Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Bendigo: As long as we understand one another By Raul B. Bendigo Under My Hat
SOME of us don't like to fly because the idea of being suspended 28,000 or more feet up there in a metal tube is just unnatural. We have not wings but feet, and if God wanted us to fly, we would have wings.
Most of us however don't like the baggravation that we have to suffer at airports. Baggravation, a new term, is that feeling of annoyance and anger one endures at the airport when his bags have not arrived at the baggage carousel but everyone else's bags have.
The term is a mix of the words "bag" (or "baggage") and "aggravation". It is definitely not good, but, like the fear of flying, it offers a good excuse for not touring domestically or abroad when you just actually don't have enough "dead presidents" or "dead heroes" (meaning, paper money which usually contains images of dead presidents or heroes).
When you are traveling you shouldn't be wearing blings or bling-blings or you are liable to be kidnapped or held up for them. A bling or bling-bling is a term coined by rapper B.G. to mean flashy jewelry or "borloloy".
When you travel BFM, you should know the addresses of your embassies. BFM, or "Beyond Fu _ _ ing Mexico," means very far away. Mexico is chosen arbitrarily because it is a country on the opposite side of the globe. When you're just in Davao City, you may say, "My car is parked BFM" and you will be understood, hopefully. If not, who wants to hear your complaints anyway?
One other thing about traveling BFM - be ready for red-eye flights. These are overnight flights over nowhere that give travelers bloodshot eyes and get them suspected of being bird flu carriers.
You can however choose to stay where you are and save your dead presidents for more practical projects like buying a Ferrari Enzo or a Bugatti Veyron.
The problem with these sports cars, though, is they're so ginormous (which is a mix of gigantic and enormous) that you can forget about being able to pass safely through the famous narrow called the Crooked Road at the end of Ponciano Reyes (now Bangoy). Then, you would not be able to enjoy the best angle of approach to view City Hall's lights during Christmas.
When you're home, you can be a netizen (a mix of Internet and citizen, meaning an Internet addict) and visit favorite websites or surf. Or you can read or send your e-mail which is faster than the snail mail (remember that antiquated concept of manually delivering mail door-to-door?).
While exercising your Bill of Rights as a netizen, you can enjoy a fro-yo (frozen yogurt) or any creamy dessert. A recent finding describes yogurt as a good-for-the-health-food. If it’s for your health that you eat (not all of us do that), you can also have a garden hamburger (a hamburger without meat).
IMHO (in my humble opinion), nothing beats a kinilaw or a sashimi. Problem is you would then be compelled to imbibe beer to chase the slices of raw fish meat down your throat and assist your digestive system.
You can also be krunk (mix of funk and kool) and join the mallrats (preteens and teens frequenting shopping malls). If you’re lucky enough to find a parking space and get inside a mall, it’s a cheap way (just order coffee) to beat the afternoon heat.
Problem is (there is always, isn't there?) malls are so full of people that you're liable to find meandarthals which are annoying individuals moving slowly and aimlessly in front of another individual who is in a bit of a hurry. The term is a mix of meander and neandarthal.
It has been said that language is not a perfect medium of communication. The terms in usage now, though, by the kools among us seem to be very expressive. The purists might not easily assimilate the kools’ lingo but even if some of these words haven’t yet found their place, if they ever do, in the dictionary, they can in the meantime help us express ourselves.
A respected retired justice did not like the use, during an investigation, of the term "deadma" by a current justice (a linguist defended the use). There concededly are appropriate terms to use for appropriate occasions or places. We frown upon vulgarities. IMHO, though, the enrichment of language should be encouraged.
