Nicole Flores
From East Village (Event Manager)
"Slor.” It means slutbag-whore. I heard it from my friend. It’s still fairly new; it’s just now beginning to hit the mainstream.
Brianna Guiher
From North Park (Unemployed)
There’s a lot of words — “Smashin’.” People say that, but they don’t know why I say it. If someone asks me a question, I’ll just be, like, “I’m smashin’.” There’s a lot of different meanings. If someone’s telling me something I don’t like, I say, “Smash!”
Brooke Noel
From Applegate, Oregon (Student)
I say, “Awesome, possum!” And people are, like, “What does that mean?” Or I’ll say, “Yeppers, peppers!” or “Sweet, feet!” It’s actually starting to stick. People are starting to say “awesome, possum” and “fo’ sho’.” People in Oregon never said that. They’re starting to catch on to my wordage.
Flavio Scorsato
From Bay Park (Photographer)
‘ISO.' It means the sensibility of the camera. Most people don’t know the meaning of that. It’s an abbreviation that means the sensibility of the speed of the film. It used to be ASA and now it’s ISO. They changed it a few years ago.
Mel Flohr
From Rancho San Diego (Business Manager)
‘Smooofs.' We have it on our license plate. In art school we used to say it. It actually derives from an art teacher that we had. He was from China, and everything he said was plural. “You need to smooofs out the lines in your paintings. You need to make the lines more smoofs.”
Hilary Kearny
From Clairemont (Professional Services Assistant)
‘Eskihos.' The girls who wear the Ugg boots. We call them “eskihos.” But everybody probably knows what that is.