Slang of the Day

[ahmed_allaithy]

[soubiri]

[ahmed_allaithy]

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="350" border="0"><tr><td><table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1" border="0"><tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td class="dailyslang" valign="middle" align="left"><font color="#ff0000" size="5"><strong>klutz</strong></font></td><td valign="top" align="left" height="22"><font color="#ff0000"></font></td></tr></tr /><tr><td colspan="2"><font color="#ff0000"><img height="5" src="http://grafx.dli.com/peakenglish/images/spacer.gif" width="1" /></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="350" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="lightbluebodybold"><font color="#0000ff">Definition</font>:</span></td><td valign="top">A clumsy person; an awkward or physically incompetent individual.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="lightbluebodybold"><font color="#0000ff">Example</font>:</span></td><td valign="top">1) I should never have let you hold my favorite vase - you are such a klutz!</span /> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><span class="lightbluebodybold"><font color="#3366ff">Etymology</font>:</span></td><td><span class="definition">From the Yiddish word 'klots', meaning 'blockhead' -- a stupid person.</span></td></tr></td /></tr /></table></td></tr></table>

[soubiri]

<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><b><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #000066; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;">Tripping<p></p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #000066; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;">To be under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><b><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #000066; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Example<p></p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #000066; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">The sky looks red? Dude, are you tripping?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><b><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #000066; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Etymology<p></p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left" align="left"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #000066; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">In the 1960s, many people used mind-altering drugs, and some people referred to their drug experiences as 'trips' (or journeys). Today the word is usually used in jest, to describe a foolish statement. When someone says something stupid or silly, you might say to them 'You must be tripping'.</span></p>