The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for August 04, 2020
August 03, 2020
August 05, 2020
Transcript:
Man: Say, brotha, you got that dough you owe me? I just bought a crib! I gotta make that Pillsbury, son! Inventing New Slang: Volume II How to invent new slang: One should simply build upon existing slang. For example... Ask yourself, what is another word synonymous with the word "dough"? Pillsbury! Dough=existing slang for "money." Money = dough = Pullsbury = coolest guy in the office. Tomorrow: Copyrighting your new slang!
Algolei I over 4 years ago
My friend used to call it “cake”. Never caught on.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
You have to be someone famous (or on a popular show) to invent slang.
J Short over 4 years ago
Man, I gotta make some poppin fresh.
Johnny Q Premium Member over 4 years ago
A bit like Cockney rhyming slang…
Ellis97 over 4 years ago
I could go for some Pillsbury biscuits myself.
mistercatworks over 4 years ago
Slang is slang. Can’t push it. This looks close to Cockney rhyming slang which is designed to be incomprehensible to outsiders, e.g. “Butcher’s” for “look”, long-form “Buttcher’s Hook”, from when people looked into butcher shop windows to see what was on the hook.
bakana over 4 years ago
Many years ago, while in High School, I had the impulse to do something like this.
I began replying to various comments with the phrase: “Well, How about That?”
Within a couple weeks, half the school was also saying it. A couple weeks later, it sorta died out.