A question on slang

[wildernesscat.livejournal.com]

"Rulez" and "зажигает" are one and the same?

Comments

[welgar.livejournal.com]

"Rulez" is historically a FIDOnet slang word, which (quite obviously) comes from "rules". It means that something is cool, fashionable etc. You may use it both with and without a subject:
Полный рулез! - Absolutely cool!
Твоя тачка рулит. - Your car's great.

As an antonym for "rulez" you may use "sucks" or the Russian translation for it - "сосёт". There is also a noun "суксь", which meaning is obvious.

The slang meaning for "зажигать" is "to have fun", "to hang out" etc. So if someone is, say, dancing at a disco, you may say: "он/она зажигает".

[wildernesscat.livejournal.com]

What about the lighter pic I posted a bit higher up the page? What's the meaning of this?

[welgar.livejournal.com]

They just play words. The literal meaning of "зажигать" is "to light, to ignite".
BTW, lighter is "зажигалка".

[romikchef]

"Rulez" and sucks were there far before time you joined FIDOnet and learned these new words ;-)

[ziegel.livejournal.com]

You are wrong. I joined Fidonet in 1996. It was quite so. Can you find example illustrating you theory?