Slam Dunk The Unc
Just found out about the word "unc" being used outside the context of hip hop records, which, I will admit, is a pretty "unc" thing to say. According to Merriam Webster, and unc is so unc it's in the dictionary: "Things that may earn one unc status are standing or sitting accompanied by grunts, using outdated technology, or constantly referencing their generation." Well, I don't constantly reference my generation, at least. They're an embarrassment to me, frothing pinkly in the audience at Question Time, arms folded over swollen Wetherspoon bellies, seething about brown people they'll never meet in their small, bunting-rich, Hampshire villages. People my age. People who grew up listening to ska. Who attended Rock Against Racism gigs in Finsbury Park, who sneered at Carry On films and thrilled to the "new" "alternative" comedy that would abandon sexism, homophobia and racism. Hooray. Now, they fucking love those thi...
