10/26/2022 0 Comments Booku new orleans![]() ![]() ![]() One Storm: Two Waves, A One Act Play of the Bywater.Went for a walk at 4 in the morning just to clear.My response from Matt Miller's essay "Bounce Rap M.What it's like to be a New Orleanian outside of Ne.The other day, Bridgit and I went to City Park to.Excerpt from Service Learning Reflection (Anna's A.What's unique about this word as compared to the other phrases in this post, is that even though my mom and grandma don't know practically any of this "new New Orleans slang", they both know and use beaucoup, and it's been around for a long time. An example would be, "I got beaucoup tests this week" or "There was beaucoup people up in the bookstore trying to buy their blue books for exams." You can also use this word in front of adjectives, like "I'm beaucoup drove today" or "She beaucoup bucked up cause she got her some trades". People will often butcher the spelling online as "buku" or "bookoo" or something, but I prefer to use "beaucoup" even though you do pronounce it like buku or bookoo. ![]() It's the word "beaucoup", which basically means "a lot". I stay using it!įinally, this piece of slang is really common and you'll hear it from New Orleanians a lot. I don't know why, but I really like this particular phrase. ![]() For example, I stay taking naps after class = I'm always taking naps after class. It basically takes the place of "always" in a sentence. The next piece of slang is one of my favorites. Like for example, if a professor assigns a TON of work at once, I'll probably be like "LAWWWWD Professor so-and-so is playing TOOO many games!" It basically means someone's messing around or screwing up or "blowing it". Something that my out-of-state friends always tell me I say a lot is "playing games" or "games are being played". For example, "Man, that nap I just took gave me everything!" It's so good that it's giving you everything/life. For example, "LAWD This Popeyes chicken don't owe me nothing!!" Very similar is the phrase "giving me everything" or "giving me life". It basically means that something is so good that it doesn't owe you anything. Something unique, I think, is the phrase "don't owe me nothing". Like, "LAWD that test was so hard today" or "LAWD This girl so downbad".Īn attractive man is called a "trade", and girls always play around like, "I'm getting all them trades" if they talk to boys they consider attractive. Something you'll hear a lot is "LAIt's just like an exclamation of an emotion. Usually I use this when I'm taking naps.like goodness I was ktfo after class today! (obviously these acronyms are used online) Similar to jtfo is ktfo, which means knocked the **** out. A common acronym for this phrase is "jtfo" (joked the **** out). For example, This girl was so funny, she had me joked out. When something is really funny and really makes you laugh, you're "joked out", or for short just "joked". For example, my professor is downbad for telling us we can relax and watch a documentary, then afterwards saying we should've been taking notes because that documentary will be on our exam. When someone is "wrong" for something ("he wrong for that"), you can say they're "downbad". For example, I'm too drove that my lab partner didn't do his part of the lab. When something annoys you, you are drove. Another phrase that is similar is "drove". I've also noticed that it's been spreading and more people from out-of-town are using it. For example, me and my friends say things like, "She blew it out the water!" or "My teacher blew it out of this universe!" I don't know where this phrase originated, but it's so funny to me. For inanimate objects you can also say, for example, "That blew me!" (but you don't want to say a person blew you.) You can get creative with this phrase. When someone does the most, they usually "blow it", or annoy you. When someone really does something annoying and goes above and beyond to grate your nerves, you can say they're "doing the most". For example, I'm really bucked that the library is open 24/7 for finals week. To say someone is really excited I'll say they're "bucked up", or more commonly shortened to just "bucked". To be honest, I'm not even sure if most of what they say is uniquely New Orleans, so this post may be a little inaccurate, but whenever I use certain phrases around out-of-state people, they don't know what I'm saying, so maybe these types of things are from New Orleans. My two friends are always up to the latest slang and I find myself emulating their speech all the time. One of my favorite things about New Orleans is its slang. ![]()
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