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so, the beta thread reminds me, that a few friends and I (in our cattiness) have made up what we think is a new slang type phrase "the beta mom"......in fact we already know a few.

The alpha mom of course is the control freak, the beta mom being the mom who is constantly "testing" out every new parenting/life theory. She is the mom who wears her children (not exactly new), eats only raw foods, and lives in a media free house.

The only reason I bring this up, really, is that gossip around is these same "friends" are now calling me a theta mom....what the hell does that mean?

I don't' expect any of you to know with any real accuracy, but maybe you can make something up.

Also, do you and your friends ever make up slang? if so, what do you say and what does it mean? Is it useful to other people or just your group?

Thought this was gonna be about The Shins. :(

so, the beta thread reminds me, that a few friends and I (in our cattiness) have made up what we think is a new slang type phrase "the beta mom"......in fact we already know a few.

The alpha mom of course is the control freak, the beta mom being the mom who is constantly "testing" out every new parenting/life theory. She is the mom who wears her children (not exactly new), eats only raw foods, and lives in a media free house.

The only reason I bring this up, really, is that gossip around is these same "friends" are now calling me a theta mom....what the hell does that mean?

I don't' expect any of you to know with any real accuracy, but maybe you can make something up.

Also, do you and your friends ever make up slang? if so, what do you say and what does it mean? Is it useful to other people or just your group?

According to teh wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta):
Theta has also gained a new significance, in the Northeastern region of the United States, as a symbol for affection, in a similar capacity to the "heart" symbol .

So, you're the loving mom. Yay!

If I had to guess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_role).

What you've got to ask is why they skipped straight to theta and who the gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta and eta moms are. Maybe you're the finished product in a long line of experimental moms, the ultimate mother...

Thought this was gonna be about The Shins. :(

:p I was trying to get a whole dynamic of people to clicky.

What you've got to ask is why they skipped straight to theta and who the gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta and eta moms are. Maybe you're the finished product in a long line of experimental moms, the ultimate mother...

That would be the Omega Mom.

It depends. What is the value of theta? Is it formed by a bisection, an intersection, a triangle, a quadrangle...?

Maybe that just means you are the best possible mom there is.

;)



I'm the anti-mom mother. :p

Another bit from wiki

Use in Popular Sociology

* Theta is used colloqially to refer to the quotient of a person's appearance versus time. Similar to the Options investing as a description of the effect of time on price, Theta in this sense describes the effect of time on appearance. For example, a 50-year old woman, who looks as if she were 40 years old, would have a Theta of (50/40=1.20). An excellent example is Vanna White, who appears approximately 10 years younger than her calendar age. Theta is a desirable quality; people generally are more attracted to a person with good theta than those who look their age.


So, you look too young. Or too old. Take you pick :D

Another bit from wiki



So, you look too young. Or too old. Take you pick :D

I am actually about 10-15 years younger than most other moms I hang around with.

a 10-15 years younger, kind and loving mother.

sounds like it fits you to a 'T' Smunkee.

The only thing I can find is a woman who has a daughter in the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

i dunno but as i was looking at the alpha and beta mom descriptions i wondered what a non control freak, non experimental mom would be.

i dunno but as i was looking at the alpha and beta mom descriptions i wondered what a non control freak, non experimental mom would be.

hmm....not sure. I was told just about 10 minutes ago by someone that I am not as "child centered" as they are......which I take to mean they think I am self centered, which isn't true. I just have better things to do than hover over my children. I place a high value on independence, meaning I don't feel the need to go around after my children and correct their homework or re-brush their teeth or pick out their clothes, or coordinate their play time, or any of that other stuff.

As long as they aren't breaking the rules and they are living up to their responsibilities I pretty much leave them alone about things. I have no need to micro-manage everything in their little lives, mostly because I just don't want to.

I know one alpha mom who controls her child to the point that he can't go to the bathroom without her permission. Do you know how messed up that is to me? I mean if my kid wants to go to the bathroom, they just get up and go....why would I need to manage bathroom time?:confused:

hmm....not sure. I was told just about 10 minutes ago by someone that I am not as "child centered" as they are......which I take to mean they think I am self centered, which isn't true. I just have better things to do than hover over my children. I place a high value on independence, meaning I don't feel the need to go around after my children and correct their homework or re-brush their teeth or pick out their clothes, or coordinate their play time, or any of that other stuff.

