10 for 10 (10th Entry)................Defining Earworm with Michael Bolton

Greetings to our blog readers in Ukraine, Turkey, and Ghana.......

Today, we bring you the 10th and final installment of our 10 for 10 series commemorating the tenth anniversary of this very blog, which went up (in its original form) on Sept. 21, 2005. It was a radically different time then as Ari the beloved family tuxedo cat was still alive. Alas, he died just shy of his 20th birthday on March 2nd, 2007. Ok, otherwise, I guess things haven't really changed that much!

We are using an image of Michael Bolton because when we hear the slang word 'earworm,' the junkbox in our minds starts playing "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?"..........which makes us wonder if Dick Cheney urged that this song be played to terrorist or terrorist suspects while waterboarding them at Gitmo, the American naval base in Cuba.

I suppose we will never know the answer to that, but we have three definitions of urban slang words/terms for you:

1) Earworm: A song that sticks in your mind relentlessly, and will not leave no matter how hard you try (applies to Michael Bolton as well as any song by Air Supply).

2) Gold digger: A person who goes out with you for for your money, or someone who dates Tori Spelling!

3) Gender ninja: A person has an uncertain gender based on their personal appearance, hmm....see also the character Pat that was once part of "Saturday Night Live".....

http://www.urbandictionary.com

Meet Your Republican Congressman (2 of 3).........and guess when he will turn 103.......

Greetings to our blog readers in Slovenia, France and Mexico..........

Here are 10 members of Congress (the House of Representatives) the year they will turn 103....oh, btw, all of them are Republican, which probably means they aren't well-versed in The Urban Dictionary:

1) Cong. Scott Rigell (R-Va, pict. top) 2063

2) Cong. Walter Jones (R-NC, pict. center, man responsible for term 'freedom fries') 2046

3) Cong. Billy Long (R-Mo) 2058

4) Cong. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) 2067

5) Cong. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla) 2047

6) Cong. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) Deputy Majority Whip. 2052.

7) Cong. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) 2054

8) Cng. Tom Price (R-Ga) 2057

9) Cong. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala) 2058

10) Cong. Trent Franks (R-Az, pict. bottom) 2060

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/

http://www.theonion.com/section/politics/

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

http://www.nocturnalguy38.blogspot.com (for more GOP reps and the years they turn 103)

Famous Quotes from Famous Artists (2 of 5): Aldous Huxley

Hopefully, you can see this blog entry with a quote from Aldous Huxley, the author of "Brave New World," there seem to be tech glitches beyond our control at the moment!

"There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail."

SIDEBAR: Are you taking a three-hour lunch break at Chanello's Pizza in Norfolk, Va., today? Then, you are having an 'intern lunch' according to The Urban Dictionary, it is a term for a very, very long lunch break.

http://www.chanellospizza.com/index

Famous Quotes from Famous Authors (1 of 5): Gertrude Stein

"I write for myself and strangers. This is the only way I can do it," Gertrude Stein, she was played by Kathy Bates in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris."

SIDEBAR: Last week, we learned from The Urban Dictionary, that God Donut is a term used as a sub for God Damnit; the term originated from an iPhone auto correct....thanks, Steve Jobs!

No Blog Entry Today as I am Sick as a Dog

American English idioms may be lost on our blog readers in Uzbekistan, so we will refer to the NPR radio series "Way with Words" http://www.waywithwords.org and the ever-hip Urban Dictionary http://www.urbandictionary.com or perhaps even the Scrabble dictionary http://www.scrabble.com

We got this image when we googled in the term: "Dogs in Turkey," but we are not sure if this fella is from Malatya, Erzurum or Kars (forgive the Turkish humor). We imagine dogs in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan look fairly similar to this one?!

We shall try to post a more meaningful blog post when this nasty cold has left the building.....

New Words to Live By

For those of us who grew up in the 1970s and '80s, one conjures up image of early rap or hip-hop bands, such as Run DMC (pictured), but lately urban has been associate with hip and happening. Here are two works we found in "The Urban Dictionary," which definitely would not have existed in Run DMC's heyday circa 1987.

We also found out tonight through a quiz on "The Mental Floss"web site that the teen comedy classic "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" that RHS was rivals with the Lincoln High School Sea Wolves (we missed that one!)

FACEBOOK CRUSH: A crush on a Facebook friend characterized by urges to revisit the friends' Photos tab and repeatedly check to see what is written on the person of the crush's FB page.

MESSAGE ANXIETY: The act of pausing, freezing up or dreading a possible negative email, text or voice mail.

One can also check into our ever-changing lingo through the NPR series "Way with Words."

http://www.urbandictioanry.com

http://www.waywordradio.org

http://www.mentalfloss.com

http://www.rundmc.com