From the Editor

Flipping through my Hiptionary recently (you know, the “slanguage glossary for people in the know”?), I felt I was reading the latest Dr. Seuss book (“How does one know a blog from a bleg or a vlog from a splog?”) and laughing hysterically at the snarky prose I’ve been missing out on. The problem is, as kewl as I think I am, I don’t think I’m really “in the know” which puts me at a not-so-hip disadvantage. That’s fo sho. I mean, to thumb through over 100 pages (although I do have the text talk chapter down pat) and only recognize a word, maybe two (holla and whass up) from some Akon lyrics I heard once, tells me I should brush up on my “treasure trove of cool expressions for every occasion.” In other words, I need to relearn the English language, despite that fantabulous college education I received, just to be able to communicate with my dawgs. Chillax though, in my attempt to fit in with all those infected by hipatitis, I promise not to interject my new urban or neo slang into any upcoming issues of skirt! A’ight? Cause that’s fo rizzle!