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Bling-bling From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Bling-bling" (usually shortened to "bling") is a hip hop slang term that refers to elaborate jewelry and other accoutrements, and also to a lifestyle built around excessive spending and ostentation. Origins and popularization of the term Coinage of the term "bling", which came into use in the late 1990s, is often attributed to rap artists B.G. and Cash Money Millionaires. It was used in a song title by Cash Money Records rapper B.G., and in 1998 by fellow Cash Money artist artist Lil Wayne on the track "Millionaire Dream" ("I got ten around my neck, and baguettes on my wrist, Bling!"), which appeared on the Big Tymers album How Ya Luv That. "Bling Bling", a track from the 1999 B.G. album Chopper City in the Ghetto, further popularized the term. Paul Wall wearing a jeweled dental grill. Some of Wall's grills cost nearly $30,000. Though BG is often given credit for creating the term, as early as the 1970s, television commercials for dental products and chewing gum accentuated the cleanliness of teeth with a "bling" or "pling" sound, accompanied by an imaginary starburst or ray of light emanating from an actor's mouth. During the early 1980s, toothpaste maker Ultra Brite ran a series of commercials stating, "Ultrabrite gives your mouth...[pling]...sex appeal!" Before the words "sex appeal," a bell sound was heard as a young man smiled while kisses were blown at him. During the 1980s and early 1990s, comedians such as Martin Lawrence parodied the "Ultrabrite smile" by vocalizing the sound effect as "bling". The term was used in this way to describe a gaudy piece of jewelry, for example the otherwise rotten gold-toothed smile and stereotypical pimp jewelry of the character "Jerome" on the television series Martin. While the specific term bling was first popularized in the hip hop community, it has spread beyond hip hop culture and into mass culture. The term was added to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary in 2002 and to the Merriam Webster dictionary in 2006. Companies such as Sprint and Cadillac have used the word "bling" in their advertisements. In 2004, MTV released a satirical cartoon showing the term being used first by a rapper and then by several progressively less "streetwise" characters, concluding with a middle-aged white woman describing her earrings to her elderly mother. It ended with the statement, "RIP Bling-bling 1997-2004." In 2005, the rapper B.G. remarked that he "just wished that he'd trademarked it" so that he could have profited from its use. The term has also spread to Spanish: rappers use the term in Latin hip-hop and in reggaeton from Puerto Rico and Panama, although it is usually written and pronounced "blin-blin". The Spanish word "blinblineo" is also used to refer to bling-bling style.

Not sure. My rep watch list is now in my signature. So into what category do I fit at this time?

I just keep staring at her chest

Here is one that I literally just purchased from Narikaa (The send button is still warm ): Here is the gen: Not too shabby for a A Lange rep. Odd that there is that translation error same as on my VC Jubilee 1755. Oh well, works for this dumb American . Is it perfect? No. Is it a nice looking watch? Oh yes :thumbsup:

Confirmed on mine - Hands only. So I guess standing in the closet attempting to read the time is right out

Have you considered Rolex?

Ah, my November purchase limit of watches comes to an end (or did I add some of December's budget to this? Oh well, perhaps I forgot. Time for new watches ) My AP Millenary from Narikaa: My Navitimer from Silix: And the $19.99 special, also from Silix. A Corum Admiral's Cup Tides: Gotta work them into the schedule What to buy now, what to buy

I really think you need to post a few pics so we could vote on it (I know, I know, parents rules )

Welcome

Seemed to get an email 2-3d after I sent, but my watch came yesterday, only a few days after he emailed a "watch sent" message. No problems here

Funny you should mention this: IT'S A FAKE! The movie car, a "Classic GT250" replica kit by defunct coachbuilder Modena Design, used a small-block Ford V8 in a custom tube chassis. Did I hear "replica"?

OMG!!! I'm a chick

Welcome and good luck on the PAM

Welcome and good luck

Great review as always

Welcome

I'm glad you are happy with that watch. I think I'm going to give that dealer a try

Of note is a recent change in a cognitive acoustic test in medicine. It had to be changed as people no longer recognize the sound of a typewriter

I'm holding my breath for it. Such a stunner

What a wonderful view

Thanx for that. OK, "chee", not "see" You're right. I really need to work on my cheesy Italian accent

Not enough difference for me. They both look great. Good luck in your decision

I believe the He valve was tested under real diving circumstances in another forum. I'll try and find it and post the link here. Great pics and a model of improvement for an already good watch.

Late welcome

With an Italian accent Officine Panerai = Off - i - seen - ay Pan - err - eye