Recently it came to my attention that the word “YOLO,” an acronym standing for “You Only Live Once,” has become popular with the kids (as in “Fine, I’ll do another shot - YOLO!”). I did some research and I found out that YOLO is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of hip 2012 lingo. Get ready to feel really old, because I had never heard of any of these, but apparently they’re being used everywhere:
YOLO: You Only Live Once
YOLOLO: You Only “LOL” Once
YOTROLOLOO: You Only “Trololo” Once
YOLOLO NOHOMO: You Only “LOL” Once, and I don’t mean that in the gay way
YOWO SOSOPOLOS: You Only Wear Orange So-So Polos “You’ll never win the fashion competition. YOWO SOSOPOLOS.”
YOWO SOSOPOLOS SOHOMO: You Only Wear Orange So-So Polos, and I do mean that in a very gay way “You’ll never win the fashion competition, sweetbuns. YOWO SOSOPOLOS SOHOMO.”
YOYOKO ONOSOCO: You’re Only Yoko Ono, So Chill Out “You don’t have to create world peace by yourself. YOYOKO ONOSOCO.” (Must be spoken only to Yoko Ono)
YOHOHOHO BOSODOCOCOA: You Only “HoHoHo” But Once, So Drink Our Cocoa (Must be spoken only to Santa Claus)
YOLOMOFO HELLOMOTO: You Only Live Once, Motherfucker (Must be spoken only by Samuel L. Jackson in a Motorola commercial)
YOYOYO OSO YOYOSOLO OWO LOCO PO-PO: You Only Yo-Yo Once, So Yo-Yo Solo, Obviously Without Crazy Police Officers
It’s a testament to my age that I see the high school student in this video and my immediate reaction is that I want to have adorable baffled daughters who don’t remember they had their wisdom teeth pulled and that there is gauze in their mouths and that we are in our driveway, rather than rolling my eyes and screaming PULL IT TOGETHER, SISTER FRIEND.
Written by James McCarthy Directed by Jim Santangeli Starring Kelly Hudson, Jonathan Marballi, Dan Hodapp, and Langan Kingsley Featuring Jon Bershad and Kristy Lopez-Bernal