Young people's language

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC LYRICS
" Word Crimes "
[ Intro : ]
Everybody shut up , WOO !
Everyone listen up !
Hey , hey , hey , uh
Hey , hey , hey
Hey , hey , hey

[ Verse 1 : ]
If you can't write in the ____________________ way
If you don't know how to ____________________
Maybe you flunked that class
And maybe now you find
That people mock you online

[ Bridge : ]
Okay , now here's the deal
I'll try to ____________________ ya
Gonna familiarize
You with the nomenclature
You'll learn the ____________________
Of nouns and prepositions
Literacy's your mission
And that's why I think it's a

[ Chorus : ]
Good time
To learn some ____________________
Now , did I ____________________
Work on that grammar
You should know when
It's " less " or it's " fewer "
Like people who were
Never raised in a sewer

I hate these word crimes
Like I could care less
That means you do care
At least a little
Don't be a moron
You'd better ____________________ ____________________
And use the right ____________________
Show the world you're no clown
Everybody wise up !

[ Verse 2 : ]
Say you got an " I " , " T "
Followed by ____________________ , " s "
Now what does that mean ?
You would not use " it's " in this case
As a ____________________
It's a contraction
What's a contraction ?
Well , it's the ____________________ of a word , or a group of words
By the ____________________ of a ____________________ or letter

[ Bridge : ]
Okay , now here's some notes
Syntax you're always mangling
No " x " in " espresso "
Your ____________________ danglin'
But I don't want your drama
If you really wanna
Leave out that Oxford ____________________
Just keep in mind

[ Chorus : ]
That " be " , " see " , " are " , " you "
Are words , not letters
Get it together
Use your ____________________
You should never
Write words using numbers
Unless you're seven
Or your name is Prince

I hate these word crimes
You really need a
Full time ____________________
You dumb mouth - breather
Well , you should hire
Some cunning ____________________
To help you ____________________
What is proper English

[ Verse 3 : ]
One thing I ask of you
Time to learn your ____________________ is past due
Learn to diagram a sentence too
Always say " to whom "
Don't ever say " to who "
And listen up when I tell you this
I hope you never use ____________________ marks for ____________________
You finished second grade
I hope you can tell
If you're doing good or doing well
About better figure out the difference
Irony is not coincidence
And I thought that you'd gotten it through your skull
What's ____________________ and what's ____________________
Oh but , just now , you said
You literally couldn't get out of bed
That really makes me want to literally
Smack a crowbar upside your stupid head

[ Chorus : ]
I read your e - mail
It's quite apparent
Your grammar's errant
You're ____________________
Saw your blog post
It's really fantastic
That was ____________________ ( Oh , psych ! )
'Cause you write like a spastic

I hate these Word Crimes
Your prose is dopey
Think you should only
Write in ____________________
Oh , you're a lost cause
Go back to pre - school
Get out of the gene pool
Try your best to not drool

[ Outro : ]
Never mind I give up
Really now I give up
Hey , hey , hey
Hey , hey , hey
Go Away !