Do you really know what they mean?

     In everyday language, we end up saying certain words that we really don't think about, as far as why we use them. Its not just the fact that we're not thinking and realizing that we're saying them, but as far as how we are actually using these words that we are choosing to use. Some of them are actual words in the dictionary and have meaning to the, but when we decide to use them, we turn them into slang and try to give it its own meaning to where it is put in the dictionary. If you're not sure what words I'm talking about, I'm talking about profanity and other words that are up there but just not nice/good to say. Sure I might sound like a little kid, but really think about. Words such as: ass, bastard, bitch, damn, douche, fuck, slut, whore; we're using these words to describe someone else or give ourselves that title instead of our own unique and positive title. In this blog you'll the actual meaning to these words and how they are used as slang words. I will tell you right now, this is not to make anyone feel awkward or offended. So if you get offended, you might not want to read the rest of this....fair warning.


Meaning and slang usage:



ass (n.), pl., ass·es (ăs'ĭz).
Any of several hoofed mammals of the genus Equus, resembling and closely related to the horses but having a smaller build and longer ears, and including the domesticated donkey.
A vain, self-important, silly, or aggressively stupid person.


ass2 (ăs) 
n. Vulgar Slang, pl., ass·es (ăs'ĭz).
The buttocks.
The anus.
Sexual intercourse.


bastard (n.)
A child born out of wedlock.
Something that is of irregular, inferior, or dubious origin.
Slang. A person, especially one who is held to be mean or disagreeable.
adj.
Born of unwed parents; illegitimate.
Not genuine; spurious: a bastard style of architecture.
Resembling a known kind or species but not truly such.


bitch (n.)
A female canine animal, especially a dog.
Offensive.
A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing.
A lewd woman.
A man considered to be weak or contemptible.
Slang. A complaint.
Slang. Something very unpleasant or difficult.


v. Slang, bitched, bitch·ing, bitch·es.
v.intr.
To complain; grumble.


v.tr.
To botch; bungle. Often used with up.


damn
v., damned, damn·ing, damns.
v.tr.
To pronounce an adverse judgment upon. See synonyms at condemn.
To bring about the failure of; ruin.
To condemn as harmful, illegal, or immoral: a cleric who damned gambling and strong drink.
To condemn to everlasting punishment or a similar fate; doom.
To swear at.
v.intr.
To swear; curse.


interj.
Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.


(n.)
The saying of "damn" as a curse.
Informal. The least valuable bit; a jot: not worth a damn.
adv. & adj.
Damned.


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douche (n.)
A stream of water, often containing medicinal or cleansing agents, that is applied to a body part or cavity for hygienic or therapeutic purposes.
A stream of air applied in a similar way.
The application of a douche.
An instrument for applying a douche.


v., douched, douch·ing, douch·es.
v.tr.
To cleanse or treat by means of a douche.


fuck
v., fucked, fuck·ing, fucks.
v.tr.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To take advantage of, betray, or cheat; victimize.
Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.


v.intr.
To engage in sexual intercourse.
To act wastefully or foolishly.
To interfere; meddle. Often used with with.


(n.)
An act of sexual intercourse.
A partner in sexual intercourse.
A despised person.
Used as an intensive: What the fuck did you do that for?
interj.
Used to express extreme displeasure.


phrasal verbs:


fuck off
Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.
To spend time idly.
To masturbate.


fuck over
To treat unfairly; take advantage of.


fuck up
To make a mistake; bungle something.
To act carelessly, foolishly, or incorrectly.
To cause to be intoxicated.


hoe (n.)
A tool with a flat blade attached approximately at a right angle to a long handle, used for weeding, cultivating, and gardening.




v., hoed, hoe·ing, hoes.
v.tr.
To weed, cultivate, or dig up with a hoe.


v.intr.
To work with a hoe.


nigger (n.)
Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a Black person: "You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a nigger" (James Baldwin).
Used as a disparaging term for a member of any dark-skinned people.
Used as a disparaging term for a member of any socially, economically, or politically deprived group of people.



v., shit, also shat (shăt), shit·ting, shits.
v.intr.
To defecate.


v.tr.
To defecate in.
To tease or try to deceive.


n.
Excrement.
-The act or an instance of defecating.
-shits Diarrhea. Used with the.
-Something considered disgusting, of poor quality, foolish, or otherwise totally unacceptable.
-A mean or contemptible person.
-A narcotic or intoxicant, such as marijuana or heroin.
-Things; items.
-Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
-Insolent talk or behavior.
-Trouble or difficulty.
-A small or worthless amount: He doesn't know shit.


