Today, I am going to explain to you the meaning and origin of the word "darg."
Sometimes, when I'm having a conversation with someone (usually online, that's where most of my conversations happen), they'll say something to the affect of, "What?"
Then, I will say, "Darg."
Since saying "darg" is somewhat idiosyncratic to my household (isn't "idiosyncratic" a great word? It's even autological.), they will once again say, "What?"
However, since that is rather ambiguous (this post is starting to sound esoteric), which means they're asking me what "darg" means but I think they're repeating the question, so I once again say "Darg."
From this point on, it's all dowhill.
What?
Darg.
What?
Darg.
What?
Darg darg.
What what?
Darg.
Now before this transforms into some sort of weird two-word rap song, I will explain to you what this word means.
After this.
Is it really a word? Or is it more of a sound? I mean, does the dictionary actually have an etymology on the word "argh," which is almost the same? Or is it a town in Tajikistan? Is that even a real country?
Let's assume it's a word though. (Maybe it's an imaginary word. Hypothetically speaking, though, it will be a word.)
We will also assume that "argh" is a word, even though it sounds stupid and nobody should ever say it anyway.
A=1, so argh=argh. (That's a given.)
B=2, so barg=double argh.
C=3, so carg=triple argh.
D=4, so darg=quadruple argh.
(You usually just skip "barg" and "carg.")
What, you may be asking, is the point of that?
It all goes back to that weird idiosyncraticness, which apparently isn't a word. All it means really is the not-normal stuff that goes on in our house that I shouldn't be putting on the internet but it's ok because nobody who doesn't live in my house actually reads this blog, except maybe for Vicki, who is now moved out. (I'm trusting you on this, Vicki. I believe that you won't be like that dog, whatever his name is, on the Bush's Baked Beans commercials who's always trying to sell the secret recipe.)
The thing is, the inventor of "darg" (who shall remain unnamed, you know who you are) also coined the phrase "quadruple argh."
Somehow, he ingeniously fused those two together, so now both of them make sense.
So now you know, "darg" simply means "argh," except four times more intense and not stupid sounding.
But wait, where did that H on the end go to?
Maybe this is about coolness, because we all know if I had been named Zac instead of Zach that I would have long, wavy blondy hair, play the electric cello, and smell like coconuts.
What? You've never encountered anyone that smelled like coconuts? That's funny, I have. Or at least his jacket did. He wasn't wearing it at the time. That was really weird.
his name is Duke
ReplyDeleteHahaha!!!..... O.O ..... Here's my blogger... follow me.... YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!
ReplyDelete(Sarah ImaNinja Powell)
Just so you know, while I'm late to the game on this one, I do read your blog. And because you have no idea who I am, I know your dad from school. I was in middle school when he graduated from High School so he's much older. So be careful with the family secrets.
ReplyDelete