uncomfortable about something.
  • Nom Nom Nom – delicious. Pleasing to one’s palate.
  • Amazeballs – rapturous. Really, very excellent.
  • Awesomesauce – an extremely tasty condiment.
  • Stabby – to pierce with a sharp instrument. Excessively unhappy.

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36 Responses to this article

  1. B.H. September 18, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I swear I have been using ‘awesomesauce’ for YEARS! Does this mean I was cool before my time?

    I am lucky if my 15 year old son grunts at me let alone puts together a coherent sentence. I did overhear him trying to explain ‘Sup’ to his grandfather the other day. That was def totes amusing.

     
    • Elisha September 19, 2012 Reply
       
       

      yes, yes it does!

       
  2. gogirl September 18, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I’d swear it’s Justin Bieber

     
    • Wendy Harmer September 18, 2012 Reply
       
       

      Yes, we try to tell her, but she’s getting on a bit now.

       
    • Frankly Feisty September 19, 2012 Reply
       
       

      That would be part of the joke ; )

       
  3. Jess September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Mrs Woog, when in doubt, hit http://www.urbandictionary.com. Def NSFW, but very illuminating…

     
  4. engineerMum September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Call me cray cray but it’s JUSTIN Bieber isn’t it? Love your work. Tots solid

     
  5. Elisha September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I am only 23 and feel uncool and out of the loop on the new lingo! Sometimes i have to ask my youngest sister of 17 what some of the acronym’s are and what they mean from Facebook!

    p.s. Jason Bieber! Love it!

     
  6. MadamBipolar September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Oh no! I use some of these. Tragic at my age, 38. Or should I say trag.

     
  7. annie September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    it’s the “likes” dotted like confetti throughout sentences when they are not similes or metaphors. e.g. This like new language makes me a bit like grumpy.

     
    • Mrs Woog September 19, 2012 Reply
       
       

      Oh yes, like, I know, like, what you mean, like. xx

       
  8. Sarah September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    me thinks Mrs Woog is being a little tongue in cheek with the ‘Jason Bieber’ reference. Love it – now can eavesdrop on young ones and make some sense of what they are saying.

    Anyone remember the Comedy Company and the character ‘Kylie Mole’ – comic genius – copying the language of the then youth (of which I was one at the time :) )

     
    • Scandi Coast Home September 20, 2012 Reply
       
       

      ‘she goes, she goes, she just goes……’

       
  9. Josefa September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    another amazeballs article! thanks Mrs Woog
    cheeky indeed ;)

     
  10. Kristina Croxford September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I like to throw in the occasional “totes” during my lessons (36yo highschool home ec teacher here) but was reliably informed by one of my very cool year twelves that “totes” wasn’t cool anymore. Was she tricking me??

     
  11. Alix September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Yes, I have 3 live-in educators in this field so I am like, totes up there on the rad speak. Much fun to be had using the lingo within ear shot of your offspring. Oldest is 12, so I figure I have another year to get really proficient at being thoroughly embarrassing.

     
  12. Mel September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    My 13yr son does the nose jerk greeting, i tease him by calling it the booger hello.

     
  13. Rachel from Redcliffe Style September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I didn’t know any of these. The only one I know and use ALL THE TIME to shit off any teenagers nearby is YOLO. Meaning, You Only Live Once. I think this was only fashionable for a week about 6 months ago but I am hanging onto it.

     
  14. Emily September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I am uber uncool, it would seem. Love this. Thanks for the morning giggles!

     
  15. Kate September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Things were so much easier when we merely packed death in case we were thought uncool, and the girls we didn’t like were deadset moles. Ane now another iteration of the “English” language. I guess it’s time to give up being fully sick to be amazeballs. Wonder if I can convince the kids?

     
  16. Jen September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I’ve been watching Big Brother so I’m up with all the young folk speak.

     
  17. sam September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Is it only me or is anyone esle out there totes terrified of the apple stote and JB HiFi?

     
    • Mrs Woog September 19, 2012 Reply
       
       

      TOTES!

       
    • river September 19, 2012 Reply
       
       

      I love JB HiFi It’s where I buy most of my dvds and I’m 60.

      Can anyone explain “woot” to me?
      What the heck does it mean?

       
  18. Marnie September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Way to Go Alix! It is great fun to make yourself embarrassing to the kids as a parent copying their language. I have discovered though that copying them as a grandmother is VERY COOL. The kids love it. …. just wish I could remember the new words correctly.

     
  19. Harriet September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Nah, it’s Justin Beaver.

    (Funnily enough, all those Young Folk words are words my positively ancient friends have used for EVAH. Like totes. And hey, who on earth do those kiddies think invented the interwebs??? Answer is THEIR PARENTS!)

     
  20. MichelleP September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I am so embarrassed…the other day someone replied to a tweet of mine with ‘ridic’ and I thought they must have hit enter before finishing so i ‘cleverly’ replied ‘-ulous’… Didnt occur to me that ridic was the new ridiculous!!!
    ;-}

     
  21. Reannon September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    My eldest is 12 & really hates those words- especially “totes”& “cray-cray” -so I decided I would use them just to annoy him. I will have whole converstaions where I drop in words from your list & he looses his mind! It humours me no end.
    The one saying I CANNOT stand is “YEH BOI”- who started that?! I have banned it from my house & my boys know that if they utter that phrase I will ” totes lose my shiz & go cray-cray” ;)

     
    • MoniqueN September 21, 2012 Reply
       
       

      That would be 80′s rapper Flava Flav – also famous for turning wearing a clock on a chain around your neck into a fashion statement. At least he would have been on time…

      I’m guilty of using ‘totes’ and ‘the rents’ but amazeballs is a new one by me better brush up on my text speak

       
  22. Pauline September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Darn you Mrs Woog, I was looking forward to a post on totes, like real ones!

     
  23. RobynMarie September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I heard one of the regular announcers on 702 say exxie once. I think she meant expensive – that sort of fitted. Channeling my Nanna I thought ‘what’s the world coming to when they talk like that on the abc!’ Mind you I’ve never heard it since so maybe someone like my Nanna complained. Seriously though, I think we need to maintain some standards.

     
  24. Lisa September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Great article, anyone with a teenager will know you’ll never get the definition to these words from our kids because then we would be able to understand what they’re talking about and they wouldn’t want that, not cool.

     
  25. Kathy September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    DEVO that this is not a handbag offer as was hoping to pretend that I was fashionable and wealthy as well as a jargon wannabee.

     
  26. anna September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    this is a totes funny article..YOLO..

     
  27. Seana Smith September 19, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I am sticking to ‘simply marvellous’ and other adult superlatives. My teens use this sort of language, it’s quite a relief that they grunt more than talk these days really.

     
  28. Margot September 23, 2012 Reply
     
     

    My 15 y o and his friends were discussing what they call their parents. The usual “mum”, “dad” or their first name was duly noted. I apparently won cool points when he said “my mum and I call each other c**t (That word from the bad-taste Alf Stewart parody videos and yes we do call each other that – in jest).

     

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