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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:16 AM Original message |
It's funny how the word "Pimp" has become mainstream. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. yeah, the headline you link to is tacky. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. ah, they're using it as a VERB, "to pimp out" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. pimp is not mainstream for me or my kids, nor will it be in the future |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's been mainstream for over thirty years. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Agreed in that sense |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. True that, and to find the MSM using the term just shows |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Vernacular is not the same as journalistic mainstream. I think swear-words demonstrate |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's been a word since the 17th century |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. pimpin' |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. It is a cant word, without dignity. Newsweek isn't Rolling Stone or Vibe. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. Same way bush* has used Captured or KILLED. I never heard a president talk like him. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. Looks like they're trying to appeal to young people |
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