July 26, 2010
— Ace This was just a passing thought, but it's passed through me before.
The internet has created some new words -- "FAIL" as a noun, for example. ("Win," too, as in "made of win.")
A lot of these are good.
It's also revived a lot of musty, archaic, sort of pretentious words that had entirely died in spoken English, and 95% in written English, too.
I've noticed a few of these "rescued words" before. The only one I can think of now is daresay, but I know there are others -- this occurred to me before thinking about other words.
Ten years ago you wouldn't be caught dead writing, or for God's sake speaking, this dead word.
But the internet has revived it. People are daresaying all the time, way too much for my liking.
In fact: I hate to say this but I daresay if you google you'll find I've used it.
Part of this I guess is cross-pollenization from British writers, where I daresay many archaic/musty/fussy/pretentious/abandoned words are still part of everyday spoken English. And I guess that many Americans' inherent Anglophilism impels them to adopt these foreign words as a sort of affect of sophistication.
Help me out -- I know there are like ten words that show up way too frequently on blogs, which had been all but bannished from everyday American-accented English a while ago.
You know what I mean? Because I don't, but I daresay I'm keen to find out what I mean.
Actually... I daresay the word, maybe, is unobjectionable and useful, and so maybe it's not wrong that it's been revived.
I daresay, however, that if you used this word ten years ago, you would have gotten your ass kicked.
Another one -- Adam Carolla one time said he wanted to beat the hell out of any guy who used the expression "How so?"
That was like ten years ago. But "How so?" is now being used all the time.
If he told that joke today, no one would get it. It would be like him saying he doesn't like guys who use the word "shirt."
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Posted by: Caiwyn at July 26, 2010 10:37 AM (ttktr)
Posted by: robtr at July 26, 2010 10:38 AM (fwSHf)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 10:39 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Jharles "Mel"Cohnson at July 26, 2010 10:39 AM (P9+0W)
As a writer (when possible; currently "at liberty" as people used to say in Variety) I love colorful words, old or new.
I've added a few to my vocabulary, to the chagrin of some editors, the delight of others.
What bugs me is that the internet has nourished the death of proper spelling and grammar. Typos don't bother me, but out-and-out ignorance does.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 10:39 AM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: Bot Shieffert at July 26, 2010 10:39 AM (KUUXH)
Posted by: Caiwyn at July 26, 2010 02:37 PM (ttktr)
Shaddup, ya wanker!
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at July 26, 2010 10:40 AM (oIp16)
Posted by: Caiwyn at July 26, 2010 10:40 AM (ttktr)
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 10:41 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: Caiwyn at July 26, 2010 10:41 AM (ttktr)
Posted by: Not at the table Carlos at July 26, 2010 10:41 AM (xO+6C)
But that LOL n text-speak that u yng tards use is 2 much.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2010 10:42 AM (P9+0W)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 10:42 AM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Gen Ursus at July 26, 2010 10:42 AM (7ZWmP)
Posted by: Scrutineer at July 26, 2010 10:42 AM (CAi1g)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 10:43 AM (RD7QR)
I'd have to say "Methinks". I don't like "Methinks".
Posted by: brando at July 26, 2010 10:43 AM (IPGju)
Whatevs, you silly bint.
Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at July 26, 2010 10:43 AM (j8FIs)
"so called"
I don't know why, but I've seen this more and more over the past 5-10 years. And most bad things in the past 5-10 years come from the interweb.
It's such a stupid and unnecessary phrase used by people to sound smart.
Posted by: Spade at July 26, 2010 10:43 AM (7WUru)
I daresay........nuttin'. and Heaven forbid I should copy anything said by Euroweenies, and least of all, Englishmen.
(Is it proper to say "Englishmen" sans the prefix "fucking"?
Posted by: maddogg at July 26, 2010 10:44 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Bot Shieffert at July 26, 2010 10:44 AM (KUUXH)
Tosser..don't forget tosser.
Posted by: Berserker at July 26, 2010 02:42 PM (gWHrG)
Yeah, that was coming next!
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at July 26, 2010 10:44 AM (oIp16)
Away with you, you bloody prat!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 26, 2010 10:44 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: 1970 Ford Fuck You 500 at July 26, 2010 02:42 PM (uFokq)
I'm working on malarkey. I love malarkey.
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 10:45 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 10:45 AM (VXBR1)
Posted by: str8 outta at July 26, 2010 10:45 AM (m+HVS)
Posted by: cool breeze at July 26, 2010 10:45 AM (hdCWG)
It bugs me even more when you point it out to lefty trolls and they try claiming that spelling and grammar don't matter, only the ideas matter.
Lefty trolls with....ideas. I kill myself.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2010 10:46 AM (P9+0W)
Thanks a bunch, Al Gore.
Posted by: nickless at July 26, 2010 10:46 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at July 26, 2010 02:44 PM (U97wT)
'Gotta find a replacement word for the concept first.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at July 26, 2010 10:46 AM (oIp16)
If I come across that word in a dark alley, I will give it the atomic wedgie.
Posted by: Tushar at July 26, 2010 10:46 AM (DRC3Q)
Funny. 'Arse' was the polite way of saying 'ass' in my house. My parents didn't cuss much btw.
"How so" is new? That's new to me.
And "reckon" is common in these parts.
I don't think it's always a case of terms being old or new -- sometime I think it's "regionalisms" bumping or overlapping.
FWIW.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 10:47 AM (3fiIy)
Posted by: Bot Shieffert at July 26, 2010 10:47 AM (KUUXH)
Posted by: Jean at July 26, 2010 10:47 AM (Ef5w3)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 02:42 PM (VXBR1)
I am inclined to agree with you, bt 1st u will blo me
Posted by: the Butcher aka Mel at July 26, 2010 10:47 AM (8g9qq)
Posted by: Mbruce at July 26, 2010 10:48 AM (Fr8N6)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 10:48 AM (p302b)
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at July 26, 2010 10:48 AM (U4m5q)
Posted by: Bot Shieffert at July 26, 2010 10:48 AM (KUUXH)
Posted by: toby928 at July 26, 2010 10:49 AM (8/oOq)
Posted by: Jean at July 26, 2010 10:49 AM (XSlA+)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 26, 2010 10:49 AM (O8XB7)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 10:49 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2010 10:49 AM (KUUXH)
Posted by: DrewM. at July 26, 2010 10:50 AM (X/Lqh)
I bid you adieu.....but first you will blow me.
Posted by: Jharles "Mel"Cohnson
You're all racists. All of you.
Posted by: The real Chaarles Johnoff at July 26, 2010 10:50 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2010 10:50 AM (KUUXH)
My Dad: Go mow the lawn.
Me: What will you give me?
Dad: Give you? A buck three eighty that's what I'll give you.
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 10:50 AM (Q1lie)
Is there anything to "meme" that "idea" doesn't cover?
Posted by: Bot Shieffert at July 26, 2010 02:48 PM (KUUXH)
Depending on ussage, sure. Meme signifies a concept or idea that is in popular belief.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at July 26, 2010 10:50 AM (oIp16)
Some of the revivals are parodies that go mainstream, but some of it is just an attempt to bring emotion and emphasis into a written forum. Italics and bold can do some of that, but people are looking for more ways to express themselves. Phrases, catchwords, and revivals allow more depth.
Posted by: Sharrukin at July 26, 2010 10:51 AM (eYgrz)
As for "wank" and its variants - I like it. It's useful. I can refer to jazz as musical wanking, and not offend most people.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 10:51 AM (qrFCz)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 26, 2010 10:51 AM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 10:52 AM (Q1lie)
Blank stares are the best outcome when you suggest that first, someone will blow you.
Posted by: toby928 at July 26, 2010 10:52 AM (8/oOq)
In certain parts of this country people still use archaic forms in everyday speech. Some words could have crept back that way.
Posted by: lauraw at July 26, 2010 10:52 AM (4JPr3)
Posted by: Not at the table Carlos at July 26, 2010 10:52 AM (xO+6C)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 26, 2010 10:53 AM (O8XB7)
My Dad: Go mow the lawn.
Me: What will you give me?
Dad: Give you? A buck three eighty that's what I'll give you.
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 02:50 PM (Q1lie)
I always heard "a buck two eighty".
Hummm... curious. I wonder of that is a regional thing. I heard it in California from someone that was from New York.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at July 26, 2010 10:53 AM (oIp16)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 10:53 AM (p302b)
Posted by: DrewM. at July 26, 2010 10:53 AM (X/Lqh)
The MFM has already worn out Unexpectedly... and we still have a long way to go before the Hell No More vote.
Posted by: Atomic Roach at July 26, 2010 10:53 AM (Oxen1)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 10:54 AM (RD7QR)
Obama's inability to pronounce the g in ing words makes me furious.
I'm tellin' you this is the summer that the economy is recoverin'
Posted by: dagny at July 26, 2010 10:54 AM (jfpP5)
Posted by: hingohongo at July 26, 2010 10:54 AM (OQEHJ)
Another factor may be just co-minling of US/UK/AUS English over time.
Over the years, I've unwittingly picked up "hence(forth)" and "kick up the ass" and other Oz-isms.
My Oz friends on the other hand have picked up the US "peppers" (meaning bell peppers) instead of the Australian term "capsicum" -- all while getting strange looks from their countrymen.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 10:54 AM (3fiIy)
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2010 10:54 AM (KUUXH)
Not sure if this is revived or just pretentious scifi slang, but fragging and frakking both annoy the hell out of me. Frakking, of the two, is the most annoying.
Yes, brit slang has come over into the internet. It just sounds more polite (even if it isn't). Moreso, I believe it became popular due to the influence of the current Dr. Who garbage.
Posted by: soulpile at July 26, 2010 10:55 AM (gH+Hj)
Posted by: Al Gore at July 26, 2010 02:53 PM (hdCWG)
Bill O'Reilly will pay dearly for that missive.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at July 26, 2010 10:55 AM (oIp16)
Sean Hannity does not know how to use the subjunctive.
He constantly says, "If it was up to me..."
Drives me nuts
Posted by: dagny at July 26, 2010 10:55 AM (jfpP5)
Posted by: EzE at July 26, 2010 10:55 AM (RR3NA)
Posted by: Jean at July 26, 2010 10:56 AM (I6dJM)
That's another law-active-vocabulary word. Some of these might gain traction because a lot of bloggers are writers.
I use that too, and not to be pretentious, just because it's the first word I think of when I'm trying to say that.
When I speak I used to try to edit out of these words and replace them with something less uncommon but I wouldn't be able to think of a replacement quickly enough and would halter and sputter.. I stopped that because in an effort to make myself sound not-too-smart I started making myself sound dumb, so now I try to just go ahead and say "accede" or "conflate."
Pedantic, that's one i am hearing more.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 10:56 AM (wuv1c)
Obama's inability to pronounce the g in ing words makes me furious.
I'm tellin' you this is the summer that the economy is recoverin'
He learned to do that so he could sound 'authentic.'
Posted by: nickless at July 26, 2010 10:56 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: dananjcon at July 26, 2010 10:56 AM (pr+up)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 10:56 AM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 02:42 PM (VXBR1)
Someone once texted me a long string of BS, I never did figure out what it meant, with lot's of U's and w's and tf and hu and ik and it was just random.
I have a keyboard on my phone and while I abbreviate, occasionally, I don't do text-speak.
I thought it was a smart-ass co-worker.
I did text back "English, motherfucker, do you speak it?"
A few minutes later, I got an apology from someone in the Tajikistan government or something like that, no, their friend did not speak English and had a wrong number.
What can I say, I'm representin'.
Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at July 26, 2010 10:56 AM (bxiXv)
That's actually the name of a series of BBQ restaurants here in TX.
/I didn't want to rhyme name/chain.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 10:57 AM (sINKF)
Posted by: shibumi at July 26, 2010 10:57 AM (OKZrE)
Hummm... curious. I wonder of that is a regional thing. I heard it in California from someone that was from New York.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at July 26, 2010 02:53 PM (oIp16)
Maybe. My Dad grew up in PA and moved to CT where I grew up and live. His other favorite expression was Sangwitch and conculator for calculator.
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 10:57 AM (Q1lie)
Barry Burton gets an honourable mention for that word's revitalization.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 26, 2010 10:58 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 26, 2010 10:58 AM (O8XB7)
Posted by: Caiwyn at July 26, 2010 02:37 PM (ttktr)
Shaddup, ya wanker!
Posted by: Jim in San DiegoSod off the two of youse.
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 26, 2010 10:58 AM (Vol3D)
(when used to celebrate the fact that you sit around hitting refresh on your browser more often than others).
Posted by: DrewM. at July 26, 2010 10:58 AM (X/Lqh)
Posted by: Not at the table Carlos at July 26, 2010 10:58 AM (xO+6C)
Actually it was James Lileks who dug it up, and Taranto copied it from him. And I kind of like it - it sounds funny when you say it.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2010 10:58 AM (p05LM)
Posted by: toby928 at July 26, 2010 10:58 AM (8/oOq)
Other dead words. Henceforth.
My boss mocked me when I used the word "henceforth". So now I henceforth the shit out of him.
Posted by: kallisto at July 26, 2010 10:59 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: EzE at July 26, 2010 02:55 PM (RR3NA)
Or people who played Bioshock. The main character was programmed to take a phrase with the word "kindly" in it as a "command."
That's as far as recent popularity, anyway. Obviously it's been used as "please" for a lot longer than that.
It's a bit commonwealthish, but maybe they just didn't abandon it as much as we did. It has a sarcastic implication for a lot of people.
Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at July 26, 2010 11:00 AM (bxiXv)
From metro.co.uk [Sept '09]:
"The Wonder of Whiffling", out on Thursday, is designed to save readers from onomatomania, or vexation at not being able to find the right word.
It includes crambazzled, a Yorkshire term for someone prematurely aged by drink, and 19th century phrase 'drive turkeys to the market', meaning to walk unsteadily after a few drinks.
A shot-clog was a drinking friend in Tudor times who was tolerated only because he would buy a round. Among other treasures are grinagogs (people who always grin), screevers (writers of begging letters) and bowerbirds (people who collect useless objects)
Author Adam Jacot de Boinod spent two years scouring old dictionaries, dialect books and slang glossaries from across the world to amass the collection.
'English is a really, really wonderful diverse language and the growth of interesting words is exponential,' said Mr Jacot de Boinod. 'There are new words being coined every day.'
His favourite term? 'In bingo, the number 80 is referred to as "Gandhi" because he ate nothing,' he said."
Posted by: JEA at July 26, 2010 11:00 AM (AfORa)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:00 AM (p302b)
Posted by: Charles Sherrod at July 26, 2010 11:00 AM (w41GQ)
Posted by: John Galt at July 26, 2010 11:00 AM (F/4zf)
A new trend I hate is putting the letter "i" in front of words as a way to rebrand old conepts and actions with a new internet/electronic flair.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:02 AM (wuv1c)
Oh, don't I wish! The number of times I've been talked AT by some man (my ex) hardly bears consideration. He seemed to assume I was either brain dead or sleepwalking most of the time.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 11:02 AM (qrFCz)
I'm gonna let y'all finish, but there are a lot of hackneyed expressions out there too. Do you feel me?
