<![CDATA[Jezebel: Slang]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Slang]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/slang http://jezebel.com/tag/slang <![CDATA[Do Teens Really Have Abortion Slang?]]> Hey, girlfriend! Did you know that teens now have a totally phat new word for getting an abortion? According to About.com the proper term is "hoovering," and kids today think it's the cat's pajamas! More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5620626&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[13 Different Ways To Say "Testicles"]]> In addition to "balls," "nuts" and "cojones," the Cosmo story "Two Spots He's Dying For You To Touch" uses "his boys," "package," "his twins" and then prints ten weird nicknames guys allegedly use. Winston Churchill? Ghandi? Both bald and wrinkly. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5557420&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Liking "Like:" Wherein Christopher Hitchens Discovers Valley Girls]]> It appears Christopher Hitchens has finally seen Clueless, because he's come up with a decades-too-late analysis — and mild condemnation — of the word "like." More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5447444&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Slang: Fun Games For Your Brain]]> If you've ever claimed to have invented a word, only to find it on Urban Dictionary (damn you, nonversation!), you may benefit from Michael Adams's new book, Slang: The People's Poetry. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5214666&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[China Sends Goodwill Pandas To Taiwan • "Meat Curtains" And Other Weird Ladyparts Slang]]> • A pair of goodwill pandas arrived in Taiwan from China on Tuesday, a sign of improving relations between the two countries.• More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5117103&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Oldies But Goodies]]> Attention, everyone: 20th century Barnard students were loose women. Well, not really, but that seems to be the underlying message of this 1920s article about a controversial "purity survey" in a Columbia University humor magazine. Here were some of the survey's findings: 50% of the women indulged in necking, 34% "soul kissed", 49% had kissed ten different dudes, 66% were tipplers, and 32 women had been "tight." We'll leave it to you to figure out that last one. [Susie Bright's Journal] More »
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