Board:   [DoveNet] Pro-Audio Discussion
Subject: Re: Tape deck
From:    calcmandan
Date:    Sat May 09, 2020 07:58

@VIA: DIGDIST
-=> Tracker1 wrote to Moondog <=-

 Tr> On 4/28/2020 9:49 AM, Moondog wrote:
 >
 > A couple years ago I heard thekids trying to use "Epic" and "Epic fail."
It
 > sounded forced, not like part of their organic language.
 >
 > I still use gnarly, totally awesome, excellent, bogus, and refer to people
as
 > dude.  Righteous and most heinous get the point across.

 Tr>I heard a kid a few years ago, say someone was a nub (with an uh sound,
 Tr> n-uh-b), as opposed to noob (ew sound)... progression from newbie to
 Tr> noob and people not hearing it spoken I would guess.  Was kind of wild.

I started hearing NUB in 2002-2003. From what I recall, it was a derogatory
version of n00b. Someone could be a noob until they did something intensely
stupid or insulted someone, then they were a nub, for instance.

Daniel Traechin

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