interj.
Used to express surprise, anger, or extreme displeasure.


phrasal verb:


shit on
To treat with malice or extreme disrespect.
idioms:


get (one's) shit together
To get organized; put one's affairs or possessions in order.


give a shit
To care the least bit.


no shit
Used to express disbelief.
Used to express contemptuous acknowledgment of the obvious.


shit bricks (or a brick)
To become extremely worried or frightened.


up shit creek (without a paddle)
In dire circumstances with no hope of help.


when the shit hits the fan
When the situation goes awry; when trouble starts.



slut (n.)
A person, especially a woman, considered sexually promiscuous.
A woman prostitute.
A slovenly woman; a slattern.


whore (n.)
A prostitute.
A person considered sexually promiscuous.
A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.
intr.v., whored, whor·ing, whores.
To associate or have sexual relations with prostitutes or a prostitute.
To accept payment in exchange for sexual relations.
To compromise one's principles for personal gain.



    So next time we decide to use these words, lets think about how we're using them. Lets not use them as a title, expression, referring to someone or even as a name. Because its not who we are...duh!


Sincerely,
La Meah A.N. Battle


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self-consciousness takes a hold

     Do you ever have those moments to where someone can say that "oh there's nothing wrong with you. your beautiful the way you are". But you know when you look in the mirror, you see everything that is wrong. Its not just being able to see everything that is wrong, but also having to deal with them emotionally. I know I'm like that and there are probably a lot of other people that are like that as well. emotionally, we keep how we feel from others, listen to "depressing music", and mainly just want to be left alone with these thoughts and feelings. If we, and when I say we I mean the ones that can relate to what I'm talking about, we know that if we were to tell someone about how we are when we're in this stage, majority of people would label us as emo, but we know that's really not the case.

     When we meet someone for the first time or even if its someone that we know all together, they always tell us how beautiful we are or anything on the lines like that. For some of us that have a hard time excepting that all together. It's not like we are not grateful for the compliment from others, we do take it to heart and are happy that someone actually sees us in that way. For us, we know the little things that make us think that we're not beautiful. Think about it, when you get compared to someone else, or someone you may like is attracted to someone that you may feel is so much prettier, or just the fact they like certain way other people may look that they find attractive or beautiful, you know that you would do whatever it takes to look that way. You end up being able to pick out every little thing that you feel is not pretty or makes you beautiful, in other words you pick out the negatives rather than the positives. Yeah, I know that you would say that just be you and you stand out in your own way, well its really difficult to do that when you feel like you have to change you and/or that your competing to get the attention that you are seeking.

     Sometimes, its not the fact that its only physical appearances that get to you, its also the mental and emotional side of it as well. I know for fact that physical way we think is what triggers the way we are mentally and emotionally. Put yourself in front of a mirror for example, if you are able to find more negative things about you rather than the positives, imagine how you would feel mentally and emotionally. Some of you maybe able to get yourself pepped up and not acknowledge that, but again, its not that easy for others to do that. When we get into that mental and emotional stage, it can be a major pain and challenge to get out of. We can also slip into that stage without even realizing it; its something we never do by choice, it just happens randomly. Most of the time its just some random funk we get into or just the fact that we can be in a mellow mood and just let our mind wander into whatever it wants to think about at that time. Like I said, its not something we choose to do for fun, it just happens.

     Now, a lot of the blogs I know I put myself in the situations every now and then just to give examples. With this one I go through all the time and it helps me write whatever comes to mind or how I feel about something. But with this blog, I can fully say, this blog says a lot about me, and for those of you that are reading this and are saying to yourself, "that's me, but how does she know that so well?" that's because I am that type of person as well....just like you this is my story as well.

