I am usaually up to date with these new terms society uses. I keep hearing people say Bling Bling. What is that mean? Is it good or Bad? I have no clue. So any of you cool hip youngsters who have this knowledge please share. :lol:

bling bling is shiny stuff, like diamonds and expensive jewelry. people use it when talking about their jewelry and stuff like that.

Uh, that's kind of sad that you don't know.

Anyways, here is an in depth definition:

"expensive objects of jewelry that are worn in a way that is very easy to notice."

Originally posted by DTP
Uh, that's kind of sad that you don't know.

Anyways, here is an in depth definition:

"expensive objects of jewelry that are worn in a way that is very easy to notice."

Uh, it's kind of sad that you do know.

Come on, give the guy a break. Do you know how old he is? Or where's he from? Or what kind of family or neighborhood he grew up in? Probably not.

Hell, I'm 18 and lived in Chicago, but I've never knew what a 'bling bling' was before. Why you may ask? It's because of the environment I grew up in. It's different for everyone.

Originally posted by DTP
Uh, that's kind of sad that you don't know.
well sorry if he's not kickin' it wit sum g'z in da ghetto, yo.

How is me knowing a term sad?

That doesn't make any sense at all. I know you're struggling to make a point, but that was rather silly. So, the more you know is terrible, right? Yeah, in your world it does. Who cares where he's from? If they heard it in a video, then it should've been rather obvious. If they heard it from a friend was it hard to ask what it meant? And according to their profile, they're 23. Environment has nothing to do with it. I know plenty of country kids that know what the term means. That's like complaining against standardized testing. If you don't know then you don't know. It's just that simple. You took what I said above too seriously. Besides, the comment wasn't meant for you anyways.

I know that "Sarah's" reply was a hint of racism, was yours?

Originally posted by ~°Sarah°~
well sorry if he's not kickin' it wit sum g's in da ghetto, yo.

Fo shizzle yo nizzle, yo pizzle sizzle fizzle.

How mature.

Originally posted by DTP
How is me knowing a term sad?

That doesn't make any sense at all. I know you're struggling to make a point, but that was rather silly. So, the more you know is terrible, right? Yeah, in your world it does. Who cares where he's from? If they heard it in a video, then it should've been rather obvious. If they heard it from a friend was it hard to ask what it meant? And according to their profile, they're 23. Environment has nothing to do with it. I know plenty of country kids that know what the term means. That's like complaining against standardized testing. If you don't know then you don't know. It's just that simple. You took what I said above too seriously. Besides, the comment wasn't meant for you anyways.

I was trying to make a counterpoint. You said it's sad that he doesn't know, so I said it's sad that you do know. It was meant as a 'Why should he know' type of thing. But that wasn't my main point. You made a stupid comment, so I made one as well. It was more of a joke-humor-haha type thing.

Now going on to my main point. Just because the guy doesn't know what a certain phrase means, doesn't mean it's sad. There's a lot of people all over the globe who have their certain slang and know what it means, while not knowing what other slang terms mean. Plus, the guy is already an adult, is married, and has a child. Do you seriously expect him to watch videos all day and catch and understand all the slang in then? I'm afraid not. And I'm also from the country right now, and as far as it goes, no one in that town uses that phrase, so how would you expect them to know? You can't just watch TV 24/7.

If only Mossopp was here...:p

Originally posted by DTP
How mature.

Gosh dangit, tell me about it. I'm just the most immature person on these boards. Anyone can vouch for me.

Okay, a few things.

1. That was meant as humor. Notice how Sarah started talking in slang. I quoted her, and followed what she did. Why didn't you single her out, hm? Does discrimination ring a bell to anyone?

2. I guess these boards are all about being mature and never letting loose. What, DTP, do you see in my comment that's so immature? Am I not allowed to joke around? Hm...? Well then, I'll buckle down and be the most mature, responsible, and non-fun person on the boards! Yay! :)!

3. If you come back at this post with some sort of snyde remark or long explanation, don't bother. My reply was all in good fun. Nothing was serious (The discrimination, the most mature, responsible parts, etc.). I, of course, had to say this though or else you'd just call me immature again. Think of my posts in this way. You know how in Spanish you have a verb refering to your self? Such as, como (I eat) or bebo (I drink)? Well, they don't use yo, the word for I. (Yo) como.....(yo) bebo. It's invisible, but it's there. It's kind of like sarcasm. You can't really detect it on a computer screen, but trust me, it's there.

i hate when people say that...

It was more of a joke-humor-haha type thing.

Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?

Anyways, just like I said earlier, you took what I said too seriously, and once again if he had a problem with what I said then fine. It didn't have anything to do you.

No one said he had to sit all day and catch up on the lingo. That's your angle. I just found it odd that he hadn't heard the term before.

I keep hearing people say Bling Bling.

And I'm also from the country right now, and as far as it goes, no one in that town uses that phrase, so how would you expect them to know?

