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"Bling" is so 2002
Submitted by imaginary char on August 2, 2007.From the NYPost:
If you use the word "bling" these days, you're unhip and totally out of style, according to Kanye West. The hip-hop star tells Complex magazine: "Only white people and older black people say 'bling' now. If a white person uses slang too early, then that makes them look like a wigger. But if black people use slang too late, then it makes them look like a wigger." Thanks for straightening us out!
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Imaginary-Kiku said on August 2, 2007:
So does Kanye have an advice column now? An "Ask Kanye" sort of thing?
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imaginary embracey said on August 2, 2007:
But what's the best replacement for "bling"?
Is it still ok to say "ice" and "jacob" and "grillz"?
Oh, I'm so confused...
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imaginary liz said on August 2, 2007:
try a derivative of 'pimp' -- i pick up most of my street lingo (and lifestyle tips) from cribs. "this grill is pimpin, you know."
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The Grim said on August 2, 2007:
Wait, wait, wait, wait. You mean there were seriously people who weren't rappers using the word "bling" in a non-ironic sense?
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imaginary liz said on August 2, 2007:
what noun was I possibly supposed to use when talking about my stash?
what are you, robo-ing?
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imaginary char said on August 2, 2007:
I went to Baja Fresh today at lunch and they use "bling" in their print advertising.
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The Grim said on August 3, 2007:
"what are you, robo-ing?"
Uh, I guess so. Apparenly, I no longer speak English.
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Erik Gonzalez said on August 2, 2007:
Ah Kanye, the most over-rated hip-hop star out there (well, at least critically over-rated).