As long as they aren't breaking the rules and they are living up to their responsibilities I pretty much leave them alone about things. I have no need to micro-manage everything in their little lives, mostly because I just don't want to.

I know one alpha mom who controls her child to the point that he can't go to the bathroom without her permission. Do you know how messed up that is to me? I mean if my kid wants to go to the bathroom, they just get up and go....why would I need to manage bathroom time?:confused:

geez

managing your childs every move or treating them like some kind of science experiment isnt very good parenting.

if you want your child to be an independant adult, you have to let them learn to manage their own lives. the more they learn to do for themselves the more confident they will become.

geez

managing your childs every move or treating them like some kind of science experiment isnt very good parenting.

if you want your child to be an independant adult, you have to let them learn to manage their own lives. the more they learn to do for themselves the more confident they will become.

that's what I think. However I think a lot of parents see things as black and white, either you control everything or you have no control.

I guess my philosophy is more family centered than child centered. Sometimes we all sacrifice for one person to do something, but nobody is the one sacrificing all the time. Most of the time nobody has to sacrifice, we just adjust.

that's what I think. However I think a lot of parents see things as black and white, either you control everything or you have no control.

I guess my philosophy is more family centered than child centered. Sometimes we all sacrifice for one person to do something, but nobody is the one sacrificing all the time. Most of the time nobody has to sacrifice, we just adjust.

i was more child centered than i probably should have been but it was providing my son with the opportunity to do something--like going to the park so he could play on the equipment--rather than telling him what do to and how to do it. my job was to make sure he was safe rather than playing with him.

i was more child centered than i probably should have been but it was providing my son with the opportunity to do something--like going to the park so he could play on the equipment--rather than telling him what do to and how to do it. my job was to make sure he was safe rather than playing with him.

I am so tired of incompetent adults, that I think my job is a parent is to make sure my kid leaves my care educated, independent and socially viable.

We totally do things they want/need to do, just if it comes up with a conflict, we figure out the best way to make it work for everyone.

I am so tired of incompetent adults, that I think my job is a parent is to make sure my kid leaves my care educated, independent and socially viable.

We totally do things they want/need to do, just if it comes up with a conflict, we figure out the best way to make it work for everyone.

absolutely.

you are not raising a child you are raising a future adult. as such, they need to learn to do whatever needs doing. they need to be able to think for themselves and stand up for themselves. they need to know that they can run their own lives and make good decision and that when they make bad decisions they need to do what they can to fix it. and they need to know that the world doesnt revolve around them; they have to make room for the needs and desires of other people.

you dont get that kind of result by spending 18 years cutting up your child's meat for him.

what would you call a mother who leaves her children with too much freedom?

what would you call a mother who leaves her children with too much freedom?

grandma?

grandma?

:p that works on two distinct levels, I like it!

Zeta Mom

http://www.georgehernandez.com/h/Media/People/CatherineZeta-Jones.jpg

what would you call a mother who leaves her children with too much freedom?

I don't accept the precept, that children have freedom. I think you mean "parents who get bossed around by their kids" or perhaps "negligent parents." So how about "Iota mums" ..?

Or perhaps you prefer "stigma mums"

Mmm. Greek is an armory of primary signifiers, like booby-traps built into the words of other posters. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd learn the damn language...

Zeta Mom
*snip pic*


If I get to choose, I'll have my real life mom instead. It's not that KZJ isn't gorgeous and all, but that bodice is making me think that if I get to suck titty at all, it won't be hers.

What you've got to ask is why they skipped straight to theta and who the gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta and eta moms are. Maybe you're the finished product in a long line of experimental moms, the ultimate mother...

Wouldn't that make her the Omega mom?

However, there's a matter of context.

To refer to software as Beta means it's the advance copy. To refer to individuals as beta it means subservient to the alpha. To refer to them as Omega means subservient to all within the group. To refer to them as Theta within such a context means they belong to the Sorority Alpha Beta Theta. Or nothing at all because it's jibberish.

