What does "to chirp" mean in the case of the panel "Don't you chirp me Jack Zimmermann!"? I've never heard that before.
well, Fritz, it seems UK and US usage is totally at variance here--
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chirpsUK:TOP DEFINITION chirpsTo chirps is to chat up, woo, or court another person. This is a London street slang definition.
*Boy 1* Oi bruv, that girls nice!
*Boy 2* Cherps her then!
by southsidelondona March 07, 2005Versus:US:DEFINITION 2 chirpsThis is what you are doing when you insult someone. You are chirping them.
Did you see Fabian chirping that guy about his mom?
Jane got chirped so badly.by xXJessXx March 10, 2007Ha! Thank you, Urban Dictionary!
BTW: Here's another totally ubiquitous word I had to look up after my new voyage into Rabid Fandom:
'To Ship', 'I Ship It', etc, as in:
ALSO by the way, Ngozi the creator/cartoonist added this as a playful addendum in her blog (
not part of the regularly posted comic proper):
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shipTOP DEFINITION shipN: Short for romantic relationship, popularized in fanfiction circles.
V: To endorse a romantic relationship.
N: I see a 'ship developing between (Jack Zimmermann and Eric Bittle).
V: I ship (Jack/Bitty)by magwana April 13, 2003THEREFORE also see Samwell Bridge*
http://omgcheckplease.wikia.com/wiki/Samwell_University"The east and west sides of campus are connected by the [entirely fictional] Samwell Bridge, whose architecture is based on the [real]
John Weeks Bridge at Harvard."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Weeks_BridgeSee the context below--and you'll see while Jack was playfully chirping Bitty, Georgia was totally shipping the situation!
http://omgcheckplease.tumblr.com/episodesExcerpted:
SEASON 2: SOPHOMORE YEARFALL Providence Falconershttp://omgcheckplease.tumblr.com/post/106126040102FINALLY--when the whole WORLD should have 'shipped it'--this was the same time that Jack jumped over a snow bank to waylay Bitty to ask him if he wanted to come for coffee--nearly a year after Jack missed a step and stumbled outside the Haus when he saw Bitty's bum in a small pair of running shorts. A-hem!!
This too--Shitty Knight, shouldn't you have shipped this iconic moment?