THee other week in thee "Guardian" newspaper there was this little bit at the end of the G2 sect, about this new Xpression - "totally porno", meaning good, term ov praise and so on. Oh ha ha I thought, how you SoPHiSTiCaTeD London-media-journo types like to make fun ov us dim-witted provincials, but NO!!!! At the k-beautiful Gateshead Metro-centre thee other day, I was walking past a cheap & narsty ladies clothes shop when I heard thee phollowing Xchange:
"EEeeee look, them clothes are totally porno!"
They looked a bit naff to me, but then to me that would actually make them totally pr0n0, you know? Anyway, is this thee stupidest ever term ov praise, and if not, what is?
BTW, the folks talking were young-ish teenage grrlz. Go Phigure.
BTW again, here's thee latest from thee "Alerts" mail list that some fux0r thought I'd be k-interested in:
The Sugar Hill Gang was awarded more than $3 million dollars in a case against Snapple Beverage
& Turner Broadcasting System. The Gang recorded a video for Snapple, which was to be shown on
closed circuit T.V. at a club, but Snapple ran it during the Goodwill Games. Currently, the group is
finishing up their first studio album in 21 years.
WoWeEEeeE!!
― Norman Phay, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
New Sugar Hill album! Dude, that's totally porno!
― AP, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Norman: if I overheard "those clothes are totally porno!" I'd imagine
the speaker felt that the garb in question would not look out of
place if worn by actors in a pornographic motion picture. I think
it'd be more fun if ile adopted the Guardian interpretation, tho.
― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Mitch, I thought clothes like those worn in porno already = great
fashion. The Guardian have it completely correct.
― Tim, Friday, 21 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
if something is bollocks, it is bad. if it is the dog's bollocks, it
is good.
if something is shit, it is bad, if something is the shit,
it is good.
don't tell me you are looking for logical usage and
explanations by contemporary culture of the english language! damn
it, making no sense is half the fun. it is in fact, well
porno.
actually one of these funny expressions didn't rest so well
with me, my friend is a london artist, and once when i ran into him
the word for 'good' was 'money'. money?! that's like responsible for
bad stuff right? am i becoming middle aged?
― another james, Friday, 21 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)