Paul Galvin is known for letting loose on the field. Or so we thought. He has recently started his own website and it is a place where, in his own words, he can " let loose a little". According to Galvin his best section is an A-Z of trendy and cool words or the "wordplay" section. This section is where Galvin "explores diction, something I’ve always found very interesting as it pertains to how people express themselves through words and is central to how we exist and enjoy our lives."
We've brought you ten words that you can drop at exclusive parties to let people know you are the real deal when it comes to contempary culture and society.
This is a multi-facted definition. Galvin ensures that if you ever mistakenly tell someone they have Acne, you can play it off by pretending you were talking about Swedish fashion. And if they are still in the dark use Galvin's generously supplied definition of an acronym to explain.
At first glance I thought Galvin was claiming Birr was the currency used by people in an Offaly town called Ethopia. That is not the case. Thanks for clearing up the confusion Paul.
Despite his protestations Galvin definitely qualifies as a fop.
Next time you are ridiculed at a party for wearing tracksuit bottoms with a shirt and suit jacket you can throw this defintion back in their face and claim you are merely compling with the rules of twisted tailoring. If they persist, you should probably change out of the tracksuit bottoms.
This is a very alternative definition of the word. But c'mon, at least next time you're stopped by guards on halloween for putting bangers in wheelie bins you can use this as an excuse.
Galvin cuts to the core of the national consciousness by analysing the idea of a trend. I think his website could generate a few memes of its own. If only he had put to bed the long disputed pronunciation of meme.
Can't be too critical of this one as the definition is technically correct. He may still have the accent but if memory serves his shoes were more elfish and pointy rather than thick and heavy in "Galvinise".
Finally someone has come up with a definitive explaination of avant garde. Much like Father Ted's "that would be an ecumenical matter" if you are ever corned by an intellectual to give your opinion on anything regarding fashion, art or classical music, saying it's very avant garde will send them thoughtfully on their way.
Apparently this word was first used in 1540. Hopefully that was also its last. A quick bit of detective work showed that this word in fact means a clumsy or awkward youth rather than the above. Maybe I should start my own A-Z of hipster words?
With no long explanation to back up this claim we will have to take Galvin's word on this one although Shaka Maidoh was apparently once Britains second best dressed man. I wonder if Galvin entered under a fake name?
Amidst the Irish and French words for necktie we found probably the only word that is useful to the average person. And now next time you're at the zoo you can embarress the zoo keeper when he says "look at that kangaroo jump".
If anything comes from this website, please be that people begin to use hip hopper in daily conversation.
