My Dumb Blog

Have you ever heard anyone refer to something good as “Sick”, as in “That song is sick”? If someone says to you, “Do me a solid”, are you confused or do you, through the process of osmosis, just know that a favor has been requested? Instead of the standard exclamation, “Oh no!” do you hear a “Oh Snap!”? I have and it has made wonder who gives these words new meanings. Somebody had to be the first one to use or misuse a word and make it mean something completely different. How do the first recipients of these communications of new slang understand the words and why do they have the inclination to make them part of their vocabulary? Negative words used as slang for good have always been around but how do they spread? These questions have plagued me for some time and I’m finally taking action.

I am challenging my readers to join me in my campaign to coin a new bit of slang by twisting the English language for the greater good. Yes, It will be swell, cool, neat, ginchy, fab, gear, sweet, bad, groovy, far out, sweet, tough, tight, dope, mad and sick. You’ll be a participant in the birth of something momentous. We’ll not only pump new life into a tired old word but also spoof the whole concept of frivolous metaphors and, as a result, perhaps, save the English language from further perversion.

My new superlative for something great, and outstanding is...drum roll…“Dumb”. Yes, “dumb” can be the new “dope”, the new “tight” or the new “neato”. If "bad" can mean good, why can't "dumb" be good as well? I know if sounds revolutionary but as another decade winds down, it’s time to stand for something …dumb! Are you brave enough to join me as I try to make the world a little more dumb?

I need your help. In conversations, in texts, on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook let's make dumb mean good, great and the best. Think it, use it, say it, write it and live it. Dumb is the word! Remember no more “Oh, that’s nice”, “She is so sweet” or “That dress is beautiful”. Now it’s “Oh, that’s dumb”, “She is so dumb” and “That dress is beautiful”. Statements like that will make great conversation starters!

If we work together, we can make “dumb” slang for the next generation. We can prove that slang like this is really dumb. Are you dumb enough to unite with your dumb brothers and sisters and change the world just a little?

Thank you for you time and attention. Have a dumb day!