Thread: Grunge Speak

This is a true story: Back when Grunge was getting at it's most popular, the lovely people at The New York Times wanted to know if Grungers had their own slang. They called up Megan Jasper, who was working at Sub Pop Records at the time, and decided to investigate. Megan thought the whole media obsession with Grunge was getting a bit ridiculous so she lied and said there was special slang that the Grunge kids went by. She made up a list of slang terms and their definitions. The list was published in The New York Times, it was titled "Lexicon of Grunge: Breaking the Code." It was revealed later that the list was a hoax.

Here's the list:

bloated, big bag of blotation - drunk
bound-and-hagged - staying home on Friday or Saturday night
cob nobbler - loser
dish - desirable guy
fuzz - heavy wool sweaters
harsh realm - bummer
lock - agreement
kickers - heavy boots
lamestain - uncool person
pain ride - bus trip
plats - platform shoes
rock on - a happy goodbye
score - great
swingin' on the flippity-flop - hanging out
tom-tom club - uncool outsiders
wack slacks - old ripped jeans
mickey sticks - older music fan

You too can now be hip. You wouldn't want to be a lamestain.

the list was a fake? the world is falling apart around me!

nob cobbler is a word my friends and I use to describe something entirely different though

"Dish", "cob nobbler" and "score" are all words I've heard being used for those meanings, though...

grunge is dead

Originally Posted by Lord Grendel

It might be dead currently but the legends are still popular today.

Yeah but the music is done. We can still revive it...

Originally Posted by ExtraNirvana

grunge is dead

I beg to differ. There are current, new grunge bands out there that are just underground. I personally think grunge was meant to be that way. In the 90s it was trendy, and trends never last.

Lol, some of these words are a part of my every day vocabulary