Street Talk

A little background.... The man and I have just recently discovered the fabulousness of The Wire. We have purchased the first 4 seasons on DVD and are proceeding to watch at least one episode a night - and we haven't missed too many nights.

Add to this the fact that I work from home, and don't get a lot of adult conversation during the day.... and you'll understand the following story.

Yesterday, I had to drive up to my company's office to work on a project. In a meeting with my boss, her boss and three of our web developers, I was emphatically agreeing with a point that one of the developers was making. While nodding and using my college-educated words that I have in my arsenal of vocabulary and generally working and playing well with others in a professional setting, suddenly, the phrase "True-dat" came out of my mouth. In Omar Little's voice.

My boss, her boss and the web developers were all speechless. One of them started to giggle and said "Did you just say "True dat"?"

In my embarassment, all I could do was answer honestly. I said "word!".