What is fleek?

fleek又是什麼？

And where did this word come from?

這個字是哪裡來的呢？

I mean I gather that it's slang,

我知道這是個俚語

but I really don't hear anybody using it.

但我沒聽過任何人用這個詞

It would seem to me like it's just

對我來說這應該只是

something people say on Twitter,

有些人在推特上這樣說

and it would appear that I'm not

顯然不是只有我

the only one who thinks that.

這樣想

So I'm gonna make this video and try to figure it out.

所以我才要拍這支影片並試著找到解答

What is "on fleek?"

什麼是on fleek？

(upbeat music)

Big new word, brand new, "on fleek."

全新的、超熱門的on fleek

- On fleek, fleek.

on fleek, fleek

- Fleek.

fleek

- Fleek.

fleek

So what would you like to know about fleek today, Keith?

所以你今天想要知道什麼跟fleek有關的，Keith？

- Well, I guess A, what does it mean?

嗯，我想，A. 這是什麼意思？

B, where did it come from?

B.這是從哪裡來的？

- Gotcha, okay.

我知道了，Okay

Fleek is on point.

fleek是對的

Fleek is good.

fleek是好的

Fleek is great.

fleek是棒的

Fleek is perfection.

fleek是完美的

- This burger is fleek, or would I say this burger...

這個漢堡棒，或者我應該說這個漢堡....

- You would say this burger is on fleek.

應該要說這個漢堡超棒的

- On fleek. - On fleek.

超棒的 超棒的

- Like on it's best behavior.

就是它表現超好的意思

- Yes.

沒錯

- Where did fleek come from?

那fleek這個詞是從哪裡來的呢？

- Fleek came from a Vine, I'm not sure of a name,

fleek一開始來自一部vine的影片，我不確定名字

but she said her eyebrows were on fleek, the fuck.

但她說她的眉毛超棒的，媽的

- Oh so it was first used and accepted as an eyebrow term.

噢所以它一開始是個眉毛的術語

- To describe eyebrows.

描述眉毛的

- What do you think of my eyebrows?

你覺得我的眉毛如何？

- Um, if I had your eyebrows,

嗯，如果我有你的眉毛

my eyebrows probably would not be on fleek,

我的眉毛大概不是很棒的那種

you know, mines need to be a little bit more groomed.

我的可能需要修一下雜毛

- Would be out of fleek.

不然真的很不OK

- That's the worst.

那是最糟糕的

♫ Bring up the heat ♫

- [Keith] I still don't get it, so I head to San Francisco

我還是不了解，所以我決定前往舊金山

with Chris to track down some linguists

跟Chris一起去找一些語言學家

from Berkeley to get their take on fleek.

從柏克萊出發，去找他們

Now they may look like two old white guys, but trust me,

雖然他們看起來像兩個老白人，但相信我

they are, but they also know a ton about slang.

雖然他們的確是，但他們知道成堆的俚語

What is your explanation of "on fleek?"

你會怎麼解釋on fleek？

- Well, fleek's interesting because it just

嗯，fleek這個詞很有趣

bubbled up out of nowhere, in a way words didn't used to do,

因為它完全不知道從哪裡開始突然冒出來，通常單字不會這樣

I mean used to be slang would begin among high school kids

通常俚語會來自一些青少年

and kind of work its way around the school and maybe to

在學校裡流傳

other kids of other generations and then bubble up

其他同年齡的孩子也會開始說

into the speech of older people, and by the time the older

年紀比較大的人們也會慢慢加入

people were using it the high school kids

大人開始使用後這些青少年

have moved on to something else.

又會開始流行別的詞

- [Keith] Right.

沒錯

- The whole point of slang is to keep your language secret.

之所以要有俚語就是為了讓語言秘密化

- A secret language.

一種秘密語言

- But now, you can make a video, or a Vine,

但現在，你可以拍一部影片

or something like that, a word catches on,

或是之類的東西，一個字就流行起來了

the link is passed all around, and you know two weeks later

影片連結會到處流傳，兩周之後

there are two billion people who are

就會有二十億人

using this expression, it's astonishing.

開始用這個詞，這是很驚人的

- What do you think about how virality is playing

你對這種俚語的病毒性有什麼想法呢？

into slang, is it legitimate?

這是合理的嗎？

- Yes. - Okay.

是的 Okay

- Absolutely, I mean there are people who

當然，我知道總有些人

try to introduce words into the lexicon,

試著把詞語變成秘密用語

and generally speaking, they'll submit something

或是日常說話會用到的詞，他們會把字登錄到

to Urban Dictionary that's open source,

Urban Dictionary，而這是個開放的資源

and they'll put it in and say it's in the dictionary

所以他們會把詞語放進去然後說，這個字在字典裡

but nobody uses it. - Right.

但其實沒有人用它。沒錯

- Intentional coinings are really rare,

有意圖的造字很罕見

but they do happen,

但的確正在發生

and that's a great example, but the speed with which

而這就是很好的例子，但俚語傳送的速度

slang is transmitted is exponentially faster now

比以往都快非常多

than it ever has been because of social media.

