Hi Liz ! Thank you SO much for straightening me out before I made a complete idiot of myself in public (like Arachne isn't "public"...) But I only heard a tiny bit of what he was saying, and that's what I got out of it... Goes to show!
I'm awfully glad I haven't used that expression out loud anywhere (raging blush!) Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Beecher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Clay Blackwell'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Arachne chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 5:17 PM Subject: RE: [lace-chat] lace funny... > Clay, > > sorry to upset you on this but bling bling means expensive and over the top. > If you wear all your expsenive jewllery at once and then some you are bling > bling. > > Of if you put on all your designer labels at once and your jewllery then you > are bling bling. > > Of course - this would require you to have more than one deigner label or > piece of jewllery to wear. > > It started off as meaning expensive and good taste now it is tacky in such > as Oh, you've got a diamond the size of a small african state which would > feed a major 3rd world country - that's so bling bling. > > Jennifer Lopez is often refered to as bling bling and here in the UK Posh > and Becks are bling bling - I've just had a word with Joe, who I work with > and who knows (he's a DJ and very hip) and he said it's just simply that > bling bling proves that money can't buy taste. > > However, there is always an exception to the rule in that in some people > they are post ironic bling bling - in that they dress bling bling but that > they are actually taking the mickey out of it. > > Ok, so you are all now confused. > > Regards > > Liz Beecher > > -----Original Message----- > From: Clay Blackwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 August 2003 15:27 > To: Arachne chat > Subject: [lace-chat] lace funny... > > > The other evening as I passed through the family room, I > caught a tidbit from the late-night show my DH was watching. > A very successful entertainer was explaining the expression, > "Bling Bling", which is apparently something he say a lot or > which appears in his music. I've heard young people say > "bling bling", and think it's a catchy phrase! According to > the entertainer, it means expensive, beautiful, highly > desirable... > > I just read something on the lace list from Sulochona about > what she is BLing now... and thought of the slang > expression!! How absolutely appropriate!! Yes, our lace is > bling bling! > > Clay > > Clay Blackwell > Lynchburg, VA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
