Comments on: Avoiding Murder on the Internet: Making Writing Worthwhile http://www.davidbrewster.com/2009/05/19/avoiding-murder-on-the-internet-making-writing-worthwhile/ Writer: Copywriter, Ghostwriter, Corporate Writing, Articles Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:53:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David C. Brewster http://www.davidbrewster.com/2009/05/19/avoiding-murder-on-the-internet-making-writing-worthwhile/comment-page-1/#comment-80 David C. Brewster Tue, 19 May 2009 18:08:47 +0000 http://www.davidbrewster.com/?p=193#comment-80 Last summer, I was tasked to explain to two daughters, aged 8 and 6, what cigarette smoking was, and why people do it. As an added challenge to that, I have never been a smoker. It is amazing, though, the manner in which my teenage daughter's spoken vocabulary has apparently diminished, just the way you described. Last summer, I was tasked to explain to two daughters, aged 8 and 6, what cigarette smoking was, and why people do it. As an added challenge to that, I have never been a smoker.

It is amazing, though, the manner in which my teenage daughter’s spoken vocabulary has apparently diminished, just the way you described.

]]> By: Yvonne Adele | Ideas Culture http://www.davidbrewster.com/2009/05/19/avoiding-murder-on-the-internet-making-writing-worthwhile/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Yvonne Adele | Ideas Culture Tue, 19 May 2009 07:41:06 +0000 http://www.davidbrewster.com/?p=193#comment-79 Hi David - love the new look blog! I'm with you on the teenager words - my daughter is 15. If your teenager says to you "ceebs!" I've discovered it means 'Can't be bothered'. It was abbreviated for MSN and txt to: 'cbb' but has ended up as 'ceebs'. Also 'biffles' is a big one - which is the slang for 'bff' which was the abbreviation for 'best friends forever'! Mark McCrindle has a FANTASTIC lexion of Gen Y speak called WORD UP which I continually annoy my daughter and friends with! http://www.learningtolearn.sa.edu.au/Colleagues/pages/default/mccrindle/?reFlag=1 Hi David – love the new look blog! I’m with you on the teenager words – my daughter is 15. If your teenager says to you “ceebs!” I’ve discovered it means ‘Can’t be bothered’. It was abbreviated for MSN and txt to: ‘cbb’ but has ended up as ‘ceebs’. Also ‘biffles’ is a big one – which is the slang for ‘bff’ which was the abbreviation for ‘best friends forever’!
Mark McCrindle has a FANTASTIC lexion of Gen Y speak called WORD UP which I continually annoy my daughter and friends with! http://www.learningtolearn.sa.edu.au/Colleagues/pages/default/mccrindle/?reFlag=1

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