You heard it here first...

[ny biker]

iamtedking just posted this on twitter:

Super is the new Epic.

Please adjust your vocabulary accordingly.

[Wahine]

Hee hee hee.

[katluvr]

So no more "epic" rides or adventures?:confused:

[andtckrtoo]

Oh man, a SUPER ride does not have the same ring as an EPIC ride...

I say we boycott this trend until we can come up with a suitable word to replace Epic.

[Selkie]

That's groovy! Or as we said in the 80s, b*tchin' (as in "b*tchin' camaro" -- one of my favorite songs!)

[7rider]

I thought it was "awesome"? :confused:
Man...I am soooo behind the times.

[ny biker]

Based on the facebook postings I'm seeing from teenage relatives, I think we need to repeat one of the letters, like superrrrrrr or maybe suuuuuuuper.

I don't understand the point of this -- my 17-year-old nephew just posted his new class schedule and one of his friends wrote "I have psychology with youuuu." And the other day my 16-year-old cousin responded "idkkk" to something I wrote. Is there a meaning to the repeated letter? Or do they they just have a stuck key on their keyboard? I don't know. Or rather, idk. But if we really want to be hip and with-it, I think we need a repeated letterrrrrrr.

[smilingcat]

I would think it should be suuuper and not superrrrr :p I think the emphasis is on uuu not rrrrr.

ahhhh what dooo I knoooww aaaanywaaay :p:p:p

[spazzdog]

As a SYTYCD (So You Think You Can Dance) junkie, I learned a new one the past couple of seasons...


Buck! or BUCK!

Seems to mean totally flawless and fab/incredible/super-duper

[GLC1968]

Based on the facebook postings I'm seeing from teenage relatives, I think we need to repeat one of the letters, like superrrrrrr or maybe suuuuuuuper.

I don't understand the point of this -- my 17-year-old nephew just posted his new class schedule and one of his friends wrote "I have psychology with youuuu." And the other day my 16-year-old cousin responded "idkkk" to something I wrote. Is there a meaning to the repeated letter? Or do they they just have a stuck key on their keyboard? I don't know. Or rather, idk. But if we really want to be hip and with-it, I think we need a repeated letterrrrrrr.


That's crazy! So now not only are kids too lazy to write out whole words, they can't even be bothered to lift their fingers off the keys in a timely manner?

Oy, I feel so old! :eek:

[ny biker]

That's crazy! So now not only are kids too lazy to write out whole words, they can't even be bothered to lift their fingers off the keys in a timely manner?

Oy, I feel so old! :eek:

I think they're doing it on purpose. I'll ask my nephew tomorrow when I see him. Or maybe I'll ask his 12-year-old sister, if I can get her to stop texting her friends long enough.

[Tri Girl]

Super is soooooo 90's.
I want another word as cool as epiccccc. ;)

[gnat23]

astronomic, colossal, considerable, enormous, epic, gigantic, ginormous, humongous, jumbo, mammoth, massive, mega, monster, monumental, prodigious, sizeable, tremendous, vast, very big, very large, whopping, bigger than life, bold, classic, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, elevated, epic, exaggerated, fearless, fire-eating, gallant, grand, grandiose, gritty, gutsy, gutty, high-flown, impavid, inflated, intrepid, lion-hearted, mythological, noble, stand tall, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous

-- gnat! (Dude, that ride was fire-eating!)

[ny biker]

astronomic, colossal, considerable, enormous, epic, gigantic, ginormous, humongous, jumbo, mammoth, massive, mega, monster, monumental, prodigious, sizeable, tremendous, vast, very big, very large, whopping, bigger than life, bold, classic, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, elevated, epic, exaggerated, fearless, fire-eating, gallant, grand, grandiose, gritty, gutsy, gutty, high-flown, impavid, inflated, intrepid, lion-hearted, mythological, noble, stand tall, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous

-- gnat! (Dude, that ride was fire-eating!)

Hmmm...let's try some of these out...

