“They look all aggressive but then I just picture them chomping away at some plants with these ridiculous spikes on them,” Ottinger said, adding she has a deeper connection with the creature because it’s probably a Teddy bear with a “hard exterior, soft interior.”
The word “swag” once was a popular expression to describe someone who was cool. These days the kids have replaced that word with “drip,” which means a person is saturated in coolness.
If you see someone wearing expensive jewelry, for example, you’d say that person has a lot of “drip” or they’re “dripping.”
Why is this relevant to a dinosaur story? Because the Dryptosaur basically has a variation of “drip” built into its name. And the students at Shue-Medill are running with this.
The students designed a T-shirt with a traditional illustration of the Dryptosaur on the front, while the back of the shirt features a whimsical version of the creature wearing a bowler hat, sneakers and a gold chain with a gaudy letter “D” medallion.
“They had a lot of fun. It was them kind of putting their mark on it,” said Michele Savage, principal of Shue-Medill, who added that she has a pair of shiny Adidas that give her enough drip to make a leaky faucet jealous.
A small group of Shue-Medill students wore their “MAD DRYP“ shirts at Leg Hall in May, while each of them testified about why the Dryptosaur should become the official state dino.
