While running seemingly interminable errands this past Saturday, I listened to NPR's Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me.  Sub Pop Records president, Jonathan Poneman, was the guest for the Not-My-Job segment and related a story in which a heroic employee at Sub Pop, Megan Jasper, simply made up a lingo when a New York Times reporter called to ask how the kids were talking in Seattle back in 1992.  Listen here. Beautiful.  As someone who spent a lot of time in the Pacific Northwest throughout the nineties but lived in the rather more uptight Northeast, this story provided particular amusement for me.  The original NYT piece is here.  See page three for the Lexicon. Score.  (though a harsh realm for the reporter who couldn't be troubled to go to Seattle to fact check)

Until next time, rock on you dishes and lamestains alike...