New word of the day - had to look it up on Google: UBER

[sandi-in-hawaii]

uber

1.emphasism of an adjective, noun, or state of being.

2. can be used as a prefix to a word to stress.

1. omg, that purse is uber pink.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=uber

 

[sandi-in-hawaii]

What I want to know is - how do you pronouce it???

ooooh-brr, yuuu-bear

You guys are expanding my vocabulary! First I had to look up verklempt, now uber smileys/smile.gif I thought Mimi was joking about the uber-member thing, but maybe she wasn't.

The link above looks like a good place to find out what your kids are talking about.....

Kinda interesting, has a lot of the current slang, even that shorthand thing that they use when IM'ing their friends.

 

[lizzy]

Sandi, I'd go with your first pronunciation. NT

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[mimi]

Nope, I wasn't joking. ;o)

But I didn't make it that way, it was like that out of the box. I just haven't changed it.

I had to look up verklempt too!!

 

[michelle]

yes, your 1st is correct - oooooo-brrrrrr smileys/smile.gif nt

 

[durward]

Means "over" or "topmost "in German.

 

[debbie_in_ga]

omg! Cool link, Sandi--thanks for posting!

 

[rvb]

it should be spelled with a u umlaut (2 dots on top)...

closest english pronunciatition would be eeber but it's really an attempt at ee with mouth shaped like u as in the french u.

 

[anna_x]

I thought it was superior, as in Deutshland Uber Alles?

NT

 

[rvb]

literally, that is Germany over (or above) everything

 

[dawnnys]

Lol, Sandi, I googled it too and found the same dot-dot thing that rvb talked about.