tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17778583.post114841093500658703..comments2007-05-01T19:31:00.440-04:00LoriLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03573880187148034076noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17778583.post-15972922469904654242007-05-01T12:35:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:35:00.000-04:00Don't forget "PFA" -- people from away. As in, "Don't mind him, he's a PFA and don't know no better."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17778583.post-1164211342769241552006-11-22T11:02:00.000-05:002006-11-22T11:02:00.000-05:00Well here's a weird coincidence for you. Less than a week after my comment, the <A HREF="http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/skid/" REL="nofollow">Double-Tongued word of the day was "skid"</A> --<BR/><BR/><STRONG>skid</STRONG><BR/><BR/>n. a disreputable or unfashionable young person. Said to be a<BR/>contraction of street kid, but there’s little substantiation for<BR/>this. There is some evidence that this term is most common in Canada.<BR/><BR/>Full entry:<BR/><BR/>http://www.dtww.org/index.php/dictionary/skid/<BR/><BR/>Categories:<BR/><BR/>Youth: http://dtww.org/index.php/dictionary/newcats/C258/<BR/>Derogatory: http://dtww.org/index.php/dictionary/newcats/C41/<BR/>Slang: http://dtww.org/index.php/dictionary/newcats/C36/<BR/><BR/>Citations and other information are available at the Double-Tongued<BR/>Dictionary web site.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02896807228114420113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17778583.post-1163682463148272912006-11-16T08:07:00.000-05:002006-11-16T08:07:00.000-05:00A note on another type of skiddah from the heyday of the late 1980s at Deering High in Portland: a lot of the heavy metal kids and voc kids were called "skids," the art and drama club crowd were called "granolas."Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02896807228114420113noreply@blogger.com