How to Speak "New Pretty Talk!"

Okay, so there are these awesome books: Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras. They speak differently from the way we do, and I L-O-V-E it. So....

How to Speak Pretty Talk:

*Rules for names:
1. If someone’s name has an “L” in it, the suffix “wa” is used.
2. If someone’s name does not have an “L” in it, the suffix “la” is used.

EXAMPLES: Stephanie-la, Tally-wa

*Pretty Vocabulary:

*Bubbly: (adj.) Bubbly can mean cool, exciting, the state of mind when thinking clearly, or champagne. “To be bubbly” is to be thinking clearly due to adrenaline, extreme emotions, or pain.

*Bogus: (adj.) The opposite of bubbly. Lame or stupid.

*Kick: (adj.) Hip or trendy. (v.) “To kick” means to video something and put it on the “feeds.” Ex. “I kicked the greatest story last night!” “I need to kick this; it would be awesome!”

*Eye-kicking: (adj.) Something that makes you turn and look. Kind of like “eye-catching.” It’s a compliment.

*Feeds: (n.) The feeds are like the national broadcasting channel for The City. It’s like the news or TV only all on the same channel. Ex. “Oh my gosh! Did you see the story on the feeds today?” “Check the feeds and see if you story is there.”

*Crumbly: (n.) A grandparent, or a person of the Late Pretty phase of life. Also, uglies will sometimes refer to their parents as their “crumblies” even if they are technically middle pretties. Late Pretties live in “Crumblyville.”

*Littlie: (n.) A child from the age of birth to twelve years old. Littlies live with their parents in the Suburbs (sometimes called the “Burbs”) and go to school there. Littlies lives are very small and sheltered.

*Ugly: (n.) A child from the age of twelve until age sixteen. Children of this age are encouraged to give each other insulting nicknames to make them think they are ugly and wish for the operation even more. Uglies live in Uglyville and live in their school dorms.

*New Pretty: (n.) When a child turns sixteen, they are given an operation which makes them drop-dead gorgeous, nice, and perfectly healthy for life (at least until they become a Middle Pretty). A new pretty is a child from the age of sixteen until their mid-twenties or so. New pretties live in New Pretty Town.

*Middle Pretty: (n.) A middle pretty is a person from the age of mid-twenties until about eighty or so. When a new pretty reaches a mature age, they are given a test to test their life skills and expertise. Then they are given the middle pretty operation, which replaces gorgeous, healthy youth with a wise and authoritative look. Middle pretties are encouraged to have only one child every decade. They live in the Suburbs (or “Burbs”).

*Late Pretty: (n.) When a middle pretty reaches about eighty, they retire and live in Crumblyville, where they stay until their death. However, death does not come at the age it does here and now. A late pretty is given life extension treatments that can extend life into the early one hundred twenties.

*Shaming: (adj.) Shameful; the feeling of being ashamed. Ex. “I can’t find a thing to wear. It’s so shaming!”

*–Making: (adj. with another word) The word “making” can be added onto an adjective with a hyphen to make it also an adjective. There are many forms of this. I’ll name a few later, and after a while, it will become natural to you.

*–Missing: (adj. with another word) The word missing, like “making,” can be added onto an adjective with a hyphen to make another adjective. I will also give a few examples of this later. This is sort of the opposite of “making.” It can also be used by itself to mean out of it or clueless. Ex. “Nobody wears neon green and orange together. You’re so missing, Steph!”

*Ping: (n.) To send a message through interface rings. (When we use “ping,” it means to email or im.)

*Icy: (adj.) A sharper, scarier form of being “bubbly.”

*–Wrecking: (adj. with another word) This is like “making” and “missing.” It can be added onto an adjective with a hyphen to mean destroying whatever the adjective is. I’ll give examples in a second.

PROMISED EXAMPLES OF MAKING, MISSING, AND WRECKING:
Examples of ways to use “making:”
*happy-making: something that makes you happy.
*sad-making: something that makes you sad.
*scary-making: something that makes you scared or something that scares you.
*fun-making: something that is fun.
*pretty-making: something that makes you pretty.
*fashion-making: something that makes you look good or something that makes an outfit look good.
*bubbly-making: something that makes you bubbly or something exciting or cool.
*worry-making: something/someone that makes you worried.
*nervous-making: something that makes you nervous or upset.

Examples of “missing:”
*fashion-missing: something out of style.
*brain-missing: something done without thinking. Ex. “That was a really brain-missing thing to do.” “You seem totally brain-missing today. Did you get enough sleep last night?”
*comfort-missing: something that is rustic or quaint. You might also say a relationship is comfort-missing if it is awkward or forced.
*sense-missing: something that is nonsensical or just doesn’t make sense. Also it can describe something confusing.
*face-missing: this is used to describe someone with no regard to how they dress. Kind of a slob. You might say someone is “face-missing” because they never care how they look.

Examples of “wrecking:”
*planet-wrecking: This is what the pretties call the way we live. They say we use to much gasoline and cut down trees. Our lifestyles are “planet-wrecking” in their opinion.
*vision-wrecking: Something that hurts or damages your eyes. Usually used to describe bright lights.
*rep-wrecking: Something that will kill your good reputation.
*fashion-wrecking: Something that destroys a good outfit.


Lol hope this helps y’all with the world of pretty-talking! I love how they talk and I’m gonna start talking that way I think lol!