Them Kids and Their Lingo

So Lynnea was feeding the cats tonite, and was pouring water into one of their bowls.  In so doing she suddenly noticed bits of food floating in the bowl.  I said “Lynnea, typically we put dry food in that bowl and water in the other one.”  She got a sheepish grin on and said “aw snap!”

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  1. That is apparently from “That's so Raven” — I mean, it's an expression that pretty much everybody uses, but that's probably where she heard it. My kids say it to, so I asked them where it came from.
    The one I'm really sick of is “sweet.” I thought it was a ten-year-old girl phrase, as in “Miss Mattos has a sweet ride,” (ugh, materialistic little things), but all of my students use it to. I'm really, really sick of it, to the point where I don't want to give them good news.
    “The project is due next week instead of Thursday.”
    “Sweet.”
    “Forget it, it's due now. No exceptions.” :-P

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