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The lingo of love

The recession of romance and personal privacy

By Stephanie Trembath, Life and Style Editor

language to a point that “LOL” has
officially become a part of the English
dictionary, the boundaries to which we

I: a world where society has deconstructed

received over the weekend, (hopefully not
from a post-dated chick).

While I understand the need to develop
ways of communicating that are more
accessible and creative, I have to ask; where
has the romance gone? Shakespeare may

have been a bit [

construct new

words and “Watch your thoughts, for they become words. _ formal, | don’t
abbreviations Watch your words, for they become actions. expect to be
for how Watch your actions, for they become habits. compared to
we express Watch your habits, for they become character. _ the moon and
ourselves Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” the sun and the
are limitless. —Author anonymous stars, but I miss
Language the formality
no longer and articulation

pertains to a specific country or culture of
people; rather, today it may apply to specific
group or sex, therefore deciphering what your
boyfriend is talking about nearly impossible.

Recently a group of my male friends were
discussing post-dated cheques in relationship
to how useful they are in the future. While my
girlfriends and I believed they were discussing
finances and thought they sounded smart and
organized, it was to my dismay to learn that
they were discussing women. A “post-dated
cheque” is code for a young girl who will be
extremely good looking when she is older;
so these guys were essentially checking out
12-year-old girls. I personally think that they
should be termed “post-dated chicks,” but
I guess that would make my friends crude
conversation more obvious.

I am also reluctant to admit that when I
overheard a friend talking about “good dome”
l immediately thought he was referring to
a nice haircut. My naive self gathered that
“dome” was the top of someone’s head, and
therefore he was speaking of a nice hat, or
hair-do. Needless to say, I was very wrong.
His “good dome” was the “good head” he had

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our language today lacks. How am I to know
that the next time I am in a relationship my
boyfriend will not refer to me as a giver of
“good dome”, or call me his “sexy bitch” or
something just as ridiculous? With the fast and
easy terms of our language there has been a
decline in our personal privacy; today we play
with the use of vocabulary to an extent which
welcomes more emotionality. What someone
is exactly thinking or feeling is immediately
translated and described in simplest terms.
This flippant approach to language allows
certain advantages and benefits, but it also
undermines education and academia and the
respect we have for each other in society. This
degrading of language has led to a degrading
of ourselves.

I am not one to judge, or preach that
I always think before I speak, but in our
deconstruction of language and formalities
in interacting with those around us I have to
wonder what ever happened to romance. I
am not asking men to prevail their affection
to their buddies, but I have to question
where our respect and passion for expression
disappeared to.