bling-bling in the OED

[Baker, John]

        Fark's name is a euphemism for fuck.  This may perhaps give some hint of the level of discourse on its discussion boards.

        One poster did suggest an interesting possibility as to the origin of the term:

        >>always thought it came from meaning BMW in jamaica..

http://www.jamaicans.com/speakja/glossary.htm#b

Still makes more sence to me that it evolved from there...<<

        Unfortunately, the jamaicans.com link does not include any more information, but the possibility of an origin in Jamaican Patois seems plausible.

John Baker


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From: Drew Danielson [mailto:andrew.danielson at CMU.EDU]
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Subject: bling-bling in the OED


more from the world of popular reports on lexicography:

Headline at http://www.fark.com/ Thu May 01, 2003:

[category tag - Asinine] Oxford English Dictionary officially adds
"bling-bling" to its entries

[links to] http://www.azcentral.com/ent/pop/articles/0426blingbling26.html



comments from the fark discussion board -
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=516124:

"This read like an Onion article."

"The great irony is people who use this term would never open a dictonary."

"I, for one, will not rest until the terms 'gangsta lean', 'pimp-juice',
and 'fo sheezy' make it in. /sarcasm"

and this pair:

"I'm already so tired of everything hip-hop I could puke."

"I think the word you're looking for is 'vomizzle'"