Tiger's Crunk, and Elin's "Tiger's Wife's Mad". (huh?)

Driving in the car, I often listen to Top 40 found in the two nearly-identical stations in Vancouver, The Beat and Virgin Radio to both soothe my babes ears with the dulcet pulse of dance and to find out the days' most popular songs. (This is an attempt to keep my rapidly-approaching-mid-thirties self (gasp) prevalent and vaguely informed.)

So the latest "tik tok" from Ke$ha got me wondering....and fair warning that I am completely dating myself here....but I had no idea what "crunk" meant in her song.

Luckily, in this age of "The Google" (thank you Bush) there is urbandictionary.com, a search engine tool among many. This is a wondrous tool that I think among other things, every parent should bookmark. It offers a remarkable ability to break down and define current idioms and popular events that are flashing across Twitter, Digg and Facebook.

For example, did you know that one of the more recent additions is the phrase "tiger's wife's mad". This phrase is defined as: "the act of being so angry at someone that you find the item they cherish most and beat them with it".

Ouch. Pop Culture, 1, Tiger Woods, 0.

(But at least I understand "crunk" now, which BTW has a fascinating etymology)