Wouldn't that make her the Omega mom?

Dunalready. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13104810&postcount=7)

However, there's a matter of context.

To refer to software as Beta means it's the advance copy. To refer to individuals as beta it means subservient to the alpha. To refer to them as Omega means subservient to all within the group. To refer to them as Theta within such a context means they belong to the Sorority Alpha Beta Theta. Or nothing at all because it's jibberish.

I crewed a small sailing-boat once. So I can tell you for a flapping-in-your-face, go-about truth that Jibberish is the language spoken by Jibs.

There is one jib, and it bloody well knows it too.

what's her mothering levels?

She's at theta level!

THETA!

i got nothing

yeah I am starting to replace 'dude' with 'end user'. If you could all help me in this endeavor I'd appreciate it.

so, the beta thread reminds me, that a few friends and I (in our cattiness) have made up what we think is a new slang type phrase "the beta mom"......in fact we already know a few.

The alpha mom of course is the control freak, the beta mom being the mom who is constantly "testing" out every new parenting/life theory. She is the mom who wears her children (not exactly new), eats only raw foods, and lives in a media free house.

The only reason I bring this up, really, is that gossip around is these same "friends" are now calling me a theta mom....what the hell does that mean?

I don't' expect any of you to know with any real accuracy, but maybe you can make something up.

Also, do you and your friends ever make up slang? if so, what do you say and what does it mean? Is it useful to other people or just your group?

SMUNKEEVILLE! SMUNKEEVILLE! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!! Everything you post is a readgasm! Please let me clean your house!!!!!*

As for theta mom, I'd say it's a mom who likes to observe other moms and put them into categories.

*This is not sexual innuendo. I like cleaning, m'kay?

*This is not sexual innuendo. I like cleaning, m'kay?
Stewardess? I speak Jive.
...
First Jive *end user*: Shit man, that honky mus' be messin' my old lady... got to be runnin' cold upside down his head. You know?
Second Jive *end user*: Hey home, I can dig it. You know he ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap up on you man.
First Jive *end user*: I say hey sky, s'other s'ay I wan say?
Second Jive *end user*: UH...
First Jive *end user*: Pray to J I get the same ol' same ol'.
Second Jive *end user*: Eh. Yo knock yourself a pro slick, gray matter live performas down now take TCB'in man.
First Jive *end user*: Hey, you know what they say... See a broad, to get that booty yak 'em.
First Jive *end user*, Second Jive *end user*: Leg 'er down 'n smack 'em yak 'em
First Jive *end user*: Cold got to be. You know? Shiiiiit.
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I am starting to replace 'dude' with 'end user'. If you could all help me in this endeavor I'd appreciate it.That's just about the coolest idea i've heard all day. I'll honour it.
*bows*

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That's just about the coolest idea i've heard all day. I'll honour it.
*bows*

It appears you've quoted me for no reason at all.

It appears you've quoted me for no reason at all.No, no ... i quoted you in reference to you clarifying your *lack* of innuendo, as well as tying that particular thing to clarification, which is what Barbara Billingsley does. 'Cept what she says isn't quite as funny as what the two dudes ... um, end users ... say.

No, no ... i quoted you in reference to you clarifying your *lack* of innuendo, as well as tying that particular thing to clarification, which is what Barbara Billingsley does. 'Cept what she says isn't quite as funny as what the two dudes ... um, end users ... say.
Now I'm really confuzzed.

Now I'm really confuzzed.

That's usually the step immediately prior to the application of disinfectant.

It appears you've quoted me for no reason at all.

There's no greater love than that.



















Er, you DID get the thumbs-up, right? :p

That's usually the step immediately prior to the application of disinfectant.
Whaaaaaaa?

Whaaaaaaa?

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13106712&postcount=71

There's no greater love than that.

Burma Shave



Burma Shave




Burma Shave



Er, you DID get the thumbs-up, right? :p.
Or was it Bromo Seltzer?

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13106712&postcount=71
I get that, but why is one confuzzed beforehand?

I get that, but why is one confuzzed beforehand?

