Posts tagged wannabe
Stuck in my head
Mar 13th
Do you ever get a song stuck in your head? You keep singing it over and over in your mind.
Last weekend I edited the Catch Word episode about the word wannabe. In it, Jessie and Maura talk about the singer Lady Gaga and how someone might be a Lady Gaga wannabe and dress like her and say provocative things like she does. It’s an interesting episode so check it out here if you want to know what a wannabe is.
Well, ever since I listened to that episode I’ve had Lady Gaga’s song Poker Face stuck in my head. Here’s a short clip of the song. If you’re interested in learning more about what a poker face is, check out our Catch Word episode titled Stone, where Maura and I discuss the idiom poker face.
When a song is stuck in my head, I often find myself humming it out loud too. To hum a song is to make the tune of the song without opening your lips and singing the words. I’m really bad at singing (and actually even at humming), so people can never recognize what song it is.
What song is stuck in your head?
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Slang: Wannabe
Mar 7th
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Wannabe is a slang word that comes from putting the words want to be together into one word. Do you know what this word means? It has been used in many pop songs, movies and television shows. If you wanna be a natural English speaker, check out this episode!
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| Maura: | For sure, it’s never a good thing to call someone a wannabe. |
| Jessie: | Right. And of course there is nothing wrong with wanting to be something, if you want to be a doctor and you’re working to be a doctor that’s great. |
| Maura: | Right, in that case, probably no one would call you a wannabe. |
| Jessie: | A wannabe is someone who is just pretending that they’re something they are not. |
| Maura: | Exactly, that’s a very important distinction. So what about the word itself, wannabe, it’s kind of funny? |
| Jessie: | Yeah, I think this slang term is actually pretty new. |
| Maura: | Yeah, it originated sometime in the 1980s, which wasn’t that long ago. |
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