Obviously, he's heard the term before. It's just like how some kid I knew kept saying "this was safe" and "that was safe". I knew he was from the UK so automatically I figured it was a foreign term. When he said it he nodded his head and had a grin on his face so I figured it meant "cool" or "good". I looked it up and I was right. I'm just saying that the source of the word gives a very good indication of what it means.

I don't know who Mossopp is, but does he help you with your arguments?

Edit:

I just saw your other post. Sarah is 14, so I tried not to take her too seriously. It just seemed to me like you were trying to be a smart ass concerning race/environment. No harm intended. The other stuff isn't worth commenting on.

Originally posted by onefortheroad
i hate when people say that...

Me too, toe-headed butter ball, me too

Originally posted by DTP
I know that "Sarah's" reply was a hint of racism, was yours?
How the hell was it racist? Did i use the big bad N word? :rolleyes:

Originally posted by DTP
How mature.
Yeah and it's so mature to insult people cause they don't know street talk.

What was it then, Sarah?

And like I said before I wasn't insulting he/she. You just assumed that I was which is understandable. Besides, it's not "street talk" anymore. It was inducted into the dictionary a few months ago.

Originally posted by DianeChambers87
Me too, toe-headed butter ball, me too

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

What was it then, Sarah?
It had nothing to do with race you damn idiot. "kickin' it with sum g'z in da ghetto." Tell me what part of that had to do with skin color.

And you did insult julian, you said it's sad that he doesnt know what bling bling means. Excuse him if he doesnt read the dictionary in his spare time.

Originally posted by DTP
I know that "Sarah's" reply was a hint of racism, was yours?

wouldn't that be racism on your part by automatically assuming that she was talking like an african-american. plenty of other races use those terms, so just because it doesnt sound sophisticated doesn't mean a black person said it.

Hmm, I don't know any white kids that talk like that unless they're black, or unless they're wiggers. Now, that's what it had to do with race. So, yeah, it seems you're the idiot.

Do you talk like that?

I think not.

Edit:
And you did insult julian, you said it's sad that he doesnt know what bling bling means. Excuse him if he doesnt read the dictionary in his spare time.

Like I said, you all took that too seriously. It's not like I flamed him or anything, buttercup.

wouldn't that be racism on your part by automatically assuming that she was talking like an african-american. plenty of other races use those terms, so just because it doesnt sound sophisticated doesn't mean a black person said it.

Who said anything about it referring to a black person. Obviously, your mind was in the same place mine was.

Originally posted by DTP
Hmm, I don't know any white kids that talk like that unless they're black, or unless they're wiggers. Now, that's what it had to do with race. So, yeah, it seems you're the idiot.

Do you talk like that?

I think not.

How do you know he doesnt? I'm pretty sure that whatever your race or racial background may be, as long as you got the vocal chords you can pronounce those words.

Originally posted by DTP
Hmm, I don't know any white kids that talk like that unless they're black, or unless they're wiggers. Now, that's what it had to do with race. So, yeah, it seems you're the idiot.

Do you talk like that?

I think not.
I was talking like gangsters/thugs whatever, not blacks. They arent the only race that talks like that. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by DTP
Hmm, I don't know any white kids that talk like that unless they're black, or unless they're wiggers. Now, that's what it had to do with race. So, yeah, it seems you're the idiot.

Do you talk like that?

I think not.


how do you know that i'm not black?

Originally posted by DianeChambers87
How do you know he doesnt? I'm pretty sure that whatever your race or racial background may be, as long as you got the vocal chords you can pronounce those words.

thanks

Originally posted by onefortheroad
thanks

welcome

And chris (original prankster) was talking like that too, why dont you accuse him of being a racist?

Finally, we're getting somewhere.

How do you know he doesnt? I'm pretty sure that whatever your race or racial background may be, as long as you got the vocal chords you can pronounce those words.

I never said that he didn't talk like that.


I was talking like gangsters/thugs whatever, not blacks. They arent the only race that talks like that

I never said that blacks weren't the only race that talked like that.

how do you know that i'm not black?

And how do you know that I'm not black?

At my college whenever an African American/Black kid walks into a room a majority of the Caucasians do the same thing you did.

"Yo, yo, wazzup g."

Sorry, if I don't find it funny or amusing. I have a Chinese friend and he's offended when people go "ching chang wooong" when he walks around. I guess he should assume it's not towards him, right?

And chris (original prankster) was talking like that too, why dont you accuse him of being a racist?

Chris explained himself later on. He said he didn't mean any harm. I never read that from you. I never called you a racist anyways. I said I detected a hint of racism. I didn't know your intent, so I couldn't call you a racist.

Originally posted by DTP
I never said that blacks weren't the only race that talked like that.
Then why did you accuse me of making fun of the way they talk?

Oh my Heaven.. the number one thing that would help this situation greatly is if certain people would drop that pervicacious attitude of theirs.

Originally posted by DTP


At my college whenever an African American/Black kid walks into a room a majority of the Caucasians do the same thing you did.

"Yo, yo, wazzup g."

Sorry, if I don't find it funny or amusing. I have a Chinese friend and he's offended when people go "ching chang wooong" when he walks around. I guess he should assume it's not towards him, right?

