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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread surfer dude #160457 06/14/2006 2:27 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA It's a language abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=92579&page=1 Anyone have teeners who use it And how is it substantially different from "regular" teen talk dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: surfer dude #160458 06/14/2006 3:06 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park teeners? Teens i think is a more common slang/shorthand way to refer to people between the ages of 13 and 19? teener's sound like a compartive (more of teen--with teenest beening the most teen you can get) and i think that surfer 'argot/slang' whatever you want to call the specalized vocabulary of surfers, is used by surfers of all ages (when talking about surfing) it might be that teens are more likely to use surfer jargon out side the world of surfing, but that is just a WAG on my part. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: surfer dude #160459 06/14/2006 4:21 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Helen: "teener" w "teenager" yields fourteen thousand Ghits dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: surfer dude #160460 06/14/2006 4:41 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Bogus! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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