couch surfing and muffin top
Who taught : Jessy
muffin top (source: http://everythingarie.wordpress.com/)
Hello, my friends! Where are you now? I am not just asking whether you are at home, office, or somewhere else. I am asking where you are sitting in. Are you in your chair or couch?
When Jessy and I moved into the current apartment one and half years ago, we decided to buy a sofa. It is pretty long one. Ever since that time, we have spent a lot of time in the sofa, reading, watching TV, talking, eating and sometimes sleeping. Don’t you think we, people, do spend long hours in sofa, or couch, doing a lot of things? I am glad that I invested a little bit more money for the sofa than I usually spend on things. I now strongly believe it’s worth it.
A few months ago, we were sitting in the sofa as usual and Jessy asked me a question, “Hey! Do you know what ‘muffin top’ means?” “You are not talking about the top of a muffin, are you?” said I. And she said, “Of course not! It is an expression.” It was hard for me to come up with the meaning of it. She said, “It is the fat that are pushed out at the top of one’s pants. Mainly when people wear tight jeans.” “Huh! What a great one! That is awesome,” said I.
And, a few days ago, watching NBC Nightly news, I heard Brian Williams was talking about new expressions that were newly added into Oxford English Dictionary. Do you know what is one of them? That’s right. It is muffin top. Are you curious what else were added?
1. OMG (Oh My God!)
2. FYI (For Your Information!)
3. LOL (Laugh Out Loud)
4. couch surfing (?????)
This number 4 was new to me. What the hack is couch surfing? Is it like people physically trying to surf on couch for fun or what? So, I looked it up and Urban Dictionary says….
A cheap form of lodging used mainly by college-students or recent college-grads, where one stays on acquaintance’s couches rather than a hotel.
Have you ever done couch surfing? Why is it surfing? Shouldn’t it be like couch lodging or couch settling?
The world is continuously changing. There are new words and old words. They are coming and going. You should keep abreast of those new expressions. In that sense, Oxford Dictionary is way slower than Urban Dictionary. 🙂
By the way, today’s post is 200th one. I feel like I hit a milestone. It took me one year and one month to reach 200th. At this time, I would like to thank you for your support and help, my friends. Hope I can really help your English and to see you more often here! Have a great day!
Interesting read !! so well written.
All your posts are a good form of infotainment.
Thank you, Renu! Good to see you again here, not at school! 🙂
“couch surfing” follows the pattern set by “channel surfing” and “web surfing”. It generally means to move from one stop to the next in a fluid motion.
I haven’t corrected your grammar in a while, but I have one for you I’ve been noticing in recent posts. It is grammatically correct to use, “said I” after a quote, but it sounds unnatural. You could go for something super casual like:
Or a little more formal:
If you had a lot of back-and-forth quotes, you might consider using a different presentation style like:
Jessy: “Hey! Do you know what ‘muffin top’ means?”
Me: “You are not talking about the top of a muffin, are you?”
Jessy: “Of course not! It is an expression.”
It was hard for me to come up with the meaning of it.
Jessy: “It is the fat that are pushed out at the top of one’s pants. Mainly when people wear tight jeans.”
Me: “Huh! What a great one! That is awesome!”
That is a wonderful suggestion! I love it! I will apply it to future posts. And thanks for the info about couch surfing, my bfam!
The “Muffin Top” song from 30 Rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2iqxQcx-NY
haha… man.. so hilarious! Whole grain low fat….. If that is true, I would love to have a piece of that. 🙂
Congrats! I’m proud of you
Thanks! I try.. and I will try.
You are bang on when you say that the Oxford dictionary is well behind on the Urban Dictionary. Urban Dictionary is my #1 source for street lingo that I am unfamiliar with.