1

I heard that story earlier today, and thought of the Mineshaft with its "whatevs" or "wevs," even, however that's spelled.

Posted by: parsimon | Link to this comment | 10- 8-09 11:12 PM

2

They're down on duh?! Supes totes whatever.

max
['Duh uber fabu!']

Posted by: max | Link to this comment | 10- 8-09 11:14 PM

3

Americans don't like the word 'whatever' because they hate universal quantification.

Posted by: beamish | Link to this comment | 10- 8-09 11:15 PM

4

Qualsiasi, n'importe quoi.

Posted by: eb | Link to this comment | 10- 8-09 11:46 PM

5

I think of "Supes" as short for "Superman."

Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 10- 9-09 12:02 AM

6

I think of it as short for Schneider and his colleague.

Posted by: k-sky | Link to this comment | 10- 9-09 12:32 AM

7

I can't tell whether beamish is being serious.

Posted by: Bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 10- 9-09 4:51 AM

8

he's not.

Posted by: alameida | Link to this comment | 10- 9-09 7:38 AM

9

In Seattle we used to say "Supes" for the Supersonics.

Oh, how I loved the Sonics.... (not enough to build them a new arena, though).

Posted by: JP Villanueva | Link to this comment | 10- 9-09 8:22 AM

10

Whatever.

(Thanks for vouching for my humanity, alameida.)

Posted by: beamish | Link to this comment | 10- 9-09 11:13 AM

11

"Supes" isn't shorter than "super".

Posted by: | Link to this comment | 10-12-09 10:52 AM

12

11: Nonsense. It's one syllable shorter.

Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 10-12-09 10:54 AM

13

"Supes" isn't shorter than "super".

Posted by: Theophylact | Link to this comment | 10-12-09 10:54 AM

14

Well now who looks silly?

Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 10-12-09 10:59 AM