Rad,
An abbreviation of 'radical'--a term made popular by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Still primarily used by people on the West Coast who find words like 'cool', 'awesome', and 'tight' to be tired and overused; 'rad' is generally considered to be a much higher praise than the aforementioned superlatives. Also used as a general expression of awe.
"Those are some rad shoes."
"Oh, RAD."
Yes. It's true the days of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are over (....well at least I thought they were over until I just recently saw that somebody decided to make a movie......) but the popularity of words cycles like the popularity of certain fashion trends. What was cool in the 80's (for some reason unknown to me) is cool again (minus the bright pink short-shorts guys, and we should be thankful for that....). Even though Rad most likely dates back to the early 90's I think it's about time it resurrected from it's temporary grave and again overtook those other sorely over-used superlatives. Josh and Steve are helping to make this a reality. Join the Rad Revolution. Rad is going to be a rad word once again.
By the way, I put that picture in because it is rad.
14 comments:
joe, you could write a dictionary.
Alrighty... I will start using 'rad' now! hahaha. Thank you for so clearly defining it! It was so rad.
Careful, it might get old.
Anyhoo, I did very much like the picture.
yes.
lets not overuse.
its like mutemath. they are so good you have to purposely not listen to them sometimes. just to keep the sacredness of it. so lets just throw in a "tight" or "ill" once in a while, just to keep it fresh.
tis a rad picture.
what ever happened to hardcore my dear?
hahaha. So i told my neighbor that 'rad' was in and she was like 'woah, that was way back in the eighties... that's when I was a kid. Why is that coming back?'
I found myself without an answer... except for it's rad. lol.
yes it is.
hardcore is here to stay.
tight is my personal favorite.
rad is good once and a while.
i thought the revolution was started awhile ago....
"ill".
HAHA.
no thanks. not "ill"
brilliant.
i think that has become my new term, since i say it pretty much all the time.
rad explanation.
hey. i like brilliant.
but i was overusing it.
its annoying when i do that.
you all got some ill steez.
except maybe sean.
a bunch of us need to go to breakfast at sophies cosmic cafe when i come back at christmas...
sophie's cosmic cafe? ahahahaaa. that's tight.
Post a Comment