Re: the "wack" thing

John G. Dennett III (dennettj@stripe.Colorado.EDU)
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:49:16 -0600 (MDT)


At 12:23 AM 6/20/96 -0800, Tony Reid wrote:
> i think you're also overanalyzing a bit. the mc really seemed to be
> improvising words that didn't necessarily mean anything (e.g. someone asked
> me the other day what the "wiggedy" in "wiggedy wack" meant. it doesn't mean
> anything...).

Not claiming priveleged knowledge, but...

Ten years ago I used to throw around "wiggedy-wack" along side
"wick-wick-wack" as a reference to wack DJs (he said, sliding dangerously
toward the list's other topic du jour) that were scratch-happy. Thus the
nonsense words "wiggedy" and "wick-wick" were actually onomatopoetic slang
for the ever-present sounds of bad cutting. : )

John <-- waaaaaaay off topic