Word: pimped
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...attraction. There's an ironic local expression that sums it up: Frankenstein. It describes an old object or concept injected with new life through fresh components-"antique" chairs bolstered by new arms and legs, jeepneys revamped with transplanted motors and fresh paint jobs (a new MTV program, Pimp My Jeepney, is in the works), to ukay-ukay, or rummage-sale, vintage clothes stitched together with modern materials and prints. To me, Frankenstein explains the city's visual style as well as its strength and resilience. Improvisation and cheerfully making do characterize the Filipino attitude toward poverty...
...gets to say "ho," in an age when Pimp My Ride is an innocent car show and It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp is an Oscar-winning song? As even Essence Carlson, one of the Rutgers students Imus insulted, acknowledged at a press conference, black rap artists labeled young black women as "hos" long before Imus did. And while straight people may not be able to say "faggot," Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Will & Grace helped mainstream the nonhostile gay joke for straight people. But all this reappropriation and blurring - distinguishing a good-natured "That...
...marketing manager Alan Yang. "It's the most effective brand-building tool we've tried." To promote its bB minivan in Japan, Toyota offered concert tickets to those who took snapshots of the vehicle with camera phones. For the World Cup, Adidas fielded a game that allowed players to pimp digital sneakers on their handsets...
...College Events Board (CEB) will be co-hosting special Stein Clubs in each of the Houses next month with the House Committees (HoCos), the College announced Wednesday. The 12-part “Pimp Yo’ Stein Club” series—featuring professional trivia, karaoke, “Dance Dance Revolution” (DDR), and food from Harvard Square restaurants—will culminate in Yardfest, an outdoor concert and carnival scheduled for April 28, Campus Life Fellow John T. Drake ’06 said. CEB President Adam Goldenberg ’08 added that...
THREE 6 MAFIA had more fun than anyone else at the 2006 Oscars. The rappers gave the night's most energetic song performance--It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp, from the film Hustle and Flow. Then they won for Best Song, which led host Jon Stewart to observe, "Martin Scorsese, zero Oscars. Three 6 Mafia...