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gy at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
"This is 'Generation XV way of
saying You meant it this way, but we're
going to mean it this way,"
Wilson cites "fresh" as an example.
"If I told a student my weekend
plans and he said, 'fresh,' I'd take
that to mean that what Fm doing is really
dull," she said.
On the other hand, she knows a
"Generation X" compliment when she
sees one.
A couple of quarters ago, Wilson
was reading through student evaluations
and saw the comment, "Professor
Wilson rocks!"
"I felt like I had arrived," she said.
Some terms found by Wesson's
team include:
Barney: Moron, jerk.
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joy. When someone offers to pay
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medical slang for a patient near
death who refused to give up the ghost,
it's now also used to describe projects '
that have no more life in them but refuse
to die. "That coffee shop is finally
closing. It's been circling the drain for
the last six months."
Dei: Outstanding, terrific.
Drinking his milk: Hot guy.
"He's drinking his milk."
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term that indicates the player can dribble
dunk, shoot from outside, guard ?
whatever the task ? better than anyone
else. It is also used to label a person
who can perform certain tasks extremely
well.
Filler: A relationship sustained
while waiting for the right one to happen
along.
Jonesin': Badly in need of. "I'm
Jonesin' for a double expresso."
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with a minimum of 1,000 square feet
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Kervorking: To kill something.
"Look, kevork that project and let's go
out for a burger."
Kodak Courage: An extra dose of
courage and the tendency to go beyond
one's usual physical limits when being
filmed or photographed, especially during
action sports, such as skateboarding,
snowboarding and extreme siding.
Merched: The commercialization
of anything, but particularly things seen
as representative of Gen X. This is
not a good thing.
Narg: Ugly, bad.
Psychographic: Marked by intense
visual input.
Psychotic: Really great.
Queeved: To run out of energy.
Triscuit: To be a flake, an airhead.
"Don't be a triscuit."
Ubermensch: German term coined
by Friedrich Nietzche to describe his
vision of a superior human being. Now
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who acts as 11 he or she is much better
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