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Perd Hapley

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drek, dren, meh
« on: December 18, 2006, 10:33:05 AM »
Where do these words come from? 


Here's a new slang term I like.  "Womp."  As in, "Getting shot in the behind really womps."  Or, "You're going to see Los Lonely Boys?  They are so lame, they totally womp."  As far as I know it comes from the cartoon show, "Recess," and is a cleaner way to say that something "sucks."   
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2006, 10:38:54 AM »
In my day you could get womped or womped onm, kind of interchangeable with and equivalent to stomped I guess. I don't like the new interpretation, it womps.  grin
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2006, 11:08:46 AM »
"Dreck" is Yiddish for "filth."
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2006, 11:54:07 AM »
Dren is a cussword that debuted on "Farscape", on the Sci-Fi Channel. Wink
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2006, 12:41:40 PM »
Quote from: Standing Wolf on December 18, 2006, 10:08:46 AM
"Dreck" is Yiddish for "filth."

Actually "*expletive deleted*it" is closer.
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2006, 02:16:18 PM »
Quote from: The Rabbi on December 18, 2006, 11:41:40 AM
Quote from: Standing Wolf on December 18, 2006, 10:08:46 AM
"Dreck" is Yiddish for "filth."

Actually "*expletive deleted*it" is closer.

I thought it translated as crap.  When I was a kid, womp meant slap.
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2006, 03:50:47 PM »
'whomp' is from Mario.
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2006, 06:35:01 PM »
Mario who?
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2006, 06:48:03 PM »
Surely you jest, fistful!  grin
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2006, 08:03:12 PM »
The Mario franchise, by Nintendo and HAL. Whomps are large stone blocks with faces (what _doesn't_ have a face on it in Mario? If it can kill you, it's got a face.) that either drop periodically, or when you get close to them in an attempt to squish you.

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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2006, 02:02:24 AM »
Urban Dictionary is your friend:

1. Meh        

Indifference; to be used when one simply does not care.

A: What do you want for dinner?
B: Meh.

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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2006, 03:00:55 AM »
But I believe I asked WHENCE DOES IT COME?   cheesy


HAL?  "What are you doing, Dave?  Dave?  Don't turn off the game system, Dave, you haven't beaten this level."
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2006, 07:07:38 AM »
Feh,
This culture spins out neue insider memes faster than a whomp rat on meth.
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2006, 07:10:01 AM »
I've been using 'feh' and 'meh' for at least a decade.

It's the typed equivalent of a dismissive mouth noise.
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2006, 11:06:24 AM »
Well "Feh" is most certainly Yiddish.  Apparently "meh" was popularized by The Simpsons

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meh

But its origins are less clear. 

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003238.html

It's close enough to the Yiddish "feh" to probably be a spinoff of that word.  Though "feh" has more of a "yuk" sense to it. 
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Re: drek, dren, meh
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2006, 02:46:51 PM »
Womp or Whomp is just a combination of whoop ("I'm gonna whoop yer ass.") and stomp ("I'm gonna stomp yer ass.")  Frequently used when you don't know if your going to be whooping or stomping.  If something is "whomped," it's in pretty bad shape.
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