Last laugh

Jessie J has a field day

In her latest single, "Who's Laughing Now," Jessie J laughs in the face of everybody who picked on her at school. Now that she's famous, they all want to be her friend, but Jessie's having none of that.

This week's Karaoke Korner takes a look at some synonyms of the word laugh.

EXERCISES

Rearrange the following words to spell synonyms of the word laugh.

1. G-G-G-L-E-I

2. S-I-N-E-R-C-K

3. T-T-T-R-E-I

4. C-C-H-U-K-E-L

"Who's Laughing Now"
By Jessie J

Mummy they call me names
They wouldn't let me play
I'd run home, sit and cry almost every day
Hey Jessica, you look like an alien
With green skin, you don't fit in this playpen

Well they pull my hair
They took away my chair
I keep it in and pretend that I didn't care
Hey Jessica, you're so funny
You've got teeth just like Bugs Bunny

Chorus

Oh, so you think you know me now
Have you forgotten how
You would make me feel
When you drag my spirit down
But thank you for the pain
It made me raise my game
And I'm still rising, I'm still rising

So make your jokes
Go for broke, blow your smoke
You're not alone
But who's laughing now
So raise the bar, hit me hard
Play your cards, be a star
But who's laughing now

'Cause I'm in LA
You think I've made my fame
If it makes us friends
When you only really know my name
Oh Jessie, we knew you could make it
I've got a track and I'd love you to take it

So now because I'm signed
You think my pockets lined
Four years now and I'm still waiting in the line
Oh Jessie, I saw you on YouTube
I tagged old photos
From when we were at school

(Chorus)

Jessie, she broke out of the box
Swallowed your pride
You got that ego cough
Let the haters hate
You're like way too late
See, I got a message from you
Hola, I'm proud of you
Oh my god babe your voice is like wow!
My reply, who's laughing now

(Chorus)

ABOUT JESSIE J

Name: Jessica Ellen Cornish
Nationality: English
Style: Pop
Label: Lava, Island
Albums: Who You Are (2011)

In brief: Born in London, this 23-year-old singer-songwriter attended Colin's Performing Arts school. She acted in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End production of Whistle Down the Wind when she was 11 years old. Jessie rose to fame after she co-wrote the smash hit, "Party in the U.S.A," for pop star Miley Cyrus. Jessie's debut album, Who You Are, was released in February 2011. The album hit No. 2 on the UK Albums chart. Her first single, "Do It Like a Dude" also peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles chart. Besides the chart-topping single, "Price Tag," the album also features the pop hits "Nobody's Perfect" and "Who's Laughing Now."

If you like Jessie J, check out: Lily Allen, Katy Perry and Kesha

Website: http://jessiejofficial.com/

Vocabulary

  • playpen (n): a frame with wooden bars or netting that surrounds a small area

    ego (n): you sense of your own value and importance

    pick on somebody (phrasal v): to treat somebody unfairly, be blaming, criticising or punishing them

    Idioms

    have a field day: to be given the opportunity to do something that you enjoy, especially something that other people do not approve of

    go for broke: to risk everything in one determined effort to do something

    laugh in somebody's face: to show in a very obvious way that you have no respect for somebody

    have none of something: to refuse to accept something