I tried to use quotes here to mean that one was a literal string and the other a pointer to a larger concept but it seems that I have FAILED.
The first item is the word "hott", which is an alternate spelling of "hot" used to specifically mean "sexy" that so far I've seen only applied to people. To me it has started appearing everywhere and all at once, from nowhere.
The second is the Canadian sport involving big stones and brooms. Suddenly everyone is a fan. I have been aware of curling for many years, and I don't think that it is new to the winter olympics, but suddenly Americans seemed to be really tuned into it. Since I'm not following the olympics, I don't know why this is.
Recently, I've taken to using 'hot' to ironically describe unpleasant or dysfunctional things as a contemptuous reference to Paris Hilton, who is often labeling things 'hot.'
I think the spike in curling is almost entirely due to its continuous availability on CNBC. Since they're actually *showing* all of each game, you can follow what the @#$@#^ is going on. (It probably doesn't help that the US women's team is, y'know, photogenic, and that some of the other teams have posed for a nude-ish calendar...
My mom, and grandparents, were curlers for years, and have occasionally tried to get me to play. So galaneia and I are probably going to a curling open house this weekend. Hopefully there won't be *too* many johnny-come-lately's there...
I recall seeing "hott" a lot around five years ago or so. Maybe it's retro?
Several people have commented that curling is basically Crokinole on ice. I'd like to watch it some time but I have no idea when it's on. (Is there some way to tell Tivo to record just curling games and not the rest of the Olympics?)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
For the sake of your elderly readers...
Date: 2006-02-22 06:47 pm (UTC)What's the usage of "curling"?
I'm used to these words in the following context:
"Be careful! That CURLING iron is HOTt!"
Re: For the sake of your elderly readers...
Date: 2006-02-22 06:57 pm (UTC)The first item is the word "hott", which is an alternate spelling of "hot" used to specifically mean "sexy" that so far I've seen only applied to people. To me it has started appearing everywhere and all at once, from nowhere.
The second is the Canadian sport involving big stones and brooms. Suddenly everyone is a fan. I have been aware of curling for many years, and I don't think that it is new to the winter olympics, but suddenly Americans seemed to be really tuned into it. Since I'm not following the olympics, I don't know why this is.
Re: For the sake of your elderly readers...
Date: 2006-02-22 07:19 pm (UTC)Typical usage of 'hot' from me is:
"I've sliced off part of my thumb. That's hot."
Curling remains an obscure and silly sport.
Can't stop the curlin'
Date: 2006-02-22 07:23 pm (UTC)My mom, and grandparents, were curlers for years, and have occasionally tried to get me to play. So
no subject
Date: 2006-02-22 07:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-22 11:05 pm (UTC)Several people have commented that curling is basically Crokinole on ice. I'd like to watch it some time but I have no idea when it's on. (Is there some way to tell Tivo to record just curling games and not the rest of the Olympics?)
no subject
Date: 2006-03-06 05:33 pm (UTC)http://www.gamesarcade.net/free-online-games/curling/default.asp