"Golden like a shower"?

[Fenris]

A few weeks ago I was flipping through the university newspaper and noticed in the "Trends" section (always my favorite) they had a slang term which was altogether unfamiliar to me.



Now, I consider myself pretty up-to-date on the trends of my age group, but I have never, ever heard that phrase used. By anyone. When I read it, it seemed a wee bit odd to me, considering that a slight altering of the phrase produces the euphemistic name of an extremely disturbing and filthy pseudo-sexual act. So I ask you, the DU audience, was this the case of a slang term that I wasn't aware of or a possible practical joke by some sick soul on the newspaper staff?

[flamingyouth]

1. That has to be a practical joke

I say this as a veteran of a university newspaper. ;)

Of course, judging from that paper, you never know.

[Fenris]

5. It's a piece o' crap paper.

The editorials are beyond unreadable.

[flamingyouth]

7. You promised you'd send me several issues!

Where are they, I ask yet again? :freak:

[Fenris]

11. Quite yer whining, they're coming.

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. Thats gotta be a joke...

because it is sooooo dirty! I'm up on things and I've never heard of it before

[zoeb]

3. I'm so disappointed...

I thought you had a story about Kerry pissing on Bush!:cry:

[SteppingRazor]

4. I go with choice C

A practical joke sprung ON the newspaper staff by an unnamed source for the story. Happens all the time, and if the journalists are too dumb to notice (and their editors are equally inept) they deserve to look like morons. Or morans. Whatever you'd prefer.

[Beware the Beast Man]

6. This has to be a joke-

Perpetrated upon some naive reporter. I remember a similar thing happened back when the whole Seattle music scene broke, some reporter from the New York Times called up a SubPop Records employee for an article on the "grunge lexicon." The employee managed to rattle off a bunch of bogus slang words off the top of his head.

[Fenris]

9. LOL! Yes. Documented in the film "Hype!"

:D

[flamingyouth]

10. Hey, I'll catch you swingin' on the flippity-flop!

I'll be wearing my fuzz and wack slacks - you can't miss me. :D

On edit - It was a woman who made up all those words, BTW.

[Beware the Beast Man]

23. Yeah, I got my facts crossed.

I didn't reference it until after I made the post. Thanks!

[flamingyouth]

25. Megan Jasper was her name

It's been driving me nuts ever since I saw your post. Argh, what was her name? I've only seen "Hype!" about 60 times! :D

[Mizmoon]

13. Remember the British soldier whose helmet

had three or four bullet holes in it? He managed to convince a reporter that he had been wearing at the time but was "saved by a miracle".

A few weeks later, after the story ran all over the world with no complaints, did the soldiers reveal it was all a joke.

[Placebo]

8. This guy wanted to give me a golden shower once...

I said, "Get me drunk enough, and I just might let you."

[Wat_Tyler]

14. Hey! Thanks for the image.

[AndyP]

12. I've used this phrase

I consider myself relatively "hip" if you want to call it that. I think it's kinda funny, in a sick sort of way....

[AndyP]

16. or

"I'm off like a prom dress" If you guys think this phrase is fake then you're all older than I thought:hippie:

[BurtWorm]

15. That blows like a job!

:eyes:

[benburch]

17. What is so disturbing about a Golden Shower?

They are not my thing, but I know people who are into that. Unless you are diseased, human urine is damned near sterile; doctors used to taste urine to determine if a patient had diabetes.

Why does it so disturb you that somebody else really enjoys something that does not appeal to you??

[BurtWorm]

18. You mean you really can get clean in a golden shower?

:thumbsup:

[benburch]

20. I certainly wouldn't call it clean...

but some people love it.

[BurtWorm]

21. Gee, their hair smells terriffic!

:D

[StlMo]

22. LMAO!

.

[ChrisK]

19. I will say....

As a whiter-then-white person I have taken many showers and never have I seen this "golden glow" the article speaks of..unless there talking about showering with Goldschlager which I have yet to do and would advise against anyone trying :)

[Wat_Tyler]

26. You'd get all those little bits stuck in your hair.

Like, ew!

[UpsideDownFlag]

24. um...the only time i've heard that phrase is in naughty pop up ads. nt

[Book Lover]

27. Someone's getting yanked

I suspect it's the staff writer, but who knows? I can see someone saying the example, but I do not buy for one millisecond the explanation.

If only you asked last week before the Folsom Street Fair, then we could have gotten the lowdown from the most delightful group of perverts (which I say with love) you'd ever like to meet.