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What does "seize the cray" mean?



Roclam
Italy

What does "seize the cray" mean?
 
Dear colleagues,
 
I �m preparing a listening comprehension for this video for my upper intermediate students (the topic is "time" and "stress"). 
I can �t understand the meaning of "seize the cray" at the end of it. Could anyone help? Thns a lot!
 
I �m pasting the script here:
 

Organic Balance: Real Morning Report

Like most women in commercials, I love to start each day doing yoga in my underwear,

or journaling in my journaling nook

and eating a wholesome farm fresh breakfast with a tiny spoon

that I bought from a company that gives tiny spoons to underprivileged children.

According to science most professional women don �t have time for any of that.

Not that we need research to prove it , but there �s research to prove it.

57% of us are up before the sun is up.

21% of us check our work email before even getting out of bed.

What?

Let �s go get that morning meeting.

9% of women cite dry shampoo as one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.

I �m done.

33% of us never make our bed

Like….ever.

21% of us have used an article of clothing to camouflage a stain.

Very nice.

Only 16% of women would describe their morning with the hashtag: #blessed

and that seems kinda high.

58% of women will swear at someone or something this morning.

Oh ___!

You know what 100% of us do have time for?

A real life Pinterest board?

Fermenting your own small batch kombucha? Crow pose?

No! An organic breakfast in a bottle!

Thats why we created Organic Balance.

Crow Pose!

A nutritious organic breakfast with 16 grams of protein and half the days calcium, so you can seize the cray.

Find out what real women �s mornings are really like

at RealMorningReport.com

 

6 May 2016      





redcamarocruiser
United States

It seems to be a play on the  saying "seize the day"
, but with a twist that underlines how crazy the life of the average working woman is.
 
Cray is the young people �s way of saying crazy. 
 
So, "seize the cray" would mean something like "Make the most of your crazy day (life)" or "embrace the craziness in your life", in my opinion.
 
 

6 May 2016     



Roclam
Italy

Thanks a lot for the explanation! Now it makes sense :-)

6 May 2016     



Jayho
Australia

Totally agree with redcamarocruiser re seize the (crazy) day
 
Actually, cray, as in the non-sea variety, is a new word for me. I googled it and found these fantabulous links about this cray new word that has hit our dictionaries
 
 
 
 
According to the first link, it is informal US, lingo and according to the third link it exists in my country. Cray but true!
 
Cheers
 
Jayho

7 May 2016     



Roclam
Italy

Jayho thank you for your reply, it �s really interesting to learn about new words and how the language is changing in different English speaking countries!

8 May 2016