What Tech/Slang Should Disney Choose to Represent the '00s?

GeekMan

#1 – 12:34 PM May 28, 2009

"Shock and Awe"

or

"9/11"

Brandon West

#2 – 12:37 PM May 28, 2009

hella

DSMVWL THS

#3 – 12:59 PM May 28, 2009

LOL

kaosmonkey

#4 – 1:17 PM May 28, 2009

I can haz centuree?

artbot

#5 – 1:18 PM May 28, 2009

STFU....though that may be more 90s.

Problem is, we havn't even come up with a good name for the 'oughts, and as culture and grammar skills deteriorate by the minute, I doubt there's a singular phrase that encapsulates the era the way, say "Groovy" does for the 60s. Maybe "Wardrobe Malfunction".

artbot

#6 – 1:22 PM May 28, 2009

That reminds me, maybe euphemisms are the fad of the 'oughts:

Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

Economic Downturn

Fundamental Extremists

etho

#7 – 1:22 PM May 28, 2009

I would say iPod + LOL. But only because it seems unlikely that Disney would do it Goatse themed.

Clay

#8 – 1:23 PM May 28, 2009

I'd second "LOL."

Sure, it was born in the 90s, but I think it truly found its home this decade.

artbot

#9 – 1:26 PM May 28, 2009

Hey, for the Spring Break themed resort:

Seasonal
Tourism
For
Undergrads

grimc

#10 – 1:37 PM May 28, 2009

LOL + LOLcats

twofedoras

#11 – 1:39 PM May 28, 2009

Unfortunately it has to be "LOL". or somethign with an @ and a hashtag... maybe #disney

oldtaku

#12 – 2:15 PM May 28, 2009

TERROR and cartoon Dubya/Giu991ani in wacky Apocalypse Now poses.

No? Probably not. Yeah, I think LOL does it.

SR

#13 – 2:47 PM May 28, 2009

pwn(pwnage, pwned), WMD or something 2.0

Steven Leckart

#14 – 2:50 PM May 28, 2009

odds of twitter being involved in any capacity?

2:1, even money?

registradus

#15 – 5:35 PM May 28, 2009

definitely LOL

echolocate chocolate

#16 – 6:05 PM May 28, 2009

LOL and a giant pair of fucking Crocs.

dculberson

#17 – 8:37 PM May 28, 2009

"Baitin'."

Zan

#18 – 5:52 AM May 29, 2009

Before even reading any of the comments I was going to suggest LOL too. The defining characteristic of the '00s has been the proliferation in social media and text messaging.

10 years ago there were no smart phones with QWERTY keyboards. Believe it or not the first smart phone (the PalmOS Kyocera QCP6035) wasn't released until 2000, and the first QWERTY phone I know of was the Handspring Treo 180 in 2001. 2002 saw the introduction of the Sidekick and the first voice Blackberries, as well as the first US camera phone by Sprint. Now it seems that every very popular phone except the RAZR has either a physical or touch screen keyboard.

I've never heard anyone use totes, and I am around a sufficiently diverse range of ages and locales.

Anyway, my vote would actually be a RAZR and LOL since the iPhone was a latecomer to the '00s party (not until 2007). However, given Steve Jobs's ties to Disney, an iPhone would be more likely.

dculberson

#19 – 7:46 AM May 29, 2009

Zan, a Razr is certainly ubiquitous! But the iPod was introduced in 2001 (years before the Razr) and has sold many times more units than the Razr. (~50mm versus ~173mm) So an iPod might be a more universal choice, plus is plays into His Steveness's ties to Disney..

Anonymous Anonymous

#20 – 11:33 AM May 29, 2009

•pwned
•OMG
•LOL
•uber

Shelby Davis

#21 – 6:27 PM May 29, 2009

When I read "totes," I wondered what a generic general-purpose handbag, or a maker of luggage and umbrellas, had to do with this decade. This is the first time I've heard that it can be used for "totally."

Dean Putney

#22 – 9:07 PM May 29, 2009

I propose they print this out and use it for wallpaper: http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php

Anonymous Anonymous

#23 – 6:25 AM May 30, 2009

how about "make it stop"

Anonymous Anonymous

#24 – 6:26 AM May 30, 2009

When I read "totes," I wondered what a generic general-purpose handbag, or a maker of luggage and umbrellas, had to do with this decade. This is the first time I've heard that it can be used for "totally."

I always thought it was, like, French, or something. It's English slang for "totally"? That's fuckin' stupid.

Jens

#25 – 10:03 AM May 30, 2009

MP3 + LOL

iPod + Blog

Mobile Phone + That's hot!

Remote Control + 9/11 was an inside job!

Youtube + It's just an opinion?!

jimmy minney

#26 – 10:14 PM July 27, 2009

fuck off