因為有社群媒體

- Fleek strikes me as the kind of word that everybody

fleek讓我想到的是

except that one gal with her eyebrow used in quotes.

每個人都希望女孩有什麼樣的眉毛，就會用這個詞

It was kind of a slang word that existed to be a slang word,

這是一個俚語用的詞，生來就是為了俚語存在

nobody ever really used it in earnest, did they?

沒有人會在誠懇的對話中聽到它，對吧？

- People are debating whether or not fleek is good or not,

人們在爭辯有無on fleek到底是好或不好

we saw this with bae, you know what I mean,

我們會看到這個詞跟bae(寶貝)一起出現，你懂我意思

like they're like, fleek is corny, why are you using that,

就像這樣，fleek是裝酷的詞

that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard,

這是我聽過最蠢的事

and there are some people who accept it.

但有些人會接受它

I accept it, I'll use it if it's, you know, appropriate.

我接受，如果適當的話我也會使用它

- Yeah.

對

- I don't say it for everything, or I wouldn't

我不會特別為了什麼去說

say it in a professional setting, except for this one.

也不會在專業的狀況下說，現在這個除外

- Yeah.

對

- But, you know, you have to accept it into your life.

但是你知道，你必須接受它

- So if I really want to accept fleek, I need to understand

如果我真的要接受fleek，我必須知道

it how it was originally popularized.

它是怎麼開始流行的

I need to get my eyebrows done, or is it my eyebrows did?

我需要去處理一下我的眉毛

I need to get my eyebrows on fleek, da fuck.

我要讓我的眉毛變的很潮，媽的

- Hi, my name is Henry Von Norden.

哈囉，我叫Henry Von Norden

- Keith Habersberger.

我是Keith Habersberger

- Nice meet you, and I believe you wanna

很高興見到你

have your eyebrows done today.

我想你今天應該是想整理你的眉毛？

- Yeah, I want them to be perfect.

是的，我希望可以有超完美眉毛

- You could use a little bit of waxing right here.

你可以在這邊用一些蠟

- Yep.

嗯

Woo girl! - Shh.

噢！ 噓

This area won't be as sensitive, ready?

這邊不會像剛剛那邊那麼敏感，準備好了？

- I'm just such a beautiful boy and I will do anything

我是個帥哥，也會為好看作任何事

for beauty, but I'm also, you know, emotional and sensitive.

但我同時也情緒化又敏感

- I see that. - Yeah.

我發現了 耶

- Here you go Latoya.

開始吧

- It's just that I miss them already.

我覺得我已經開始想念他們了

- Alright. - Oh we did it.

噢耶 我們做到了

Guys we did it. - No you did it.

我們做到了 不，是你做到的

- No you did it, 33 years of eyebrows, and probably

是你做到的，33年的眉毛耶

a million other things you're good at.

你大概還擅長一百萬種事情吧

- I'm gonna go out to the parking lot and shoot myself now.

我現在要去外面的停車場然後開槍射自己

- Okay, great, everybody had an equally good time.

Okay，很好，大家都有一段愉快的時光

So I just got my eyebrows done, I feel like they're perfect,

我剛整理完的眉毛，覺得他們現在超完美的

but now I'm going to ask the people of Hollywood

但我要去問好萊塢的人

what they think of my eyebrows, and if they say "on fleek,"

他們對我的眉毛評價如何，還有他們是否會說on fleek

well then I know I've done it.

我知道我做的很好

What do you think of my eyebrows?

你覺得我的眉毛如何？

- They're fine.

很好啊

- Arched.

拱型的

- Nicely thinned, I guess. - Thank you.

修的很漂亮，我想。 謝謝你

- I can't really see that you just

老實說我看不太出來

got them done to be honest.

你才剛修完

- Thank you.

謝謝

- On fleek.

超棒的

- On fleek!

超棒的！

- Very on fleek.

很棒

- On fleek! - There we go, right?

很棒！

- So that's a word you use?

所以這是你會用的詞？

- Yeah, my friend has a shirt that says "on fleek" on it.

是的，我有個朋友還有上面寫著on fleek的襯衫

- So it's totally legitimized slang?

所以它是一個完全合理的俚語？

- Yes.

是的

- You use it in normal dialogue?

你平常對話也會用嗎？

- I've used it in normal dialogue.

我會

- Do you use on fleek in real life, do you use it?

你在現實生活中會用on fleek嗎，會嗎？

- I use on fleek. (laughs)

我會用

- Good, so they're on fleek?

很好，所以我的眉毛很棒？

- Yes. - So okay!

對。 Okay!

So I guess though it's still debated whether it's fun

所以，雖然用這個詞是為了好玩還是耍酷仍有爭論

or cool to use, people are really using it out in the world,

人們是真的會用它的

even though it did originate online, so I guess on fleek

雖然它的發源地是網路

is good, you can say "on fleek," it's slang!

所以我想on fleek是好的，你也可以這樣說，它就是個俚語！

We did it everybody, it's definitely slang!

我們做到了，它的確是個俚語！

And it just means the same as several

它和好幾個已經存在的俚語

other slang words that we already have.

有一樣的意思

♫ Bring up the heat ♫

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♫ I got no choice but to throw hard ♫

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