Yeah IDK, I don't have an opinion on "basic" but YAYYYYYSSS just hurts me to look at when it accompanies some slate article posted by a white nerd from u. chicago.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
Oh shit, I had totally been hearing it like this
http://youtu.be/PoWEESRrNK8?t=28s
― how's life, Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
Huh I didn't know it came from drag but sure! I've seen a lot of people write it, like on fb, but the only people I've heard say it convincingly are Black women? I think I assumed it was a church lady thing like snapping your fingers to agree w something, or waving your fan.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
When people write it as "YAAAAASSSSS" I hear it in a nasally long island accent
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
"YAAAAASSSSSS" and 'YAYYYYYYYYSSSSS" are not the same thing. Is "YAYYYYYS" even a thing? I've never heard that before.
― Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 30 October 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
actually laurel you are right, it could very well have come from from not-necessarily-queer black women! Slang seems to move v fluidly btwn the two (p sure "basic" came from black women, "shade" and "reading" came from ballroom qpoc, etc) but idk it seems like RPDR was the (admittedly appropriateive) catalyst that actually launched them
but I could be v wrong, I really don't know
― Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 30 October 2014 15:13 (nine years ago) link
Stevie I need you to break this down for me
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
but I just did :(
― Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 30 October 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
I mean what is the difference between "YAAAAASSSSSS" and "YAYYYYYYYYSSSSS"
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
"transitioning" as a verb in anything except sex reassignment contexts.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
what is the difference between "YAAAAASSSSSS" and "YAYYYYYYYYSSSSS"
One would be pronounced either as /jɑːs/ or /jæs/ (with requisite extension of the 's' sound) and the other would be pronounced as /jeɪs/ or /jeɪz/. I can't comment on the sociolinguistics at play here but they're clearly different words.
― emil.y, Thursday, 30 October 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
do they have different usages?
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
in case you needed a (actually pretty good) thinkpiece about "basic":
http://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/basic-class-anxiety
xp
― davey, Thursday, 30 October 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
YAYYSSS is prob lil jon
YAAASSS is like this (this is my fav example of "yass")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLbV4tl9n20
― Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 30 October 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
omgomgomg
― carl agatha, Thursday, 30 October 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
this is also prime "YAAASSSSS", like this is *exactly* the intonation, context, everything you could possibly want from a "what is yaaassss" video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZgrnm37MwE
― Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 31 October 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
I thought YASSS was a Scottish thing.
― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 31 October 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link
Ok upon viewing these videos I am ok with YAAAASSSSS, but remain anti-YAAAASSSSS-appropriation
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 31 October 2014 03:22 (nine years ago) link
Just to be clear, it's supposed to be obvious that someone else is voicing the cat right?
I'm watching a YAAAASSS GAGA compilation now. I feel like I am now re-thinking my whole entire understanding of the meaning of Gaga as a vessel for YAAASSSS, it's blowing my mind.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 31 October 2014 03:27 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, Scottish people have been saying YASSS for a long time.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 31 October 2014 09:48 (nine years ago) link
I love when ILX gets all YAAASSSS'd out.
― nashwan, Friday, 31 October 2014 11:36 (nine years ago) link
I kind of want to post this subthread with everything but "YAAAASSSSS"es blacked out
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 31 October 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link
Did we talk about the odious phrase "open the kimono" here or in another thread? I can't remember, but here's an article that attempts to trace its origins: http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/11/02/360479744/why-corporate-executives-talk-about-opening-their-kimonos
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
yeah that phrase basically makes me think about old man bodies
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
Anyone come across 'pooing in the pool', meaning 'to kill somebody else's idea during brainstorming sessions' - e.g. 'I don't want to poo in your pool here, but I don't think this new logo plan is going to fly'.
― joni mitchell jarre (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
"You already pooed in my pool just by using that phrase"
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 16:35 (nine years ago) link
What's wrong with good old poo-free "rain on your parade"?
Plus isn't the whole point of brainstorming to not rain on anyone's parade or poo in anyone's pool so as not to staunch the free flow of ideas?
Man I hate business, and meetings, and work, and capitalism, and productivity, and white boards, and jargon.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that's why the phrase got termed allegedly - you're not supposed to poo in other people's pools during brainstorms, although I will make an exception for the person who thought the term up in the first place.
― joni mitchell jarre (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
Babytalk in general in the workplace.
― pplains, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
http://compforce.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451df4569e2017ee838e3ba970d-pi
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
i do not like it when 'murcans say "preggers"
― shoot skag listen to sotl (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
i have a hard time not saying anything when my friends call me "mama"
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
wow i totally blurted that out of nowhere after literally years of not saying anything but there it is
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
We say "pragnant" a a lot
― marcos, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
As in how girl get pragnant
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:27 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Wait wait I'm taking notes.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
people call you "mama"!?
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
taking notes? what for?
and yes -- i have several friends who seem to enjoy calling me mama as a term of endearment and frankly i hate it
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
i'm guessing it's just a habit/something they call their other friendsand i don't want to raise a stink or cut them off from me any more than they arebut i don't like it and i had a little outburst
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
Sort of in a hippieish way? I think I've heard that once or twice. It's not a very new york thing to do.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
i don't even knowusually it's "thanks, mama" or "love you mama" or something like thatit's always done with love i just wish it were another word
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I have heard that somewhere. Maybe at the crunchy baby products store, in which case it was referring to an actual mama but still.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
Maybe even worse since it implies the woman is just generic "mama" now.
Oh I call people mama sometimes, I'm pretty sure. Also I've gotten a newfound appreciation for "ma" since I watched a lot of this Botswanan detective show and afaict it's a term of polite address for all women.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
yeah i don't like that either
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
i might feel differently we were both in/from botswana but
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
that can be said about a lot of things
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
i understand it's meant as a term of endearment which is why i never piped up
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
One time I was in the parking lot of a Further show and I sneezed and a young hippie woman said, "Bless you, mama" and I felt like I had been promoted from maid to crone.
Fun fact: the entire time I was in the hospital for my daughter's birth, the nurses routinely called me mama instead of my name, my daughter's pediatrician calls me mama as in "Okay we'll be in exam room two, mama," and sometimes Ivy's daycare teachers call me mama. Easier than learning my name, I guess.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link