     I am the self-consciousness type of person where the physical, mental, and emotional type get to me really bad. I never chose to be like this or for it to be as bad as it now but that's just how it is, and when I'm trying to change it, its never easy. Physically, I never really thought that I was attractive at all. I always saw how other girls looked and the attention they received from anyone. I definitely was one of those girls that thought "Do I really have to look this way in order to get noticed?" To act one way was one thing I knew was not the way to get attention, and I knew that dressing in that manner would give off different signals, but dressing on the lines for short and tight fitting clothes, was that really the way to go? I knew that being me was the best thing to be, but the guys I liked we into that kind of look. So I figured, dressing in somewhat of that manner but still make it feel like me would help. Sure it did cause I did get notice by more than the guys I had a crush on, but why have to go through all of that. I was like that with my fiance, when we started talking again he told me how girls with anchor piercings

     As far as my mental and emotional side, for me its actually worse than my physical self-conscious side. My mental mentality can be triggered by just about anything and causes my emotions to spark. Its kind of difficult to really describe what goes on through my mental stage but I can tell you that I mainly get like that whenever my feelings from my physical side come through or when I feel like something is my fault and someone will judge me  by it or as if I am the bad guy and I can never do anything right. It sucks being in those stages cause its never easy to get out of. For me, those feelings last for more than just one day. I can be like that with my fiance sometimes and it sucks cause we can resolve it and be ok, but that feeling is still there and I cant just get rid of it like that on the spot. I end up being very mellow and to myself whether its after something like that or just the fact I'm just really chilled. It gets on my nerves when I'm in that mode and other think I'm mad or depressed about something, or even just because I'm not saying anything. I'm perfectly fine and sometimes I'm not, but just simply asking whats up rather than assuming is much better.

     Well, that's a huge chunk about me that you now know. Of course there will be other blogs like these to where I'll fully tell you about me and what I'm like. My blogs are never a diary, there more of a blogging journal where its meant to be read and to receive feed back.

Sincerely,
La Meah A.N. Battle

animal abuse vs. people in need

        So the latest thought I've been having on my mind lately and that's been getting me awhile to post are these commercials of animal abuse vs people in need. I had a status about that on Facebook a month ago, and I got some decent responses on that. But now it's happening again and i don't think that we really see the big picture here. I would never have someone pick between two important things that mean a lot to them, but I would just rather you see what exactly I'm talking about and if it lead to a poll then so be it.

        In this world today, there are so many animal lovers. Their are the ones that will go out and buy animal souvenirs, or what we all joke around about being the old lady with 10,000,000 cats, and then there are those that will join groups and/or petitions against animal abuse/ cruelty with the famous slogan "Fur is murder". These are the same people in my mind that will jump up in a heart beat when they see these commercials for animal abuse. If I could and if I had the money I would support that all the way. I am myself an animal lover and love cats. I would do anything if i could help them out and give them a good home. But what gets me about the "support and love" for animals that we say we have, why doesn't show when a stray dog or cat crosses our path? Why do we choose to shoo them away, when their harmless? Yes I understand that stray animals carry some kind of sickness on them, and not just that but the fact that they could be vicious, why not call an animal shelter or somewhere that picks up stray animals and knows how to deal with them properly. 

       The most perfect example I can give, I have experienced my self. I had just came home from school and my mom was waiting on me. She told me and my sister to quietly go look in the back yard and see if we saw anything. As I said before I am an animal lover, and to see a beautiful hawk with his wing broken made me sad. My mom had already called some kind of animal control to come see about it. The man that showed up worked at a community park where he worked with wild life animals. The hawks' wing was severely damaged and he had to take it with him. The hawk came back in two weeks since his home was built in our back yard. When we think of hawks, we know them to be very Territorial and will attack if needed. But this hawk was very kind to the point that I was able to pet it. Situations like these, anyone can do anything to help whether you take them to a shelter or hold the animal there until professional help gets there to take the animal.

        We cant help it when it comes to babies and little children,we're suckers for them. Their cute miniature people(this is what I hear most elderly people call them) that will soon be grown up into big people. Then there are the teens and adults, we tell them that they will be the one to make a difference in this world and that they will change how things are running today. With that being said, not enough of those people will help others out. In one situation, the neighbor to your left could have a child that tells you he/she is being abused by their own parents. One day  they come knocking on your door in tears asking for help and you see them covered in bruises and you hear yelling coming from their house, would you help them? Or another situation could be that the neighbor to your right lost his/her home in a fire and the only things they has left are their life, a job, and a car. You know what happened and if he/she was to ask you for help, would you do it? With those situations some people would and probably open their home to them, and for those that don't, well they'll either have some kind of connection or will get someone else to handle the situation. My biggest question of all though: If you were to witness a commercial for St. Jude's children's hospital or to send money to kids and families in other countries that need help, would you help? If you were to see a family or just someone that lives on the street with nothing at all but the clothes on their back and they only ask your for a little bit of money to get some food or just to help them out in general, would you help them?

