Goth slang

Opteron_Man · 03-11-2008, 05:44 PM

Hmm let's see, what's some good Goth slang words?

Solumina · 03-11-2008, 05:50 PM

We have our own slang? Sweet!

KontanKarite · 03-11-2008, 08:12 PM

There is no goth slang.

Well, there's "mundanes", but that's probably not much of slang.

There is no goth Ebonics.

Freyia · 03-11-2008, 11:03 PM

there should be. we should create some.
*racks brain*

gothicusmaximus · 03-12-2008, 12:53 AM

What about 'Baby Bat', 'Mansonite', "Mallgoth' "Cybergoth", "Romantigoth", "Deathrocker", and all of that shit? People outside of the subculture don't generally throw those terms around.

Minyaliel · 03-12-2008, 02:12 AM

Yes, that's right. Oh, you forgot "Gother-than-thou", by the way.

drewsilla · 03-12-2008, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by gothicusmaximus

What about 'Baby Bat', 'Mansonite', "Mallgoth' "Cybergoth", "Romantigoth", "Deathrocker", and all of that shit? People outside of the subculture don't generally throw those terms around.

Ye ol' Wikipedia has a section on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_slang

Did you write it, Gothicus?

Also, I think doom cookie is one of the funniest thing listed on there.

korinna5555 · 03-12-2008, 05:33 AM

Doom cookie makes me giggle.. I've heard it before, but it makes me laugh every time..

Spot the Goth is FUN. I played it at Busch Gardens when we went for Halloween.

Underwater Ophelia · 03-12-2008, 06:59 AM

Would that be slang, though? I mean, those are mostly either insults of classifications.

I wouldn't really count it.

DeathToLems · 03-12-2008, 08:09 AM

I watched this thing once on youtube with Halo characters
This one guy was talking
Then the other one says
"stop using big words"
The other one says
"They are not big words, you're just an idiot"

This made me think of Goths. Like how they use "big" words and it confuses the little ppl XD

So goth slang is actually words we already use but longererrerrerrrrr
Teehee

gothicusmaximus · 03-12-2008, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by drewsilla

Ye ol' Wikipedia has a section on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_slang

Did you write it, Gothicus?

Wasn't me.

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Would that be slang, though? I mean, those are mostly either insults of classifications.

I wouldn't really count it.

I think any colloquialism endemic to a specific group is argot. Certainly "oreo" and "twinkie" count as slang terms for people of specific ethnicities who 'act white', even though they're derogatory classifications.

Underwater Ophelia · 03-12-2008, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by gothicusmaximus

Wasn't me.

I think any colloquialism endemic to a specific group is argot. Certainly "oreo" and "twinkie" count as slang terms for people of specific ethnicities who 'act white', even though they're derogatory classifications.

That's true, but I was thinking more because there isn't really another name for "Deathrocker," is there? I mean, you could say "man who dresses in ripped fishnet and tight black pants who listens to Specimen and Rudimentary Peni and smokes cloves and has large hair," but that isn't a term. I was thinking of slang as a term for something that already has a term.

Maybe my definition of slang is just shitty.

Wormboy · 03-12-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia

That's true, but I was thinking more because there isn't really another name for "Deathrocker," is there? I mean, you could say "man who dresses in ripped fishnet and tight black pants who listens to Specimen and Rudimentary Peni and smokes cloves and has large hair," but that isn't a term. I was thinking of slang as a term for something that already has a term.

Maybe my definition of slang is just shitty.

I guess you can make the argument with things like Deathrocker and such. That would fall under Goth Jargon most assuredly, but things like Baby Bat would most definately be under slang.

ForgetThisLostLenore · 03-12-2008, 03:54 PM

So kindergoth is mostly applied to the ones under 16, but what about those of us 16 and above? Are we still baby bats or...or mallgoths, or...oh god, I'm so confused. XD

I don't really use Mansonite to describe someone who says they're goth though. Just the hardcore, Manson everywhere people. I quite affectionately refer to my friend as a Mansonite, and he really doesn't deny it too much. When you're in a Manson hoody, t-shirt, and you've got pictures of him on your binder, you're a Mansonite. I feel like the redneck guy now... "You might be a Mansonite...."

gloomcookie · 05-06-2008, 05:45 AM

I just love Gloomcookie. It's just so fun to say....

Opteron_Man · 05-06-2008, 06:44 AM

I like that one too.

blackwater1110 · 05-07-2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ForgetThisLostLenore

So kindergoth is mostly applied to the ones under 16, but what about those of us 16 and above? Are we still baby bats or...or mallgoths, or...oh god, I'm so confused. XD

There's "Elder Goth" for the Batcavers, but nothing that describes the generation that followed, while the third generation is currently covered by kindergoth (not for long, of course). Elder Goths, give us a name!

What do you call what Xombie is? Where you are well-versed in Goth music, Lit, etc., but you dress with really bright, happy colors?

ionic_angel · 05-07-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by blackwater1110

There's "Elder Goth" for the Batcavers, but nothing that describes the generation that followed, while the third generation is currently covered by kindergoth (not for long, of course). Elder Goths, give us a name!

What do you call what Xombie is? Where you are well-versed in Goth music, Lit, etc., but you dress with really bright, happy colors?

Prettigoth

There. Compliment, commentary, and term all rolled into one. I'm a genius. :-P

AngelikDemonik · 05-07-2008, 07:44 PM

Uh...not really slang....but: "Nice boots." "Wanna fuck?"

Mir · 05-07-2008, 07:52 PM

Moshers. That is what goths are called in the UK.

Mr. Ed · 05-07-2008, 08:36 PM

NINny (avid fan of Nine Inch Nails)

MollyMac · 05-07-2008, 09:21 PM

I just think that *twat* should be relegates solely to the obese, dark underbelly of goth

KontanKarite · 05-07-2008, 09:37 PM

I like to use mother fucker. I got mother fucker down to an art.

MollyMac · 05-07-2008, 09:42 PM

Mother fucking is a science, man. Don't art it up. Hell, to quote Lewis Black, where I am from, *fuck* isn;t even a word anymore,,, it's a comma.

gloomcookie · 05-09-2008, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by MollyMac

Mother fucking is a science, man. Don't art it up. Hell, to quote Lewis Black, where I am from, *fuck* isn;t even a word anymore,,, it's a comma.

I like that!