18 October 2007 ~ View Comments

Thursday Thirteen: Lessons from R& B

Just to shake things up, I added a little R & B to my Pandora Radio Quick Mix. Holy Crap. It’s like a whole new world. Ever your investigative reporter, I wanted to share some of what I learned.

Thursday Thirteen

Thursday Thirteen #6, girl.

1. Freakum dress, girl. So it turns out that “every girl” has a freakum dress. Who knew? It turns out I need a dress that says “f-me” all over it to keep my man in line. My question is: what do I do with the men who line up behind him??

Fuck um dress

(I’m going to assume that you are laughing WITH me….)

2. Come get me. I practiced this one in the mirror. Yeah. I couldn’t pull it off without laughing my ass off. I’ll keep trying.

3. Joe will make your panties drop, girl. Ever wonder how to set the mood? Check this guy out. Great quote? “Foreplay makes things a little easier later.” Yeah. (If you have some time, check out his video stream. But do it at your own risk. He’ll, er, rev your engine.)

Joe Thomas

4. Bad Boy, girl. To me, this is a recrimination from a parent to a child. Turns out, in R&B? It’s an entire record company.

5. Shawty, girl. If someone called me shorty? I’d be pissed off. I’m 5’10″. Who are you calling SHORT?? Whoops. A shawty is a fine woman or someone’s girlfriend. So when Rihanna asks Sean Paul if she can be his shawty, she’s not talking about how short she is. They are BOTH short, but she’s the shawty, girl.

Rihanna and Sean Paul

6. Sex you, girl. It turns out that this is what a man says to a woman when he’s interested. Of course, if someone said this to me, I’d wonder what the hell they were talking about? What do you mean you want to sex me? It sounds like a horney pug humping my leg. But that’s just me.

7. Touch your toes, girl. I think “touch your toes” means this:

Running stretch

In R &B? They mean this:

Touch your toes

Yikes! Don’t fall over!

8. “Smooth as a mother, girl.” I’m not quite sure what this means, but I know it has nothing to do with mothers.

9. Usher is fine, girl. Gosh. Some men only get more handsome with time.

Usher

10. Smack that, girl. Having seen the underside of my father’s hand more than a few times, I simply cannot fathom this. BUT, it turns out that some men and women have little “smack-fests” where they slap at each other – behinds, faces, whatever. Boy that sounds fun.

11. Dawg, girl. Once again, I’m way off base.

Dog:

roseandbear.jpg

Wrong again. Dawg is what you call a friend. No not a canine friend, a human friend or buddy. It’s like calling someone “dude”. I think.

12. Diamonds should be worn in: your ears, your nose, your belly button, teeth…

Diamond teeth

13. These people have sex! In North America, the average couple has sex around once a week. Single people tend to have more partners, but still have sex around once a week.

Not so in R & B land. These folks have sex all the time!

Sheez. Maybe we should move there!

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  • Heart in SF - At least we don't have to see Cole Porter with his own diamond 'grillz"! Dawg.
  • heart in san francisco
    I thought "sexing" was a botanical term.

    Cole Porter must be turning over in his grave. Turning OVER, girl.

    Dawg.
  • Josie - YIKES! I never even thought of that. EEK!

    Odat - Word dawg!
  • No wonder the kids are failing in school...They can't complete whole sentences and shorten every word.........I once put up a song/video on my blog called "Sex on the Beach"....but at least I understood it...lol.......
    Great informative post.....dawg!
    Peace
  • josie
    Well, no matter what they call it, those teeth would never get near any part of my anatomy.

    Ouch!

    Ha....!
  • Claude - Wena Claude - thanks for stopping by! Glad you don't have to suffer the indignance of a doppleganger porn star!

    Christy - Or something nasty....
  • The bling in those teeth is so disgusting. Looks like they forgot to take the wrapper of their chocolate bar.
  • wena claudia!!!!

    the glossary for the new generations


    yes i have my dopplenganger there too
    a drummer, a sound engeneer and a writer

    but ... not a prnstr

    yikes!
  • BottleBlonde - You are just much cooler than I am. That's all there is to it!
  • I love this post, and I see you've been schooled by the urban dictionary! Mad props to you, Claudia. Mad props. (you may need to consult the urban dictionary to understand the rhymes I'm spittin')

    And whatever you do, don't be a chicken head. (well, other than for your husband)
  • Meems - You are substantially cooler than I, dawg.

    Squirrelly - I'm sure your new found knowledge will come in handy in some odd and obtuse way. That's the kind of knowledge that sticks in my brain!
  • Hi,
    This was a great post. I learnt a lot about R & B and as I suspected, I didn't really want to know more about R & B! anyway, thanks for the award several posts earlier. I've only just come by for a visit and haven't had time to post that award on my blog yet. Please be patient and Thanks again.
  • I feel a little hipper now. I call my son E-dog and at times it's just dawg. Yup, that's how I roll.
  • She - I'm happy to be your investigative reporter.

    Kelly - Yeah - I know!
  • in reference to number 13


    SOLD!

    Bring on the sexin!
  • she
    thanks for clearing all that up. i had no idea!
  • FuriousBall - At least you're honest. Maybe I sucked up all the humor today? Yeah, probablynot.

    Harlekwin - Your bathrobe works for me. Will it keep your man in line??

    Rileyberry - I doubt you need one - but who knows? You might need to keep that man in line.
  • Rileyberry
    God, I live a very sheltered life. This was all a complete and total mystery. Good to know about the Freakum dress, too. I'll put that on my wish list.
  • Would my bathrobe qualify as a 'freakum' dress? This was quite the educational post. I feel reallllllllly old now! I can see my toes, but touching them takes a bit of planning these days.

    Thanks for visiting my site today! Happy TT!!
  • i can't think of anything witty to say, so just pretend the space between the brackets is filled with something awe-inspiring....

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  • Samantha K - Thanks for stopping by! I was amazed myself!

    Sandy Carlson - I have no idea what the etymology of shawty is. I thought it was shorty until I heard short Rihanna ask short Sean Paul is she could be his shawty.

    Grace - Yes, amazing isn't it!

    I am the Diva - Yeah! You were featured this week! Oh Usher. I thought he'd grow out of it... but damn he is good looking.

    Jenn - I mean, who knew? right?

    Lutchi - Always so much to learn! Thanks for stopping by!
  • yeap, so much new things to learn...thanks for sharing. Lutchi's Journal hope you can visit me too.
  • See there, I learned something.
    Happy TT!
  • featured blog?? what??

    your list was very informative. and usher is FIIIINNNEEE
  • There's always something new to learn!
  • You cracked me up! I teach college English, and my students try to educate me a little every day. This was the crash course. I will ponder the etymology of shawty further. Probably not in the OED yet.

    Thanks for the laugh!
  • this is one of my favorite TT lists, ever.
    And now I have "Break it off" running through my head...
    The toe touching picture was frightening, hence the reason I am not running from the window to the wall....
    Mine's up as well, have a great Thursday.
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