Underground Writers Network Forum Challenge of the Week - #6

Valerie Jones	Challenge of the Week - #6 17 Years Ago 101 years in 101 words A study of when new words became common during the past century has had some surprising findings, such as the word "celebs" being used in 1913, the word "sex" meaning sexual intercourse being first used in 1929, and "mobile phone" dating from 1945. Egghead (1907), wizard (1922), punk (1974), beatnik (1958), hot-desking (1991), and dumb down (1933) might also strike you as being whizzo (1905). To mark this linguistic love-in (1967), we are inviting you to create a piece (any style) of 150 words maximum using as many of the words from the list below as possible. The subject is up to you, but special recognition will be given to those entries which work as convincing stories in their own right. Please indicate on your entry your total number of words, and also the number of words from the list you have included. The best will be published here as a Featured piece the following week, from 11/6 to 11/12/06. How would the pieces be judged? By the number of votes they get on this forum. Make sure to submit the url here so that I can post links. Quote: 101 YEARS IN 101 WORDS 1904 hip 1937 dunk 1971 green 1905 whizzo 1938 cheeseburger 1972 Watergate 1906 teddy bear 1939 Blitzkrieg 1973 F-word 1907 egghead 1940 Molotov cocktail 1974 punk 1908 realpolitik 1941 snafu 1975 detox 1909 tiddly-om-pom-pom 1942 buzz 1976 Trekkie 1910 sacred cow 1943 pissed off 1977 naff all 1911 gene 1944 DNA 1978 trainers 1912 blues 1945 mobile phone 1979 karaoke 1913 celeb 1946 megabucks 1980 power dressing 1914 cheerio 1947 Wonderbra 1981 toyboy 1915 civvy street 1948 cool 1982 hip-hop 1916 U-boat 1949 Big Brother 1983 beatbox 1917 tailspin 1950 brainwashing 1984 double-click 1918 ceasefire 1951 fast food 1985 OK yah 1919 ad-lib 1952 Generation X 1986 mobile 1920 demob 1953 hippy 1987 virtual reality 1921 pop 1954 non-U 1988 gangsta 1922 wizard 1955 boogie 1989 latte 1923 hem-line 1956 sexy 1990 applet 1924 lumpenproletariat 1957 psychedelic 1991 hot-desking 1925 avant garde 1958 beatnik 1992 URL 1926 kitsch 1959 cruise missile 1993 having it large 1927 sudden death 1960 cyborg 1994 Botox 1928 Big Apple 1961 awesome 1995 kitten heels 1929 sex 1962 bossa nova 1996 ghetto fabulous 1930 drive-in 1963 peacenik 1997 dot-commer 1931 Mickey Mouse 1964 byte 1998 text message 1932 bagel 1965 miniskirt 1999 Google 1933 dumb down 1966 acid 2000 bling bling 1934 pesticide 1967 love-in 2001 9/11 1935 racism 1968 It-girl 2002 axis of evil 1936 spliff 1969 microchip 2003 sex up 1970 hypermarket 2004 chav Source - Larpers and Shroomers: The language report Have fun!!!
Nicole Hellene	[no subject] 17 Years Ago chav???????? ::confused::
Valerie Jones	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Quote: Originally posted by Iconoclaust chav???????? ::confused:: Chav is a derogatory slang term in the United Kingdom which appeared in mainstream dictionaries in 2005. The term �chav� refers to a subcultural stereotype of people fixated on fashions such as flashy �bling� jewellery (generally gold) along with designer clothing in the Burberry pattern (most famously a now-discontinued baseball cap) and from a variety of other casual and sportswear brands. Musically, chavs tend to like rap, Rave dance, and RnB. Response to the term has ranged from amusement to criticism that it is a new manifestation of classism. The term has also been associated with delinquency, the "ASBO Generation", and "Yob culture". There are a large number of synonyms and regional variations of �chav,� including �scally,� �townie,� �ned,� �Mallie,� and �charva.� It has been suggested that �charva� (or �charv�) predates �chav� as a dialect word in North East England and Edinburgh, Scotland, and that �chav� may be a derivative term. Both words at least appear to share the same possible etymology in the Romani word �chavi�. ;)
Diánna Martin (b..	[no subject] 17 Years Ago This sounds like so much fun - I'm really going to try to not be lazy/scared to try it and do it... You come up with such groovy ideas! Considering that half of my lingo is made up of some of these words (the 60's hippy terms) it might not be as daunting as the last challenge was for me (which I gave up on). Thanks so much! It's like having a writing class.