Posted by: Kanye South at July 26, 2010 11:02 AM (Oxen1)
Damn. Sumbdy gve tht gurl a sammich.
Ah, the meat is sweeter, when closer to the bone, not taken to extremes anyway.
Posted by: maddogg at July 26, 2010 11:02 AM (OlN4e)
I am seeing it more often. the only time i see it written are in books from the 1960s.
I know some people who still use that word, but they use many words that would be considered archaic. When you consistently read classic literature, you have a tendency to use outdated words & phrases.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 11:03 AM (sINKF)
Yes, people who do that are such wankers.
Posted by: andycanuck at July 26, 2010 11:04 AM (7b1Uc)
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 11:04 AM (9b6FB)
Posted by: kallisto at July 26, 2010 11:04 AM (+FkcS)
I am seeing it more often. the only time i see it written are in books from the 1960s.
I know some people who still use that word, but they use many words that would be considered archaic. When you consistently read classic literature, you have a tendency to use outdated words & phrases.
indubitably
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:04 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2010 11:04 AM (KUUXH)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:04 AM (p302b)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 11:05 AM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Jean at July 26, 2010 11:05 AM (3Ds00)
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2010 11:05 AM (KUUXH)
Hey, "dare say" is one thing. Butdaresay? The biddies who used the "I dare say" expression thirty years ago were anything but sophisticated.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 26, 2010 11:05 AM (H+LJc)
Posted by: Arbalest at July 26, 2010 11:05 AM (BqSr3)
yeah, killer game. I still don't use that word though, sounds gay. lol
Posted by: Berserker at July 26, 2010 11:06 AM (gWHrG)
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2010 11:06 AM (KUUXH)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 11:07 AM (VXBR1)
Alacrity"
I just used that an hour ago on the phone.
Yeah it seems to be making its way back into common usage.
I've heard it a few times over the past year, once from Dennis Miller.
The last time I read it was in William Manchester's The Arms of Krupp.
I like the word, it has a nice sound to it.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:07 AM (wuv1c)
I have used "daresay" and "alacrity" since high school -- I always tried to use them in the correct context (I daresay, tee hee). I really never gave two shits about whether or not it lended a sophistication to my rhetoric...that's just bullshit.
I don't believe in following language trends -- if the word works, then use it.
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 11:07 AM (5/yRG)
And then, there's the misheard and therefore mis-written:
"For all intensive purposes"
"A doggy-dog world"
"The point is mute."
etc.
Posted by: Hey.Wheres.Barry at July 26, 2010 11:07 AM (gQLr2)
very British.
Nothing like the Sharia lashing prior to stoning for the crime of being female.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 26, 2010 11:07 AM (H+LJc)
Muster.
I like that one.
As in, "I daresay I can muster the energy to track that crafty hobo through yonder alley."
To which a fellow might be obliged to retort, "The fuck you say?"
Posted by: Dang at July 26, 2010 11:08 AM (Chg7a)
Posted by: Kerry at July 26, 2010 11:08 AM (a/VXa)
Quite frankly is annoying.But I really dislike the name/word Obama.I think thats tops on my list.Everytime I hear it I get woozy.
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 11:08 AM (lLS3Y)
Codswallop
Posted by: mrp at July 26, 2010 11:08 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2010 03:04 PM (KUUXH)
That could be, but some years ago in my job I had to converse often with an English girl, and one day she confided to me that my southern American accent made her knees bang together. I never got across the pond though.....
Posted by: maddogg at July 26, 2010 11:08 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 11:09 AM (BKOsZ)
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 11:09 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: Rodney C. Johnson at July 26, 2010 11:09 AM (XRIh6)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 11:09 AM (RD7QR)
#150, rereading The Lord of the Rings once a year will do that to you. Believe me, I know.
Posted by: SGT Dan at July 26, 2010 11:10 AM (GgXZc)
E.g. I was interested in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I went to the bookstore and found said book priced at $14.95.
The only places I ever saw this word used in this form were from ancient US patent documents. At some point years ago I started noticing it in forums (particularly geek ones such as Slashdot.) It bugs me because far too often it's used when the object being referred to is unambiguous, and it bugs me even more when "said" is used BEFORE the object is actually stated in some confused effort to sound erudite. It contributes to uselessly florid language.
As for "whom," I won't blame the internet for misuse of this word, but people who use whom in the wrong context bug the shit out of me. If you aren't sure, default to "who."
Posted by: fb at July 26, 2010 11:10 AM (G60Nl)
Posted by: Caiwyn at July 26, 2010 02:37 PM (ttktr)
Any male using the term "over the pond" reveals himself as a certified sucker of cock.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (qPpkJ)
I am seeing it more often. the only time i see it written are in books from the 1960s.
I know some people who still use that word, but they use many words that would be considered archaic. When you consistently read classic literature, you have a tendency to use outdated words & phrases.My first sighting of that word in a book was in Robin Cook's Invasion. One of the main characters was trying to impress an interviewer, so this character told him that he looked forward to meeting him (the interviewer) with "great alacrity".
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (usjNq)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (VW9/y)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:07 PM (VXBR1)
Usually the exact opposite of what the person who says it thinks it means.
Posted by: DrewM. at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (X/Lqh)
During BO's birthday?
Something isn't right here...could this be chelsea clinton's wedding, the real one?
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (p302b)
"the blind loathing I harbor for 'talking at'. Unless the person who is in the same area as you is dead or asleep, you are talking TO them, not AT them."
I confess I use this, but only in a very specific context. Talking to someone doesn't necessarily mean that they are actively listening, but ideally that's what should happen.
I use "talking at" for the speaker who doesn't notice or care that his listener is bored, in a big hurry, trying to do something else, wants out but has no choice. Is this OK, or is it exactly what you blindly loathe?
[Merovign, that was hilarious.]
Posted by: JPS at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (vaz7M)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:07 PM (VXBR1)
It means someone tried to say "I couldn't care less" and screwed it up.
I have been known to mock such people by saying, "I could care less, but it would take effort."
Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (bxiXv)
know it won't be popular, but the term douche bag has been beat to death. It seems to be the favorite pejorative of both the left and the right.
It jumped the shark.
Even if changed a bit to Bageth of thyne Douche?
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (wuv1c)
This was just a passing thought, but it's passed through me before.
I hope that thought didn't pass through you as fast as shit passes through me...
Posted by: a Goose at July 26, 2010 11:11 AM (YVZlY)
When I say, "I could care less", I usually append, "But it would take an effort."
It means that whatever is being discussed never had the slightest hint of an intention of coming to your attention prior to the discussion at hand.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 11:12 AM (qrFCz)
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2010 11:12 AM (KUUXH)
Totally OT, but PRAVDA is calling Sir Golfsalot and his merry band of misfits IDIOTS for trying to push through Cap and Trade (along with everything else....).
If the SOVIET UNION is warning you not to make the same mistakes that they did, maybe ya oughta put down the golf clubs for just a few minutes and listen to what they are trying to tell you. They even go so far as to call the clueless ones "American Marxists".
But they're NOT Socialists, so don't you dare call them THAT.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 26, 2010 11:13 AM (H6+4d)
@192.
as an avid history reader, no one uses the word "save" to mean "except for" anymore.
I think Trig is Palin's alien baby, save for the fact I have no real evidence.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:13 AM (wuv1c)
Boffin? As in a capable tinkerer.
This isn't an old word, but I hear it from retarded Midwesterners: acrossed. Eg: I threw the rock acrossed the river.
RAGE!
Posted by: bonhomme at July 26, 2010 11:13 AM (z9gCU)
Posted by: Kerry at July 26, 2010 11:13 AM (a/VXa)
Posted by: LOLlipop Guild at July 26, 2010 11:13 AM (FcKXR)
Posted by: Harp at July 26, 2010 11:14 AM (yquH5)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at July 26, 2010 11:15 AM (xO+6C)
Isn't it -- for all intents and purposes?
Intensive purposes? do people say that?
Well, it's wrong I daresay. Wrong!
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at July 26, 2010 11:15 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 11:15 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 11:15 AM (lLS3Y)
+1
Posted by: Public Service Message at July 26, 2010 03:12 PM (IhHdM)
Word!
Posted by: you just knew it was coming at July 26, 2010 11:15 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 11:15 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 11:16 AM (VXBR1)
Posted by: JPS at July 26, 2010 03:11 PM (vaz7M)
Someone said they wanted to "talk at me" for a minute at work. I said "Well, you don't need me for that, do you?"
In about 15 seconds of them trying to figure out why I said that, they had forgotten what they had come to tell me.
[Merovign, that was hilarious.]
np, tyvm, kthxbai!
Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at July 26, 2010 11:16 AM (bxiXv)
Everyone keeps talking about "meme", it's like it's a Meme or something.
words I want to bring back:
copacetic.
RUE THE DAY!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2010 11:16 AM (T1boi)
Well it seems its slowly morphing into "douche nozzle", so there is hope.
Posted by: Berserker at July 26, 2010 11:16 AM (gWHrG)
Posted by: maddogg at July 26, 2010 11:17 AM (OlN4e)
This brings up the "Phantom R": "Wausau" --> "Warsar"
... and "Missing D": "Good Deal" --> "Goodeal"
Posted by: Arbalest at July 26, 2010 11:17 AM (BqSr3)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:17 AM (p302b)
I love it when people use the phrase "yeoman's work".
211 Boffin? As in a capable tinkerer.
"Boffin" always reminds me of Mr. Boffin in Dickens' Our Mutual Friend.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 11:17 AM (sINKF)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 11:18 AM (VXBR1)
conculator for calculator.
We use that term in my family, but it came about in a specific, inside joke kind of way. It's a conk!-ulator.
Honestly, I am terrible at recognizing words that may be considered archaic. My vocabulary tends to be a bit broad and based on older literature that I read during my formative years. My coworkers frequently point out that they have no idea what half of the words I use mean. This means either my vocabulary is to wide or theirs is too limited.
Posted by: soulpile at July 26, 2010 11:18 AM (gH+Hj)
My grandfather always said Ah,shit and two is eight.Never understood that one.
LOL- my dad used to say it all the time too and I never understood it either.
Posted by: jewells at July 26, 2010 11:18 AM (l/N7H)
"Heaven forfend" is something I've seen and used.
Actually, if you want to see one man striving manfully to incorporate as much of the complete version of the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language into his writing, you can't beat the first Thomas Covenant trilogy. Stephen R. Donaldson's love for the the obscure and archaic was a fetish throughout.
Posted by: Steve the Pirate at July 26, 2010 11:18 AM (W54Uh)
He's got management written all over him.
Posted by: The.Two.Bobs at July 26, 2010 11:18 AM (gQLr2)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at July 26, 2010 03:15 PM (xO+6C)
Racist!
Posted by: NAACP - scouring the internet for opportunities to scream Racist! at July 26, 2010 11:18 AM (YVZlY)
A phrase I'd like to see more of on the internet is "Ass-over-tea-cup."
Used in place of "fail" or "FUBAR." As in, "He jumped on his new commuter bicycle and went ass-over-tea-cup."
I've heard many an old codger use the phrase, much to my bald-ass delight.
Posted by: Dang at July 26, 2010 11:19 AM (Chg7a)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 11:19 AM (BKOsZ)
horrific
And I'm guilty as a mutha for using this word. It's, well, horrific
actually, not sure if Al Gore's invention revived it but I hear it all the time and I'm cognizant to not use it myself.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 26, 2010 11:19 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:19 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: Jean at July 26, 2010 11:19 AM (bXHdf)
+1
Posted by: Public Service Message at July 26, 2010 03:12 PM (IhHdM)
Word!
I'm sick of seeing "This" as a one word agreement.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 26, 2010 11:19 AM (yErAU)
RE ("in reference to") "et cetera", here's a common Internet mistake: abbreviating et cetera as "ect" rather than "etc".
/I've made that mistake several times. Double dumbass on me.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 26, 2010 11:20 AM (9hSKh)
LOL- my dad used to say it all the time too and I never understood it either
Jesus- that had to be horrible english. Someone dissect that and tell me where I went wrong.
Posted by: jewells at July 26, 2010 11:20 AM (l/N7H)
as an avid history reader, no one uses the word "save" to mean "except for" anymore.
I think Trig is Palin's alien baby, save for the fact I have no real evidence.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 03:13 PM (wuv1c)
One of my grandfather's favorite expressions was, "Fuck 'em all, save six for pallbearers."
Another was, "He can kiss my ass at 14th and Broadway."
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 11:20 AM (7AOgy)
I'm up in here speaking truth to power that the planet needs healing and so I'm getting my protest on by stealing these sneakers from the man, you understand.
Posted by: Lovefest Trampleman at July 26, 2010 11:20 AM (Oxen1)
Posted by: toby928 at July 26, 2010 11:21 AM (8/oOq)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2010 11:21 AM (/0IOT)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:21 AM (p302b)
Remember when CAPT KIRK said "Double dumbass on you!" to the punk on the bus?
yeah, it never caught on.
Posted by: spurwing plover's first acolyte at July 26, 2010 11:22 AM (uFokq)
one i love to use "betwixt"
Yes!
Only bc it reminds me of Twix. Ummm, Twix....
funny you mention that, i've had people ask me why i was talking about a candy bar.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:22 AM (wuv1c)
There are really only two things that can be "impacted": Molars and colons. That's it.
Your situation, your department, your state, your income, your self... these things cannot be "impacted," so stopfucking saying that.
Posted by: G$ at July 26, 2010 11:22 AM (gw5/2)
Posted by: an old fucking moron at July 26, 2010 11:22 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at July 26, 2010 11:22 AM (xO+6C)
Posted by: Dunkirk at July 26, 2010 11:22 AM (kbHJ6)
Egad? By Jove ! The words you noted are upper class affectations which are sometimes used by middle class posers in GB. Real Limeys don't use them.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, flunky for StratCom Signal Corps guys at July 26, 2010 11:23 AM (JrRME)
Blank stares are the best outcome when you suggest that first, someone will blow you.
Posted by: toby928 at July 26, 2010 02:52 PM (8/oOq)
I've actually caught myself saying "put me some fuckin' knowledge" in an IRL conversation more than once. But I'm promising myself I will use "but first you will blow me" before the week is out, preferably in a conversation with a coworker.
Oh, and I partly blame James Lileks for resurecting many of these colloquial/archaic words.
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 11:23 AM (IoUF1)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:24 AM (p302b)
The old radio talker JERRY WIILIAMS up here on 680 WRKO used to use the word balance to indicate remaining, as in "we'll discuss this topic for the balance of the show."
Posted by: spurwing plover's first acolyte at July 26, 2010 11:24 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: harleycowboy at July 26, 2010 11:25 AM (oAwg8)
I'm tired of the young people now being so lazy and saying or typing 'WTF?'. In the good old days, we always said or typed 'What The Fuck?'
Oh hell, now they actually say WTF. My daughter did it the other day.
