Now there’s something you don’t hear me say anymore. Rewind to grade 8 though, and I would call anything cool “pro.” And I could justify it to myself (and others) too: “It’s short for ‘professional.’ So if I really like something, it’s on par with being professional.” I don’t know how I remember my justification of using the word, but I do.

What do you call that use of the word pro? Slang?

Shortly after pro faded out of my vocabulary, I started using the word “sick” to describe all things awesome. This really bothered my brother, Steve, as I can remember him confronting me about it. This time, I had no real justification. I guess we were reappropriating the word sick to make it our own. However stupid it seemed to anyone else, it stayed around a long time and dare I admit to still using it now and then?

Of course toward my adulthood I stopped using “sick” and started calling things “sweet.” I guess being sweet is always a good thing. Candy is sweet and kids like sweet stuff, so any stuff that is sweet is sweet.

After high school, though, I became a man. And men don’t use faggoty slang terms. [No, I don’t think I’ve ever called anything “faggoty” before, and I’m sure that’s more than borderline offense.] Now, to describe something that amazes me I will simply call it amazing. Or, awesome. “That’s awesome!”

For the first time today though, I called something pro again. And it shocked me. I thought about it though, and it seems like nobody is using the word pro. I think it’s time to bring it back, because after all, it is the most justifiable slang term to describe something great.

Like this post for instance. This post is pro.