PEOPLE STILL USE THE WORD 'BLING'?

We don’t know which is stranger about the following: The fact that some iPhone users might feel the need to decorate their new, $600 phone, or that a company embraces the word “bling.” Either way, they seem to have the market cornered. All American Bling.com issued a release noting that they have all the accessories one could want for their new Apple iPhone. But it was this mention touting their experience that caught our eye: “AllAmericanBling.com is one of the top ranked sites in Razr Phone bling,” [a company rep] said, “So iPhone bling comes to us as naturally as a Betty Boop cell phone faceplate cover. Our site is all about the latest in conspicuous consumption technology.” Yeah, ‘cause who wouldn’t want a Betty Boop cell phone cover?