Q: What happens when a burly jock is turned down by a girl?
Kelsey: “Hey, I’m cool with dancing with you and all, but I’m not hooking up with anyone right now, so feel free to go find someone else.”
Burly Jock: [Pause] “Uh, I’m a senior. And captain of the football team.”
Kelsey: [Crickets]
A: Brains explode.
Truth, although I would argue that the white community is equally at fault. I’d also put special emphasis on writers (of both races).
Why did these ever go out of style? I’m so sad I can’t find my ones from ten years ago.
(Totally not googling things I want for my birthday.)
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
…the use of a word as if it were a member of a different word class (part of speech); typically, the use of a noun as if it were a verb.The language blog Wishydig whips it out in a discussion of OUP’s word of the year, “unfriend”:
There has been lots of discussion about the verbing of friend for quite a while now. A lot of fear regarding anthimeria. Some people think these functional shifts are a sign of language anarchy. Except of course when Shakespeare does it. Then it’s a sign [of] genius.
I live in a world where it’s never too late to grow up and become a young Paul Newman. Not a pilot, cop or firefighter, but a young Paul Newman. Fast cars, fast women, and a lust for organic salad dressing. That’s me in a Caesar bottle.
InSoOutSo, please come here. I need to marry you.
Sarah Palin and I agree about something? What? I keep wanting to disagree, but… she’s right. They are focusing on the irrelevant: her.
That being said, I also think Newsweek was being idiotic (if not sexist, like Palin suggests) by selecting this picture (in violation of copyright law, no less) for the cover. Who the fuck thought this was a good idea?
Via The Telegraph (incidentally, because I can’t find an American news source I like).
(Additionally, in case you were worried that I was endorsing Palin in any way, it should be noted that her following quote deteriorated into a nonsensical arrangement of pleasant-sounding words. AS USUALLY.)
