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Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?"
#8647050 - 07/17/08 01:32 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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It's a very appropriate slang.
boom: grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" [baby boomers]
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: JH05]
#8647056 - 07/17/08 01:32 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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No, it's stupid. Don't do that.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Gumby]
#8647059 - 07/17/08 01:34 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I imagine cultivators came up with the slang, from observing how they grow. I like it; it's cool.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Gumby]
#8647062 - 07/17/08 01:35 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Gumby said: No, it's stupid. Don't do that.
Fro sheezly... boomers ain't where it's at... you gotz to get down wit' the hubs and the deemsters
But honestly, I guess "boomers" isn't as bad as that "goomz" phase a while back
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: JH05]
#8647064 - 07/17/08 01:35 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Most people think it sounds dumb. You can say it if you want but it'll just create negative first impressions and whatnot. I just call em mushrooms, even shrooms is pushing it for me.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: JH05]
#8647065 - 07/17/08 01:35 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've not once heard em reffered to that way
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Ferris]
#8647077 - 07/17/08 01:37 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've only heard them called that in the south.. and here of course.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Ferris]
#8647080 - 07/17/08 01:37 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I like fungi or fungus..
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: JH05]
#8647085 - 07/17/08 01:38 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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JH05 said: I imagine cultivators came up with the slang, from observing how they grow. I like it; it's cool.
No man, the only people I hear refer to shrooms as boomers are uneducated hicks and white trash. You should save the term "boomers" for them. Unless, of course, you are white trash. If that's the case, go ahead, call them boomers all you want, I'll understand.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Gumby]
#8647087 - 07/17/08 01:39 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Gumby said: No, it's stupid. Don't do that.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Gumby]
#8647088 - 07/17/08 01:39 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Is it stupid to call baby boomers (someone born within a specific range of years in the middle of the last century) baby boomers?
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: JH05]
#8647090 - 07/17/08 01:40 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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they've always beem called boomers down here, it's the only name i've heard except shrooms & mushrooms.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Gumby]
#8647091 - 07/17/08 01:40 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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we call them fungus. never heard boomers. but i hate it. i hate alot of words and i don't know why
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: JH05]
#8647098 - 07/17/08 01:41 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Of course not. Baby boomers also aren't known for cultivating such rich experiences as psilocybin mushrooms, so there isn't the ingrained desire for a nuetral term lacking recreational connotations (which I think "boomers" carries in the context of the teonanancatl).
Is it stupid to call baby boomers baby shroomers?
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: JH05]
#8647101 - 07/17/08 01:42 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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No, because that's a name of a generation.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: leftandright]
#8647102 - 07/17/08 01:42 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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A lot of people I have talked to call em Friendly fungus, or just fungus.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Entropymancer]
#8647106 - 07/17/08 01:43 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Entropymancer said: Of course not. Baby boomers also aren't known for cultivating such rich experiences as psilocybin mushrooms, so there isn't the ingrained desire for a nuetral term lacking recreational connotations (which I think "boomers" carries in the context of the teonanancatl).
Shrooms are called boomers because of the way and rate at which they grow. Same exact thing with the baby boomers.
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Gumby said: No, because that's a name of a generation.
And boomers is the slang name of a drug.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Gumby]
#8647109 - 07/17/08 01:43 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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ive used boomers many times. But my school did have some people living in trailers. One of my friends did but he wasn't trash... Although he does have a daughter now it seems early but thats fate. Boomers is another code name almost but its real known now. Maybe they feel they heard it too much or are just weird like that.
Why would you mind a word and you can critize a lot of slang terms cause their really are some dumb ones. But sorta all of em make sense in a way or else they just would not be used. Even my friends back in the day made up a word for pot that no one knew just so we can use it in front of anybody without messing up our speech.
But all in all its not stupid to use that word and they just don't know. Hopefully they don't fall into the categories of pricks, but maybe everyone might have a lil in em. not me.
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: JH05]
#8647112 - 07/17/08 01:44 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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JH05 said: Shrooms are called boomers because of the way and rate at which they grow.
Source on that info?
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Re: Why do people think it's stupid to call shrooms "boomers?" [Re: Psy Baba]
#8647114 - 07/17/08 01:44 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Back in my day we called it STICK BALL! :billcosby:
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