        I think some people will help out kids in need just because their kids, but if it was an homeless man or women, it would be very rare that they will help. Do you ever take a min and think about what their going through; how they could be suffering everyday; and if you were in their shoes how it feels to get more rejections than offers in one day? If you think about it, we're all selfish people. Yes I know that we all know that humans are animals too, but if your willing to put money towards an animal rather than a human-being, then to me you don't have a heart, or at least only have half of one. That's like putting a man in need, a child in need, and an animal in need who would you help first? Who would honestly be the first one in your mind to help? Some might say either the child or the animal but if you we're to choose between those two, who would you pick? For the man, we can say that he can just go to McDonald's and ask for a job. What makes you think that it would be any easier for a homeless man that has lost everything, whether he has or hasn't finished school, and doesn't know his own SSN or people to refer to just to get a job. This person could probably just want money to go get medical attention and yet we get on their case about getting a job when we wont help first.

        When your watching TV during the day, how many times will you see a commercial for animal cruelty? How many times would you see that same commercial after 12am? You would have seen that commercial so many times that you may have memorized the advertisement its self or the fact that you could have a conversation about that with someone else. Now, same question again but this time the commercial is for helping a child or someone in general, how many times do you see that during the day? How many times would you see it after 12am? Just from what I've seen, a commercial for helping a person is not shown as often during the day rather than a commercial for helping animals would be. After 12am they would weigh in just about the same but of course the animal commercials would advertise more in a 24hr time period when you fully think about it. Is it sad, depressing, completely wrong, yea it's all of those thoughts plus more to me. But of course, these are just my thoughts and feelings on these topics...tell me what yours are?

Sincerely,

La Meah A.N. Battle

Check yourself, before you present yourself

First impressions mean everything; no matter where you go or what important person you meet, the way you present yourself is VERY IMPORTANT. To me, there are three different ways of giving off a first impression are important, but some people don’t really care about. Going to a job interview and/or business meeting, meeting new people, and how men and women present their selves in public.

Anytime you go and apply for a job, wouldn’t you want to look the part and not like you just rolled out of bed to go get a job. You always want to look presentable, I don’t know who wouldn’t want to unless you’re the type that really doesn’t care. I know that if I wanted to hire someone to work for me, I wouldn’t want to see a girl come in with some booty shorts and their boobs about to fall out their shirt; I really wouldn’t want to see a guy walk in with a big white-T or a wife beater on with their pants below their butt. I would tell you I’m sorry but you need to leave or something. You don’t get jobs looking like that and I really don’t think anyone would hire someone dressed like that. If you work in the big business area (like brief cases; business suits; conference meetings), again why not wear something appropriate to work….even when the big boss aka head honcho comes in for a meeting or anything like that. If you’re really wanting that big promotion and/or raise you’ve been waiting on, guys don’t come in with a stained shirt, or your tie on crooked or even down to where you look like you have bad hygiene; ladies same thing, don’t look like you have bad hygiene as well, make up caked on your face and PLEASE don’t go in dressed like the “office whore” then you REALLY won’t get it.

I don’t know about you, but my mom taught me now matter who it is you meet, whether its friends or family or even for a job, always give them a good first impression cause you don’t know how it would affect you or them at the same time you don’t know who you’re going to meet. When I go and encounter with others, first thing that comes in my head when it comes to first impressions is all about respect. To me, it’s very rare that I will get someone that is really friendly by asking me how my day is, god bless you, thanks you for your service, enjoy the rest of your day/evening and what not. Sometimes when I do get it, I feel as if their only saying it cause they have to. Any other time, I encounter the ones that are really rude and don’t give a crap about their job at all. To the ones that give it your all no matter how your day is going, thank you I certainly appreciate you. Any other time I meet new people as friends whether it was in school or through my friends I hang with, I always and I MEAN ALWAYS see how they are in general with a first impression and around me. If you’re the type that has a bad attitude or even think your better than everyone else like all high and mighty and big headed, then I can’t role with you. Now, if your personality is beautiful and respectable and easy to get along with not just me but everyone else, then we’re going to be just fine. In school I always knew who to hang with and who not to hang with, I just always used that tactic and it kept me out of trouble. One year I ran into one of my friends at the mall and he was with a girl friend of his and another friend of theirs. The girl friend I already knew and we were cool, I just didn’t know the other girl and was willing to make a new friend and what not. With me being polite, I was taught to look someone in the eye when you’re talking to them. On her end, clearly she wasn’t taught that cause she gave me the “I’m to good to hang with you” and can’t look me in the eye when talking to me. So all in all she doesn’t give a crap about anyone else but herself. Am I friends with her, no; are there friends that I have that are friends with her, yea but I choose not to say anything. Like they always say, “If you don’t have anything nice to say to anyone, then don’t say anything at all.”

