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1.Jenn
As the world is so overpopulated with Jennifers, we need to be able to distinguish the cool from the evil. The only acceptable abreviation for the cool Jennifers is Jenn. Jenny, Jen, Nifer and any other variations of Jennifer are hereby deemed stupid and will no longer be tolerated! Anyone still answering to any other variation will be recognised as evil and or a loser!
Linda: "Is that Jenny over there?"
Tim: *smacks Linda's face* "You mean Jenn right???"
Linda: *sobbing* "OMG I soooo meant to say Jenn!"
Tim: "It's okay, I won't tell Jenn what you called her! But only this once.
I've long presumed there was a name shortage in the late 70's. I've often imagined my parents attending some late night meeting at studio 54 where they, and an entire generation's parents met and in between disco, hangin' with a still black Michael Jackson and enough blow to make Tony Montana cry they came to the unanimous decision to name 4 out of 5 baby girls born in the ensuing decade Jennifer. In fact for most of my formidable years I thought my government name actually was "JenniferL" I never realized that was just an easy way of distinguishing me from the 40 other Jennifers in my grade school.Later I was forced to endure other people unceremoniously christening me with there own *cute* (and I use the term very very lightly) nicknames. Jenny, Jen-Jen, Jenni,Niffer, J-Lo
Now because I'm a laid back person who is also a bit selfish and self centered ,in so much as I'm generally unconcerned and unaffected by other people. (Or does that maybe mean I suffer from Narcissistic personality disorder? I'll have to self diagnose that later on Wikipedia) I never bothered to correct people.
But I may have ground my teeth.
Now I feel some small measure of vindication.
It's Jenn. Plain, simple, unassuming Jenn.
Jennifer is fine too.
And let's all agree to disagree on the cuteness of nicknames
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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