WTF does this mean?

jpsum · 06-12-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by singular

Emoticons before the internet? Sure, probably even before the teletype.

The particular smilie

- nope. Since MS Word came about only in the '80s, but this particular version of the W icon came about probably in the mid-nineties. The MS guys on this board can be more exact. I'm not sure when email programs supported smilies, but I would assume no earlier than the mid to late nineties. Maybe they were supported earlier on the CompuServe or AOL boards.

So when did "word" become vernacular? Before the internet? IMO it seems unlikely. Does anyone have an authoritative reference?

Got to talk to my IT guy about installing Word 2002.

I don't think the slang "word" has anything to do with MS Word.

radix · 06-12-2009, 03:01 PM

The first smiley is generally accepted as having been used in 1982.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/sefSmiley.htm

The ARPANET was brought online in 1969. Prior to the term "word" being used, the phrase was first used as "word up", and is generally thought to have been started in the 1980s.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/word
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/word_up

So there you go:

1. Internet
2. Smilies.
3. Word.

"word" is probably the most esoteric of the three.

Spool · 06-12-2009, 03:28 PM

watch BET or listen to rap music...if you can't figure out what a word means and it's not in the dictionary, ask a black person for the definition

singular · 06-12-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by radix

The first smiley is generally accepted as having been used in 1982.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/sefSmiley.htm

The ARPANET was brought online in 1969. Prior to the term "word" being used, the phrase was first used as "word up", and is generally thought to have been started in the 1980s.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/word
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/word_up

So there you go:

1. Internet
2. Smilies.
3. Word.

"word" is probably the most esoteric of the three.

Nice to see an evidence-based argument for a change. Thanks!

Have we had enough fun?

MCMLXXXIX · 06-12-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Spool

watch BET or listen to rap music...if you can't figure out what a word means and it's not in the dictionary, ask a black person for the definition

really? ive never heard a black person say "word" in my life lol

Spool · 06-12-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MCMLXXXIX

really? ive never heard a black person say "word" in my life lol

can't tell if ur being sarcastic or not...but if you're serious....that's just stupid...they invented that word...

MCMLXXXIX · 06-12-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Spool

can't tell if ur being sarcastic or not...but if you're serious....that's just stupid...they invented that word...

haha im being serious. its not stupid, its true lol
i hear those indie/emo people saying it a lot here in jersey...

Spool · 06-12-2009, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MCMLXXXIX

haha im being serious. its not stupid, its true lol
i hear those indie/emo people saying it a lot here in jersey...

LOL dude black people invented this slang...but they spell it wrong, it's WERDDDDD and they drag out the pronunciation....

ejazbmw · 06-12-2009, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MCMLXXXIX

haha im being serious. its not stupid, its true lol
i hear those indie/emo people saying it a lot here in jersey...

what the hell dude i live in jersey and its 70% black people here either you live in the really rich area or you need to get out more

MCMLXXXIX · 06-12-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ejazbmw

what the hell dude i live in jersey and its 70% black people here either you live in the really rich area or you need to get out more

LOL well the black population in my town is about 20 lol
and i go to school in newark so that population is 100000x more and i still dont hear it haha. now that i think of it, i only remember one black kid in my class thats said it maybe once
but either way, i still here those indie people say it damn near all the time

JeepJeep · 06-13-2009, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by MCMLXXXIX

LOL well the black population in my town is about 20 lol
and i go to school in newark so that population is 100000x more and i still dont hear it haha. now that i think of it, i only remember one black kid in my class thats said it maybe once
but either way, i still here those indie people say it damn near all the time

The way that most trends work is that black people invent it, and then it filters up to the rich kids in suburbia, who copy it to get some street cred because they cant actually get it anywhere because they have to be home before 11 or else mommy will be pissed and take away their car.

MCMLXXXIX · 06-13-2009, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by JeepJeep

The way that most trends work is that black people invent it, and then it filters up to the rich kids in suburbia, who copy it to get some street cred because they cant actually get it anywhere because they have to be home before 11 or else mommy will be pissed and take away their car.

yup

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