There's a difference between pretending to know a language, and by doing so mocking it, thereby offending a certain group of people. To the usage of a language's Slang. Why would you get offended by someone using slang that's not of your racial heritage? It's still english. Or are you distinguishing between english and street slang? And if you are then shouldn't another group of people be offended when YOU talk proper english?

Read the post above you, Sarah.

And Karly, out of all the people that have replied no one has had an attitude.

Diane, that didn't make a lot of sense. I'm not comparing languages and street slang. I am trying to get Sarah and the others to see where I was coming from. I don't see how one would get offended when I spoke English anyways. I thought the Chinese kid analogy was a good example. Every race has a stereotype and some people use that to push a few buttons. "Yo, G, and homie" may not be a black person's language, but it's what people use or say to reinforce a stereotype.

Originally posted by DTP
Sarah is 14, so I tried not to take her too seriously.

Hold on just a minute here- you're telling me that you're not going to take someone seriously because of their AGE? You've got to be kidding me, man. Now I don't know if you ment that just towards Sarah or towards the fact that anyone who's a bit young, but that's total discrimination right there.

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Hold on just a minute here- you're telling me that you're not going to take someone seriously because of their AGE? You've got to be kidding me, man. Now I don't know if you ment that just towards Sarah or towards the fact that anyone who's a bit young, but that's total discrimination right there.

DTP, she's got ya there

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Oh my Heaven.. the number one thing that would help this situation greatly is if certain people would drop that pervicacious attitude of theirs.

Fine! [Drops pervicacious attitude of mine.]

Heh, I saw my name that I use on other boards, I roam around here on occasion and thought I'd sign up...

Oh well, all I have to say :p :cool:

Originally posted by DTP
Read the post above you, Sarah.
I didnt mean any harm either, jesus. couldnt you have figured that out yourself?

Originally posted by DTP
And Karly, out of all the people that have replied no one has had an attitude.


Well from my point of view, you have the pervicacious edge to you.

Originally posted by Original Prankster
Fine! [Drops pervicacious attitude of mine.]

:lol: lush buddy! :loveya:

Originally posted by DTP
Read the post above you, Sarah.

And Karly, out of all the people that have replied no one has had an attitude.

Diane, that didn't make a lot of sense. I'm not comparing languages and street slang. I am trying to get Sarah and the others to see where I was coming from. I don't see how one would get offended when I spoke English anyways. I thought the Chinese kid analogy was a good example. Every race has a stereotype and some people use that to push a few buttons. "Yo, G, and homie" may not be a black person's language, but it's what people use or say to reinforce a stereotype.

It wasn't a good comparison because the Chinese Language and Street Slang are not on the same level....In fact street slang would not be at the same level even with a dialect. Slang has always been around with EVERY race and generation. If you were to have compared the same situation with your Chinese friend, and you of African decent had been offended because someone pretended to speak one of the several african languages. then it would have been a solid point.
And finally I really don't think you have the right to tell anybody what words they can or can't use when speaking english.

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Hold on just a minute here- you're telling me that you're not going to take someone seriously because of their AGE? You've got to be kidding me, man. Now I don't know if you ment that just towards Sarah or towards the fact that anyone who's a bit young, but that's total discrimination right there.
good point karly :clap:

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Hold on just a minute here- you're telling me that you're not going to take someone seriously because of their AGE? You've got to be kidding me, man. Now I don't know if you ment that just towards Sarah or towards the fact that anyone who's a bit young, but that's total discrimination right there.

Not much different than what he did to our friend Julian. He saw he was 23 and assumed he should know it's meaning. Like I said, environment and community DOES matter. Say you grew up in the mountains of Alaska, far, far away from any civilization and any media outlet. How the hell would you expect someone to know what 'bling bling' means?! You wouldn't.

Karly, if Sarah was trying to be racist (which she says that she isn't, so I have to believe her) then her age would be an excuse not to take her seriously. If a little kid (from 9 to 13) went up to you and called you ugly would you walk away and not think anything about it or scold him? I think you'd walk away. A young age with ignorance can be understood. A person older who's supposed to have wisdom couldn't.

Sarah, no I couldn't.

And Diane, once again you missed the point. It was the fact that the people in the class were trying to be offensive because around here most black kids do talk like that. Not all of them. But it was assumed that all of them do. How is that not understood? And anyone can say what the want. I never said they couldn't. However, what comes out their mouths can be thought of and judged in any manner. I don't know anyone who makes fun of the real African language to get a rise out of someone. Most of the time they use terms and jokes like this:

http://www.somge.com/WIB/stereotypes.htm
http://www.csa.com/hottopics/ebonics/overview.html
http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/ebonics.htm

The "yo, dis, wack, and etc" language is associated with black people no matter how hard you dispute it. Check the last link and I hope you'll see what I mean.

I never said he should've known what it meant, I said I was surprised and I called it sad (which caused an online riot). He's not shunned from the media because he posted on this forum didn't he? He's not cut off at all. I'm sure he has some means of influence. Totally different.