Kids these days! The things they come up with...
Stefa has been using the word "emo" a lot lately. I asked her for a definition and was told:
"It's kind of like when somebody's depressed all the time or like my friend's brother who like when he gets anything less than an A at school, comes home and cuts himself."
Nice!
I was trying to remember if we had created any word similar to that in my youth, but all I could some up with was cry-baby or Wendy Whiner (from SNL). Not quite as powerful, I think.
(But then again, self-harm wasn't the in-thing in my day... if you were going to use a knife, either you go all the way or not at all!)
This new word's rubbed off on Adriana as well. She said to me the other day:
"Mama, how come I don't have a emo address on the computer?"
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