Woof
The latest Observer also profiles some new A2 businesses, among them a Kerrytown clothing store. Its proprietor describes her shop as, “very elegant, very European flair, very woof.” “Woof?” asks the Observer. (Were the Observer written by P.G. Wodehouse, it would have asked, “Woof, madam?” with just the tiniest hint of disapproval.) “Oh, you know, people will walk in, they will say ‘Wow!’” Oh, right, that woof! Woof, as in, wow!
Very good, madam.
AAIO is tres woof.
posted by Laura on September 7th, 2004 at 10:30 pmWomen’s clothing? Kerrytown, eh? I’d risk offending if I answered truthfully to “Woof Madam?”
posted by Leighton on September 8th, 2004 at 1:02 amUsing ‘woof’ as the new ‘wow’ seems blatantly specie-ist. I vote for ‘meow’.
posted by art student on September 8th, 2004 at 10:21 amNeigh!
posted by Alex on September 8th, 2004 at 10:55 amha ha ha ha ha
And one wonders what those crazed Ann Arbor birders say. “That’s so tweet”? “Tweet, man”? “The tweetest”?
posted by Laura on September 8th, 2004 at 7:48 pmLook, lady, stop trying to make “woof” happen. The only acceptable pop usage of “woof” is in reference to the purported attributes of canine behavior to men.
posted by js on September 10th, 2004 at 4:14 pmLike, George Clinton can say “woof” and have it mean “wow,” but sure as shit not in the context of a boutique clothing store. Unless they sell them booty pants that that rap singers’ girlfriends wear. Woof, indeed.