Random Thought of the Day

Oh my gosh, I'm getting addicted to this forum!!! :eek:

It used to be sort of dead, you see.

LMAO :D It's a madhouse!!

Help, i cant keep up!

Hey, I just realized the Spanish word for girls is "chicas." Is that where the slang "chicks" derived from?

Wow, I better get off the computer soon and start doing my homework.

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Originally posted by ajoe
Hey, I just realized the Spanish word for girls is "chicas." Is that where the slang "chicks" derived from?

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that's very cool. i often wondered where that slang came from, in fact that is written down as one of the things i wanted to ask the etymologist guy....very good observation.

LOL actually, that may be so. But my AP English dude told us (when we read The Sun Also Rises *puke*) that it was brought back from France by the WWI soldiers. Because the French slang for hookers was "les poules" -- chickens.

hmmm...now im confused
thanks ever so much!

So does chicks mean hookers or what? *confused*

In the meantime, some guys sure are freaky. *shiver*

Thanks to the * thing I'm gonna stop using emoticons to express myself. :(

LoL. Well, I think the word "chicks" went through the same phase as the word "hoe" is now. Which some people use to describe all women. Which isn't nice. But I guess that's why "chick" is a traditionally guy thing to say. I think with the whole beat/rock'n'roll scene it started to mean just "girl."

I have only heard women referred to as chicks or hoes in movies.

I refer to women as chicks but usually only when I'm talking to friends and I am woman.

And back in the day my friends and I were gonna form a rock band that was antithetical to New Kids on the Block (that dates me doesn't it?) called New hoes in the 'hood.

And people in the UK sometimes refer to females as `birds' of course in a complimentary fashion :p

I made a website named my sexy robotics one time.

i have a tendency to refer to women as chicks on occasion. but to me a chick is a specific type of female. as was mentioned earlier (in this thread or another, i dont remember) there are women who are obsessed with makeup and shopping and really girly girl activities...they are chicks to me. something nice to look at, but with little substance. (and yes women look at women too)

I always think women who smack their gum as "chicks"

How come there really aren't that many names for guys?

well, the most common one where i live is not flattering and sounds alot like chicks.....
but you are right, i think. there are way less nickname-type handles for men....
hmmmmm...
perhaps we should make some up, in the name of equality for the sexes.

...and i thought 'chick' just meant girl... :eek:

Okay, this is a thread on random thoughts, not the slang chicks. Move on!!

I just realized that i never noticed the taste of my own gums....

I greet the women I know, "hey chick", but I only hang out with 'cool chicks', not the catty, vile or vicious kind.

I can think of several names to call men, but they wouldn't be allowed here. Anyway, I adore men and wouldn't call them any bad names.

shhh...lara...didnt you hear? we are not allowed to discuss slang chicks on this thread. it is ONLY for random thoughts. the forum police will force us back on track....

however, a new thread on slang language?? another great idea!

i was expecting a host of people to say wow at my incredible revelation.

i might have, had i understood why and how you were doing such a thing. but confusion leaves me feeling stupid and so i just pretended that you didnt post.
now, i must say "wow", just to appease the bellwether of self tasting.
(also, that is "wow", in the most respectful of manners, i havent forgotten what happens when one says "wow" around here...)

... what happens when one says wow around here?

http://www.online-literature.com/for...&threadid=2349

there was a time when a new member came online and asked a bunch of questions that were fairly difficult to understand and non-specific (if i remember correctly) and Kik's only reply was "wow". his post was deleted by a mod and there was a brief but very warm battle over censorship in the forum. i was mostly just kidding, but i am always more careful what i reply with since that.

so... it was deleted because it was mean or because the guy thought it was a post for the sake of his post count

it was taken to be snide, or mocking in nature. but i dont believe that was the intention. anyhow...its all over now. i was just making a joke in reference to it. for funny. haha

"wow" was a "whew!" to a "?" that seemed obvious, but was viewed as unwelcome and cruel, 'specially to a newcomer.

new random thought: and I thought the intercomm in my room would be convenient... *eyeroll*

Have you ever noticed how many games are on this forum?

*shrugs and blinks innocently*

Mood swing: wee!:D oo...:( wee!:D oo...:( wee!:D oo...:(

looks like :( fun! :D don't go over the top!

O gee, I thought I was going to meet someone cute...
But he was a nice guy..!

[random thought]

If spiders ruled the earth, we would be screwed.

Ahh...but what about spiders men...

are we going to be screwed up too?