回顾--2003年流行英语词汇(3)
分类: 实用英语
Top Ten Youthspeak Words
1. What Up? Present incarnation of the ever popular: Wassup?
2. Give it up! Replaces the square: please applaud for?
3. Shut up! YouthSpeak for 'Really?'
4. Stog Cigarette, short for 'stogey'.
5. SNAG Sensitive New-Age Guy.
6. Hottie Object of affection, either personally or in the cultural milieu.
7. Poppins Perfect, as in 'Mary Poppins is perfect in every way.'
8. Tricked Out Souped-up.
9. Rice Rockets Tricked out Japanese compacts, as opposed to American 'muscle' cars.
10. Side Show Temporarily cordoning off a freeway to perform outrageous car stunts in tricked-out rice rockets.