12/5/04

Dear Spud,

I don’t know what I was thinking! Having a girlfriend? That is something I will not need to have until college when I may think about getting married and having spuddlings I am sorry I haven’t written. I have had a mass of emotions over the past few days. Anyway, I think I have finally figured out the language of my friends in popular. Remember, it is not a club, okay? Here is a few words:

YO: It means… I am feeling quite dizzy as if I were a yo-yo. I have figured this out by watching their body language. As two, shall I say, “populars” approach each other, they walk in a way as if they felt like they were falling backwards. To try to maintain their way of movement. There also is a slight bounce to their step. This is usually how male populars approach one another.

WUSSUP: It means… simply, “What is above you?” Now, the response is usually, “Nothing” or, “Nothing much”. Where we live, skies are usually clear. I figure, if skies have some clouds then the reply is, “Nothing much”. It is as simple as that. Even somebody with the IQ of 10 can understand that!

Chill: Now, this is very commonly used when anybody gets red in the face from being a quaint upset. It looks as if they were all hot, chill means to cool down.

Homie: This means… you are accepted in their family and can come to their home at anytime. Close friends say this together.

“Yo my homie! WASSUP?”

“Aaw, man nuthin much, you?”

“Man, my home dawg Rob was all yuh know, wus the word… hyped up! Man, he had to just chill”

This would be a common conversation I might hear from my homies (I had to use that) Mike and Eddie. I’m pretty sure home dawg is the same as homie. I know it looks wrong, but people are dawgs, dogs are dogs. Very perplexing, I know. Well, I might as well be done with you for now.

Bradford