History Sleuth	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Oh I want to play! So I post it at my cafe then send you the link to it at this post, or to your message folder. I'm a newbie. ;-)
Valerie Jones	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Quote: Originally posted by NYSleuth Oh I want to play! So I post it at my cafe then send you the link to it at this post, or to your message folder. I'm a newbie. ;-) you could do either way, but posting it here would give people the chance to read it sooner ;) and welcome to the group!
[untitled]	[no subject] 17 Years Ago I used 65 of the words listed above. Having it Large in 65 Words- HAVING IT LARGE Throwing a Molotov Cocktail into the center of the real politik Seemed so romantic until they pissed off the sacred cow and Went through detox after karaoke night at the Watergate. Making your megabucks power dressing through virtual reality On your mobile phone with your bling bling hot-desking your way around town, Don�t mind the pesticide in your boogie while the cyborg gets all psychedelic On your hemline while wearing kitten heels in their ghetto fabulous miniskirt. Dumb down your bagels while the axis of evil gets all sexed-up with the It-girl While they implant a microchip in your Blitzkreiged egghead. And the beatniks, peaceniks, and dot-commers suffer a sudden death At the hands of the awesome Super Nova brainwashing the hip fast food Generation X, And Big Brother has a love-in while all the Mickey Mouse Clubs Conjure their sexy wizard with their acid tongues and racism Invades the hypermarket like cruise missile in the Big Apple. So sing your blues and have your sex at the drive-in. Eat your cheeseburger and drink your latte in the kitschy new-wave hotel room �Cause you�re a real gansta poppin� it like an avant garde French filmmaker. Everyone has a URL in this post 9/11 universe, But the bossa-nova�s pumpin� while you double-click on Google for a ceasefire And we sell our souls to make a treaty while they alter our DNA �Cause we�re living big and Having it Large.[/size] [size=12][/size]
History Sleuth	[no subject] 17 Years Ago OK I'm ready, here goes. 150 words total, used 36 of the words/phrases. It was more difficult than I thought it would be, which is great! Way fun. Certainly NOT my best work but a GREAT excerise!!! "You be da the Mouse, man!" Mickey Mouse in a Wonderbra? And kitten heels? It�s quite naff all. His sexy kitsch miniskirt, (eeks!) too avant garde for civvy streets! Since Trekkie films, he�s just not popular, last seen, the Big Apple, dancin� on a corner. His bling bling and magabucks, thanks to Minnie, are gone, so he sways to karaoke tiddly-om-pom-pom, a boogie bossa-nova hip-hop ad-lib, He thinks he�s ghetto fabulous! Acid makes the �Wizard� think he�s still hip, with his psychedelic clothes and teddy bear slip. Ok yah, I loved Mickey, but they took it too far, that Disney brainwashing, �Mick, you�re still the star!� He hit a tailspin in �74,� when Generation X wasn�t buying no more. Minnie got used to having it large: Botax, mobile phone, fast food and fast cars. She tossed out the egghead like a Molotov cocktail, took up with a gangsta, and moved to Morocco.
J. Patrick Darrow	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Detox for Trekkies Brainwashing Generation x With wonder bras and fast food Sexy hemlines punking eggheads The DNA of the sacred cow has been ad-libbed Cyborgs walking to the botox lines Big brother is power dressing our teddy bears The blitzkrieg is only a double click away And the ever present demobbing scarecrow beckons The gene is just the microchip of racism Virtual reality is just a step into the ghetto fabulous So eat your cheeseburger washed down with latte The real axis of evil is the megabucks club I counted 30, but I've always had a hard time concentrating on menial tasks like counting words, etc... It sounds incoherent, but I actually had a little method to the maddness. I hope a few of ya'll will catch my drift.
Jessica Gleason	[no subject] 17 Years Ago I'll give it a shot!

Michael Carr	[no subject] 17 Years Ago don't forget fg, means ciggarette in britain. and pecker used to mean chin. "Always keep ur pecker up when u smoke a fg" ah gotta love my teenage imagination lol.
