Bling Bling?
Bling Bling? BLING BLING? So what the hell is "bling bling"?
Evidently, it's what au courant college freshman call flashy jewelry. I never would have guessed we needed to invent such a dopy term for something as inconsequential as flashy jewelry. (So what if the jewelry you're wearing isn't flashy... is that just "bling"?) Bling bling they know.
On the other hand, they're not expected to know who cultural icons Paul Newman and Pete Rose are. "I've never heard of those people," laments University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee freshman Pamela Westmoreland.
Excuse me? Never heard of them? OK. Maybe she hasn't seen Paul Newman in a movie or Pete Rose play baseball. But I guess I expect her to know Newman is an actor and Rose is a ball player.
I'm thinking Pamela's going to be a psych major.
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Well, many of them don't know who Lincoln was, so you can't expect them to know Paul Newman. When I was getting my master's in history and correcting tests, one of the questions asked the students to define "greenbacks." One girl went into colorful detail about the poor greenbacks swimming across the Rio Grande in search of a better life...
We may be a little safe. I just asked my oldest daughter (who would be a junior if she actually went to college) who Paul Newman and Pete Rose are. She gets credit for knowing, even though her first response for Paul Newman was "that popcorn guy."