More About Syrup, and the Parlance of Our Times

THE RESULTS ARE IN;

I tried the syrup, and it's gross. Kate agrees. It's way, way, way sweeter than regular syrup. If I didn't know that it was actually rather expensive syrup, I would have assumed that it was cheap. And how wrong I would be.

SLANG ALERT:

"Crucial." Please don't let me start using this word. Some of my students say this. "Man, have you heard that track? It's crucial." (That means "good.") I'm desperately trying not to pick this one up. Not that I think it's not cool, but I would really rather not start talking like a 16 year-old. I've already picked up a few phrases, like "OFF DA CHAINZ" and "bumpin'," but those are just too good to resist. "Yo, you crackafro is BUMPIN', G."