JP thinks the WC is apt..	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Just to return to Valerie's earlier posting on the origins of the word 'chav' - I'm a native of the North-East of England (Newcastle upon Tyne), where the word 'charva' has been used for as long as anyone can remember. It is only recently that the word 'chav' has found its way into mainstream popularity in England and now the entire country is saying it! It is usually, and I would argue uniquely, applicable to a particularly horrid kind of skip-rat that resides in these parts and lives exclusively on a diet of chips (french fries but far less healthy), beer and f**s (as mentioned earlier), while dressing in highly flammable tracksuits and sporting cygnet rings and engaging in teenage impregnation, joy riding, wanton vandalism and theft. We are particularly fond of this word and the light-hearted mockery that it carries with it. In short, you've never seen a 'chav', 'charva', 'skip-rat', or otherwise, until you've visited Newcastle upon Tyne! P.S: I wish it was a stereotype, I truly do, but these cretins do exist and they proliferate, having nothing to do with their time, but drink, rob old ladies, and breed! (Shudder)
JP thinks the WC is apt..	[no subject] 17 Years Ago For what it's worth, my humble effort is 150 words with 44 included from the list. Bloody difficult challenge by the way! Link below:
Valerie Jones	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Wow, you guys work fast! Your minds are so creative, I am in awe :) On Friday, I'll be sending a reminder to everyone to post their pieces and vote, so that we can post the "winner" starting Monday :) I've been reading little by little, and your messages are excellent. I look forward to reading more! Hope your day is going great :)
Yira Simone	[no subject] 17 Years Ago I have my work cut out for me now. lol. I will see what magic I can make with your list ASAP.
Nicole Hellene	[no subject] 17 Years Ago ALRIGHT SO I USED LIKE 250 WORDS INSTEAD OF 150! Sue me I'm a Rebel! At least I got 43 key words in all! CHAV- I�m just a bloody American so don�t call me a CHAV LOL at all the gangsta bling-bling you all say you have These hip hop pop punk teenage blues We�ll dump the F-word, cool you lose! OK ya so Generation X is googling porn and havin� sex While Cruise Missiles fly overhead In terrorist countries where freedom is dead And ceasefire is tainted blood red So us chav�s are all here beatboxing, trying to surviving the brainwashing While all you dot-commers are hypermarket stalking Making us your most prevalent demographic For your peer pressure botox and sudden death acid So much for the teen armies being demobed 19 year old soldiers in a post-9/11 job where their innocence is robbed and how do it-girls survive the hurt? A wonderbra and a miniskirt Looking for love in all the wrong places Sex up these chav b*****s fake celeb faces And racism is having it large In public school�s where no one�s in charge Long past outgrown Mickey Mouse Yet Education is still dumbed down. A drive-in fastfood burger king crown Is our dismal future, stuck in this town Adult examples and Watergate screams Condemning the youth to cheeseburger dreams We learn the hard way things aren�t as they seem And sometimes our parents don�t know what they mean So double-click the URL Of the Al Qaeda website where bibles sell Like toyboy hookers in Afghanistan Lumpenproletariat�s doing the best they can A soldier�s green face pain hem-lined in the sand �Axis of Evil��a pissed off rock band So don�t judge me by my gheto-fab fall Hell maybe I am a CHAV afterall.
Valerie Jones	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Reading all of your pieces has been amazing. You are all very creative, this was a tough challenge! Now we just have to start voting to feature the "winner" this coming Monday. No popularity contests please, vote for the piece you consider the best in the following aspects: 1. Message 2. Amount of words used from the list 3. Compliance with word limit Well, here are the links. Vote for your favorites and have fun reading! "HAVING IT LARGE" by David H. Schleicher "You be da the Mouse, man!� by History Sleuth (no link, posted in the forum) �Detox for Trekkies� by J. Patrick Darrow (no link, posted in the forum) "Ghetto Fabulous Marines" by James F. J Plater "Mr. Yesterday" by Yira Simone " CHAV" by Nicole Hellene "De Mob" by Penelope Allen "The Year Book" by Katie (no link, posted in the forum) "Central Park" by Joey LeBard "The 60's" by Aradia Redswan
Penelope Allen	[no subject] 17 Years Ago okay .. done! Here's the link.
JP thinks the WC is apt..	[no subject] 17 Years Ago My nomination for winning poem is 'Mr Yesterday' by Yira Simone. And what a damned fine effort it was too!
Babbette Francis	[no subject] 17 Years Ago My vote goes to Chav By: Nicole Hellene for her display of rhythm, rhyme and talent in sharing her true feelings.