when i'm boss of the universe . . .

Two words I'd like to remove from the Universe:

deets - The word is "Details," not "deets." "deet" is an important ingredient in insect repellent.

peeped - Did you look at it? Then you saw it. You did not "peep" it. And your friends? They are your friends. They are not your "peeps." Your "peeps" are tasty little marshmallow chunks, shaped like birds and covered with enough sugar to give you type 2 diabetes after one box. They are especially tasty if you let them reach the perfect point of almost-too-stale before eating them.

Thank you.

Comments

[Aja]

:-) Smart man.

[nekodojo]

About the only thing better than stale peeps (a.k.a. peeps jerky) is microwave peeps. 6 seconds, no more.

[magdala]

You'll get my vote for Boss of the Universe if you also promise to outlaw "prior to" and the improper use of "due to" (as in "Due to your idiotic word choice, I'm going to have to kill you now."). I'll vote you in for life if you also promise to teach people the proper use of "comprise" (hint: "comprised of" is *never* correct).

[theCurse]

Well, magdala, it's good to know you're for the stagnation of language.

"deets" has got to go, t hough.

[oregonchick]

Not to read too much into your post, Wil, but is there any chance that your 'peeps' and some SciFi Channel 'peeps' are working out some 'deets' as we speak?

Gosh, I really, really hope that's what brought on this post!

[kipperfrog]

Hi Wil, this is very off-topic, but have you seen the concept car Nissan Terranaut? They've modelled it on a TNG shuttlecraft!

[Joker Cross]

If you take one of the bunnies and with a knife split its ears up the middle so that it looks as though it has four, then turn it upside down, you will have made yourself a Peep Chuthulu.

Marshmallow elder gods are tasty, at least before the gibbering begins.

And while on the subject of bending language, the putting together of celebrity couple's names to form some sort of Ubername must stop as well. The next person to say "Brangelina" or some such to me is getting a damn punch in the eye.

[Bon]

1. What does it say about your daily interactions that you connect with people who say things like "deets" and "peeped"? Not judging... just saying. One of the ways we can help ourselves in our eternal quest to demand a more perfect linguistic style is to demand perfection among our peers. (Not peeps!!!)

2. I find myself far more offended by things like the redundant TLA(a). See item four, here. Oh, hell, upon review of that article, I realize I'd be far better off if I ONLY had issues over a couple of things (like "deets" and "peeped" items).

ANYWAY... thanks for making blogging safer for a new generation. For reals.

[kapgar]

Bon, sadly, far too many people say "peeped" and "deets" that shouldn't. People who think they are being cool and hip because they are in the know regarding current slang. Hack!

Wil, amen!

[Craig Steffen]

Huh. I'm with some of the other posters--I've not heard of "deets". Sounds dumb to me.

However, I'm afraid that it's a losing battle. To quote/channel my wife (who, unlike me, is a professional in the english language, and I am not), "there's no such thing as correct in language, only conventional".

She also predicts that in another generation or so, the adverb will have fallen out of use in english.

[ThemePark]

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of some of the new slang. That, and the general misuse of the already screwy Engish language. Oh well, the world really started falling apart when they put a bacward 'R' in Toys Are Us.
Peace

[loveoff]

I have a question....
What is owned spelled pwned really mean? I know I am 32 but when the the meaning of beat the crap out of someone change?

[lukas]

Sweet. I just blogged about stale peeps myself a week ago. Great to know I'm not the only one.

[Wrathchild]

Peeps should only properly be ingested after being left out for three days.

And, while you're at it, can you whack the non-words "incent" and "irregardless"?

KTHXBYE

[Nyarl]

What' wrong with a little slangy now?

"Tomorrow is all like sweet flowers and turning vonny earth and the stars and the old luna up there and your old droog Alex all on his oddy knocky seeking like a mate."

[ShannanKA]

If you are going to be Boss of the Universe can you please just teach people to use the tenses of "see" correctly? "I seen it on TV" UGH!
Also you have to fix mispronunciation, i.e.-pitcher when they actually mean PICTURE! Axed when the word is ASKED!
These are the same people who go balistic when you miss pronounce their name.

[ThemePark]

And I misspelled backward. I have met the enemy, and he is us/me.

More Peace

[RipRyder]

Hey Wil, can I 'axe' you a question? Whilst 'peeps' is quite annoying, what do you think of 'bling', 'bra'? I mean, I am pretty 'amped' that you, a major 'baller' in your own right, would write about this stuff. I almost 'shit a cold purple Twinkie' when I read your original post! It, and you Wil, are 'da bomb' and I enjoy your 'blog'. Keep it up! 'w00t'!

Here are more:

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/#recent

[psycoma]

I could not agree more...you should add one..."Street"...NOT "Shtreet"

That drives me up a wall.

I'm finally getting cable internet tonight (no more dial-up baybay!!). Do you have a central location for your podcast archives? I only downloaded the first 2 because they took so long and I kept getting the nasty connection drop but now that I'm getting 20th century internet I want to download the rest. And I'm really ticked that I missed the game last night but no internet+moving and cleaning out old apartment=no hold 'em for Kathy...Kathy is a sad Kathy...

Who won?

[KatieKatie]

Oooh, I love stale peeps!
And I see someone mentioned microwave peeps.. never had one but now I want to try it.

Even better.. I want to roast my peeps over and open fire and make peeps smores.

I hate that word too.. and thankfully no one has ever called me their peep.. cuz I don't want to be eaten alive. ha ha ha haha! or should I say, I don't want to die? You get the idea.

Never heard of deets, and I'm not too sad about it either.

Great post, as always!

[Digital Goddess]

mmmmmmm... stale Peeps... (said in that moaning Homer Simpson donut voice).

[UsagiRyu]

Peeps. The only thing I like about spring. No, wait, I like those Cadbury eggs too. When they are frozen solid.

On words:
Where I live, "I seen" is considered normal. To me, it's like nails on a chalk board.

Wil, please ban "I seen" Please?? When you're BotU

[KaliAmanda]

1. You have my vote!

2. Marshmellow peeps never go stale if you cover them in chocolate. Anything is fresh and lovely if covered in chocolate...

[Debbie]

The one that always sets my teeth on edge is people who use "prolly" when they mean probably.

Brit is prolly not preggers my peeps, 'kay.

[MaraJade]

I agree with joker - get rid of all the combined names. Brangelina, beniffer.... It's horrible. Every single celebrity couple has one stupid name now. It's one of the most annoying things I've ever heard.

And preggers is a horrible horrible word. What an odd way to express something as wonderful as being pregnant. Dumb.