Sunday Slanguage: Mouse Trap

10Aug08

I have always been excited by the new words that DailyCandy.com writers create and share in their posts. DailyCandy has a knack for speaking a certain trendy language that is absolutely wonderful to read! The slanguage of DC is a nice blend of current culture and heavy sarcasm. After years of crafting new words, DC finally put them all under one book cover and created,  The DailyCandy Lexicon: Words That Don’t Exist but Should. This trendy dictionary is “a compilation of these soon-to-be-discovered words. Written by a crack team of secret agents (fine, us), the Lexicon is accompanied by a behind-the-keyboards look at the DailyCandy staff – and our wacky escapades.”

I occasionally write a piece for DC, but have yet to craft a word that is DailyCandy worthy (I am working on it). Since I am a freelance writer for DC and a word nerd, I attended the book release party and picked up a copy for myself. Over the last few days, I’ve paged through the book and snickered at the fabulous words and thought I would share a few in the Sunday Slanguage posts. With that being said, here is a sneak peek at a word from the “technology” section:

 

Mouse trap (noun)

“An internet purchase that looks a lot different upon arrival than it did in the picture.”

 

I am sure that this piece of DC slanguge rings true with many of you (that dress on ebay that looked glamorous on the screen but more a like a stained napkin after you ripped open the package). It’s interesting to see how a term that officially means “a trap for a rodent” can easily translate to an internet related word. This is a true mix of current culture and language!

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