Grunge nostalgia, right on track for the 20-year cycle of popularity, is in full-swing. Like any new pop-culture trend, the man back in the day was intent on decoding the allure of this strange new movement. Please check out this hilarious (unintentionally so) New York Times article from Nov. 1992. The highlight is where an employee for Sub Pop (mislabeled as Caroline Records, which was awesome but different) clues the reporter in on grunge-speak, when in fact she made most of it up.“All subcultures speak in code; grunge is no exception. Megan Jasper, a 25-year-old sales representative at Caroline Records in Seattle, provided this lexicon of grunge speak, coming soon to a high school or mall near you:WACK SLACKS: Old ripped jeansFUZZ: Heavy wool sweatersPLATS: Platform shoesKICKERS: Heavy bootsSWINGIN’ ON THE FLIPPITY-FLOP: Hanging outBOUND-AND-HAGGED: Staying home on Friday or Saturday nightSCORE: GreatHARSH REALM: BummerCOB NOBBLER: LoserDISH: Desirable guyBLOATED, BIG BAG OF BLOATATION: DrunkLAMESTAIN: Uncool personTOM-TOM CLUB: Uncool outsidersROCK ON: A happy goodbye”
Remembering Grunge
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