Book is Cool

For readers of Kottke, the jargon watch word in January this year was that "book" was the new "cool".

Why? Because when you create an SMS using T9 dictionary (predictive text) on a handphone/mobile/cellphone, "book" appears first when you key in the relevant numbers for the word "cool".

These are T9onyms, supposedly. Hence "book" can be used to replace "cool" when spoken. E.g. Wow! That jacket you're wearing is book!" or "That's a book looking pair of shoes." Please do not confuse "book" with "sick" although in hiphop language, "sick" means cool too. But "sick" is not a T9onym.

T9onyms are really great for talking in codes or when you don't want strangers around you to understand everything you say.

Was going through some of some other codes we can use.....

"bitch" = "citag"
usage: That citag refused to return my call.

"butch" = "attai"
usage: That girl over there with the short spiky hair, she's actually an attai.

"fuck" = "dual"
usage: Dual lah, how come you so dual up one?

"fucker" = "duckes"
usage: That guy's a duckes.

"shit" = "shiv"
usage: Shiv!

"slut" = "plut"
usage: That's girl's a plut.

"Mango" = "Manho"
usage: My girlfriend is shopping at Manho.