YOLO: A Confidence Booster
YOLO: A Confidence Booster
Every now and then, a bit of slang comes along that draws a bold line between old and young. Today, that term is YOLO. If you’re over 25, the phrase probably means nothing to you and if you’re under 25 then you are probably either sick of the four word acronym or using it in anyway possible. YOLO is a phrase that means “you only live once” that shot to fame earlier in 2012 when the rapper Drake featured it in the hook of his song “The Motto”. According to Urban Dictionary, YOLO is “an excuse for young people to do stupid things” or “a stupid motto that teenagers live by because it gives them an excuse to drink underage, do drugs and commit crimes”. Soon after the song was released, YOLO was the buzzword on every college and high-school aged tongue.
YOLO is a phrase commonly spoken by teenagers but more particularly by high-school students. It is an idiom that is now used in everyday conversation. Walk down a high school hallway and you’ll hear conversations like “I parked in that handicapped spot because YOLO” or “Didn’t turn in today’s math homework, YOLO”. It quickly came on the rise and reached and ultimate high during the spring when on Katie Couric’s talk show, Katie she had a feature at the end of every episode called “What’s Your YOLO?” where viewers sent in their videos to Katie of them doing something that was on their bucket list. This slang term is one that is commonly being used in America but is also used in other parts of the world. In an article “YOLO Around the World” from Twenty-Two Blog, it displays tweets and other advertisements from different countries using YOLO, but in more of the context it is meant to be used in: to do something great with your life. YOLO is a word used because it “provides a certain sense of security. It’s an excuse to do something that you might not have the opportunity to do with your life again” said Maura Judkis, a journalist for the Lifestyle blog on The Washington Post.
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Every now and then, a bit of slang comes along that draws a bold line between old and young. Today, that term is YOLO. If you’re over 25, the phrase probably means nothing to you and if you’re under 25 then you are probably either sick of the four word acronym or using it in anyway possible. YOLO is a phrase that means “you only live once” that shot to fame earlier in 2012 when the rapper Drake featured it in the hook of his song “The Motto”. According to Urban Dictionary, YOLO is “an excuse for young people to do stupid things” or “a stupid motto that teenagers live by because it gives them an excuse to drink underage, do drugs and commit crimes”. Soon after the song was released, YOLO was the buzzword on every college and high-school aged tongue.
YOLO is a phrase commonly spoken by teenagers but more particularly by high-school students. It is an idiom that is now used in everyday conversation. Walk down a high school hallway and you’ll hear conversations like “I parked in that handicapped spot because YOLO” or “Didn’t turn in today’s math homework, YOLO”. It quickly came on the rise and reached and ultimate high during the spring when on Katie Couric’s talk show, Katie she had a feature at the end of every episode called “What’s Your YOLO?” where viewers sent in their videos to Katie of them doing something that was on their bucket list. This slang term is one that is commonly being used in America but is also used in other parts of the world. In an article “YOLO Around the World” from Twenty-Two Blog, it displays tweets and other advertisements from different countries using YOLO, but in more of the context it is meant to be used in: to do something great with your life. YOLO is a word used because it “provides a certain sense of security. It’s an excuse to do something that you might not have the opportunity to do with your life again” said Maura Judkis, a journalist for the Lifestyle blog on The Washington Post.
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