Well at least you didn't fade away.Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:53 pm To be fair, my experience when discovering older music was really only from my parents. Dad was a huge Roy Orbison fan and my mom loved Cher and Madonna. And they'd listen to what we'd refer to as yacht rock now on the radio. I grew up loving hip hop and really never detracted from it.
So when it came to rock/metal/other music for me I would have to hear it in the background of a movie or TV show unless it was so ubiquitous it was heard outside of those avenues. (Like Queen at sporting events.)
I can't really put an artist to a certain song on some of the stuff I hear now because of it. So I can understand the "new" song I just heard even though it's really old.
Honestly, I had never heard Immigrant Song until that one scene in Baby Driver. (I think it was in that movie.) And when I Shazam'd it found out it was Led Zeppelin and released originally in 1970. I felt kinda sheltered when I found that out.
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I grew up with my mom and dad's record collections as my guideposts until I was around 12 or so and MTV kicked off and my friends got into Ozzy Osbourne and a bunch of other metal bands. Then I met a new group of friends who were deeply into the emerging rap and techno scenes and my own tastes took off from there.
In the 90s, after college, I gravitated to KEXP and Sub Pop and the dying days of DC-based WHFS for my musical pointers. At some point, not sure why/how, I just stopped seeking anything new out. It's not like I'll turn good "new" stuff away, by any stretch. Like, my love of the Avett Bros came well after I'd my active days, for example.
But it's gotta be pretty impressive to grab my attention these days.
In the 90s, after college, I gravitated to KEXP and Sub Pop and the dying days of DC-based WHFS for my musical pointers. At some point, not sure why/how, I just stopped seeking anything new out. It's not like I'll turn good "new" stuff away, by any stretch. Like, my love of the Avett Bros came well after I'd my active days, for example.
But it's gotta be pretty impressive to grab my attention these days.
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I assume I listen to more "new" stuff than most people in my demo and I'm still like 80% or more albums that are a decade old if its not KEXP streaming.
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I thought Liquid Death was an alcohol in the 4Loko mold, but come to find out it's....sparkling water? That threw me off.
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I don’t think it’s even sparking. Just canned water. At least the ones I’ve had have been.
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There's plain and sparkling and now flavored options like Armless Palmer which is their Arnold Palmer. I love the unflavored sparkling. Really good level of carbonation.
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Every so often I see "zephyr" and am reminded that it's probably my favorite word. It's got it all.
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Mine's ruckus.
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Don't know if it's my favourite, but i use the word "rumpus" all the time.
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Ever see Zephyrhills bottled water when in Florida? It's our Poland Spring or whatever equivalent local spring water. Zephyrhills is about 30-40 minutes north of Tampa and most around here pronounce it as Zeff-ra-hills.
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Sure have. But that word looks like an STD. Overkill.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:39 amEver see Zephyrhills bottled water when in Florida? It's our Poland Spring or whatever equivalent local spring water. Zephyrhills is about 30-40 minutes north of Tampa and most around here pronounce it as Zeff-ra-hills.
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It's fungible and defenestrate for me. Back in law school my favorite jargon was devoid, abatement, and tantamount.
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My daughter played a game against a team called the Roxbury Ruckus years ago. Still the best team name I've seen.
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Fungible is a good one. I told Nicole to use it when talking to one of her old bosses and he somehow didn't know what it meant, and that slight air of superiority truly helps in a discussion like that.
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Defenestration is probably top 3 for me.
You know you've got a great historical record when there is a second defenestration of Prague.
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That being said not sure what my favorite word is. I'm sure it will come to me. Almost like a treppenwitz.
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Defenestration is cool but so limited in its usage and I think that matters a lot.
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And a third.
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Disingenuous is a good one.
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The Tampa Bay Times is monitoring this thread!Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:40 amSure have. But that word looks like an STD. Overkill.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:39 amEver see Zephyrhills bottled water when in Florida? It's our Poland Spring or whatever equivalent local spring water. Zephyrhills is about 30-40 minutes north of Tampa and most around here pronounce it as Zeff-ra-hills.
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I like to throw zaftig out there.
It's just a fun way to say someone is plump.
It's just a fun way to say someone is plump.
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And Swedish.
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It's weird that there is a word for "plump and Swedish." But what else do they have to do during the long winters?
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Wait, isn't "zaftig" a Yiddish word?
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Yup.
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GD this was pretty much me exactly in Philly a couple of weeks ago with the youngest. Except she also bought herself a hoodie.
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Yep. My parents liked going to a Jewish Deli called Zaftig's when I lived in Boston. Looks like they are still in business!
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I'm going to try to slip everyone's favorite words into their SwampVenture dialogue now.
Also brian is going to say "scrumptious" at some point.
Also brian is going to say "scrumptious" at some point.
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It is. And it means “juicy”.
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Zaftie Smalls
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So it's the same fucking word.
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My wife saw my cousin and his under 18 daughters toasting w it on FB and got all hot under her collar until I told her it was just canned water.
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Fascinating. I used it once and a Swedish friend claimed it came from them. Maybe it got around.
eta after a google... from the german root 'saftig' (juicy)
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The answer is verisimilitude.
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Schadenfreude for me. Both the word and its meaning.
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Antidisestablishmentarianism.
It's just such a pretentious looking word. But it's my favorite.
Also, The Press Box podcast on the Ringer has been on a rant about the recent usage of 'defenestrate' because whatever it's referencing is not being thrown out of the window.
It's just such a pretentious looking word. But it's my favorite.
Also, The Press Box podcast on the Ringer has been on a rant about the recent usage of 'defenestrate' because whatever it's referencing is not being thrown out of the window.
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Favorite word to say: Bubble
Favorite word to see: Bookkeeper (because of the three consecutive double letters)
Favorite word trivia: Facetious and Abstemious (only words with all five vowels just once and in alphabetical order)
Favorite word to see: Bookkeeper (because of the three consecutive double letters)
Favorite word trivia: Facetious and Abstemious (only words with all five vowels just once and in alphabetical order)
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