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05-02-2003 01:39 AM ET (US)
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Edited by author 05-02-2003 01:43 AM
Anyone know the etymology of 'bling bling'? (that is, where did BG get it) A quick web search doesn't pull up anything very useful. I like the apocryphal tale that it came from the sound Mario makes when he gets the gold coins.
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05-02-2003 02:39 AM ET (US)
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Bling bling was prison slang, a warning to fellow inmates that authorities were approaching, and to hide any contraband. In essence, a "head's up." I don't know if that has any relation to the now-mainstream meaning.
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| aha
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05-02-2003 03:08 AM ET (US)
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Can BoingBoing be far behind?
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05-02-2003 04:47 AM ET (US)
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I think I coined 'mouse jockey'. As in someone who spends their days riding a mouse around a field of mouse pad-sized real estate...
I have an October 1998 publication date, with Penguin Books in Australia. I just need more people to start using the term...
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05-02-2003 05:31 AM ET (US)
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the rapper wished he copyrighted the term, this made me wonder why the phrase he "invented" and published in his heavily legally protected lyrics was not "his" and every one else has since been reproducing it.
I realise this is a dumb question which no doubt has an extremely simple answer, but i'd just like to understand, can anyone explain....?
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| LoveGravy
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05-02-2003 09:05 AM ET (US)
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And in other news, the moon has turned blood red, death is raining from the sky, and the last martyr has died...
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05-02-2003 09:47 AM ET (US)
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Edited by author 05-02-2003 09:51 AM
Sure, but "Bling bling will never be forgotten." Let's take our victories where we can.
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