Re: meep (was Re: Vexillology)

On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:19:15 -0800 Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
writes:
> On Friday, November 9, 2001, at 10:02 , Keith Gaughan wrote:
> > Oh, and I've something to ask you: what does `meep' mean?
> Er--as I use it, it's a random nonsense syllable whose main function
> is to
> carry an emotion-laden tone:
>
> MEEP! (excited)
> ...meep... (forlorn)
> etc.
>
> Yoon Ha Lee [requiescat@cityofveils.com]
> http://pegasus.cityofveils.com
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And as i think i've mentioned before, many of my group of friends also
use "meep", as well as "mew" and "weeeeee!" and other random
monosyllables.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "mew.  mew hast.  mew hast meep!
  mew hast meep get frog and a SMELLY SOCK!"