Culture Shock

Culture shock shows up in funny ways, and this time abroad, I'm finding myself at times more "shocked" by what I don't know about America than by what I'm learning in Italy. For instance, I learned a new English verb from my classmates who are in their early twenties: to pregame. So is it me being Almost Thirty, or has nobody else reading this heard of this before? It basically means to drink at home before going out, and by the implicit economics of this definition, you understand why it's popular among American college students. (I did not take this photo by the way).

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  1. steev says:
    #1 2006-03-07 10:41 (Reply)

    Never heard it but it makes perfect sense. That's one cool thing about english, you can verb any noun. (see i just did it! I verbed the noun 'verb'! woohoo!)

    In Norway they call it the foreschpiel. the drinking before going out. then there's the nachtspiel, after coming back.

    but yeah, you're gettin' old, brady. join the club. revel in it. older is the new young.

  2. sig says:
    #1.1 2006-03-08 22:23 (Reply)

    steev said: but yeah, you're gettin' old, brady. join the club. revel in it. older is the new young.

    my mom says 50 is the new 30, to which i add 30 is the new 18.

    i've never heard of this so-called "pregaming", but am glad to know the norwegians have lingo for every aspect of getting hammered. go, norway!

  3. Lenara says:
    #2 2006-03-08 09:57 (Reply)

    Wow I loved the Urban Dictionary. I've heard people calling a pre-party at someone's house the "chill in".

    Ok I'm off to learn more urban slang so I can be a "cool" thirty-something ;-)


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