Who taught: Sujin

It’s 2012. We have all said, “Happy New Year!,” to our family and friends for the last few days. Let me say something different. My friends, Happy New Day! I think we should all celebrate every day just like we treat a new year. Today is the last day of our life because tomorrow will be different from today and it will never be back. We should enjoy today and be happy every day. So, I wish you Happy New Day today!

Do you guys remember one of my old posts about boogie? Today’s expression sounds very similar to it but has a different meaning.

On new year’s eve, I was with my family and some of my friends. As soon as the clock hit 00:00, we all celebrated and hugged. After that, we were talking and watching TV. One of the songs he heard was Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO. Those guys danced like crazy. Watching their dancing, Sujin said something that I have never heard. She said, “Teach me dougie!”

I said, “What? Dougie? What is it?” She said, “It means dance.” At that time, I thought it would mean any dance. But, I was not quite right. After some research, I realized that it is a specific type of dance mostly by hiphop people. You might want to see the video here to learn the move. This hiphop group, Cali Swag District, even has a song called, Teach Me How To Dougie.

According to urbandictionary, it also means hip style. This is kind of questionable to me. For those people who like dougie dance, dougie would mean hip too. But, how about the people who do not like it? Would they also think dougie means cool or hip? Not sure.

What do you think, my friends? Can you help me out?

By the way, do you see a word, “swag,” in the group name, Cali Swag District? Actually, swag also means hip or cool. I believe this is pretty universal. Happy Swag Year to you!