Posted by: jewells at July 26, 2010 11:25 AM (l/N7H)
WTH r u talkin' 'bout, ol man?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 26, 2010 11:25 AM (9hSKh)
"114 I hate "factoid" used in the place of "fact." I think American Spectator started using "factoid" years ago to refer to an unsubstantiated assertion accepted as fact. That's a perfectly sensible and funny expression, but now I see "factoid" used instead of "fact," which makes no sense."
I thought factoids were sort of baby facts or fun facts. Trivial as opposed to serious facts.
Posted by: dczombie at July 26, 2010 11:25 AM (nF4Jh)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 11:25 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 11:25 AM (VW9/y)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, flunky for StratCom Signal Corps guys at July 26, 2010 11:25 AM (JrRME)
I was pretty happy when the election ended.
Then we'd never have to heard about the g'damn metrics again....
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 26, 2010 11:26 AM (pLTLS)
"utilize" (means exactly the same as "use")
"defenestrate" (too term-paper-ish)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2010 11:26 AM (Ps41e)
My grandfather always said Ah,shit and two is eight.Never understood that one.
LOL- my dad used to say it all the time too and I never understood it either.
Posted by: jewells at July 26, 2010 03:18 PM (l/N7H)
It was probably originally a variant of "Pardon my French" -- someone who inadvertently says "shit" in the wrong setting might seek to cover quickly by pretending he said "six," as in "six and two is eight." The obverse is also possible: someone wanting to say "shit" in the wrong setting might seek to disguise it as "six."
There were several novelty songs in the 1920s that hinted at or disguised "naughty" words: "She has freckles on her but she is nice," "Everybody wants to kiss my Fanny," "Our baby fell into a barrel of sh--aving cream! Be nice and clean! Shave every day and you'll always look keen!"
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 11:26 AM (7AOgy)
277 Fuck you.
Posted by: Lord Humongous, Ruler of the Wasteland
Have at you!
Posted by: toby928
I have you in my eye, sir!
Posted by: Lord Humongous, Ruler of the Wasteland at July 26, 2010 11:27 AM (Chg7a)
I couldn't care less if I tried.
I prefer the "I couldn't..." form but I noticed the "could care" form started on TV in the '80s that bothered me greatly because I had never ever heard or read it in Canada, with cross-border American television and books, or with British TV shows or books and then it just started popping up on American TV.
Is it a California-ism that came into general use replacing the standard NE English of "I couldn't"?
Posted by: andycanuck at July 26, 2010 11:27 AM (7b1Uc)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 11:27 AM (BKOsZ)
teh
It was funny the first 3838503583759385739 time it was used. Time to retire it.
whenever i type it you should chalk it up to a mistype, not an attempt to be intentionally cute.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:27 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at July 26, 2010 11:28 AM (xO+6C)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 11:28 AM (BKOsZ)
Posted by: jeannie at July 26, 2010 11:28 AM (GdalM)
You've dealt with Nokia customer service too.
Posted by: Unruly Human at July 26, 2010 11:28 AM (L7ZMv)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:28 AM (p302b)
Posted by: Berserker at July 26, 2010 11:28 AM (gWHrG)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 11:29 AM (lLS3Y)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 11:29 AM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Wodeshed at July 26, 2010 02:48 PM (MFbfZ)
True, though the sound of "g" in French is more of a "zh".
"Lon-ja-RAY" and "arm-WAH" fall into the same category. (Real French people pronounce lingerie as "lah(n)-ZHREE", where the "a" sound has the same nasal quality as in Bugs Bunny's "Aaaah, what's up, Doc?" and the "n" is barely pronounced. I think the fight against the affected pronunciation of "lon-ja-RAY" is hopeless, but we may yet save the final r in armoire ("arm-WAHR").
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 26, 2010 11:29 AM (NGf/6)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 03:27 PM (BKOsZ)
What's your frakking point?
Posted by: Starbuck ( not the coffee ) at July 26, 2010 11:29 AM (JrRME)
AFAIK it's an African-American-ism (mostly amongst females), although it looks like gays picked it up pretty early on too.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2010 11:29 AM (p05LM)
That crap does make me want to smack a bitch.
Okay - resurrected words: Peter Bowler wrote a few books under the "Superior Person's" aegis, i.e. if you search for "Superior Person's Book of Words" (without quotes) you'll find them, the titles vary.
He focuses on archaic words, sesquipedalian words (i.e. foot-and-a-half long words), and so forth.
You can call someone a remiped (paddle-like feet, i.e. flatfoot).
He specialized in the "insult concealed" (how many people know that "fabiform" means "bean-shaped") or the "insult apparent" ("interbastation" means "quilting").
He was one of the early ones to bring back "defenestration" (to throw someone out through a window), noting that it was actually a form of execution in the French Revolution.
Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at July 26, 2010 11:29 AM (bxiXv)
I don't mind new slang like this, but people go overboard with it.
Posted by: sandy burger at July 26, 2010 11:29 AM (Pson9)
The 2 words I hear Brits say that make me cringe is poppycock and bollocks. Not hearing those 2 words in every day American life should be on the long list of why the revolution was worth it.
bollocks you shazzwogger
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:29 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: jeannie at July 26, 2010 11:30 AM (GdalM)
Posted by: jewells at July 26, 2010 11:30 AM (l/N7H)
Remember when grown men could walk up to each other and slap each other with a glove and then say, "I demand satisfaction!", and not mean that he wants to be boned in the arse by the other dood?
Posted by: spurwing plover's first acolyte at July 26, 2010 11:30 AM (uFokq)
I like "WTF?" and "effing" since you can use them in polite company and not get called out for using profanity. It's just implied profanity, which doesn't effing count at all.
Posted by: Dang at July 26, 2010 11:30 AM (Chg7a)
Misused words: effect vs affect.
Posted by: soulpile at July 26, 2010 03:28 PM (gH+Hj)
shit vs shiite?
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent - not a wordsmith at July 26, 2010 11:31 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:31 AM (p302b)
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 11:31 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 11:31 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Cicero at July 26, 2010 11:32 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 26, 2010 03:27 PM (7b1Uc)
It's an actual figure of speech of a type that people use commonly. It's called "anaphrasis," where you use a word or phrase in the opposite sense of its meaning.
"I could care less."
"That Andi Sullivan is a manly man, isn't he?"
"I wonder how Obama will react on the view to that sultry temptress Joy Behar and that intellectual giant Whoopi Goldberg."
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 11:32 AM (7AOgy)
Oh hell, now they actually say WTF. My daughter did it the other day.
Posted by: jewells at July 26, 2010 03:25 PM (l/N7H)
Yep, and it's also vocalized as "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over?", with the "over" being optional.
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 26, 2010 11:32 AM (NGf/6)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 11:32 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 03:29 PM (wuv1c)
I don't know, but I sure hope taint is...
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent - not a wordsmith at July 26, 2010 11:32 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 11:33 AM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Cicero at July 26, 2010 03:32 PM (QKKT0)
Yes, but the former will get through a firewall.
I know whereof I speak.
("Whereof" might be another candidate, now that I think about it.)
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 26, 2010 11:33 AM (NGf/6)
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at July 26, 2010 11:34 AM (gh1bX)
Posted by: Berserker at July 26, 2010 03:28 PM (gWHrG)
"Ballocks" is working class slang used often by middle class people in GB. Never heard anyone say 'poppycock'
Britain is much more of a class-based society than here. You can tell the class by whether it's football, rugby, or cricket
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, noticing Brits everywhere at July 26, 2010 11:34 AM (JrRME)
I hate new words that are commonly created by gay interior designer like fantabulous
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:34 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: I Can Haz Cheezsteak at July 26, 2010 11:34 AM (FcKXR)
The guy who announces Formula One.
Wouldn't be surprised, it starts popping up at the dragstrip, along with Oh Dear, and Oh my.
Posted by: franksalterego at July 26, 2010 11:35 AM (+6fgE)
Yes, meme implies oft-repeated phrase.
Oh, you mean cliché.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2010 11:35 AM (P9+0W)
English is the slut of languages.
Maybe, but there are a couple of languages where the person talking sounds like they're trying to cough up a big logey.
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent - not a wordsmith at July 26, 2010 11:35 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:36 AM (p302b)
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 26, 2010 11:36 AM (NGf/6)
Oh ... that wasn't the internet that brought "wee wee" out of the playpen and into the realm of public discourse at our highest levels, but the Great Stuttering Orator who graced English with this addition. Silly me.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 11:36 AM (Qp4DT)
"defenestrate" (too term-paper-ish)
Posted by: chemjeff"
I hate "utilize" - it's almost always some idiot in nonprofit world trying to puff up the importance of their writing - and I change it where I can. Schools are the worst - and, inevitably, the writer can't tell the difference between "lay" and "lie", with predictably hilarious results.
But I like "defenestrate." It's economical, in comparison to "assassinate by throwing out a high window (preferably one without a nice, soft dungheap beneath it)."
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 11:36 AM (qrFCz)
"Off the hook"is another one.I only say that when I lose a lunker close to the boat.Along with a few other choice words.
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 11:36 AM (lLS3Y)
Posted by: Hedgehog at July 26, 2010 11:37 AM (Vm12g)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 26, 2010 11:37 AM (CPdUf)
Yes, meme implies oft-repeated phrase.
That is the job of "theme", which is almost always the correct word to use when people pull out the "meme" annoyance.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 11:37 AM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent - not a wordsmith at July 26, 2010 11:38 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: gus_webster at July 26, 2010 11:38 AM (Vqruj)
344I hate new words that are commonly created by gay interior designer like fantabulous Posted by: Ben
Fucktastic was used in 17th century England. Pretty sure.
Posted by: That guy in the ascot and no socks at July 26, 2010 11:38 AM (Chg7a)
Pikey is my favorite language.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 03:37 PM (wuv1c)
OY !! Careful there !
Posted by: Turkish and Johnny Boy at July 26, 2010 11:38 AM (JrRME)
Ace occasionally uses chillaxin.
But I think he uses it to mock rather than because its part of his lexicon.
Posted by: spurwing plover's first acolyte at July 26, 2010 11:38 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: Jean at July 26, 2010 11:39 AM (XpQZ+)
290 Nethers is making a come back.
Tell me you weren't thinking of this.....
Kaylee: Goin' on a year now I ain't had nothin' betwixt my nethers weren't run on batteries!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2010 11:39 AM (P9+0W)
Not exactly. There is a difference between "use" and "utility". "Use" is more neutral, whereas "utility" implies a sort of advantage in a specific use.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 11:41 AM (Qp4DT)
My pet peeve is people having pet peeves. And people who use words on blogs, like all you'se morons.
Chew the words. Spit them out the way you want. Either way it'll come across as "revolution talk."
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 11:41 AM (9b6FB)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 11:41 AM (VXBR1)
intensities in tent cisties. -- Nice fail.
I want to bring back "odds bodkins" and "vespers"...........
And "vapors", like what women used to get.
Posted by: eleven at July 26, 2010 11:41 AM (7DB+a)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 03:36 PM (p302b)
You don't have to call be darlin', darlin'.
Posted by: David Allen Coe at July 26, 2010 11:42 AM (YVZlY)
347 Nope, "cliche" has a more grass roots, democratically decided upon conotation; while "meme" is more of a totalitarian inspired, top-bottom talking point.
Ya dig?
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 11:42 AM (5/yRG)
That management phrase makes me want to stab snooty suits with a spork.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2010 11:42 AM (P9+0W)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 11:42 AM (VW9/y)
'Unlocking' cell phones to switch carriers also made legal..."
from drudge
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 11:43 AM (p302b)
Former co-workers once decided that "emergency" would no longer work as an adjective and so started talking about "emergent changes," i.e., ones that needed to be made immediately.
I wouldn't recommend asking someone for an "emergent phone number" when you want a number to be used in an emergency.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 11:43 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Sweetsrender at July 26, 2010 11:44 AM (rVDlM)
When I was in highschool, i had a friend who was got really really drunk at a party and went outside to lay down on a lawn chair. I went out to check on him every hour or so. one of the times I opened the sliding glass door and asked how he was doing. He said, "I'm just marininating, man."
I've been using that ever since.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 11:44 AM (wuv1c)
Ace occasionally uses chillaxin.
But I think he uses it to mock rather than because its part of his lexicon.
Posted by: spurwing plover's first acolyte at July 26, 2010 03:38 PM (uFokq)
Oh, sure, you had to go and drop the word 'lexicon' on us.
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at July 26, 2010 11:45 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 11:45 AM (lLS3Y)
Bollocks, you wankin' cunts! There are all kinds of great unused Britisms that could make a comeback.
I like the word JACKANAPE. Sounds good as a non-curse.
Can someone please tell their children that post on YouTube that it is LIP SYNCH not LIP SING? Annoys the hell out of me.
I've always used hence, betwixt, heretofore, whence, etc. I think it depends on whether you read a lot, or not.
Posted by: di butler, maker of bad decisions at July 26, 2010 11:45 AM (8TRAy)
intensities in tent cisties. -- Nice fail.
I want to bring back "odds bodkins" and "vespers"...........
And "vapors", like what women used to get.
Posted by: eleven at July 26, 2010 03:41 PM (7DB+a)
eh...thanks, I was hoping no one would notice.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 26, 2010 11:45 AM (pr+up)
When you get to be an old fart like me you will have seen it turn over many many times.
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 11:45 AM (/jbAw)
That could be, but some years ago in my job I had to converse often with an English girl, and one day she confided to me that my southern American accent made her knees bang together. I never got across the pond though.....
That's interesting - Americans warmening at hearing Brits speak and vice versa. Could be Mother Nature's way of diversifying the gene pool.
Posted by: kallisto at July 26, 2010 11:45 AM (+FkcS)
A word that should never be used. Ever.
In fact, I think we should create a Doc Brown time machine to track down the person that first said it. I'll bring the shovel but someone else has to do the heavy lifting.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 26, 2010 11:46 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 11:46 AM (sINKF)
Some of us work in engineering and that particular word is very important to stuff you don't want to see fly apart.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 11:46 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: John at July 26, 2010 11:46 AM (C3t/D)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 11:46 AM (VXBR1)
but the whole LUH-BORE-UH-TORY and AL-U-MIN-EEE-UM just don't work for me
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who has lived in England at July 26, 2010 11:47 AM (JrRME)
Posted by: Truman North at July 26, 2010 11:47 AM (e8YaH)
Posted by: davidt at July 26, 2010 11:47 AM (HtIec)
Posted by: toby928 at July 26, 2010 11:48 AM (8/oOq)
Americans overusing British slang or speaking with a false British accent.
Posted by: Beppo at July 26, 2010 11:48 AM (Iixgl)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 11:48 AM (RD7QR)
I like the word JACKANAPE
you spelled it wrong, but it's cool.
The last time I heard jackinapes was while watching the old Doctor Who, Jon Pertwee, insult somebody.
Posted by: 1970 Ford Fuck You 500 at July 26, 2010 11:48 AM (uFokq)
I own meatstick, but y'all can use it.
