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Are You Hep to the Jive? The Cab Calloway Hepster Dictionary

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:32:22 GMT

Each generation has their own slang and lingo, a language that defines them. Each generation also has a purveyor of cool who creates a language that only the initiated understand. During the 1950s and 60s, Frank Sinatra created a personal lingo that influenced a generation of swanky and swaggering men.

But before Sinatra, there was Cab Calloway.

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So are you ready to get hep to the jive?

INSTRUMENTS

Guitar: Git Box or Belly-Fiddle

Bass: Doghouse

Drums: Suitcase, Hides, or Skins

Piano: Storehouse or Ivories

Saxophone: Plumbing or Reeds

Trombone: Tram or Slush-Pump

Clarinet: Licorice Stick or Gob Stick

Xylophone: Woodpile

Vibraphone: Ironworks

Violin: Squeak-Box

Accordion: Squeeze-Box or Groan-Box

Tuba: Foghorn

Electric Organ: Spark Jiver

JIVE TERMINOLOGY

A hummer (n.) — exceptionally good. Ex., “Man, that boy is a hummer.”

Apple (n.) — the big town, the main stem, Harlem.

Barbecue (n.) — the girl friend, a beauty

Beat up the chops (or the gums) (v.) — to talk, converse, be loquacious.

Tags: cab, calloway

from her blog page...

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:57:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: russian fashion model Katya Sotnikova has a bit funny and self-ironic userinfo in her blog which content is mainly concerned with glamour (as a tagline of the blog's owner).
especially this one provocative photo collage there, it says in "bad internet guys" slang something like: Katya Sotnikova rules the world, Paris Hilton eats bedbugs (means, she's totally down).

Clip Source: community.livejournal.com

Tags: photos, humour, humor

lost in translation- all your base are belong to us, in the comfort of your home

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:23:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is a very, very entertaining website. Ever visited an asian supermarket, and spent a long time looking at the seriously odd product descriptions? If so, prepare to waste a lot of time. This nifty little website takes your text and makes it truly worthy of any foreign translation! It works by running it through several languages in BabelFish, un-and-re translating.

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the previous paragraph became:

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What happens when an English phrase is translated (by computer) back and forth between 5 different languages? The authors of the Systran language translation software probably never intended this application of their program. As of September 2007, translation software is almost good enough to turn grammatically correct, slang-free text from one language into grammatically incorrect, barely readable approximations in another. But the software is not equipped for 10 consecutive translations of the same piece of text. The resulting half-English, half-foreign, and totally non sequitur response bears almost no resemblance to the original. Remember the old game of "Telephone"? Something is lost, and sometimes something is gained.

— Antoine de Saunt-Exupéry in The Little Prince

"Language is the source of misunderstandings.

People are Defined by Their Taste in Music

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:56:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.impactlab.com

People are Defined by Their Taste in Music

Fans of classical music and jazz are creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves.

So says Professor Adrian North of Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University who has been studying the links between people’s personalities and their choice of music. “People often define their sense of identity through their musical taste, wearing particular clothes, going to certain pubs, and using certain types of slang,” North said. “It’s not surprising that personality should also be related to musical preference.”

The study concluded that jazz and classical music fans are creative with good self-esteem, although the former are much more outgoing whereas the latter are shy.

Country and western fans were found to be hardworking and shy; rap fans are outgoing and indie lovers lack self-esteem and are not very gentle.

Tags: music

Musical taste "deines personality"

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:10:34 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Musical taste "defines personality"

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Fans of classical music and jazz are creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves.

"People often define their sense of identity through their musical taste, wearing particular clothes, going to certain pubs, and using certain types of slang," North said.

"It's not surprising that personality should also be related to musical preference."

The study concluded that jazz and classical music fans are creative with good self-esteem, although the former are much more outgoing whereas the latter are shy.

Country and western fans were found to be hardworking and shy; rap fans are outgoing and indie lovers lack self-esteem and are not very gentle.

Those who like soul music can take heart as the research concluded they are creative, outgoing, gentle, at ease with themselves and have a high self-esteem.

Art design for the masses, chosen by the masses

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:16:24 GMT

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Clip Source: news.cnet.com

Tim Roberts' black Audi A3 has something called green bandana funk.

