July 6, 2000 at 12:00 am #39832
David
Participant
Other phrases I have heard are the following: (1) ‘this and that’; (2) ‘she goes / he goes’ (instead of she said / he said); (3) ‘what’s up?’ (which has mutated from ‘wassup’ to the now infamous ‘wazzuuup!’); (4) ‘yada, yada, yada’ (ala the TV sit-com ‘Seinfeld’); (5) ‘whatever’ (which is now more like ‘what..everrrr!’); (6) ‘oh please’ (which is now ‘oh pllleeease!’). It seems like most of this new city lingo is just a rhythmic twist or spin on a prior phrase, usually influenced by popular culture.