When I saw the following article, what immediately crossed my mind was Shea’s Law that a culture that despises virginity despises children:
"Britney wannabes — rev up your credit cards, there’s a double-wide load of styles to choose from. There’s the winsome ‘Baby Beater’ tank tops, the mini basketball uniform with ‘Jr. Pimp Squad’ across the jersey or the T-shirts that read ‘My Mom Is a MILF.’ (I’d explain MILF, but this is a family newspaper.)"
And what thoughts were behind this brainchild’s birth? Why, pure selfishness, of course! Color me surprised.
"Where does such design genius come from? I had the pleasure of speaking with the brainchild behind Pimpfants Inc. yesterday, as one Jared Parsons explained his eureka moment. A former skateboarder, he was shopping for clothes for his first son, who’s now 5 and quite a fashion plate. ‘I wanted him to dress how me and my friends dress,’ Parsons said, ‘but it’s hard to find baby clothes like that.’ Gee, I wonder why. Parsons and his friends use the word ‘pimp’ to mean ‘styling,’ he explained, and just as he was wishing he could buy his infant some styling clothes it came to him: Pimpfants. ‘Wow,’ he said to himself, ‘that’s a really good idea.’"
(Nod to Katie Allison Granju for the link.)
I’ll add them to my boycot list!
I take it Pimpfants wasn’t referring to MILF as Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
I still want a shirt for my daughter that says “Benevolent Dictator.” 🙂
Too bad the 5-Y-O has a boy for a father instead of a man.
That’s exactly what I was thinking, bill.
Instead of growing up and being a Dad, the guy has put himself in suspended animation at the age of 14.
Too bad that this kid, and many others, have the same problem; parents who can’t break out of adolescence.
I saw this story yesterday and thought… poor kids. To have such juveniles for parents, entrusted to them for their entire well-being.
And what if that guy’s kid were a girl? Would he dress her in the *fashions* he sees La Britney wearing on Empty V? Yeah, I can just see that like of tyke clothing. They’d prolly call it “Li’l Ho’s” or something like that. Thinking themselves clever, no doubt.
Michelle, I guess this calls for an addendum to Shea’s Law: if you’re not sexualized (no matter what your age), you’re not human!
Children as a fashion statement! Just had a co-worker tell me his step-daughter got pregnant (out of wedlock) because “It sounded like fun”.
Here is a list of major mainstream networks using the word pimp to reference style, not pimps and ho’s. So give Pimpfants a break.
1: CBS 20/20: just did a segment on their show called pimp my property. About renovating homes
2: MSNBC.com: 2 stories, one called pimp my rental, another called pimp your Olympic ride.
3: MTV: hit show called pimp my ride. About giving your ride style
4:ABC News: currently running on their website a story called pimp my news. About a hip executive that will take over ABC news.
5: BET.com: a story called pimp my ipod. About stylish accessories for the ipod
6: ESPN.com: A story called Pimp my coach. About NFL players who think there coaches need a style makeover
These are just a few of the thousands of examples of mainstream people using the word pimp to mean style. All of these stories were accessible as of 05-06-2006.
Other slang words with multiple meanings are:
Sick (means Feeling Ill or means cool), Tight (means cool or snug) Hip (means a body part or means cool) Bad (means good or bad) iLL (means sick or cool). The list go’s on forever. So my message to everyone is quit taking everything so literally, develop a sense of humor, and get over it.
Some people still possess the American spirit, and you folks should leave them alone to hlp it grow.
As far as I’ve seen of Pimpfants, the clothes are Pacific Northwest/Skater oriented and seem to be a relief from the garbage sold and promoted by the mainstream.
Please don’t try so hard to hurt people who take literally the freedom and opportunity of my country, the United States of America.
Clay
p.s. China wouldn’t let Mr. Parsons operate there. You folks may really like it there.
Clay,
Your post is totally Holocaust! I can tell you’re a realy heinous guy! Now I wanna rapist my ride and be evil! Hey, don’t be hating, I just use words differently than you do!
I hope you didn’t take that the wrong way, Clay. In other words, much modern slang consists of calling evil good, which is not cool. Similarly, social evils like pimps are glorified by that usage of the word “pimp.”
I am not one to say local dialects are bad and everyone needs to speak standard English. This kind of immoral slang, however, is not acceptible in my opinion.
Also of course the subculture that uses that word often glorifies materialism, sexual immorality, the objectification of women, etc. Dressing children in such ways seems both immature and immoral.
Just because you rightly have the freedom to do something in America does not mean you SHOULD do it. I encourage you to read more on this website to come to an understanding of our Christian viewpoint.
“Some people still possess the American spirit, and you folks should leave them aloneto hip it grow.”
Yeah! How dare “you folks” express an opinion that Clay doesn’t like! What makes you think you have “the freedom and opportunity” of his country?
“p.s. China wouldn’t let Mr. Parsons operate there. You folks may really like it there.”
Clay-
China also does not allow freedom of expression over the internet. You might like it there.
Christ forgives. So do I.
Bless ya’ll.
Peace,
Clay
“Christ forgives. So do I.” What are you forgiving?