Tuesday, March 14, 2006

urban slang: über

This is one of those words that I keep hearing from trendy creatives. über (rhymes with "goober") means "above" in German. Brought to the mainstream in the early 80's by hardcore American punk band, the Dead Kennedys when using the term in the anti-Californian government song "California Uber Alles", which is a take off the German motto of "Deustchland Uber Alles", which translates to "Germany above all." The term was picked up in their native California stomping grounds by the typical surfers and "punks" and extended from there to many teenagers, the majority of which use the term online. It can also mean above, top, the best, nothin above it, totally, very, cant beat, it.

Used in a sentence:

"This blog is uber creative."
"Can you get uberfatman to shut up?"

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