Posted by: 1970 Ford Fuck You 500 at July 26, 2010 03:44 PM (uFokq)
I own hermaphrodyte, but you can use it...
Posted by: Lady Gaga at July 26, 2010 11:48 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 11:49 AM (VW9/y)
Excoriate. I don't think Hannity knows another word for criticize. It's got some punch if it doesn't get over used. Maybe it's just fun to say on the radio.
Hannity looks like the second lead in a Rosalind Russell movie. Maybe it's just a word he remembers from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Posted by: kallisto at July 26, 2010 11:49 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: Penn State Marine at July 26, 2010 11:49 AM (W7im9)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 26, 2010 11:49 AM (mQ8O/)
Oops. That was the MFM, not the internet. Never mind. ... unless we get some JournoList pieces stretching back that far ... It would be neat to hear the editorial sessions when the MFM decided that the utterance "macaca" was a slur of the worst kind.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 11:49 AM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2010 11:50 AM (Ps41e)
I know, but I believe this is the first "Civilian Nat'l Service" and "18-42 years of age" bill. Sounds like something for the lame duck session.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 26, 2010 11:50 AM (5aa4z)
Andrew Breitbart Charlie Rangel wants us to go back to slavery!!! : http://tinyurl.com/2fdnuyu
Discriminatory as applied.
Sec. 107(b)(2) exempts anyone for hardship due to mental disability.
So they want only conservatives to serve in their universal bootlicking regime?
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 26, 2010 11:50 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: matt at July 26, 2010 11:51 AM (fTKvW)
That management phrase makes me want to stab snooty suits with a spork.
At some point maybe a decade or so ago, some MBA discovered that lawyers had for centuries been making up their own language in lieu of standard English to sound intelligent and necessary.
He decided to try it, and it stuck.
Now we must all make the development of core competencies an action item, so that we can leverage synergies in order to maximize deliverables and minimize pushback. Low-hanging fruit! Low-hanging fruit! Best practices! Best practices! Squawk!
Posted by: Peter.North at July 26, 2010 11:51 AM (gQLr2)
Posted by: YaHump at July 26, 2010 11:51 AM (7fJhn)
Posted by: Penn State Marine at July 26, 2010 11:51 AM (W7im9)
Perhaps. The problem is when these words get used in wholly inappropriate ways (meme, factoid, etc), and then their improper context gets circulated around to everyone via the Internet, spreading like herpes. Nearly impossible to get rid of their wrong use then, such as with most STDs. Apt analogy, eh?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 26, 2010 11:53 AM (9hSKh)
I would like to bring back the word "splendid!" Much better than the way overused and "Excellent."
E.g., I took a splendid poop this morning.
Posted by: jeannie at July 26, 2010 11:53 AM (GdalM)
Posted by: 1970 Ford Fuck You 500 at July 26, 2010 03:44 PM (uFokq)
I own hermaphrodyte, but you can use it...
Posted by: Lady Gaga at July 26, 2010 03:48 PM (YVZlY)
Waaaay ahead of you both.
Posted by: Jamie Lee Curtis at July 26, 2010 11:53 AM (P9+0W)
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 03:50 PM (wuv1c)
Yes. Opinions tend to get inflamed by such idiosyncracies.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 11:53 AM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: soulpile at July 26, 2010 03:18 PM (gH+Hj)
The former! :-)
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 26, 2010 11:53 AM (JYxmy)
Posted by: cool breeze at July 26, 2010 11:54 AM (hdCWG)
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at July 26, 2010 11:54 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Penn State Marine at July 26, 2010 11:54 AM (W7im9)
Ok, since this thread has evolved to "words I don't like"...
PANTIES
That word has always bothered the crap out me; gives me chills -- like fingernails on a chalkboard. It's bad when women use it, and God help you if you are a man and talking to me (I don't want to hear men talking about "panties" to me, just because).
We need to get rid of that word imho.
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 11:54 AM (5/yRG)
"meme" implies self-viral. By itself it doesn't have any kind of "disinformation" or "top-down campaign" sense. Especially since a lot of memes are accidents - some hippy posts a double-rainbow YouTube video, someone emails it to 10 friends, the 10 friends email it to 10 friends, and 3 hours after Allah finds out about it there's a post on AoSHQ.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2010 11:55 AM (p05LM)
Let me think, the last time we used the draft was, oh that's right, Viet Nam. So how did conscription work for us then Charlie? The people loved it, and morale and force readiness was spectacular right?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 11:55 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Sharkman at July 26, 2010 11:55 AM (Zj8fM)
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (/jbAw)
There used to be a commenter here called "max" and he used to love using the words quisling and gollum when talking about the press.
Posted by: 1970 Ford Fuck You 500 at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (uFokq)
Putrid is a perfect word. Says so very much in a teeny tiny word.
I was on a 'rank' kick a few years ago. There was an intervention. I'm much better, now.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (pLTLS)
That's why I use "u-trou" or "fart-filter". Because I'm a giver.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (5aa4z)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (VW9/y)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (RD7QR)
Low-hanging fruit!
Wow, despite leaving a certain company in 2002, I really do still twitch at the sight/sound of that phrase.
Words I'd like to hear less of this afternoon: "severe thunderstorm" and "hail".
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (VXBR1)
beleaguered
disappointed
mix-up
disastrous
hapless
enormous
threatens
leaks <-- govt orgs to newpapers
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (sINKF)
Two of my favorite words, Hilary Rhoda
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 03:51 PM (v1gw3)
Ah...I see what you did there. Kinda like http://tinyurl.com/2dzkpfl
Posted by: dananjcon at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (pr+up)
Posted by: Hillary "watch me waddle" Clinton at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (YVZlY)
Tally-ho old Chap. I believe "comrpehensive" is much adieu about nothing.
Let's take comprehensive immigration reform.
Let those chaps stay, give the blokes amnesty and Bob's your Uncle.
Posted by: gus_webster at July 26, 2010 11:56 AM (Vqruj)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 11:57 AM (0q2P7)
I'd send you an award for this response, but can't be arsed to do it. Besides, I don't have the spondulix to pay for it....
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 11:57 AM (Ulu3i)
Hey, my mom uses that word occasionally!
Anyway, you don't need to implicate anybody else from this time in your sordid plot. Just go back to 1955, break into some hapless teenager's room wearing a radiation suit, and tell them that they have to help you or else Darth Vader will come from the planet Vulcan and melt their brain.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 26, 2010 11:57 AM (9hSKh)
I'm the office motivational speaker.
"Knock that fucking grab-ass bullshit off or you're canned like fucking tuna!"
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 26, 2010 11:57 AM (5aa4z)
Posted by: ravenshrike at July 26, 2010 11:57 AM (C63A/)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 03:29 PM (lLS3Y)
A revival of, "Shut up, before I give you something to REALLY cry about!" would work wonders; won't happen, though.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 11:58 AM (HmCnI)
Posted by: Michelle at July 26, 2010 11:58 AM (YVZlY)
So "Worf" is still OK?
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 26, 2010 11:59 AM (mQ8O/)
Posted by: Penn State Marine at July 26, 2010 11:59 AM (W7im9)
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 11:59 AM (5/yRG)
That would be "cocksucker" Ace.
Here all day, my Chakra is still burning hot!
Posted by: Al, the sex poodle at July 26, 2010 11:59 AM (2+9Yx)
Bollocks, you wankin' cunts! There are all kinds of great unused Britisms that could make a comeback.
No. Let the Brits have their curse words- Americans who use bollocks, wanker, whinge, etc always sound like douches.
Except for "bloody hell", only because I like that one.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 12:00 PM (plsiE)
Posted by: creepy guy in the hotel lobby at July 26, 2010 03:31 PM
(JrRME)
Eh, bonjour, Monsieur le mec pervers! (Hey, hello, Mr. Creepy Guy!)
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 26, 2010 12:00 PM (JYxmy)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 03:55 PM (0q2P7)
Well, actually most of those who served in Vietnam (c.2/3rds) were volunteers and most of those who served in World War Two were draftee's.
Posted by: Sharrukin at July 26, 2010 12:00 PM (eYgrz)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 12:00 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: guy starting a totally different meme at July 26, 2010 12:00 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 12:00 PM (Q1lie)
Posted by: Cicero at July 26, 2010 12:00 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 12:01 PM (VXBR1)
1. turd-knocker
2. fart-blossom
3. shit-ass
4. bumpkin
5. piss-ant
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 12:01 PM (/jbAw)
Uh....
Posted by: der Morgenholz Kinder at July 26, 2010 12:02 PM (5aa4z)
Well, trying to revive bushwa in a another thread hear, we'll see how that goes.
One I see a lot? irregardless. I find that rather annoying, since irregardless is not a word. Regardless is a word, irregardless is not. I never mention it however, as I have no desire to become an irritating grammer Nazi.
Personal favorite: Asshat. Such lovely visual.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 26, 2010 12:02 PM (e8T35)
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 03:52 PM (/jbAw)
The one I use since then is "loathsome."
Posted by: real joe at July 26, 2010 12:02 PM (IpIBJ)
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 12:02 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Guy who says panties at July 26, 2010 12:02 PM (Q1lie)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2010 12:03 PM (/0IOT)
We need to get rid of that word imho.
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 03:54 PM (5/yRG)
Fine, as long as you don't start calling them "lon-zha-RAY"!!! :-P
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 26, 2010 12:03 PM (JYxmy)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 12:03 PM (BKOsZ)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 12:03 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 12:03 PM (VW9/y)
Or so I've heard. From Herr, I think.
EVERYTHING'S a good argument when you've blown a .20.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 26, 2010 12:03 PM (5aa4z)
hmm...
panties-esque?
well, i guess that would be called a thong
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2010 12:04 PM (Ps41e)
Oh, and that's here.. rather than hear.. and a perfect example of why I don't go for the grammer Nazi schtick, it will always come back and bite you in the ass.
Hmmm.. I wonder, does schtick count?
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 26, 2010 12:04 PM (e8T35)
Posted by: Penn State Marine at July 26, 2010 12:04 PM (W7im9)
I've about had it with Katelynn, Kay-lee, Kay-tee, Kay-tee-lee and the like.
Posted by: jeannie at July 26, 2010 12:04 PM (GdalM)
Words are powerful motivators, and visuals also have similar purposes. I could go without viewing those vaginal/cooter spray commercials, and also that crazy Mayflower giant girl puppet advertisement.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 12:04 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 03:36 PM (p302b)
... you never even called me by my name!
Posted by: David Allen Coe at July 26, 2010 12:05 PM (7GfKM)
What a bunch of quisquilian.
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 12:05 PM (9b6FB)
No offense, but an NSFW tag would be nice for links like that.
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 04:00 PM (RD7QR)
None taken, U R rite, all apologies...my bad.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 26, 2010 12:05 PM (pr+up)
Posted by: daffy duck at July 26, 2010 12:05 PM (7b1Uc)
Posted by: .20 at July 26, 2010 12:05 PM (/0IOT)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 12:05 PM (plsiE)
Well, actually most of those who
served in Vietnam (c.2/3rds) were volunteers and most of those who
served in World War Two were draftee's.
Posted by: Sharrukin at July 26, 2010 04:00 PM (eYgrz)
yes, but you could volunteer for the draft , and many volunteers only volunteered because they wuz gonna be drafted and signing up meant a better chance at a better ( REMF ) MOS
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who has lived in England at July 26, 2010 12:06 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 12:06 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: lindsay lohan saying enough already bitches at July 26, 2010 12:06 PM (pLTLS)
Posted by: Kemp at July 26, 2010 12:06 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 12:06 PM (BKOsZ)
Posted by: .20 at July 26, 2010 04:05 PM (/0IOT)
Beautiful.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 26, 2010 12:07 PM (5aa4z)
Posted by: little gidding at July 26, 2010 12:07 PM (x82i5)
I also hate "my bad." Learn to apologize and do it properly. None of this, "if I offended anyone, I am sorry" non-apology bullshit.
Posted by: huerfano at July 26, 2010 12:07 PM (NmcJ6)
"Shut up, before I give you something to REALLY cry about!"
Uh, that went out of style? That's like an air raid siren for my kids.
That or "you don't stop, I'm going to kick/whip your ass directly, got it?", usually with their full name being mentioned.
Still ignoring those who would torment me...really? listen to that damn word? It's just grating. You know who likes words like that? People who like sister sex and Maya Angelou poetry...at the same time!
That's who likes a word like that.
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 12:07 PM (5/yRG)
I blame Snagglepuss.
Maybe I should stop watching Cartoon Network all the time.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 12:07 PM (iYbLN)
morning constitutional
Ive been using that for years. Never knew it was British.
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 12:07 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 12:08 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Guy who says panties at July 26, 2010 12:08 PM (Q1lie)
We need to 'step out of the box', but first you will blow me!
Posted by: Mel teaching a Management Training Course at July 26, 2010 12:08 PM (YVZlY)
Wonder how they remember today?
Posted by: Wodeshed at July 26, 2010 04:04 PM (MFbfZ)
It's been changed to MMIP: Many Muzzies in Paris
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who will always have Paris at July 26, 2010 12:08 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 12:08 PM (BKOsZ)
So I left off the "nugaments." Isn't "nugaments" obvious when you say "quisquilian?"
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 12:09 PM (9b6FB)
My pet peeve is using "to" instead of "about", as in, "I'll speak to that issue in a moment."
Posted by: sandy burger at July 26, 2010 12:09 PM (Pson9)
morning constitutional
Ive been using that for years. Never knew it was British.
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 04:07 PM (/jbAw)
I updated that to my 'morning Obama'
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent - making statues of Obama on a daily basis at July 26, 2010 12:09 PM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 12:10 PM (plsiE)
Anyone who uses this word in a business meeting should be forced to jump off the building.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 12:10 PM (iYbLN)
This whole thread inspired me to go get my copy of the devil's dictionary from one of my favorite authors.
Here are a few gems.
NON-COMBATANT, n. A dead Quaker.
OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.
PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called "trousers" by the enlightened and "pants" by the unworthy.
PLEBISCITE, n. A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.
PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were settled by physical contact of the disputants, with such simple arguments as the rudimentary logic of the times could supply — the sword, the spear, and so forth. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous. Its capital defect is that it requires personal attendance at the point of propulsion.
PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom — and of whom only — it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 12:10 PM (wuv1c)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 12:10 PM (sINKF)
500+ and no "Not so much." or "Just sayin'"?
Yes, I am OT here onto new expressions, not rescued ones. So sue me.
Posted by: sherlock at July 26, 2010 12:10 PM (N7uu0)
Posted by: Penn State Marine at July 26, 2010 12:10 PM (W7im9)
yes, but you could volunteer for
the draft , and many volunteers only volunteered because they wuz gonna
be drafted and signing up meant a better chance at a better ( REMF )
MOS
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who has lived in England at July 26, 2010 04:06 PM (JrRME)
Sure that's true, but the idea that draftee's mean lost wars just isn't credible. The Waffen SS were bastards, but they knew how to fight. They were also about c.2/3 rds draftee's close to what the US army in Vietnam had. Other factors were at work in Vietnam that led to defeat.
