Posted on 10/15/2006 3:43:01 AM PDT by nancyvideo
If you can handle yourself on the avenues of urban America, the wise guys will say you have "street cred." That means you are savvy in the ways of the hood and have credibility among the denizens thereof. "Street cred" allows you acceptance in some tough neighborhoods.
In the media salons of Manhattan and Los Angeles there is also a hunger for social credibility. Let's call it "cocktail party cred." That is an acceptance among your peers at swell gatherings where expensive wine and canapes are served.
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
The 'elites' and the 'experts' are startig to do more harm than good
Starting? These are the same people that start the day by reading what the NY Times had to say in the current edition and how they could top it. This has been going on a LOOONNNNGGGG Time!
Madonna got "cocktail cred" by buying an orphan from Africa.
Please allow me to humbly state that when "thoughtful" publications absorb (and therefore promote) the slang that percolates up from the cesspools of culture, they lose their credibility as thoughtful publications.
I'm really sick and tired of seeing the ivy league being hoodwinked by the ghetto.
"Cocktail part cred"? How about cocktail party CRUD.
Absolutely right. Perky Katie and the rest of the MSM talk to themselves, not us. This is all about keeping your job, getting cocktail party invites, moving on up. Same applies in Hollyweird.
Please allow me to humbly state that when "thoughtful" publications absorb (and therefore promote) the slang that percolates up from the cesspools of culture, they lose their credibility as thoughtful publications.
I disagree. The left has hijacked the language. They're redefining: it, racism, God etc. They want to tuen English into what ever one wants it to mean, so then they are free to interpret it to mean what ever they decide. Orwell reigns.
Oh, so "cred" is a word?
The left hijacks the language. And then the "sophisticated" buy it back from them, as if it's worth anything.
Ship-of-fools alert.
It's called 'cognitive dissonance'
OHFORPETE'SSAKE!!! You have never heard of "street cred?"
Pleeeeze....!!!
William F. Buckley long managed to remain a part of this crowd, even while advocating unapologetically conservative positions. He is one of the very few, however.
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