Urban Lingo

The English vocabulary is constantly expanding and lately two urban lingo or expressions have been used very prominently in the news.

No. 1

If you can't leave your Blackberry alone for less than 10 seconds then you are a ...


"Crackberry" : a person who is addicted to his/her Blackberry, as in a person addicted to cocaine. Like crack addicts, crackberries sufer from withdrawal symptoms (e.g. shaking?, easily agitated and irritated) when you take away their Blackberry from them. Treatment recommended for sufferers is similar to those used to rehabilitate crack addicts. Crackberry also applies to a person who uses the computer obsessively. Oh...oh, does that make us bloggers crackberries too?!

Another similar term used to explain this addiction is "blirting" (from Blackberry flirting) coined by a Democratic politician in Washington D.C.

Totally opposite to crackberries and blirters is the "cellophobo" i.e. a person who is not connected or is wireless e.g. cellphone-less, Blackberry-less or PDA-less.


No. 2

If you go to the tanning salon every week or every 3-4 days, then you are suffering from ...

"Tanorexia" : a person who is addicted to tanning salons; see themselves as being too pale even when they're not.

Hollywood actresses or tanorexics are perfect examples of tanorexia although there's plenty walking about in the mall here at the Garden State.

Charlize Theron

Eva Longoria

I think Eva is already gorgeous but now she is over-baked, well-done, a burnt toast! Pity, pity...I wonder if she's trying to achieve the same shade as her hottie boyfriend, Tony Parker?!

Kinda like bro & sista now don't ya think?!

Let's not digress. Back to the subject matter. So, if you're interested to learn more and start using uber-cool urban lingo, slang, etc. click on Urban Dictionary. Ciao! L8tr...