 In 1992, The New York Times ran a feature piece on Seattle's exploding grunge scene. This feature had a section called Lexicon of Grunge, describing phrases used by grunge kids. Phrases like Wack Slacks, Harsh Realm, and Swingin' on the Flippity Flaw. But here's the thing, nobody was actually saying these phrases. All of them were invented by Megan Jasper, who had been an employee of the legendary grunge label Subpawm. Jasper felt that outsider media were trying to capitalize on the groundswell of her city's culture. Feeding this nonsense lingo to reporters was her way of fighting back against the culture cultures. And the scene embraced this prank. Mudhoney began using the Lexicon in interviews and locals would pin the article to their shirts at gigs. Jasper designed the phrases to be ridiculous, something that no human would ever say. Instead, grunge speak, as it would come to be known, was adopted by the Seattle grunge community as rallying cries against those who sought to exploit their culture. Flash forward 30 years, and Megan Jasper is now the CEO of Subpawm Records.