Lexicon: Cyber
Pronunciation: si'-bur
1. adjective: of, relating to, or involving computers or computer networks (as the Internet)
2. verb: to engage in quasi-erotic activities on the internet that involved PMs (private messages) and repeated usage of the "M" key
Usage:
Private message from socrboy83: yo baybee u want 2 cyber?
(image via Technospot)
By vivian | Wednesday, May 13, 2009 | Labels: jargon | 0 Comments
An unexpected benefit of having Squids stalk you at your local Chick-Fil-A
If you're a girl, that is. Virginia Beach is Recession-Resistant.
Lexicon: Squid.
Pronunciation: skwihd'
noun
1. any of an order (Teuthoidea) of cephalopods having eight short arms and two usually longer tentacles, a long tapered body, a caudal fin on each side, and usually a slender internal chitinous support
2. a male sailor, usually under the age of 30, who frequents fast-food restaurants near any of the Hampton Roads military bases that are also located near high schools between the hours of 2pm and 4pm to pick up unsuspecting young girls.
By vivian | Monday, May 04, 2009 | Labels: jargon | 0 Comments
Lexicon: Aww sookie sookie now!
Pronunciation: ah suh'kee suh'kee nah'
interjection
1. a phrase denoting extreme joy or excitement
Origin:
The phrase "aw sookie sookie now" was originally an ad lib in the opening bars of the song "Groove Me" by King Floyd.
Usage:
By vivian | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | Labels: jargon, music, videos | 0 Comments
Pager Code
Remember how awesome it was when your parents got you a pager? Remember how much it sucked when they were always paging your ass to find out where you were and if would pick up your little brother from soccer practice?
Fortunately, pagers had an awesome redeeming quality. You could use them to send totally gratuitous and borderline incomprehensible messages to your friends—using pager code!
You could tell someone "hello": 43770
Or "I love you": 1 70113 4011
Or "where are you": 11143123 8123 4011
My sister happened to have a very pager code-friendly name: 1123173. So did her boyfriend: 177117 500
Here's a pager code key of the entire alphabet, courtesy of UrbanDictionary.com:
A = 8
B = 8
C = 6
D = 0
E = 3
F = 4
G = 6
H = 4
I = 1
J = 7
K = 15
L = 7
M = 177
N = 17
O = 0
P = 9
Q = 0
R = 12
S = 5
T = 7
U = 11
V = 11
W = 111
X = 25
Y = 4
Z = 2
By vivian | Monday, April 13, 2009 | Labels: jargon | 9 Comments
Lexicon: Worsesome
Pronunciation: wor'some
adjective
1. annoying
2. socially inept
3. possessing the quality of being a net-negative contributor to society
Origin:
contraction of "worrisome"; worse than "bothersome"
Synonyms: triflin', trippin'
Usage: Tyrone, give me back my fuckin' weave! Why you gotta be so worsesome?
By vivian | Friday, April 03, 2009 | Labels: jargon | 0 Comments
Dilemma
Would you consider this layout to be "nifty" or "spiffy"? I just can't decide!
WordArt courtesy my mad Word 97 skills
By Helen | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | Labels: jargon | 0 Comments
Welcome!
So you're wondering: "What in the Sam Heezy is a Throwback VaBeezy?"
This is a blog dedicated to the nostalgia and hometown pride of Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads in the '90s (and early '00s).
Your writers are part of the full-time workforce, located in different areas of the state of New York - one in the city and one way upstate. We work hard and we love what we do, but there is just no place quite like the big V-A. Besides, the snow up here is mad wack, son.
By Helen | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Labels: jargon | 1 Comments