words gone wild
As time goes by, words take on different meanings. Bad means good. Cool means hip. Hip means fashion-progressive. The list goes on and on.
So imagine my delight (and to the California Transportation Foundation's dismay) when I opened my inbox this morning and found an invitation to submit a nominee for the 19th Annual Tranny Awards.
2007-19 = 1998.
I guess back then "Tranny" wasn't a popular colloquialism for a transvestite, but I'm guessing some time around 1995 it was more than common knowledge that the term "Tranny" had been co-opted as slang for men who like to dress as women.
I know... those poor souls at the CTF only want to group themselves in with the other prestigious awards like a Grammy, a Tony, an Emmy, or hell even an ESPy.
I'm very curious what a statue of a "Tranny" looks like, but good taste precludes me from even speculating. I wonder if people who win them boast about it. "Hey Bob, what is that on your mantle?"
"Oh, those are my Trannies... I've won four of them."
Conversation killer.
I've got a few ideas for a couple of future entries brewing, but with the holidays and finals coming up blogging has been pushed to the back of the shelf... back... behind my Tranny awards.
What words do you think are funny that are evolving over time?
7 comments:
Well, I guess this doesn't put me in such a flattering light, but last week I was helping Finn look for fox books in the library. We looked at the bird section, and I snickered like a third grader when I saw that one book was called "Boobies." How did they even write that thing without laughing all the time?
HAHAHAHAHAHA, so great.
I want one.
I can only hope there are some transvestites who qualify for excellence in transportation. It would be great for an Tranny to win a tranny.
Wig=a hair piece or Wig=to freak out
buff=strong or buff=naked.
And depending upon the crowd, tranny can mean yet another term: transmission (as in a vehicle). Interesting.
Good luck with finals man.
I think the word "pimp" has evolved over time. I mean, I suppose it still means more or less the same thing, but I think it used to have much more negative connotations.
My poor mother was beyond upset when she called my answering machine during my freshman year at BYU. With the song "Big Pimpin" playing in the background, I politely told my callers that I was out big pimpin right now and would get back to them later. (I know, it was a really lame idea, but I was only 18...) My mom was FURIOUS. "Do you have any idea what that word means?" she said. "It's a HORRIBLE word."
She made me change it. Needless to say, I learned my lesson.
In light of previous posts on this and other notable blogs (the new awesome), boner is a term that has evolved into various forms, including the nickname of a much-beloved sidekick. Show me that smile again.
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