Posted by: Sharrukin at July 26, 2010 12:11 PM (eYgrz)
Ace singlehandedly revived golem and homunculus.
Posted by: toby928 at July 26, 2010 12:11 PM (8/oOq)
Posted by: Kemp at July 26, 2010 12:11 PM (2+9Yx)
Now you're up to, what, like 150?
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 12:11 PM (9b6FB)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 12:12 PM (UOM48)
Hmmm.. I wonder, does schtick count?
Methinks "schtick" is a better word for what we call "memes" around here.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 12:13 PM (XdlcF)
Sure I'll concede, conscription worked really well in this country when we had a spine. From 1960 on, just the idea of conscription to shore up numbers in the armed forces for conflict has been an anathema to actually waging any sort of war. Not that I'm against it per se, but right now, with our current societal makeup, it could only be effective as a last resort. Irregardless, I don't think Rangelscription® is the way for us to find a spine again as a nation, I think it is a way to wholesale indoctrinate drones in the non-military legs of the program.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 12:13 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who will always have Clapham Common at July 26, 2010 12:13 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 12:13 PM (IoUF1)
Posted by: huerfano at July 26, 2010 12:13 PM (NmcJ6)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 12:14 PM (lLS3Y)
'Jagoff' is a classic making a well-deserved comeback.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at July 26, 2010 12:14 PM (ERJIu)
514 Hey...no problem (or worries). I don't much care for that one either -- because I don't believe in the concept of lingerie.
Knickers is fine -- I like "knickers". Underwear is nice and practical; skivvies even.
No more p-word.
And "cocksucker" needs to make a comeback, but only if you are adept at using it well. People who can't cuss effectively should not be allowed to use it.
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 12:14 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 12:14 PM (BKOsZ)
Me: What for?
Mom: I'll give you what for. Go clean your room.
What the hell does that mean? Are you going to say what for or not?
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 12:14 PM (Q1lie)
"And away we go!"
-Jackie Gleason
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 04:10 PM (v1gw3)
"poll-lop-onies"
Posted by: dananjcon at July 26, 2010 12:14 PM (pr+up)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 26, 2010 12:15 PM (1Jaio)
Make sure douchedrool gets in the queue, too.
Posted by: Douchedrool Cup at July 26, 2010 12:15 PM (7GfKM)
morning constitutional
Ive been using that for years. Never knew it was British.
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 04:07 PM (/jbAw)
In which context do you use it?Posted by: Ed Anger at July 26, 2010 12:16 PM (7+pP9)
In a fag named Cisco....
Posted by: Tawny Bennet at July 26, 2010 04:12 PM (MFbfZ)
You should see someone about That.....
Forestville is over 60 miles safely away from San Francisco
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who will always have Clapham Common at July 26, 2010 12:16 PM (JrRME)
If I knew what and where Shinola was at the time it might have made sense.
Old brand of shoe polish. Hence the awkwardness implied of mixing up the two items.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at July 26, 2010 12:16 PM (ERJIu)
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent - making statues of Obama on a daily basis at July 26, 2010 12:16 PM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Arbalest at July 26, 2010 12:16 PM (BqSr3)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 12:17 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 12:17 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 04:13 PM (0q2P7)
That I agree with. I trust little that any Democrat has to say.
I do think that we need to start asking more from citizens than to go shopping. People tend to live up to the expectations of them... and they also tend to live down to them as well.
Posted by: Sharrukin at July 26, 2010 12:17 PM (eYgrz)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 12:17 PM (VXBR1)
What kind of a British faggot calls a car hood a bonnet?
A bonnet is what Barney Frank wears picking daisies.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 12:18 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 12:18 PM (p302b)
Hey you talking about me?
Posted by: Cincinnati steamer at July 26, 2010 04:15 PM (2+9Yx)
No, I'm pretty sure they were talking about me.
Posted by: Cleveland Steamer at July 26, 2010 12:18 PM (YVZlY)
So you won't be attending the "Anatomy of a Murder" retrospective?
Posted by: Otto Preminger at July 26, 2010 12:18 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 12:18 PM (lLS3Y)
#425-I just used the Merriam / Webster spelling of jackanape.
I love the words "loathe" "vapours" and dammit, I've been saying "methinks" for 30 yrs....maybe I can replace it, but not the others.
I am also a big fan of hybrid or made up words, such as Crassmas, jeggings, shiteous, ginormous, etc. I kinda liked Bush's misunderestimated, and Palin's refudiate. Often these words so permeate the lexicon they wind up in the dictionary. I imagine that's how we got most of the words we have now, so MOAR. (I hate that, BTW).
Posted by: di butler, maker of bad decisions at July 26, 2010 12:18 PM (8TRAy)
Defenestration
Love that word plus the concept seems to have increasing potential applicability to our ruling class.
I use it willy-nilly.
Posted by: Whitehall at July 26, 2010 12:19 PM (FmPSC)
I will never stop using broad. Every woman should be a broad.
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 12:19 PM (Q1lie)
I hesitate writing this because there are delicate times when one doesn't know what to say, but...
our hearts and thoughts are with you
is pretty much useless and glib
Posted by: 1970 Ford Fuck You 500 at July 26, 2010 12:19 PM (uFokq)
Momager: A teen actor or singer's manager who is also their mother
Sniff test: To test if an item of already worn clothing is suitable to wear out.
Ex with benefits: After a breakup of a couple, remain close friends, but still practice some form of physical closeness. Can occur any time after breakup.
Fame whore: An individual who is willing to do anything, regardless of how humiliating or demeaning, to achieve notoriety.
Etc.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 12:20 PM (sINKF)
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at July 26, 2010 12:20 PM (ERJIu)
Posted by: Penn State Marine at July 26, 2010 12:20 PM (W7im9)
My dad also never swore around us when we were little. If he got really angry, he'd say Confound it!
I've more than made up for their habits, I'm sorry to say. Dammit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 12:21 PM (UOM48)
Okay, so we know what it's about and not about, but what IS it?
Posted by: jeannie at July 26, 2010 12:21 PM (GdalM)
Posted by: Sharrukin at July 26, 2010 04:11 PM (eYgrz)
Timing is everytthing: The 'draftee' percentages for the Waffen-SS depend heavily on the year: They started out as all-volunteer ( and elite ), then just volunteer, then partly draftee, then mostly draftee ( and teenagers ) by the last year of the war.
There's also a difference by division, with the Liebstandarte remaining mostly volunteer to the Bitter End and the foreign units mostly draftee, with the other German units in between
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who will always have Clapham Common at July 26, 2010 12:21 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 12:21 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: Ronster at July 26, 2010 12:21 PM (nnNfA)
Posted by: Penn State Marine at July 26, 2010 12:21 PM (W7im9)
Now that's versatile diction.
Posted by: Thinking things over at July 26, 2010 12:22 PM (0nypS)
Morons rejoice over unforced coupling of 'partying with female lobbyists' and anything that sounds like 'boner'...
Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at July 26, 2010 12:22 PM (IkEhE)
I was reprimanded by a little league coach for referring to my 10-yr old as a pinhead. Thing is, I usually call him (and the rest of my kids) meathead. But knucklehead, blockhead, hammerhead, shizerhead and pinhead make their appearance form time to time
Posted by: Penn State Marine at July 26, 2010 04:20 PM (W7im9)"
Oh, but their poor little psyches....these poor children...they might actually begin to think they are stupid...sir you must cease and desist immediately or you will have to attend parenting classes.
Posted by: concerned liberal at July 26, 2010 12:22 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Guy who says panties at July 26, 2010 12:23 PM (Q1lie)
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 04:18 PM (v1gw3)
The same one who calls a car trunk a 'boot'. and spells 'tire' wrong......
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who will always have Clapham Common at July 26, 2010 12:23 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: Cleveland Steamer at July 26, 2010 12:24 PM (YVZlY)
My wife was horrified when she learned that my parents used to tell me "I'll rip off your arm and beat you with the bloody stump!"
I thought it was funny. We should bring that back.
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 04:03 PM (BKOsZ)
My parents (and grandparents) used to threaten to "ring my neck".I didn't know what "wring my neck" meant until I was a teenager.
Dad used to always tell me to "pleece" or "pleece up" my room when it got messy. So I would clean my room.
Even though I knew what KP was it took me years to figure out what he was saying.
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 26, 2010 12:24 PM (7+pP9)
The same one who calls a car trunk a 'boot'. and spells 'tire' wrong......
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who will always have Clapham Common at July 26, 2010 04:23 PM (JrRME)
On the way to the Gar-age.
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 12:25 PM (Q1lie)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 12:25 PM (lLS3Y)
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 12:25 PM (9b6FB)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 26, 2010 03:56 PM (pLTLS)
Ditto loathe
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 12:25 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at July 26, 2010 12:26 PM (8Nc4N)
"I feel your pain."
-Some liberal asshole The Chicken talking to The Pooch.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 04:21 PM (v1gw3)
FIFY.
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at July 26, 2010 12:26 PM (YVZlY)
Posted by: the chap who says knickers at July 26, 2010 12:26 PM (7b1Uc)
'Jagoff' is a classic making a well-deserved comeback.
that never left Pittsburgh. Yinz Jagoffs.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 12:26 PM (wuv1c)
How about a Bill Clinton favorite, using the word "grow" in the middle of a sentance when not refering to crops.
Grow the economy. grow sales, grow the business, are now common usage
Uncle Buck says: "Here on the farm I grow wheat, soybeans and corn. Also I raise hogs, I don't grow them."
In the middle of a sentance the word "growth" is the correct usage.
Posted by: Terry Phillips at July 26, 2010 12:26 PM (erlKo)
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 12:26 PM (9b6FB)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 12:27 PM (VXBR1)
Death threats are an invaluable tool. My favorite though is when the 16 year-old brat has a friend over. Then I can threaten to rip the friends arm off and beat the brat to death with it.
And who can forget "I'm going to rip off your head and shit down your neck?" I only use that with my nephews.
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 12:27 PM (LH6ir)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 12:28 PM (VW9/y)
"Out of pocket." What the fuck does that mean?
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 04:25 PM (LH6ir)"
I always thought it hearkened back to a time when people actually used cash and not checks and not debit cards and not credit cards and out of pocket meant, I thought, discretionary income. But, since we don't have discretionary income anymore, the phrase is archaic.
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 12:28 PM (p302b)
647 In the middle of a sentance the word "growth" is the correct usage.
What is that growth on your head, Timmy?
It's an evil, twin head.
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 12:28 PM (9b6FB)
There's also a difference by
division, with the Liebstandarte remaining mostly volunteer to the
Bitter End and the foreign units mostly draftee, with the other German
units in between
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who will always have Clapham Common at July 26, 2010 04:21 PM (JrRME)
Well, those foreign units were the ones largely defending Berlin when the end came. The divisions certainly changed during the war, but that was true in Vietnam as well. I think it has more to do with competant leadership and training. Volunteers have an advantage over draftee's, but not a decisive one.
Posted by: Sharrukin at July 26, 2010 12:28 PM (eYgrz)
610 No, as it would get my knickers in a twist.
Cutting to the chase: conscription would work if 1)old school basic; 2)conscripts out in front;3)be serious about punishing desertion
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 12:29 PM (5/yRG)
Cool words on license plate: Bitchin' Ride
By owner of ididit products in San Diego, who sued the state because of their refusal to grant the license. He won at the Kali Supremes.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 12:29 PM (v1gw3)
He said the first time he rappelled at P.I. the drill instructor had him go first because he'd done it as a Boy Scout. The instructor said, "D'oh! Show the rest of these butt pirates how it's done!" He loved it.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 12:29 PM (UOM48)
Originates in the 80's maybe earlier; means a prostitute is operating independently from her pimp. Somehow made it into regular English. It means, operating independent of higher authority. I like to use the military term "On independent ops" to describe someone "off the reservation" (CIA terminology) .
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 12:29 PM (0q2P7)
when's the last time you called someone a blabber mouth?
or a tattle tale?
Posted by: 1970 Ford Fuck You 500 at July 26, 2010 04:25 PM (uFokq)
I don't know about that but I call The New York Times a pack of seditious traitors that need stood against a wall and shot...after a short but fair trial ,of course.
Posted by: torabora at July 26, 2010 12:30 PM (8Nc4N)
The pinheads in corporate America use it to describe being out of the office. My wife will use it occasionally and it makes me want to rip off her arm and beat her to death with it!
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 12:30 PM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Who Knows at July 26, 2010 12:31 PM (7FgWm)
A bonnet is what Barney Frank wears picking daisies.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 04:18 PM
Beyond "boot" and "tyre," the same one who used to refer to the choke on a carburetter (carburetor; remember those?) as a "strangler" and knows wrenches as "spanners."
If you spent more time motoring, you'd know this.
It's biz-speak that makes me crazy. When I want a salesman (or saleswoman, -person, your choice), I do not want an "associate." Nor do I want a car assembled by "team members."
Finally, I may have to commit mayhem on the next person who talks about what we are to do "going forward."
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 12:31 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: Not at the table Carlos at July 26, 2010 12:32 PM (xO+6C)
Posted by: The Internet at July 26, 2010 04:31 PM (9b6FB)
Whoever that was made me laugh!
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at July 26, 2010 12:32 PM (YVZlY)
Spell check that bitch!
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 12:33 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: fapo at July 26, 2010 12:33 PM (Hq48F)
I used to get: "children should be seen and not heard" and they always talked about '"the peanut gallery" (not my parents so much but my grand parents)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 04:17 PM (p302b)
Every time I heard "children should be seen and not heard" from my grandparents (or crazy aunt) I wanted to kick them in the crotch. After stabbing them a dozen times with a carving knife.That's the saying that pissed me off the most as a kid.
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 26, 2010 12:33 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 12:33 PM (lLS3Y)
Gradually it morphed over to all small non-budgeted expenses.
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 12:33 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Landru at July 26, 2010 12:34 PM (GHpB7)
I've not your gimlet eye for such matters - I use if I'm disagreeing with somebody before the servants has brought us our preprandial highballs.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 26, 2010 12:34 PM (ruzrP)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 12:34 PM (VXBR1)
either the guy that hannity and the in studio guest were speaking with is delusional or afraid or has a severe case of adult ADHD cause that was downright frightening.
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 12:34 PM (p302b)
The same one who calls a car trunk a 'boot'. and spells 'tire' wrong......
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, who will always have Clapham Common at July 26, 2010 04:23 PM (JrRME)
On the way to the Gar-age.
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 04:25 PM (Q1lie)
driving the lorrie.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 26, 2010 12:34 PM (pr+up)
means an expense that you must pay out of your own funds and not enter on an expense form as a reimbursable amount.
Posted by: Adriane at July 26, 2010 12:35 PM (+NfQM)
While we're in the spirit of censuring stupid shit, can we ditch high fives, fist bumps and other gestures of dubious value?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 12:35 PM (3fiIy)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 04:33 PM (lLS3Y)
Please tell me you are joking?
