Librarian Avengers » language http://librarianavengers.org Arch Archivists Wed, 05 May 2010 01:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 West Coast Phrases To Know http://librarianavengers.org/2008/10/west-coast-phrases-to-know/ http://librarianavengers.org/2008/10/west-coast-phrases-to-know/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:38:01 +0000 Erica Firment http://librarianavengers.org/?p=509 My mother, the real librarian (not a digital muckety muck thingamajig like me), will be visiting me here in San Francisco next week. Since she will be hanging around with non-Midwesterners, I thought it would be good to provide her with an introduction to west coast language. I know, right?

  • I know, right?

    Rumored origin: L.A.
    Literal meaning: “Can you believe this thing we are talking about? It goes without saying, and yet we are saying it.”
    Connotation: “We are all in agreement here. Also, I have never read Beowulf.”

  • Hella

    Rumored origin: NoCal.
    Literal meaning: Intensifier. “Their pie is hella good.”
    Connotation: “I am twelve.”

  • Yeah yeah yeah

    Rumored origin: Coffee-fueled Berkeley undergraduates
    Literal meaning: “I agree so strongly that it can be quickly dismissed with a rapid exclamation.”
    Connotation: “We are getting things DONE in this conversation.”

  • Chill

    Rumored origin: The 1960s.
    Literal meaning: “Good. Calm. Without trouble. Easy.”
    Connotation:”I have had lots of therapy and/or drugs.”

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