27 Nov 2012

Words are just empty words

All Yolo or what?
Yolo. Of course, everyone knows it. Yolo is the youth word of the year, in Germany, mind you. Yolo? Don't you know it? Aren't you cool, dude, Yolo or yolo lowercase? Capital or lowercase, the Langenscheidt publishing house has decided. Yolo is the word of the year.

And what does that mean? Y = Yokohama, o = top, l = left, o = top? Or you only live once, typically German, that is. It doesn't matter if half the people who use it have no clue what it means. Yolo, you only live once. That's a lot to ask, you only live once. How true, and the only people who (could) rebel against it are rebirth advocates.

Yolo probably means: after me, the deluge, which fits the current situation and attitude of many young people. Or is that just Langenscheidt's opinion? TerLiMa clearly says, "Carpe diem," seize the day (and the night).

Ps. By the way, "Fuck you" came in second place, which fits perfectly.


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