It's not slang for a mechanical problem or lingering bad smell, but rather, lime-green graffiti art in bandana patterns that dot the exterior of his otherwise shiny urban sedan. Roberts, a longtime tech executive who previously helped Twitter get off the ground, sometimes forgets the vinyl stickers are there, until they prompt a nearby driver to roll down a window and ask about his artwork. Once he even found a pack of young skateboarders surrounding his car in a parking lot taking pictures with their cell phones.

"It's this totally social experience," Roberts said from the office of Infectious.com in San Francisco's Mission District.

It's hard to predict whether car art will sweep the nation (most likely, not), but Infectious is just one of a new generation of graphic designer collectives that are finding new avenues to sell their artwork--from car graffiti to stationery to sneakers and skateboards.

Tags: art, masses, design

high-falutin'

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:24:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.alphadictionary.com

• high-falutin' •

Printable Version Pronunciation: hai-fê-lut-ên • Hear it! Not Working? Click Here.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: (Regional slang) 1. Highly pompous, bombastic (speech). 2. Showing off, ostentatious, pretending to be above one's station in life, putting on airs.

Notes: The amazing thing about high-falutin' is that is not a high-faluting word itself for it is always pronounced with a regional twang—high-falutin'. However, it has survived long enough to be treated as a legitimate word that may be pronounced standardly, high-faluting, if it makes you feel better. It may be used as an adverb with or without any doctoring: "Benny can talk as high-falutin' as any of them.

Web delivers new worry for parents: Digital drugs

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:48:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

We all know that music can alter your mood. Sad songs can make you cry. Upbeat songs may give you an energy boost. But can music create the same effects as illegal drugs?

This seems like a ridiculous question. But websites are targeting your children with so-called digital drugs. These are audio files designed to induce drug-like effects.

All your child needs is a music player and headphones.

There are different slang terms for digital drugs. They're often called "idozers" or "idosers." All rely on the concept of binaural beats.

It is incorrect to call binaural beats music. They're really ambient sounds designed to affect your brain waves.

For binaural beats to work, you must use headphones. Different sounds are played in each ear. The sounds combine in your brain to create a new frequency. This frequency corresponds to brain wave frequencies.

There are different brain wave frequencies. These frequencies are related to different states like relaxation and alertness.

Tags: binaural, music, meditation, hypnosis, drugs

Will Government Ever Learn From The Past?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:33:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I doubt it. Today's Delancey's Place Tidbit, gives a brief encounter of what happened when the US Government "forced" a whole nation to go dry. What followed was a horrific scene of "forced" drunkenness, "forced" crime and "forced" misery... Today's Government "forced" War on Drugs has produced similar anguish especially for those who seek marijuana to relieve pain and suffering. Not to mention, if this so-called Governmental War on Drugs would lax some of its absurdities, the revenue collected from such sales would help the sinking economy. But it is not about a failing policy, it's all about politics and getting elected. Common sense, must take a back seat once again. Stupidity continues to rule, as time marches on! thinkingblue

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Delancey Place's Today's Tidbit

In today's encore excerpt--the U.S. outlaws the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcoholic beverages under the Volstead Act (1920-1933), more commonly called Prohibition. Against expectations, Prohibition resulted in even greater levels of alcohol consumption in America and it was repealed in 1933. The backlash that led to Prohibition extended to other areas as well, including banning highly suggestive language such as "the cat's meow":

"When, at the stroke of New Year 1920, the U.S. formally went 'dry,' most revelers would have only experienced the dull ache of their hangovers. It was only as time went by that the realization sunk in of how profoundly Prohibition had altered American life. It would be 1925 before Variety would note that Times Square--between 34th and 52nd streets--boasted 2,500 speakeasies, where before Prohibition there had been only 300 saloons.

Current slang, like

'Hot Dog,'

The Cat's Meow

Cat's Pajamas

'Hot Cat,'

also on

list

Tags: prohibition, politics, medical, marijuana

A top general says more troops aren't the answer in Afghanistan

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:56:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: But watch the new Prez do it anyway...to seem strong...it's such bullshit.

Clip Source: www.mcclatchydc.com

There's military slang that seemingly applies to the situation on the ground in Afghanistan today. The operative acronym is FUBAR - Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition. That first letter doesn't really stand for "Fouled," and the R sometimes stands for Repair.

One of the sharper military analysts I know has just returned from a tour of that sorrowful nation, which has been at war continuously since the Soviet Army invaded it in late 1979.

Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who retired from the U.S. Army with four stars and a chest full of combat medals including two Distinguished Service Crosses, says we can't shoot our way out of Afghanistan, and the two or three or more American combat brigades proposed by the two putative nominees for president are irrelevant. » read more

Doctors learn t'speak Yorkshire

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:50:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Do the patients get a list of words to help them understand 'Doctor speak'?

Clip Source: www.ananova.com

Doctors from overseas are getting a crash course on how to speak 'proper Yorkshire' because they were finding it so difficult to understand locals.

Despite having near perfect English, many foreign doctors were being left baffled by Yorkshire slang - so Doncaster Primary Care Trust now provides help through a special dictionary of words and phrases.

The colloquial translations were produced by Dr Lis Rodgers who is in charge of foreign recruitment for the Trust, reports Sky News.

"This is about trying to improve patient care and helping doctors to understand their patients," she said.

"This started when a colleague from Austria was told by a female patient she was about to examine, 'I've got my friend with me', which meant she had her period.

"I then asked staff working at the Trust to write down all of the colloquialisms they knew and give them to me. Believe me, the list has been edited a great deal."

Tags: nhs, health, words, language

How hemp became marijuana and marijuana became illegal

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:39:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "These men took an obscure Mexican slang word: 'marihuana' and pushed it into the consciousness of America. "...

Clip Source: www.thetruthseeker.co.uk

William Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the Hearst Paper Manufacturing Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst's grandfather, a destroyer of nature for his own personal profit, stood to lose billions because of hemp.

In 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make plastics from oil and coal. Dupont's Annual Report urged stockholders to invest in its new petrochemical division. Synthetics such as plastics, cellophane, celluloid, methanol, nylon, rayon, Dacron, etc., could now be made from oil. Natural hemp industrialization would have ruined over 80% of Dupont's business.

Andrew Mellon became Hoover's Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont's primary investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

Secret meetings were held by these financial tycoons. Hemp was declared dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises.

Gangbusters

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:51:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: definition

Clip Source: www.thefreedictionary.com

Slang

like gangbusters

With great impact, vigor, or zeal: came on like gangbusters at the start of his campaign; a career that took off like gangbusters.

Keith Floyds lowest cooking temperature???

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:49:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Well HE was the one who asked the question!! "Is there any expression for a very very very low gas heat" - FURCLE

Clip Source: www.urbandictionary.com

furcle

Furcle (sometimes with the spelling 'Furckle', firkle) is cooking at the lowest temperature attainable from a cooking source, below simmering - usually over a long period of time to extract the full flavour of food, particularly important in cooking Curry (punjabi and Caribbean food)

After frying all the ingredients on high heat, furcle for about an hour.

Tags: cooking, curry, keith floyd, floyd, urban slang

‘Shank’ website is aimed at the kids who carry knives

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:14:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Online article from the Sun about the application "superpoke" including "shank" in its list of actions.

What a load of rubbish. There's not this sort of outcry about the fact players can go online in NUMEROUS games, create characters that represent themselves and then proceed to stab eachother, as well as a whole host of other actions.

The fact that a tiny, crudely drawn picture of a knife has recieved this sort of response is ridiculous. Saying that the site promotes gang violence etc. is competely outrageous. Especially since there are discalimers on facebook when adding the application saying it was not produced by the makers of Facebook.
What an over the top, ridiculous article.
Also, you'l notice how its an 'exclusive'.. I wonder why...
Full article can be found at: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/justice/article1476976.ece?CMP=KNC-DHC&HBX_PK=facebook+games&HBX_OU=50

Clip Source: www.thesun.co.uk

By JAMES CLENCH
and JONATHAN WEINBERG

A SICK game on Facebook has been removed from the website after The Sun revealed how kids were able to STAB each other.

Members of the internet social network could "SHANK" - street slang for knifing - other users by clicking on a blade icon in the popular SuperPoke! application.

Their spokesman said: "Slide does not condone violence whatsoever, and our SuperPoke! application is meant to foster fun, virtual communications between friends. We have removed this particular action as it misrepresents the SuperPoke! brand."

Uncle John, 57, branded the website “disgusting” and said the game targeted teen thugs who carry blades.

“But wait until one of their family members is a victim of knife crime and then see what they say.

News of the game is certain to horrify millions of parents whose children spend hours on the site.

“If the authorities really want to get tough on knife crime, the CEO or directors of Facebook should be arrested for inciting violence.”

Tags: facebook, stupid, sun, knife, gangs, news