Posted by: Sharrukin at July 26, 2010 12:35 PM (eYgrz)
By owner of ididit products in San Diego, who sued the state because of their refusal to grant the license. He won at the Kali Supremes.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 04:29 PM
I question the veracity of this tale. I think license plates in California are restricted to seven letters/numbers.
The only part that seems right is the court in CA allowing it. It's abundantly clear they can neither count nor reason.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 12:36 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 26, 2010 12:36 PM (xR2rG)
What's with the use of the word basic or basically?
Well Mr. Rather, the republicans are basically corrupt.
Well, for $20, you get the basic blow job, but no penetration.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 12:36 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 26, 2010 12:36 PM (/0IOT)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 12:37 PM (UOM48)
steamer....I love using that.
We had this jogger who would run the campus on cold frosty mornings....he would stop, drop, squat, and leave steamers.
Posted by: torabora at July 26, 2010 12:37 PM (8Nc4N)
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 12:37 PM (5/yRG)
Probably got a good buggering at his public school.
Posted by: Wodeshed, behind the stone house, Cotswolds at July 26, 2010 04:33 PM (MFbfZ)
Probably so...Posted by: Boy George at July 26, 2010 12:38 PM (YVZlY)
driving the lorrie.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 26, 2010 04:34 PM
Remember that doing a good job of driving the lorry (correct spelling!) might qualify you to drive a pantechnicon!
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 12:38 PM (Ulu3i)
"Basically" is typically a tell that you're about to talk down to someone. Programmers use it habitually when explaining technical things to designers and artists, for instance.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2010 12:38 PM (p05LM)
I daresay i will attempt to discard old terms when everyone discards pawnin newbs and such.
which causes me to be twitter-pated often.
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 12:39 PM (SbsTp)
What's with the use of the word basic or basically?
Well Mr. Rather, the republicans are basically corrupt.
Well, for $20, you get the basic blow job, but no penetration.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 04:36 PM (v1gw3)
Whadda I get fo $40?
Posted by: bwany fwank at July 26, 2010 12:39 PM (8Nc4N)
I'd rather sit in the hot sun naked on a fire ant mound covered in honey.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 12:39 PM (UOM48)
Fifteen years ago, most people didn't know the difference. Now, they do, and employ the words properly.
I await my twenty lashes with a wet noodle.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 12:40 PM (qrFCz)
No, I'm pretty sure they were talking about me.
Posted by: Cleveland Steamer at July 26, 2010 04:18 PM (YVZlY)
It's fucking Ohio, we got the STEAM!
Posted by: Cincinnati steamer at July 26, 2010 12:40 PM (2+9Yx)
No I'm not. In the world of street prostitution that phrase may be used to generically describe any time a prostitute disobeys or disrespects her pimp and has meant that long before the phrase came into regular English.
Now it could mean something as innocuous as you will be out of the area so will be unable to attend to your official responsibilities.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 12:40 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: You Boss at July 26, 2010 12:40 PM (9b6FB)
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at July 26, 2010 04:31 PM (YVZlY)
Well played old boy...bravo.
Posted by: dananjcon at July 26, 2010 12:40 PM (pr+up)
that never left Pittsburgh Picksburgh. Yinz Jagoffs.
Posted by: Ben at July 26, 2010 04:26 PM (wuv1c)
FIFYPosted by: Lives in Dawson at July 26, 2010 12:40 PM (7+pP9)
At least the internet like forces those you know who like use words like you know like every other word you know like not to.
Anytime any jagoff starts a written comment with 'Um', I want to reach right through the screen and pull back his/her still-beating heart. 'My speech tics are so cute people even want me to insert them in blog comments!' I'm afraid this is not true.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at July 26, 2010 12:41 PM (ERJIu)
Posted by: SOCR at July 26, 2010 12:41 PM (x7MwC)
697 Believe it -- came in with what administration? A buddy of mine that was still in was giving me horror stories about it.
And my dad thought they were "too soft" during the Reagan years..
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 12:42 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 12:43 PM (SbsTp)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 12:43 PM (lLS3Y)
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 12:43 PM (9b6FB)
It originally meant flat broke, no home. As in living Out of Pocket.
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 12:45 PM (Q1lie)
You have to admit, "that's what she said" is the greatest retort to anything, anywhere in the the universe, and will forever be funny.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 12:45 PM (3fiIy)
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 12:46 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Truman North at July 26, 2010 12:47 PM (e8YaH)
Posted by: Anonymous survivor of the Pequod at July 26, 2010 12:47 PM (sYrWB)
Yes, and people who use eccentric mispronunciations like this seem to use them repeatedly.
I used to work with a man who was reasonably intelligent and articulate who constantly said "Excedrin" instead of "et cetera." In any conversation lasting for more than a couple of minutes, he was sure to get at least one "Excedrin" in.
Why is that?
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:16 PM (VXBR1)
I have a relative (whose first language is not English) who says 'herbalescessence' home instead of 'convalescent' home
Posted by: the Butcher at July 26, 2010 12:47 PM (8g9qq)
well i agree with everyone, many words just suck, let's quit talking.
i still like , blast it all!"
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 12:48 PM (SbsTp)
Posted by: Jean at July 26, 2010 12:48 PM (pEXyx)
Misused words: effect vs affect.
This, like a flame this high, burns my ass. Normally, but not always, affect = verb and effect = noun.
Interestingly, Ace used affect as a noun (properly) in the original post:
many Americans' inherent Anglophilism impels them to adopt these foreign words as a sort of affect of sophistication.
Props and butterscotch pudding to Ace. Your doing a great job on you're blog.
Posted by: random at July 26, 2010 12:48 PM (70kbS)
Um, um.
Um. um, um......
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 04:42 PM (iYbLN)
Haina?Posted by: Haina Virus Victim
I see your haina and raise you a bohunk.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 12:48 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 12:48 PM (p302b)
Quitting time!
4:08:34 - Who says it"s quitting time?
- I said.
4:08:37 l"s the foreman. I say
when it"s quitting time at Tara.
4:08:40 Quitting time!
4:08:42 Quitting time!
Posted by: Andi at July 26, 2010 12:48 PM (2+9Yx)
Well, I admit that the other does have a nice ring to it; it's just that I see it everywhere.
/Theological arguments aside
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 12:48 PM (sINKF)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 12:49 PM (BKOsZ)
In NEPA they say hamburg instead of hamburger. Drives me nuts.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 04:46 PM (iYbLN)
Haina?Posted by: NEPA Person who says Haina? at July 26, 2010 12:49 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 04:38 PM (Ulu3i)
holy shnikes, had to google that one!
Posted by: dananjcon at July 26, 2010 12:50 PM (pr+up)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 12:50 PM (UOM48)
Slide down a 10 foot razor blade in to a bowl of salt
Eat a bowl of maggot stew
Harder than Chinese Algebra
Meaner than catshit
I'd rather stuff barbed wire (bob-wire) up a wild cat's ass.
Pissin' in the wind (there's actually a song for that)
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 12:50 PM (/jbAw)
In NEPA they say hamburg instead of hamburger. Drives me nuts.
Hah, I thought that was a Philly thing.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 12:51 PM (3fiIy)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 12:51 PM (UOM48)
"Ten thousand tumbling turds!"
Now I gotta get to woik.
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 12:51 PM (9b6FB)
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 12:52 PM (qrFCz)
Posted by: random at July 26, 2010 12:52 PM (70kbS)
Posted by: Thinking things over at July 26, 2010 12:52 PM (0nypS)
Posted by: Jean at July 26, 2010 12:52 PM (pEXyx)
Posted by: Kemp at July 26, 2010 12:52 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Guy who says panties at July 26, 2010 12:53 PM (Q1lie)
That place killed the best president we ever had. That man shot him from the Texas Book Suppository. Her words, not mine.
She also used to bathe the dog with Tide.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 12:53 PM (iYbLN)
The world would also be a better place without "pretty much."
I guess "ashphalt" and "aluminium" have been around too long to be erased, but I'd go for that, too.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 12:53 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: Dewy young thing who keeps resisting, all the time that she's insisting at July 26, 2010 12:54 PM (7GfKM)
Wait. I did think of one. "Hater" seems to me to have begun big in the last decade, at least to me, as in "don't be a hater".
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at July 26, 2010 12:54 PM (JSghx)
My mother's favorite was "beat you like a red-headed step child."
My dad called everyone he didn't like shithooks. They were either squirrel fucking crazy or batshit insane.
I had a friend whose granddad always said that the people on soaps (or show poppers, as he called them), liked to "marmalate" in their crappy lives. I guess he meant marinate.....?
Posted by: di butler, maker of bad decisions at July 26, 2010 12:55 PM (8TRAy)
Maybe that's why I do now (at least on this blog).
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 12:55 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 12:55 PM (/jbAw)
Your doing a great job on you're blog.
Ummmm.......
Go back to 745...I italicized the "your" and "you're" for a reason.
Posted by: random at July 26, 2010 12:55 PM (70kbS)
She said she'd give him the money if he'd use the word "governor" in a sentence. He did and she told him she'd double it if he could use the word "governor" and incorporate the words "bloody", "pissed" and "fag" into the sentence as well.
He did, and had a really good sense of humor about it.
I think it cost us a total of about $6 for the show which is, clearly, the least expensive entertainment to be had in that city.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 12:55 PM (v+ZxY)
Posted by: real joe at July 26, 2010 12:56 PM (IpIBJ)
(beer thirty)
Posted by: from the 1980's at July 26, 2010 04:51 PM
How d'you feel about "O-dark-30?"
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 12:56 PM (Ulu3i)
LOL, I used bat-shit insane on the previous thread.
Posted by: Vic at July 26, 2010 12:56 PM (/jbAw)
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 12:56 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Limey at July 26, 2010 12:56 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: real joe at July 26, 2010 12:58 PM (IpIBJ)
When I was a kid I used to mispronounce words that I had read, but never heard spoken all of the time.
Other way around for me.
Words never seen, but pronounced 'tubbalart' ("tub'o'lard"), 'retart' ("retard"), "gavone" ("cafone" --italian slang).
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 12:58 PM (3fiIy)
Posted by: Sabba Hillel at July 26, 2010 12:58 PM (u3r63)
Posted by: random at July 26, 2010 12:59 PM (70kbS)
"Blast!" is the only one of the 3 I can get away with when I visit my parents. "Bloody hell!" is okay with my friends, & gives them a good laugh. My policy is also to use British insults sparingly but in a deliberate (intentional) manner.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 12:59 PM (sINKF)
Oh, I so hate that mistake!
"Disburse" comes from the old French word that became "purse" in English. Thus, "from/out of the purse" - an expense.
"Disperse" and all its variants comes from Latin and means "to scatter."
Do not fuck that up. It makes accountants cringe, and that is a cruel thing to do to an accountant.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 12:59 PM (qrFCz)
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 04:25 PM (LH6ir)
Panhandling, "romantic street people" referred to it while drooling as "spare change" when I did my time in Berkeley in the late 70s / early 80s.
Posted by: I can haz Peoples' Park at July 26, 2010 01:00 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 01:00 PM (Q1lie)
Credit where it's due: I first read the former two in Carl Hiaasen's brilliant novels. The latter was common when I was in elementary (not primary) school, back in the LBJ years....
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 01:00 PM (Ulu3i)
Went to the post office earlier to ship a package to the kid, and the temp was 102. That, and the jackass who waited on me put me in a mood.
Just had to vent. Knew you guys would care.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:00 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: dogfish at July 26, 2010 01:02 PM (Ncv/n)
Her = That's a great idear?
Him = Don't you mean that's a great idea?
Her = Fuck you Mr. Smarty Pants.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 01:03 PM (v1gw3)
As long as he is currently located in an alternate reality* where every American can afford country club golfing at least once a week and eat Wagu beef on Sunday, take three vacations in as many months, and still have enough scratch left over to hit the opera and Broad Way.
*Which is probably true
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 01:03 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 04:59 PM
Nothing is too cruel to do to an accountant!
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 01:04 PM (Ulu3i)
Go back to 745...I italicized the "your" and "you're" for a reason.
And I started my comment with 'Ummmmm'. We're just too subtle around here!
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at July 26, 2010 01:04 PM (ERJIu)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 04:58 PM (SbsTp)
Just a trench coat. Wanna see what I got under it, little girl?
Posted by: reading Blazer's mind at July 26, 2010 01:05 PM (sYrWB)
Posted by: lincolntf at July 26, 2010 01:05 PM (+O8yf)
Posted by: real joe at July 26, 2010 01:05 PM (IpIBJ)
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 01:05 PM (Q1lie)
Posted by: NEPA Person who says Hamburg, Haddog and Relich
Look at the pitcher on da wall.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 01:06 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: tcn at July 26, 2010 01:06 PM (XPi3j)
Don't they have a season right after the lawyer rifle season?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 01:07 PM (0q2P7)
And when we'd visit my cousins, they taught us to put peanuts in the Coke (bottled, of course).
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:07 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 01:08 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 01:08 PM (SbsTp)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at July 26, 2010 01:09 PM (JSghx)
Posted by: tcn at July 26, 2010 01:09 PM (XPi3j)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 01:10 PM (0q2P7)
Absolutely correct.
Q. "I'm going to the store. Do you want anything?"
A. "Yes. A coke."
Q. "What kind?"
A. "Dr. Pepper"
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 01:11 PM (v+ZxY)
While watching an airplame fly by I walked into my chimbley and hurt myself so bad they had to call the ambliance.
Posted by: NEPA Person who says Airplame, Chimbley and Ambliance at July 26, 2010 01:12 PM (7+pP9)
i will never say to my ,"children Yes We Can!"
also skittles are finished as are unicorns. ruined i say, R.u.i.n.e.d!
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 01:12 PM (SbsTp)
Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at July 26, 2010 01:13 PM (SfDpg)
Posted by: K~Bob at July 26, 2010 04:43 PM (9b6FB)
It's not authentic w/o sticking KKK in there somehow
Posted by: Libtard, Devoid of Brains at July 26, 2010 01:13 PM (Wqfrr)
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 01:13 PM (IoUF1)
Posted by: MikeO at July 26, 2010 01:14 PM (RxdPe)
Posted by: davidt at July 26, 2010 01:14 PM (HtIec)
I have come to hate that word. Can't imagine why.
Your loathing of that word is so...unexpected, mpfs.
.Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 26, 2010 01:15 PM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 01:15 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:15 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Carnivore at July 26, 2010 01:17 PM (DyuqI)
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 01:17 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 05:13 PM (IoUF1)
Yeah, hahaha!
Posted by: henry waxman at July 26, 2010 01:19 PM (IpIBJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:19 PM (UOM48)
What kind of insult is that? Do many people eat shit and not die? If you are going to die anyway does it really matter if your mouth tastes a little shitty? When people wake up in the morning and say their mouth tastes like shit are they about to die? Should I call 911?
Posted by: Swearin' Seinfeld at July 26, 2010 01:20 PM (Q1lie)
Example: "Hey, underling, I'm going to be out of pocket next week, so you'll have to close the deal yourself."
