The word 'bling' was finally interred today..
when the word was discovered in this AP story about a gift that Laura Bush received from her husband the President.
The word 'bling' (denoting metallic jewelry for those of you who are totally hopeless) was borne by the hip-hop community in the late 1990s and was somewhat au courant for around two years until Katie Couric used the word in 2002. Bling held on for a few years in the form of irony, but suffered mightily when the word was first used in the pulpit by a youth minister in Dubueque, Iowa.
Bling briefly rallied in a fit of post-irony, but gradually frittered into utter inanity. Today's usage referring to the President's gift to Laura was the final chapter in its protracted life. Please inform your posse.
The word 'bling' (denoting metallic jewelry for those of you who are totally hopeless) was borne by the hip-hop community in the late 1990s and was somewhat au courant for around two years until Katie Couric used the word in 2002. Bling held on for a few years in the form of irony, but suffered mightily when the word was first used in the pulpit by a youth minister in Dubueque, Iowa.
Bling briefly rallied in a fit of post-irony, but gradually frittered into utter inanity. Today's usage referring to the President's gift to Laura was the final chapter in its protracted life. Please inform your posse.
