We at Hollaback care very much about good writing. And that is why we feel it necessary to retire certain words when the time comes.
It has recently come to our attention that the word “AMAZEBALLS” needs to be put in time-out. Last time we checked, there was nothing amazing about balls. But we understand that many bloggers cannot remove this from their vocabulary completely, so we say, “Can’t beat ‘em? Join ‘em!”
We are offering up an equally ridiculous counterpart to start using with equal frequency: horrinipple. An antonym to “amazeballs,” it’s also an antidote to the overuse of two words that should probably never have been combined in the first place. Feel free to Tweet it up and use it in your blog or try it out this weekend at your half-marathon. You don’t even have to give us credit — but let’s give nipples and things we hate the attention they deserve!
Ex: “My new spin instructor is horrinipple!”
We think it’ll be pretty big.
Love, The Hollaback Girls
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This cracks my shit up!!!
Angela´s last post ..P is for Pancakes…and Prince
I think I just peed my pants a little bit laughing.
Kendra´s last post ..Missing
Love it!!!! Thank you!
Missy´s last post ..Guest Post- The Truth About 100 Calorie Snack Packs
There’s only one thing left to be said. Bwahahahaha!
Elisabeth´s last post ..Do you CSA
I also want to submit these words for retirement:
- foodgasm
- seksi
- anything with “izzle” in it
- Hugh Jass
Omg. My new spin instructor actually WAS horrinipple today.
NOM. If I never had to see these three letters in this order ever again, I would be thrilled!!!
Bess´s last post ..The Time Has Come…
Don’t be hatin’ on my Hugh Jass, Angela
You know you want a piece of my Hugh Jass.
(seriously, though, I started the Hugh Jass thing and haven’t said it in almost a year…)
@ Mama Pea – you know I love you!!
I’d like to recommend restricting the usage of the following phrases:
“Holy yum!
”
and
“Obviously, I hated it.
” (This one is usually after a plate that’s been all but licked clean.
Ashley´s last post ..Healthy baked treats to try this weekend
This post is EPIC!!!
I really hate the word “epic.” I just don’t like slang in general and I think everyone should conform to what I like
I think horrinipple is amazeballs. Love it!
I think amazeballs is horrinipple.
I second Angela, except I want anything with -gasm outlawed. Except for or-.
But what’s wrong with “epic”? That’s not slang. The Odyssey is epic.
YES, Angela, please no more gasms. It is gross to think about anyone having any kind of GASM in his/her mouth. Captioning pictures with “GASM IN MY MOUTH” is gross.
This post is perfect. I am so glad you Hollaback Girls exist.
And Erika, I think that “epic” is just overused, not necessarily slang. I can’t stand the word “epic” being used to described to every little thing. Little things are, by definition, not epic.
Haha I get it, I just like using the word epic because I am the biggest exaggerator of all time
Wow. Just found Hollaback Girls, so glad I did. This is amazeb…oops I mean awesome
Woot woot! We’re glad you found us too!