Epistemology of the Term,

"Beezy"

by Jamie Tan

University of California, Berkeley

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DEFINITION

bee⋅zy [bee-zee]

noun, verb, bee⋅zy⋅ing, bee⋅zied, adjective, bee⋅zi⋅er, bee⋅zi⋅est, emoticon, ^.^

-noun

1. one whom is to be contended with: Professor Ananya Roy, Professor Ananya Roy's accent, Professor Ananya Roy's speeches

2. one whose presence is to be known: "The party don't start 'til I walk in." - Ke$ha

3. one whose attitude cannot help but be exerted: "I can't help it if I'm cute..." - Anonymous

4. one whom is fabulous: Michelle Obama's wardrobe is an outward expression of her inward fabulosity

5. the positive and empowering reclamation of the word "Bit**"

-verb

1. attitude manifested in action: "She's beezying me up with that beezy look she's giving me."

-adjective

1. attitude manifested in....stuff: "That necklace/outfit/etc is so beezy."

-emoticon

1. the beezy face: ^.^

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DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BEEZIES

...featuring IV's Class of 2010!

1. Out & Proud Beezies (otherwise known as, "Beezies")

O&P Beezies have attitude, intimidate people, and aren't afraid to wield their opinions. Being a beez is an essential part of their character...and you'll learn to love them for it. ^.^

Examples:

Female: Jamie Tan, Valerie Lu, Vicky Nguyen (I'm a beezy, therefore I'm putting my name first)

Male: Kenny Yu, Sean Jeong

2. Closet Beezies

Closet beezies' beeziness is more subtle, you don't experience the full beeziness until you get to know them. Often times the beeziness of Closet Beezies can be more powerful than the beeziness of the O&P beezy.

Examples:

Female: Olivia Lau, Grace "Natasha" Liu

Male: Eric Hwang, Brian Coox

3. Beeziest Beezies of the Beezies

The sheer magnitude of these beezies' beeziness extends far beyond the beeziness of the average beezy. For this reason, there can only be one in each category.

Examples:

Female: Andrea Mae Wong

Male: Sebastian Jonathan Yip

4. Beezies that don't know they're Beezies

Beezy that doesn't know she's a beezy: Lisa Luoh

Beezy that knows she's a beezy but isn't out: Christine Kuang

Closet beezy that doesn't know he's in the closet: Dan Garcia

Beezy that is out but doesn't know he's out: Mike Cheng

5. Not Beezies.

They're not beezies.

Examples:

Female: Emily Fu

Male: Tim Collier, Andrew Huang

6. Not really Beezies but not completely not Beezies

They're beezies but...not really. Title measured by exhibition of beeziness too infrequent to be deemed Out & Proud.

Examples:

Female: Sarah Lin

Male: Josiah Leong

7. BIT's (Beezies-In-Training)

Not Out & Proud, not in the Closet, not not really Beezies but not completely not Beezies...these Beezies are on the brink of Beeziness. We believe in you.

Examples:

Female: Stephanie Yee

Male: Brian Young, Michael Chen