The year that was
From quotable quotes to the best and worst things in 2014, here are the highlights of the year that was—or the year that is about to end. Bonus: Please say goodbye to trends we should not see in 2015.
NEVER EVER
Besides actually and really, 2015 (and the coming years) should ban the word ever. Blame it on One Direction, responsible for putting an “ever” on everything —the best song, the best night, the best year. Ever. Here are the highlights of the last 365 days.
NEW WORDS
The keeper of new words, Merriam Webster (not Buzzfeed, no), has revealed its 150 new additional collection of words with references to technology and pop culture. Words like #hashtag, steampunk, and catfish made to the list. Don’t know their meaning? While GMG isn’t part of Merriam’s roster, we say, GMG it, dude.
ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE
Perhaps, this is the most important trending topic of the year that should not just drown into the sea of our #TBT flood posts. To promote the awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and to fund its research, people across the US, UK, and the Philippines threw ice buckets and nominated their friends to do the same and donate cash. Others saw it as a waste of precious water but it’s a sexy excuse to see celebrities go wet and wild and almost shirtless.
OF #MEMES AND MARRIAGES
There’s the bridal war between Marian Rivera and Heart Evangelista. And oh, JC Intal, Jericho Rosales, and Drew Arellano put a ring on their girls’ finger, too.
Then there’s the meme. From the resurrection of Princess Sarah and her potatoes to Michael Martinez’ Ikaw na! meme, the virtual world is a treasure trove of funny and punny things. (Please see page D1 for our story on marriages and memes.)
QUOTABLE QUOTES
@Hi_Hipon: Ang daming hipon dito sa Davao. (There are a lot of shrimps here in Davao.)
Internet rock star and author Ramon Baustita aka the Hipon Guy was sauteéd in Davao after calling the Davaoeños hipon, which means a person with smolderingly hot body but with faces you can throw away. After declaring him persona non grata in the city, Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has since moved on and supplied Ramon with, you guess it right, jackfruit, err, hipon.
@TyphoonQueen: Itong si Anderson Cooper, sabi wala daw government presence sa Tacloban. Mukhang hindi niya alam ang sinasabi niya. (Anderson Cooper says there’s no government presence in Tacloban. He doesn’t seem to know what he’s talking about.)
In less than a year, Typhoon Queen drew major flak yet again when she said:
@TyphoonQueen: Sa kanila na lang lahat (yung bagyong Ruby). Parang mas kaya nila. (Let the Japanese have typhoon Ruby. It seems they can handle it better.)
Everybody knows who @TyphoonQueen is right, Joey de Leon? She goes by another name: @QueenOfSlippers.
The year of quotable quotes is about to end but starlet Nathalie Hart formerly known (if anyone even knew her before) as Princess Snell likes to make an appeal. She seemingly, desperately, wants attention. She said:
@EnjoyitWhileitLasts According to my dad’s lesson: If rape is inevitable, lay back and enjoy it!
If only all rape victims could tweet back.
THE YEAR OF… figure skater Michael Martinez and his “Ikaw na!” meme, Katy Perry’s blue hair, Lorde and her dark lippies, TayTay, and the fashion trend we hope will die in 2015, the boyfriend jeans.
YEAR OF THE MOVIES
2014 is also the year of local and Hollywood movies. Gone Girl, 12 Years a Slave, X Men, Maleficent, Interstellar, The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1, Guardians of the Galaxy, the list goes on. Pinoy movies and TV shows were also a hit, thanks to their iconic lines. Starting Over Again, She’s Dating the Gangster, Legal Wife, My Husband’s Lover all tickled the masses’ fancy. “Sige humabol ka kay Adrian, magpakabasahan ka,” (“Go follow Adrian and be a doormat.”) is just one of the many iconic, memorable lines from Legal Wife.
#REPRESENT!
The 2014 world games are packed with Pinoy pride. There’s Wimbledon, World Cup, FIBA Basketball, Super Bowl, NBA All Star, and French Open. While Sochi games were blemished with controversies (hello undrinkable water and under constructed hotels), Pinoy young skater Michael Martinez made us proud with his back bending stunts. His unibrows couldn’t agree more.
TRENDS WE SHOULD SAY GOODBYE TO IN 2015
From online games like Flappy Bird and Candy Crush to loom bands and crazy ramen noodles, pop culture’s popping and bursting with fads and trends, both hits and misses. Some are worthy of emulation but other are downright meh. Here are the trends (with hope) we should not see in the Year of the Goat. Adieu…
DARK LIPPIES
Whoever invented dark lipsticks in plum, black, oxblood, burgundy, dark chocolate, and violet must be a) a squid lover b) a disciple of Dracula c) or both. Unless you are Lorde, Kim Kardashian, or a runway fashion model, honey, dark lips won’t look good on you. It scares the boys, too!
BAE, YOLO, TWERK, WE CAN’T EVEN…
…finish this sentence. STFU and let’s talk normal.
SEX TAPES…
Unless they include Kit Harington or Cosmo’s 69 hot men in their naked glory. Seriously. Nobody should ever see one’s naked photo or private video, in Jennifer Lawrence’s words, “Anybody who looked at those pictures, you’re perpetuating a sexual offense. You should cower with shame. Even people who I know and love say, ‘Oh, yeah, I looked at the pictures.’ I don’t want to get mad, but at the same time, I’m thinking, I didn’t tell you that you could look at my naked body.” You go girl. #Feminism
WATTPAD MOVIES
We support local literature but if some of them are done in bad taste, swimming in clichés, and tattered with bad grammar…err, we’re thinking twice. Wattpad-turned-movies are boring. An ugly duckling, plain Jane who falls in love with a jock? I think we’ve seen it. Again and again and again. Nobody wants a rerun.
SKITTLE-LIKE COLORED HAIR
Blame Vice Ganda, Katy Perry, and the rest of the gang who like to dye their hair in crazy colors. Green hair? Really.
BOYFRIEND JEANS AND CULOTTES
Throw away the baggy jeans. A pair of boyfriend jeans looks exactly like its name, your boyfriend’s and not yours. It doesn’t highlight your every curve and only makes you look fatter and slouchier than you already are. Don’t get us started with the culottes. A pair of shorts that fall right in the middle of your calves cuts your height and makes you shorter.
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