Posted by: Frank Lingua at July 26, 2010 01:20 PM (mAm+G)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 01:21 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard
Rory was so ugly when he played in the sandbox as a little kid the cat kept covering him up.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 01:22 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:23 PM (UOM48)
Went to the post office earlier to ship a package to the kid, and the temp was 102. That, and the jackass who waited on me put me in a mood.
Reminds me of the time when I had to send a package to my husband in in Iraq and had to take all 3 young 'uns with me. The street that led to the P.O. was closed and the detour was actually a dirt road. Driving through clouds of dirt in my minivan, muttering "why? why??"
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 01:25 PM (XdlcF)
It is, and it isn't. Inflection is the key.
Bless your HEART. This is good and sincere.
BLESS your heart. This, too, is sincere. We mean bless you, you idiot/moron/fool/dimwit. We really do mean it because they need it most.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 01:26 PM (v+ZxY)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose"
In my experience, that would be a very bad idea. Imagine if you missed!
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 01:26 PM (qrFCz)
Posted by: d at July 26, 2010 01:27 PM (sHgQm)
Posted by: Penfold at July 26, 2010 01:27 PM (1PeEC)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 01:27 PM (VW9/y)
Posted by: MJ at July 26, 2010 01:27 PM (BKOsZ)
Wasn't this on the end of 60 minutes last week?
Posted by: sunny at July 26, 2010 01:28 PM (6YM7+)
From the comments:
Effete Defeat
"King Kong" with Fay Wray. A small group of a-holes with a strong leader crush the indigenes, slaughter fauna, and overcome and steal the big ape leaving a trail of their own dead without a Mylar balloon mounted. Back home the ape cuts lose. No lawyers, community activists, or animal rights groups. At the end, surrounded by a Grand Guignol of meaningless death and destruction, the protagonist waxes philosophic and plans to do it some more.Such civilizations flourish - Egypt, Persia, Huns, Rome, Ottoman; Imperial China, Spanish conqustadores, British Empire, USSR, American expansionism. Invade, slaughter, exploit, subsume. They all died horribly because... it became fashionable to shed tears.
Civilizations end when the strong, smart, and productive are ground to hamburger to feed the weak, stupid and parasitic. Compassion is willful suicide. Rome fed its mobs rather than enslave or exterminate them. Spain lost the New World when brutal conquest became caretaking. The British lost India, unwilling to kill a million wogs to make the point. The most deadly and expensive military in the history of the world went social yellow-tail coward with Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iran, US-Mexican border. 1/3 of America is on social welfare, 3% are imprisoned. The nation is paralyzed, debating whether chickens and steers raised for slaughter spend full, rich, meaningful lives - defined by left-wing intellectuals whose only reality is defined by their equally corrupt peers. Ditto diversity for two-legged meats.
University of Michigan has 90+ diversity programs but not a single Gifted program.
If Terran skies open it won't be United Planets, it will be Klingons. OOO-rah! (Oh how the mighty have fallen - BAMs).
Posted by: Cincinnatus at July 26, 2010 01:28 PM (TGmQa)
jmflynny, a co-worker once tried to sound classy or something by saying "I don't know where my psyche is today" instead of just saying "head".
The fact that I didn't laugh outloud is deserving of an award, I reckon.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 01:28 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: The White Farmers at July 26, 2010 01:29 PM (egPht)
Forgot to mention.
The drawl is key here. Without the drawl, the explanation makes no sense at all.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 01:30 PM (v+ZxY)
On the other hand, if someone I know has been through something awful and I say "bless your heart" they know from my expression I mean it.
And if a friend's snotty libtard kid says something stupid, a nice retort is, "Well, isn't that special?"
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:30 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Boy Wonder at July 26, 2010 01:31 PM (VMcEw)
Inflection is the key.
Don't get me started on "up-talking".
You know things are bad when grown men talk like Valley Girls.
See also: "The Voice of the Neuter is Heard Throughout the Land"
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 01:31 PM (3fiIy)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 05:07 PM (UOM4
Saw that lots when I was in SC, but couldn't get into it myself. Laughed more than once, though, when the drinker of said mixture encountered a cigarette butt that hadn't been cleaned out at the bottling plant.
And what, exactly, is Yoo-Hoo?
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 01:32 PM (7GfKM)
It should be put in Thunderdome with meme and both should die.
Sorry those of us who think about philosophy need it for the word "metaphysics" kind of a critical question as we in society have reached this sort of philosophical crossroads.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 01:32 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:32 PM (UOM48)
I've broken myself of the habit, but I grew up with soda being "pop". Now it's just soda. Still pretty common ot hear it called pop here in MN though.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 01:34 PM (plsiE)
It's what happens when you post.
'Please describe what bothers you most.'
And just let it roll all afternoon and into the evening. Just think, some people here think their opinion matters.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 01:34 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: motionview at July 26, 2010 01:34 PM (HoJ9n)
And I'll ram an icepick in an eardrum the next time I hear "religion of peace"--meant sincerely.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:35 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Someretardedguy at July 26, 2010 01:36 PM (plsiE)
folks
It wore out its welcome after O'Reilly used it for the 437,895th time. "We're lookin' out for the folks," or "the folks want to know...."
And Osama Obama has added it to his vocabulary, making it even more arrogant, condescending and elitist.
* A grandiose way of saying it really frosts my ass.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 01:36 PM (Ulu3i)
It should be put in Thunderdome with meme and both should die.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 05:27 PM (VW9/y)
TWO WORDS ENTER, ONE WORD LEAVES!
Posted by: Auntie Entity at July 26, 2010 01:37 PM (IoUF1)
Where the fuck did reckon go? Who the hell has been messing with reckon and why wasn't I notified??!?
Posted by: MMW at July 26, 2010 01:37 PM (kt/h1)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 01:40 PM (VXBR1)
Yeah, my SIL still giggles about "fixin' to", and they've been in Tennessee for the last four years. She loves the phrase and its use, but it still makes her laugh.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 01:41 PM (qrFCz)
Posted by: Penfold at July 26, 2010 01:42 PM (1PeEC)
When were you there? I did my time starting in Winter 1981 term. I have the scars on my knuckles to prove it.
Believe it or not, I lived in Barrington Hall.
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 01:43 PM (LH6ir)
"Well, isn't that special?" That's also a good one.
My co-worker, a communications major and the head of communications for our division is one of the loveliest people I know. She's also southern and won't hesitate to gossip behind your back, although rarely in a harsh manner. We've defined it as "Julie-speak". She is always very aware of the impact of words and measures hers very carefully.
A few weeks after she started the company I asked her if she ever just came clean and told someone, flat out, that their idea was idiotic. She said that she handles the situation with something along the lines of "Great minds think alike!" and then simply pushes the idea aside.
A few months later when brainstorming a campaign I tossed out an idea and, without even thinking, from Julie came "Great minds think alike!"
She was completely busted and I just lost it. I was laughing so hard, and nobody other than her had any idea what was going on.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 01:43 PM (v+ZxY)
Posted by: lowandslow at July 26, 2010 01:44 PM (yErAU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:44 PM (UOM48)
"Mash" used for "push" or "press." As in, "Mash that button."
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 05:40 PM (VXBR1)
I'm in MN and I've heard it, ususally in the context of a vehicle, as in "mashed the throttle".
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 01:45 PM (IoUF1)
According to my Dad, the panfish known here in MN (and properly) as the "crappie" is referred to as a "spec" (or "speck", not sure) in Florida.
Northern Pike are referred to as a "northern", where elsewhere I believe they just call them "pike".
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 01:45 PM (plsiE)
Posted by: motionview at July 26, 2010 01:45 PM (HoJ9n)
Gimme a hamburg and too, tree haddogs, one wit an one not wit relich.
Posted by: NEPA Person who says Hamburg, Haddog and Relich at July 26, 2010 05:02 PM (7+pP9)
Hey dumbass, it goes like this:Gimme a hamburg and too, tree haddogs, one wit an one wit not no relich.
Posted by: NEPA Person who Hates Relich at July 26, 2010 01:46 PM (7+pP9)
And what, exactly, is Yoo-Hoo?
Yoo-Hoo is what a former girlfriend drank while eating a Nathan's Famous hot dog. I guess it's big in Noo Yawk City.
I took a sip once, and found it too thick and phlegmy (albeit chocolaty) for my taste.
Goyish as it may make me sound, the only Kosher beverage I can stand is Manischewitz, and even that wears out its welcome quickly.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 01:47 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 01:48 PM (iYbLN)
I have two cousins from Baton Rouge, LA, and they call me "Sir". If I was a senator, i would insist they use my title b/c I worked so hard to get it.
Posted by: Penfold at July 26, 2010 01:49 PM (1PeEC)
I was thinking of Evan Thomas recently, because he wrote two good books on naval history. Which got me thinking about Newsweek, which is owned by the Washington Post.
Newsweek got ran into the ground in record time. If these guys can't keep their own companies afloat, why are we listening to them pontificate on economics again?
I'm sure they will have reasons why. But I do submit that the individuals running the major news media companies now could never have built them. This is not to mean that the original founders weren't probably of the same ideological swath. Just perhaps actually real men of purpose and action, instead of Ivy League meritocrats--and that caused a certain groundedness which I think has been lost.
Posted by: Horatius at July 26, 2010 01:49 PM (O4xqT)
Posted by: Wodeshed at July 26, 2010 05:37 PM (MFbfZ)
imagonna have to have a talk withya about that.
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 01:50 PM (egPht)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 01:50 PM (p302b)
And "sir" a "ma'am" are also required.
I worked with an asshole who had moved from the north, but had been in the south for years. He said it was condescending and that it pissed him off when his girls used those terms.
I'm 45 and I still use Miss and Mister. And, it doesn't just apply to our elders. At work you will frequently hear it in the hallways: "Well, good morning, Miss Kathy. How are you today?"
It also works quite well in setting up a situation when you wish to disarm a potentially hostile party. In that situation, it's akin to the crouching a dog does to show submission, although, in this case, it's more a show of deference. You'd be surprised how well it works when you have to assign a nasty task or be the bearer of bad news.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 01:51 PM (v+ZxY)
According to my Dad, the panfish known here in MN (and properly) as the "crappie" is referred to as a "spec" (or "speck", not sure) in Florida.
Northern Pike are referred to as a "northern", where elsewhere I believe they just call them "pike".
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 05:45 PM (plsiE)
I've also heard southerners refer to sunfish as "bream" or "brim". My dad calls saugers "sand pike", and I seem to remember my grampa calling them that too.
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 01:52 PM (IoUF1)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 01:52 PM (UOM48)
Probably not, but it depends. Did you have something she needed or wanted to get out of you?
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 01:52 PM (v+ZxY)
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 26, 2010 01:54 PM (Vol3D)
I really hate it when you start to embalm a body and they say ouch.
Pain in the ass.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 05:36 PM (iYbLN)
Did you email Sue Henry when you were back in town a few weeks ago?Somebody emailed her about growing up in a funeral parlor in response to the story about an old lady who had her dead husband and sister in her house. I figured it had to be you.
Posted by: NEPA Person Who Has No Bodies in His House at July 26, 2010 01:56 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: blah at July 26, 2010 01:56 PM (qZgB+)
Somebody emailed her about growing up in a funeral parlor in response to the story about an old lady who had her dead husband and sister in her house. I figured it had to be you.
Posted by: NEPA Person Who Has No Bodies in His House
No, that wasn't me but the story was happening while I was home. Still don't know who dug up the bodies for the old lady. They aren't going to press charges against her, she was just lonely and wanted them in her house again. The court did tell her she can build a crypt in her yard.
I know that name Sue Henry but I can't remember why.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 01:59 PM (iYbLN)
Hollowpoint-
Where are you in MN?
Minneapolis. Grew up in Princeton, got the fuck out ASAP at 19, spent 11 years in St. Cloud, been in Minneapolis about 10 years.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 01:59 PM (plsiE)
Just blame Dawkins. The Selfish Gene is an interesting book, but that damned neologism "meme" has become a mental worm, and I understand all the hatred it evokes.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 02:00 PM (qrFCz)
All of my cousins from the South (all 4 of them) call me sir, unless I ask them not too, which I do, because I was never an officer (which was my Dad's response the first time I called him "Sir"). As you can, I am from the uncivilized North.
@ MrCaniac,
Totally agree, one of my co-worker's calls her nephew's father the "baby daddy." I corrected her the first time I heard her say it. It went over like a lead balloon. I felt like my IQ dropped when I had to use the word.
Posted by: Penfold at July 26, 2010 02:01 PM (1PeEC)
If it were in color, I would have thought it was that Jessica Biel girl.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 02:02 PM (v+ZxY)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 02:03 PM (VW9/y)
Pooter
Dork (verb only)
Squeekhole (yeah, it's a....creative spelling, but to my eyes it's funnier this way)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2010 02:03 PM (P9+0W)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 02:04 PM (RD7QR)
My favorite definition from the DD:
MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2010 02:04 PM (P9+0W)
When were you there? I did my time starting in Winter 1981 term. I have the scars on my knuckles to prove it.
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 05:43 PM (LH6ir)
September 1976 - May 1981 for graduate work to earn Ph.D. in Chemistry. Governor Moonbeam's John Hancock is on my diploma.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 02:05 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: Fish"
The exact opposite of what each word - taken by itself - indicates? Or the phrase as a whole.
Actually, it means we're going to throw up our hands, cry that it's all much too difficult, and say that our borders don't mean a thing, and retire to our gated communities with very well-paid people with guns to keep the riff-raff (that's you and me) out.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 02:05 PM (qrFCz)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 05:50 PM (p302b)
Comparisons to sweet tea are always complimentary.
Posted by: FUBAR at July 26, 2010 02:06 PM (LPL4Z)
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 02:07 PM (iYbLN)
WITCH, n. (1) Any ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness a league beyond the devil.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2010 02:07 PM (P9+0W)
Posted by: Anonymous survivor of the Pequod at July 26, 2010 04:47 PM
(sYrWB)
Dang it! Forsooth! It's "Hast thou seen the white whale?"! Geez, people, get the second person familiar correct!
I am, thou art, he/she/it is...
I have, thou hast, he/she/it hath...
I do, thou dost, he/she/it doth...
I go, thou goest, he/she/it goeth...
Argh! This drives driveth me crazy. (well, crazier...)
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 26, 2010 02:08 PM (JYxmy)
You forgot poisoned. That's all right, though, because we need to add hypothermia to the things that might just do it in.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 02:08 PM (qrFCz)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 02:08 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 02:09 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 05:44 PM (UOM4
A college friend from Ohio used the phrase, "pus gut." It serves as its own motivator to not grow one.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 02:11 PM (UzjcV)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 02:11 PM (VXBR1)
I had Markowitz for Chem 1 and that's when I decided not be a chemist. I hope he wasn't your adviser.
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 02:11 PM (LH6ir)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 02:12 PM (0q2P7)
Acts that must never be banned by the Obama Cabal.
