For Better or for Worse

[Benjamin Zimmer]

Jonathan Lighter:
>
>These odd terms seem to be made up.

John Baker:
>
>The Comics Curmudgeon blog, http://joshreads.com/, discusses this strip.
>According to one of the comments, the slang terms are indeed made up.

Someone on the comments list got this official response from the "FBorFW
Team":

>Hi there,
>
>Thanks for writing!
>
>Yes - Lynn did make up the ‘jive talk’
>that the kids in the strip are using.
>
>Have a great day,
>
>Allison
>Allison Zadorozny
>FBorFW Team
>www.fborfw.com

This reminds me of the old "grunge speak" hoax that the New York Times
fell for: <http://www.factoftheday.com/grungespeak.html>.  Perhaps Lynn
Johnston was trying to see if she could get some coinages into
circulation.


--Ben Zimmer