Marvy / Marv

Marvy, short for marvelous, is one of the more ridiculous douche words. Not only does it have that cutesy sound to it, as does any word with an "ie/y" or an "ette" added to the end (googly, sweetie; dudette, Rockette, Chipette), it also reminds me of the word mauve. *shudder* What's up with that word anyway? First of all, the color is gross and '80s. Secondly, is it pronounced mahhhv or mohhhv?

Ok, tangent. Back to marvy or, as I sometimes call it, marv. I generally hear this word when someone is super enthusiastic about something, while also wanting to be snooty. It's the kind of word I would lump into the same category as lovely, enchanting, pleased, and "how do you do." 

I especially like one of the Urban Dictionary definitions of marvy:

"1950s term short for marvelous. Fantastic, awesome. Sounded cool in the 50s now it will get you killed."

Annoying "Celeb" Names

This is part 2 of Monday's celeb post. Today I'd like to give a shout out (or, more accurately, a middle finger) to all the celebs, celebutantes and celebutards who have been reduced to extremely douchey nicknames.

-Speidi (Heidi and Spencer, celebutards)
PURE EVIL.

-TomKat (Tom and Katie, celebutards)
EW.

-LiLo (Lindsay HOhan...I mean Lohan, celebutante)
Oh look, she's drunk again! *yawn*

-Brangelina (Brad and Angelina, celebs)
Weren't they interesting once?

-J-Lo (Jennifer Lopez, celeb)
Eh, can't really complain about her, except that "Jenny From the Block" song. *shudder*

-ScarJo (Scarlett Johannson, celeb)
Love.

-R-Patz (Robert Pattinson, celeb)
Lust.

-Robsten (Robert and Kristen, awkward celebs)
They are so not dating, oKAY?

What is YOUR annoying celeb name?

P.S. The Superficial has the best snarky celeb news, and they use only the douchiest celeb names. Pay them a visit when you feel like being a big bitch.

Celebs

Today's word is celebs, short for celebrities. This wouldn't be any more annoying than any other douche word, except that celebrities are already annoying. So are the celebrity websites, shows, etc. who do nothing but talk about celebrities (TMZ, Access Hollywood, Perez Hilton, I mean you).

Later this week I'm going to do a post about douchey celeb names, like ScarJo (Scarlett Johansson). If you have suggestions, comment away!

Peeps

I know what you're thinking. Peeps = slightly disgusting but irresistible, pastel-colored, fluffy Easter marshmallow treats. Well, yes. It also means "people". Saying "my peeps" is somewhat akin to saying "my friends," "my group," "my posse," "my gang," or, my personal favorite, "my crew." It reminds me of the lamest yearbook quote ever (mine, from 1999): Mad Love to the Crew!

Budg

Today's word (short for budget, and pronounced just like "budge") is one I found myself using every once in awhile after seeing Garden State. When Natalie Portman said:

"...when we were little, he used to put on these really, really low-budg renditions of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals in our attic. And they were awful! Like, so bad."

I just couldn't help myself.

Most other uses for budg involve something being low-budg, like horror films (Evil Dead, The Unborn, etc.).

Brah

Brah is one of the more annoying words that I've been hearing only recently (the last year or so). I'm going to defer to someone else's definition in Urban Dictionary, because it's good:

"This is the slang term for "bro" which is slang for brother...a slang inside a slang...THIS ORIGINATED IN THE STATE OF HAWAII!...It is the Pigeon (English-Hawaiian slang) word that is used statewide in Hawaii not only by surfers but by all people born and raised in Hawaii of all racial groups."
Link

It's nice to have a history of the word...but it still sounds SO STUPID when your average white Denver boy starts using it. Plus it always leads to more bastardization of the word, like "bromance". God help me if I have to hear that word ever again...