Thursday, October 13, 2011

What to call it: frozen yogurt slang

I was under the impression that everyone who has tried frozen yogurt knows that "froyo" is nothing more than a shortened version of the term. After checking out Urban Dictionary, a website full of definitions for slang terms, I realized that I was wrong.

Urban Dictionary users can enter definitions, much like Wikipedia, but much of the site has become satirical and it is rarely taken seriously. I decided to search for "froyo" and the results were not what I expected.

Here's a few of my favorites:

1. Frodo playing yoyo. 


2. A game combining the use of a frisbee and a yoyo.


3. In reference to sorority girls who binge drink on the weekend and then exercise obsessively and eat frozen yogurt in order to avoid gaining weight.
4. Google's not-so-secret code name for their phone operating system, Android 2.2.
And finally:
5. Frozen yogurt (from a contracton of frozen yogurt)




                 
                  Urban Dictionary is a Website where users can 
                  submit definitions for whichever slang term they want. 
                  Below is a screenshot of the frozen yogurt definitions from visitors. 

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