WTF Friday: Sqwee girls

If you’re a How I Met Your Mother addict, then you know all about ‘woo girls’. But just in case you’re one of those chicks who are permanently tuned into the Crime & Investigation Network on Dstv (you will not BELIEVE how many chicks dig that medical mystery shit)... this is a woo girl, as defined by the Urban Dictionary:

“A female who is often found going 'WOOOOOO!' in public. This behaviour is most often exhibited while in the presence of other woo-girls. It is speculated that this is a mating call used to attract men of less than average intelligence. This behaviour can most easily be observed in bar districts, at Maroon 5 concerts, or spring break destinations. Also, woo-girls are known to have an affinity for Chads.”

But this woo girl thing is so 2009.

I was idly thumbing through Twitter yesterday, when I encountered a tweet from a perky young lady exclaiming (wait for it): “Sqweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”.That’s onomatopoeia for the sound excited tweens make when their mommy buys them a Hello Kitty training bra.

It was kind of cute. Catchy. Infectious even. Actually, it spread like a Biblical plague. By yesterday evening, there were so many “SQWEES!!” in my Twitter timeline that my ears were ringing.

This afternoon I was helping get a magazine to print at a client’s office, when one of the women in accounts answered her cellphone, leapt to her feet and.... sqweed.

“Oh my God! Oh my God! Sqweeeeeeeee! Oh my God!” like she was on an American game show. That’s right, she literally said the word ‘sqwee’ instead of shrieking in delight at whatever news was being delivered to her. It sounded like a thousand lobsters being boiled to death.

If she had put down the phone and announced: “Sorry about that editorial team, I just got some amazeBALLS news”, I might have tried to stab my red fineliner through my eye socket directly into my brain.

Oh yeah – I bet you’re wondering what a ‘Chad’ is. Look it up over here.