Innuendo being/not being what might appear as sloppy, yay!!

Innuendo being/not being what might appear as sloppy, yay!!
I really don't understand what you're saying. The sentences just don't make sense to me.

No, no ... i quoted you in reference to you clarifying your *lack* of innuendo, as well as tying that particular thing to clarification, which is what Barbara Billingsley does. 'Cept what she says isn't quite as funny as what the two dudes ... um, end users ... say.
I have no idea what this means.

Innuendo being/not being what might appear as sloppy, yay!!

Hmm. I thought so. There's three modes of Brevious: Thumbs-up, Thumbs-down, and Random Core-dump from Sentient Probe which accidentally aimed for Sun instead of Earth.

In the nicest possible way: you're a freak.

Hmm. I thought so. There's three modes of Brevious: Thumbs-up, Thumbs-down, and Random Core-dump from Sentient Probe which accidentally aimed for Sun instead of Earth.

In the nicest possible way: you're a freak.
Oh.
I already knew that.

Hmm. I thought so. There's three modes of Brevious: Thumbs-up, Thumbs-down, and Random Core-dump from Sentient Probe which accidentally aimed for Sun instead of Earth.

In the nicest possible way: you're a freak.Sigged.
Must be work or something, since this seems really, really familiar to that conversation with Jocabia a few nights back. :)


ADDENDUM: Random Core-dump is absolutely one of the funniest things anyone has accused me of indulging in. Seriously. :D
As well ..... Thumbs-down?

I really don't understand what you're saying. The sentences just don't make sense to me.
I quoted you about what you meant to say to Smunk, where you pointed out that it wasn't innuendo you intended.
I acted as a translator, and first thing to come to mind was that part from Airplane, and the rest pretty much played itself out.


I have no idea what this means.It means that the next cell phone i get is going to have mp3-import capacity.
*nods*

I quoted you about what you meant to say to Smunk, where you pointed out that it wasn't innuendo you intended.
I acted as a translator, and first thing to come to mind was that part from Airplane, and the rest pretty much played itself out.

It means that the next cell phone i get is going to have mp3-import capacity.
*nods*
Okay.... I sorta kinda understand maybe.

Okay.... I sorta kinda understand maybe.:)

As for the mp3 thing ... i intend, oh yes, for that Jive bit to be a phone tone.
:D

slanguage is a constantly evolving phenomina. one eventually looses interest in trying to keep up with it. it is a fun and mostly harmless game for the young. which the sensible leave to them, occasionally peeking in to derive some slight amusement.

=^^=
.../\...

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That's just about the coolest idea i've heard all day. I'll honour it.
*bows*


hoooray!

:fluffle:

at least someone understands...

Everyone I know says "(insert name) pulled a Sovie" when they do something really awesome. Mostly because I'm really awesome, all the time. It's like I can't turn it off or something.

Also, do you and your friends ever make up slang? if so, what do you say and what does it mean? Is it useful to other people or just your group?

Every now and again, but we don't use it very often. The only term we use all the time is to describe our rival university. It's shinier and unlike us has more of a teaching/arts vibe than science/engineering... so we call it SuperTAFE.

Also I spontaneously came up with the word "nagravation" once. It's a portmanteau of "navigation", "aggravation" and "nagging". Me and my friend who by his own admission would end up lost/dead if it wasn't for me were out walking and he decided to start back-seat driving. I started complaining and through my habit of not thinking sentences through and trying to change them halfway through words a new term was born. One that I need to use more.

hoooray!

:fluffle:

at least someone understands...

*also helps*

*ignores creepy "clean my house" guy*

What you've got to ask is why they skipped straight to theta and who the gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta and eta moms are. Maybe you're the finished product in a long line of experimental moms, the ultimate mother...

That'd be the omega mom.

*also helps*

*ignores creepy "clean my house" guy*

end user!
that's awesome

I like the word innuendo.

I like pronouncing it.

Lots of innuendo if you say it juuuuust right. ;)

I like the word innuendo.

I like pronouncing it.

Lots of innuendo if you say it juuuuust right. ;)

"What dress are you in, you endo?"
I'm not sure what an endo is, so just imagine it's very suggestive.