回顾--2003年流行英语词汇(3)

Top Ten Youthspeak Words

1. What Up? Present incarnation of the ever popular: Wassup?

2. Give it up! Replaces the square: please applaud for?

3. Shut up! YouthSpeak for 'Really?'

4. Stog Cigarette, short for 'stogey'.

5. SNAG Sensitive New-Age Guy.

6. Hottie Object of affection, either personally or in the cultural milieu.

7. Poppins Perfect, as in 'Mary Poppins is perfect in every way.'

8. Tricked Out Souped-up.

9. Rice Rockets Tricked out Japanese compacts, as opposed to American 'muscle' cars.

10. Side Show Temporarily cordoning off a freeway to perform outrageous car stunts in tricked-out rice rockets.