Dude, that ride was very big!!

Dude, that ride was gutsy!!

Dude, that ride was stouthearted!!

Dude, that ride was lion-hearted!!

Dude, that ride was prodigious!!

[emily_in_nc]

I like best:

Dude, that ride was mythological!

But that's way too hard for today's texting teen to spell...

[sfa]

I vote for doughty. I'm not even sure how to pronounce it (doubt-ee? doe-tee? doff-tee?) but that hardly matters as it will only be used in digital communication.

Sarah

[Zen]

Everyone is so far behind me.

I don't know how long I've been saying it.
It's not epic.
It's not super.
It's super-mega.
Super mega bike ride! Super mega bike ride! Super mega bike ride!

[crazycanuck]

I prefer..coolio yo

[witeowl]

I vote for doughty.

Sorry, but I'm going to nix that one. It's pronounced nearly the same as dowdy. Can you imagine?

"Wow, that was a doughty ride!"
"Oh, that bites, I've been luck enough to never have a dowdy ride."
"What?!? You've never really had a doughty ride? Sucks for you!"
"You dowdy woman! What the heck are you talking about?"
"Gee, thanks, but I'm not sure I deserve that compliment."
"Never mind. Let's talk about baseball."

[katluvr]

Sorry, but I'm going to nix that one. It's pronounced nearly the same as dowdy. Can you imagine?

"Wow, that was a doughty ride!"
"Oh, that bites, I've been luck enough to never have a dowdy ride."
"What?!? You've never really had a doughty ride? Sucks for you!"
"You dowdy woman! What the heck are you talking about?"
"Gee, thanks, but I'm not sure I deserve that compliment."
"Never mind. Let's talk about baseball."

LOL! Good laugh w/ my morning coffee!

Maybe there are varying degrees of an "epic" or "super" ride (date, day, adventue, etc). Like a spectrum. Not that I know what it would be. But "super" feels like it was more middle of the road.

Great, fun, wow, super, awesome, ah man killer!:cool:

That is how I think of it...(again, not sure I have ever had "epic"--maybe pretty darn close, but not the pinnacle of rides/adventures. I like to think there is more and even better to come!):p

[roadie gal]

Bummer! I LOVE "Epic Fail". I go looking for reasons to use that one. Now it's passe? *sigh*

[malkin]

I'm not using super instead of epic until there are epic feminine hygiene products. And as far as that goes, nothing tops "overnight."

[Skierchickie]

Maybe there are varying degrees of an "epic" or "super" ride (date, day, adventue, etc). Like a spectrum.


Hmmm.....so it could go something like this: "Today's ride was only a little epic, but last Saturday's was WAAAYYYY epic! Yesterday, well, that was barely epic at all. It was short, flat, slow, and wasn't even scenic - boring, really." I like it!

I may just cling to epic for everything in my life! :p Like my epic summer of sitting on my butt, with a broken ankle. :mad: I did have an epic 10 minute warmup on the stationary bike before PT yesterday. :rolleyes:

Oh - and I am very pleased to say that I have never required epic feminine hygiene products!

[Zen]

Hmmm.....so it could go something like this: "Today's ride was only a little epic, but last Saturday's was WAAAYYYY epic!

No.
It goes like this
"Today's ride was mega but last weeks rider was super mega!"

[roadie gal]

No.
It goes like this
"Today's ride was mega but last weeks rider was super mega!"

... and tomorrow's will be way epically super mega...

[lph]

No.
It goes like this
"Today's ride was mega but last weeks rider was super mega!"

Zen, you did that on purpose! :D

[Zen]

No.
It goes like this
"Today's ride was mega but last weeks ride was super mega!"

.:o. I swear I didn't .:o.

[WindingRoad]

That's groovy! Or as we said in the 80s, b*tchin' (as in "b*tchin' camaro" -- one of my favorite songs!)

OMG another Dead Milkmen fan???:D:D:D That super, uber, mega, giga, epic cool!