I was, yet again, watching The Office the other night (I'm addicted) and I watched one of my favorite episodes. If you know anything about the show, you know Steve Carrell's character is not very bright and often makes racial comments (mostly unintentionally). So he consults with one of his ethnic coworkers, Darryl, who teaches him slang words "from da hood." Darryl really makes these words up, but Michael doesn't know this. He learns "goin' mach 5", "fleecin' it out", and my favorite "dinkin' flicka." Dinkin' flicka really has no meaning to it, but it's become a very popular word among me and my friends who also watch the show. We take it to mean "that's life", so whenever someone has a problem, we just respond with dinkin' flicka. It just goes to show how much of an influence tv can have on a person, because the made-up word is now a strong part of our casual vocabulary. It makes me wonder what other words became popular because of tv shows or movies. Maybe some, and I'm guessing a lot, of the words we use frequently today really became popular that way. Dinkin' flicka, everybody.
2 comments:
Its "Gormac Five"
bro really answered 13 years later ðŸ˜
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