Re: Compact Speech

["Roger Kirk" <rogerkirk@ttlc.net>]

Pete Kemp wrote:
>Is there feeling that by throwing around abbreviations 
>they are in the know and you aren't? 

Bill O'Neill responded:
>Not sure how listeners buy into the "jargon" of 
>abbreviations,>through.  Even in biz meetings, 
>it can be a PIA listening to wonks drop insider 
>lingo and D/C the 411 you showed up for in the first
>place.  

Rap is built on jargon.  Designed to make "outsiders"
feel just that way.  That's why albums "drop" on Tuesday,
yesterday's music is "Old School" and somebody be "frontin'"

Don't forget the jargon teens use to confuse the "rents"
Remember when "Bad" was good, "Bogus" was bad and 
"Bitchin'" was the best.

Props,

Roger Kirk
rogerkirk@ttlc.net