The Dormie Lingo

Among the many things I have learned in my college living, an entirely new language has been brought to my attention. This is the Dormie Lingo. It originates in West side Kearns. Let me teach you a bit:

Actually, before I teach you, let me just say, I know most of these words are not strictly Kearns and were commonly heard at my very own high school. So don't be like, "That ain't no West side speakin! I hear dat all ova yo!" I'm just saying that since living here, I have heard this language to an extreme extent. Like, this is how they talk on a daily basis. I don't say these words. I would feel like a wanna be gangsta.

Anyway.

Tight: Cool. Not just any cool. This is like actually cool. Like, thas tight. No, that "thas" is not a typo. That's how you say it. Thas tight.

Bomb: Good. Basically only used when describing how someone does something. Dude, I'm bomb at hand stands. Well, I guess it could describe other things, too. Dude, that soup was bomb.

Moted: Kind of like our "dis," only it's a little different and instead, it's moted. For example, today we were at Sam's Club and I was in line and a cashier opened up. It was my turn so I started walking over there, but this little girl went up right in front of me and the cashier helped her instead. So my peeps said moted. Ya get?

Legit: Cool. Cooler than tight. Cool is a bad way to describe it. It's kind of like a classy cool. Legitimate. I know this one is way common even down yonder, but it's just used all the time around here so I thought I'd share.

Put {someone} on blast: When you bring something up that forces someone else to explain something they didn't want to in front of a group. . . then you put them on blast. You know what I mean, homie? Say I see H2O break a plate, but she doesn't really want anyone to know. Later that night all the roomies are chillin, talking about clumsiness and I say something like, "Well H2O can top us all with what she did just today." Then everyone is all curious and she has to explain about her breaking the plate. I put her on blast. Does that make sense? It's a bad example, but you get the point, ya?

That's another thing they say, ya?

Trippy: Weird. Thas trippy. It was trippy. It wasn't scary, it was just. . . trippy.

Sidecrack: When someone comments in on someone else's conversation, they are a sidecrack.

Take it up the butt: When someone gets all offended at something or kind of pouty at something, they are taking it up the butt. It was annoying, but I didn't take it up the butt. She kind of took it up the butt.

On top of using these words/phrases in normal conversation, they speak gangster all the time. It's quite funny.

And then there's me. I'm just a white girl who don't speak no gangsta. And please slap me if I ever try cuz I would just look like a freak.