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Show fI Much 4, 1988 K 11 vMMwIlsWWvIl t w. r; I :: .. tLJF SW.VW.tW '' avXMvi WSXVA"' SV.SS .'vvVAW'-- : V. a V. SV. S " ". S V-- V .MWWW.Wvw VA , V. S WWMWWWWWWWWWW VS- V W Groovy words add life to wisdom teenager's Darlena Mustache By and Aaron Bitsuie Imagine walking down the hallway in the late 70s wearing plaid bellbottoms apd giving everyone the peace sign. You are wearing a bright striped shirt. A cute guy walks past you and says, Groovy shirt. You smile and say, Cool. This same scene ten years later sounded like: Hey, Dude, hows it hangin? Though students are the same, their words change over the years. Nowadays students at San Juan High use new slang words for greeting people in the hallway like, Wassup? Words and expressions are important to teenagers. But to adults it may sound like a foreign language. Slang is teenagers secret, stated Zyionnie Sampson, a junior at SJH. Its a better way to understand your friends, explained Aaron Bitsuie, a sophomore. Students at SJH often use slang words to keep teachers and other adults out of their conversations. Slang words are like insults but in a humorous way, added Aaron. Other students at SJH are irritated by some of the most common slang words. People overuse slang words, stated Taylor Guymon, a junior. It gets on my nerves, like when they use like and whatever in every sentence. Girls use words like, like and whatever, too much, stated Josh Johnson, a junior. Slang is fun and casual, but it doesnt help communication because students get lazy in the way they talk, explained coach and teacher, Tracy Halliday. Its a fun way of talking but they forget when it shouldnt be used, like in the classroom or speaking in an important situation, she added Slang words are fun to use in a good way. You understand your friends more. It's buggin when people use them too much, stated Devin Duston, a senior. Students may learn slang words from rap music or urban cities and some make them up themselves or borrow them from celebrities. For example, the movie Bill and Teds Bogus Adventures from the 1980s brought words and expressions to everyday life like, coopasaaand gnarly dude. Here are some of the words or expressions currently used by SJH students: Fine, meaning he or she is good-look- in I got some, said after talking to a person you like. Its all good, meaning its going well. DA, meaning Whatever, meaning you cant explain it. Shabang, Shaboom. meaning something looks good. Like, meaning explaining. youre bad in a Mr font Hinder' 4" guidelines mis inters ic'i ed be the iitiiile- - I'lnm, b Ra. he! " Elementary, My Dear Watson. What 4th graders think of Broncos dumb. By Liz Mueller Wu-tan- g, good way. Farmer, meaning that person has bad taste in everything. Dis, meaning you left them or when treated bad. Its built meaning cool. Slang changes in just a few years. Here is a list of words and their definitions used by students at SJH in the late 1980s: Word: greeting Blood: buddy, friend Bodacious: good, cool Cowabunga: cool Hot: great Killer: cool Likes: explaining What or who do you want to Last week two reporters from The Rattler visited Mr. Winders 4th grade class at Blanding Elementaiy School and asked them just what they thought about high school kids, who their heros were and other Hopkins questions. Who is your favorite person in high school? Why? Mason Lyman: Scoot (a.k.a. Danny Flannary), hes fun. Chantel Valdez: Ervin Whitehorse, cause he teases me. Jordon Grover: Amber Grover. Kyle Tate: Ronnie Nieves, hes my friend and Jared Tate too. Autumn Drake: LaDonna Drake Michelle Hatathle: Chelsea Lansing Michael Badback: The Undertaker Sabrina Key: Selena Brittany Yellowman and Jessica Black: A Spice Girl Who do you want your boy girl friend to be when your in look like in high school? Aaron Lamen: A big guy. (like Mace Knight) high school? Randall Hawkins Definitely, no one. Boys dont like girls like to throw firecrackers at them Jamie Laws Krista Baylcs-sh- es REALLY cute. Aaron Lamen: Jamie Joe Jamie Laws: Me Samantha Larson: Reesie I What are the funniest things kids do in high school? Jordon Grover: Dump Gatorade on their coaches. Randall Hawkins: Chew gum ' at school and blow things up. (he told us about his older brother) Psych: just kidding Clueless: doesnt know anything Wasted: beyond help Loser: stupid, unsocial Dweeb: a nerd Sponge: someone who believes ev- erything Fur sure: a sarcastic expression Babe, a sexy person Oh Sister- an expression meaning whatever - Can we live without slang words? Is it addictive? What would the world be without slang Would it better or would ; words. it be worse? One thing is for sure, as long as there are teenagers there will be new slang. , "Seiueste'cti' . t'T .uU ud S.7 tun dr tnnt leather, I utn.1e i In,:,' r Sequestered cast pulls pranks while performing By Jana Glass What do you get when you mix a sweet old lady, a grumpy old man, a hells angel, two man hungry spinsters, an expecting mother, a young man and woman both looking for love, a homeless gentleman, a pompous blue blood, a maid and a second rate crook? You have a hilarous production written by Blanding playwriter, Debbie Christiansen. Last month. Edge of the Seaters sponsored a play called Sequestered. The story is about a jury who is locked up in a hotel for the duration of a trial. Elizabeth Harrison, (played by Drama teacher, Lynette Adams) smuggles in her life companion, Penelope, a cat. Her great performance and antics kept everyone laughing. It is especially funny when Mr. Michael Blair (Dennis Gutke) accidentally eats some canned cat food, thinking it is pate. An attractive young woman, Abigail Phelps (Chrislyn Glover), falls in love with business man, Daniel Packer (Ben Glass). They spend most of the play trying to find time alone together but they have to y hide from the pushy females, Emoline Davis and Rachel Walston (played by John Redd and Lisa Bradford), who are after him too. man-craz- In the play, Mrs. Alice Cox (Shan Redd), discovers she is expecting. By the time the play ends, she is ready to deliver. Then, George Hoffman (Dan who lives Hurst), an under the overpass and William Alexander III (Terry Slade), who enjoys riding his ex-hip- 70 hog. Along with the 10 jurors, are the villains, Doris (Cindy Perkins) and Lou (Carl Hunt). They are planted in the hotel with the purpose of influencing the jury to vote not guilty. The actors also added a little extra wit to the play, driving Mrs. Christiansen a little bit crazy. They came up with a word or phrase of the day. The cast challenged each other to insert the word or phrase into the dialogue of the play each night. One of the nights, they used the word formaldehyde. Another night they used the phrase, rubber duckie. Unless the audience knew what they were up to, they didnt realize that it wasnt part of the script. Mrs. Christiansen said,-didnt mind the rubber duckie because it made sense, but the woid formaldehyde did not fit in at all. She was a pretty good sport about it. This is Mrs. Christiansens first attempt to write and produce a complete play. I |