To slang or not to slang
Lately I have been listening to the way folks around me speak, and I really think people could use a “slang” make-over. Yeah, yeah……. free speech and alla that stuff…..folks can say what they want…blah blah…. we all know that, however some people simply shouldn’t use slang. Just the other day for the 3rd time, I had to let several of my colleagues of another color, know that “da bomb!” is dead and stankin’ and could they PLEASE stop saying it. No I am not the racial-word regulator but damn! These are the same people who had to be told when to retire “get jiggy with it”. Clearly slang does come in Black or White, but there are some people that should just know the boundaries to it ALL. I don’t think that one is not “Black enough” because they don’t use a lot of so-called “Black slang” either. That is just ridiculous, as is, in my opinion the whole “That white boy gotta ghetto pass/black card/hood ticket”. BAH! No such thing. If your white and you grew up in the hood, your just the white kid that lives in the hood. Same thing with Blacks in the ‘burbs., but I will save my thoughts on that for another day. My colleagues say “da bomb” and “jiggy” and 1994 type stuff cause they think they are connecting with the “urban” (see: BLACK) students. I know all certain aspects of our culture are being emulated worldwide, but there are just somethings I don’t want to hear coming out of my boss’s mouth. Again some people should simply not be allowed to say some things. Bosses, Preachers, Dentists, Grandparents, etc, should NOT be saying things like:
1. “She’s a hater!” ALL HUMANS MUST RETIRE THIS WORD IMMEDIATELY
2. “That’s my bust-it baby” so,so,so,so,so stupid….NOBODY should be saying that actually.
3. “Baby daddy/mama” or any variation thereof
There are really just so many. What do you think? What do you hate to hear “certain” people say?