Now I understand that everyone has a different taste in style and fashion, but for some people that like to “label” others are pretty much labeling their selves. Call me crazy but ladies, how the heck do you find guys that wear their pants way below their waist like to underneath their butt attractive? And not just that, but the “gangster” look is not appealing at all…at least not today’s gangster look. I mean, the way half of these guys dress looks like they can’t afford clothes that fit and that are clean, and the fact that their mom’s didn’t teach them how to dress. Fellas, if you’re going to have dreads or any kind of hair on your head, please learn to take care of it! Like for real, it looks so nasty to see you not take care of it, you look like a bum. Oh and by the way, how you approach a lady as well says all. Ladies if your impressed with whole “‘eh gul, what yo name is” yea to where it sounds just how you would imagined its typed, then there is SERIOUSLY something wrong with you. There is no way you think it’s cool to be this way at all. If you know it’s a gay prison thing and what not to wear your pants below your butt, then why do it; if you have hair then why not take care of it; and if you’re trying to impress someone, why not talk PROPERLY?!! It’s really not that hard fellas!! I know I wasn’t alive during the 1920’s era but I know that the men then knew how to talk to a lady if he was interested and also knew how to present himself. They knew about first impressions. Ladies, I just don’t know where to begin seriously. Our first impressions aren’t any better than the guys. Some of us dress as if we’re working at a club or something; our hair its either styled weird or its dyed with either not normal colors or colors that are too bright. I pretty much summed it with the guys so it’s the same way as well with us.

I don’t know about you but lately it just seems that this generation is getting worse and worse with our first impressions. Is there anyone that cares about that? Oh well, again you know what to do…leave your thoughts and comments.

Until next time,

La Meah A.N. Battle

This is me vs the world

Bold; outgoing; adventurous; spontaneous; diverse. These are the words that describe me the best, but of course to the world, you either weird or crazy. I’m the type of girl that likes to express herself through bold colors and fashion statements…..but not as bold as some of the stuff lady gaga wears. All my life I wanted and still do want to be that amazing actress that wins all these Grammys but yet being myself. The whole world and the media, to me, wants you to be this sexy sex selling item in order to make it. To me it’s really sad cause there are only a few starts that I know of that I follow that will stay true to their selves. To be honest it shouldn’t be like this at all. I know that when I was younger and to this day still, I’m very self-conscious about my body. So why would I want to look at someone who is the “Sexiest women alive” according to the media when I know that’s only going to put me down about myself even more? Half of these women that are “sexy” to the media are because of the fact that they have to be half naked, wearing something skimpy, or even something that shows of their big butts or boobs in order to be sexy. Why can’t you be sexy by just being you?

                When I want to stand out and be bold with my taste in style and fashion, I always have my own lil’ quote I tell myself, “The world is your runway; you own it in your own way”. That cease to allow me to be bold, but then again the world is a ginormous critic. In other words, the world tells you whether you fit in or not, but yet we have adds that say express yourself….why is that so confusing, or is that just me? To wear certain things that you like and find appealing to your eye but yet it’s not what the celebs wear and it’s not “sexy”. Um hello, WHAT THE HECK IS SEXY?! For those that are reading this, I have a Facebook page that is called Dare to be sexy, dare to be you. This page is VERY self explanatory; it’s a page to express your sexy side. Like I said before, the media wants us to think that showing 95% skin or something that mainly exposes are boobs and butts (ladies) and see through shirts to show off our “pecks” (fellas).

                Of course this is my first blog, and just a lil intro to how my mind works and how my blogs. Sooner or later, and if I’m able to I’m going to try to get some video blogs up as well. But don’t be afraid to ask questions and leave your opinions. Debates are not allowed on here, just open minded thoughts. Yes that even means no matter how conceded or jerkish it sounds, everyone is free to speak their minds.

Until next time,

                La Meah A.N. Battle