1. Driving in the POV lane alone.
2. Building fires on the beach.
3. Flying kites with nasty grams imprinted.
4. Farting at DNC enclaves.
5. Making fun of Joe Biden.
6. Tatting up democrat lovelies with tramp stamps.
7. Extending Martha MacCallum's contract from Fox.
8. The arrest and deportation of illegal aliens.
9. Snorting coke off the ass of a beautiful and willing coke whore.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 02:12 PM (v1gw3)
I'll be out in Minnetonka next month. Nice spot.
Minnetonka is nice; just watch out if you leave a bar at night. They really, really like to pull over everyone they can for stuff like not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. Last time I was out there, they had 7 cars pulled over at the same time.
Be sure to hit up Lord Fletcher's early for cougar action.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 02:13 PM (plsiE)
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 02:13 PM (LH6ir)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 02:13 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Penfold at July 26, 2010 02:14 PM (1PeEC)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 05:50 PM (p302b)
"sweeter than sweet tea" is a good thing.
"swamp skum" not so much.
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 02:14 PM (egPht)
Kay in Maine
Who was that? Did I miss a good troll?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 06:12 PM (0q2P7)
Absolutely whacked out lunatic who would drive-by with liberal invective, shoot a few index fingers, and then sulk off into the night after having her fat ass kicked by regular Ace of Spades inconsiderate conservative assholes. Yea!
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 02:16 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 06:00 PM (v1gw3)
The United States, overrun with millions upon millions of Mexicans and others from points South.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 02:16 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 02:17 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Penfold"
I hate that, and wish it had never been written. My Male uses it at the least excuse, and I have threatened him with sleeping on the couch if he uses it more than once per year, and the need had best be clearer than stars in vacuum.
Posted by: Dianna at July 26, 2010 02:18 PM (qrFCz)
Posted by: Jewel at July 26, 2010 02:18 PM (6wuLW)
Posted by: lauren at July 26, 2010 02:18 PM (MVwBA)
What? No comments about Miss Hepburn?
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 06:16 PM (v+ZxY)
Sure. I did Hep in '56 before she became worldly, and was willing to "ride dirty" with a member of the proletariat.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 02:19 PM (v1gw3)
Minneapolis. Grew up in Princeton, got the fuck out ASAP at 19, spent 11 years in St. Cloud, been in Minneapolis about 10 years.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 05:59 PM (plsiE)
Word!!!
Posted by: Portnoy at July 26, 2010 02:19 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 06:08 PM (iYbLN)
Doesn't matter: can't find it and don't need it.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 02:20 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: joncelli at July 26, 2010 02:20 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: lauren at July 26, 2010 02:21 PM (MVwBA)
Posted by: NJConservative
I know that for fact. A friend who passed away a little over a year ago got his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Berzerkley in 1963.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 02:22 PM (iYbLN)
My wife is a former prosecutor and works as legal counsel to the police, I learned not to sling that quote around. "Discretion is the better part of valor" is the advice i give to all my friends who are married or contemplating marriage.
Posted by: Penfold at July 26, 2010 02:22 PM (1PeEC)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 02:23 PM (VXBR1)
Dang it! Forsooth! It's "Hast thou seen the white whale?"! Geez, people, get the second person familiar correct!
I am, thou art, he/she/it is...
I have, thou hast, he/she/it hath...
I do, thou dost, he/she/it doth...
I go, thou goest, he/she/it goeth...
Argh! This drives driveth me crazy. (well, crazier...)
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 26, 2010 06:08 PM (JYxmy)
I knew that. I was testing you. BTW, have you ever thought about getting a life?
Posted by: The other anonymous survivor of the Pequod at July 26, 2010 02:23 PM (sYrWB)
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 06:04 PM (v1gw3)
Add Raykon to the list. He's the most douchetastic troll since Heinous Clod.
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 02:24 PM (IoUF1)
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If theplural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
Posted by: Aristotle at July 26, 2010 02:25 PM (muMQa)
Hacking used to involve skill. Now Disney channel watching tweens complain of their 9 yr old little brothers "Hacking" their MySpace or Facebook account.
Stealing your passwords ain't f'n hacking!
Posted by: get out of my yard! at July 26, 2010 02:25 PM (5Npcy)
Sweatin' like a whore in a hot dog factory....
Busy rn' a 3 legged cat trying to bury shit on a frozen pond....
My dad had a gozillon of em'.......
Posted by: Portnoy at July 26, 2010 02:26 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 02:26 PM (IoUF1)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 02:28 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 02:29 PM (o7kZZ)
Sweatin' like a whore in a hot dog factory....
Busy rn' a 3 legged cat trying to bury shit on a frozen pond....
Hotter than two rats fucking in a wool sock.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 26, 2010 02:29 PM (h/zKr)
What's wrong with "basically"?
It's a lot easier to say than "allow me to dumb this down using small words you can understand".
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 02:30 PM (plsiE)
Allow me to eschew any scholarly obfuscation you may encounter due to your limited cognition.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 26, 2010 02:32 PM (h/zKr)
"Pudding" is for eating, not dipping.
As in "I was eating Rachael Ray's hot pudding when the studio lights suddenly came back on".
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 02:32 PM (o7kZZ)
Thank you Aristotle, and thank my dad for the word mammygoogler, or at least we believe it so.
Mammygoogler: Large, huge, imposing, or breasts.
Wow, that's a real pair of mammygoogler's.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 02:32 PM (v1gw3)
You think you were surprised? My balls were in there.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 26, 2010 02:33 PM (h/zKr)
Slicker than greased gooseshit
Anybody's dog who'll hunt
She could hunt bear with a switch
even if it harelips the governor (definately)
Posted by: dagny at July 26, 2010 02:34 PM (jfpP5)
srsly words I would love to see disappear
co-ter, : c-nt , i hear ya, up the squeak thing, , show us your t-ts, man card (unless you actually have made one), 5 inch stilettos (yeah sure) i like my legs un-broken! progressive,cbs, msnbc, abc, check it out!, hold my beer, affirmative action candidate. real men, real women, real republicans , a real conservative, undocumented workers. my children are perfect. I never let my kids do that, police call at midnight, meth, Obama is the most (fill in blank)
all of these things make my stomach quench up ...waiting for What's next.
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 02:34 PM (SbsTp)
You missed -- if that's the proper term -- the campus being overrun by United Farm Workers campaigning for one thing or another. Also the great quest of, "Hey, let's have all the teaching assistants form a union" that was my first exposure as an adult to the "share the wealth" mindset. It was enthusiastically backed by humanities majors tired of having to wait tables during the decade it took for them to complete their work and graduate. Most of us in the sciences, having funding sources and consequently facing tighter deadlines and good prospects for becoming gainfully employed after graduating, wouldn't rise to the bait.
Knew Markowitz by sight. My thesis advisor was Tinoco; smart guy with a great dry wit.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 02:35 PM (Wqfrr)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 02:37 PM (plsiE)
Posted by: Wodeshed at July 26, 2010 06:31 PM (MFbfZ)
I got 84% on the Dixie quiz, which means I can marry my first cousin.
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 02:38 PM (o7kZZ)
I've yet to be asked what a "scrunt" is; apparently it's always understandable by the context in which I'm using it.
I've been actively trying to work "Person of Stupid" into meatspace convos, but for some reason they don't come up as often as scrunts.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 26, 2010 02:38 PM (jV+np)
eliminate "to be" in their speech, as in "it needs to be washed" becoming "it needs washed."
Pronounced "warshed".
Here in Louisiana we have buggies, not grocery carts. Took me a couple of seconds the first time...
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 02:38 PM (XdlcF)
"I haven't seen your sister in some time... the weight becomes her."
Posted by: real joe at July 26, 2010 02:39 PM (w7Lv+)
Ranin' like a cow pissin' on a flat rock....
Gully Washer!!!!
Posted by: Portnoy at July 26, 2010 02:39 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 02:39 PM (VXBR1)
There are no hapax legomena on the internets.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 26, 2010 02:40 PM (jV+np)
Posted by: Aristotle at July 26, 2010 02:41 PM (muMQa)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 26, 2010 06:29 PM (h/zKr)
Uglier than a hatful of assholes
Pissin' like a pet raccoon
Grinnin' like a possum eatin' shit off'n a hairbrush
(And from my own dear deported dad) Takin' off like a candy-assed baboon
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 02:41 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2010 02:41 PM (VW9/y)
I daresay the threats of verbal assault are overdone. If you're going to do it, do it. If not, don't posture. We're neither impressed, nor scared. Especially not if you're a Rutgers grad who got fired from TNR.
My dislike would be for those who substitute a foreign word for one that has an English synonym. The purpose of language is not obfuscation.
Posted by: MarkD at July 26, 2010 02:42 PM (YhZfg)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 02:43 PM (3fiIy)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 02:43 PM (lLS3Y)
Oh, and
Colder'n a witches' tit
Looked like she was rode hard and put away wet
(My dad told me this strange one, from the 1940s in rural southwest Louisiana):
Pretty'n a speckled pup under a red wagon
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 02:44 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 02:44 PM (SbsTp)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 26, 2010 06:40 PM (jV+np)
Not true!
Posted by: Hapax Legomenon at July 26, 2010 02:44 PM (JYxmy)
"My stars," MrScribbler? Sweet American Jesus, that's archaic!
Posted by: Caiwyn at July 26, 2010 02:41 PM (ttktr)
Isn't it a daisy?
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 02:44 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 06:16 PM (v+ZxY)
Beautiful and classy, as always.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 02:44 PM (Wqfrr)
Contrabate. I think he meant contribute, but I can't be sure. Either way, he wouldn't contrabate.
Posted by: kqb29 at July 26, 2010 02:45 PM (g9KFF)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 06:43 PM (3fiIy)
We already have a word for that. It's Michellobama.
Posted by: Aristotle at July 26, 2010 02:46 PM (muMQa)
Don't let me catch you around any windows pal. And if I do, hope I got a friend to hold me back.
Posted by: Spencer 'Look at these Pythons' Ackerman at July 26, 2010 02:46 PM (azgo2)
And only one small segment was devoted to forcing computer security. Alas times have changed, and so have word definitions. Now hacking is used exclusively to mean breaking and entering, rather than the glorious art of coding that it used to.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 02:46 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 02:47 PM (lLS3Y)
I got the second coming of People's Park. That was fun. And the RCYB became quite active during my time.
And of course the slow slide of the greatest public university in the world accelerated in the 80s. There was still intellectual rigor, but even as an undergrad I could see it changing.
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 02:47 PM (LH6ir)
your right Bugler. i was wrong and blame it on Bud Lites.
smakes myself up side teh dahead..........
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 02:47 PM (egPht)
I almost forgot the best part: it was the first time in my young life that I met people who hated me for being a Jew. That was interesting.
Posted by: NJConservative at July 26, 2010 02:48 PM (LH6ir)
Journolist was the Götterdöucherung of the Leftist-Liberal influence in the media.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 26, 2010 02:48 PM (ruzrP)
I knew that. I was testing you. BTW, have you ever thought about getting a life?
Posted by: The other anonymous survivor of the Pequod at July 26, 2010
06:23 PM (sYrWB)
Nah -- I don't have a place to put it and wouldn't know what to do with it anyway.
:-)
Posted by: Hapax Legomenon at July 26, 2010 02:49 PM (JYxmy)
Holy mofo.
It would be disengenuous of me to say that I don't take notice of fadism in word usage or pronunciation. Both make me, both, tear my hair out and knee-slap myself.
Let there be no mistake that Copenhahgen is funny.
Posted by: dum blond at July 26, 2010 02:50 PM (gbCNS)
There was indeed a tornado in the Bronx confirmed by the national weather service. The Bronx is one of the 5 boroughs of New York City. It's worth going to one of the NYC stations and listening or watching the descriptions of what hit them. It involves a lot of "we saw a blue light" and "then the sky turned red" kind of stuff.
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 02:50 PM (p302b)
And only one small segment was devoted to forcing computer security. Alas times have changed, and so have word definitions. Now hacking is used exclusively to mean breaking and entering, rather than the glorious art of coding that it used to.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 06:46 PM (0q2P7)
Where I work "hacking" is used to describe the breaking and entering type behavior from experts.
People who just run some script they downloaded off the internet we call "script kiddies".
I think the word "guru" has replaced "hacker" to describe experts..
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 02:51 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 06:37 PM (plsiE)
Shit, the Buckleys were from an old Texas family. In fact, his grandfather was the sheriff of the most notoriously crooked county in all of Texas: Duval - the same county that later famously handed LBJ the Senate seat by counting 90 dead people.
WFB's first language was Mexican-tinged Spanish. His father made it in the Tampico oil fields (cue "The Treasure of Sierra Madre")
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 02:51 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 02:51 PM (SbsTp)
"Can't miss it" (pronounced "cane-t mizzud") -- that's native talk for "you will drive around lost for the next two hours because you will confuse the wrong barn at the top of the hill for the correct one...no, nobody around here follows road signs".
And a shout out for the wonderful word "trifling" (prounounced "try-flin") -- used for many generations around here as a worthy modifier, usually for "bullshit". As in "that is plain trifling bullshit".
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 02:51 PM (5/yRG)
Holy mofo.
It would be disengenuous of me to say that I don't take notice of fadism in word usage or pronunciation. Both make me, both, tear my hair out and knee-slap myself.
Let there be no mistake that Copenhahgen is funny.
Posted by: dum blond at July 26, 2010 06:50 PM (gbCNS)
Ah yes. Going to see the shroud of "Turino", you understand.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 02:52 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 02:53 PM (5/yRG)
Let there be no mistake that Copenhahgen is funny.
Posted by: dum blond at July 26, 2010 06:50 PM (gbCNS)
Then you must believe Pock-eee-stan is funny if you speak Kenyan or Chicagoesse?
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 02:53 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 02:56 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 02:58 PM (p302b)
"Fixin' to" as in "fixin' to take a righteous dump"
"Come with" as in "Y'all wanna come with?"
This is how we justify the lower wages..
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 02:59 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 06:56 PM (VXBR1)
Not sure that's a Southernism. I was under the impression that those uses of "plumb" came from the plumb bob used by surveyors. I thought it was a Freemason thing ...
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 03:01 PM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 26, 2010 03:01 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 03:01 PM (egPht)
And the ultimate saying that makes me commit bloody fucking murder whenever I hear it:
"Do what?"
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 03:01 PM (o7kZZ)
That had its own half page in my high school grammar book thirty years ago, so I don't think the confusion is new. It's just that we didn't have the internet back then, so most of what you read was written by professional writers. Or at least well-educated people.
I could fix half the grammar mistakes on the internet by fixing the affect/effect problems along with siblings its/it's and there/their/they're.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:02 PM (XIXhw)
Touche, Mary. Kudos. (Not for 1081, but for 1061.)
Posted by: The other anonymous survivor of the Pequod at July 26, 2010 03:02 PM (sYrWB)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 06:44 PM (sINKF)
Yes, M80s, but your mind is off in England half the time so that's bound to skew the results.
I got 63% Dixie, despite having been born in raised in the real South (south of Government Street). Some of the questions are bunk, though; if you pronounce "caught" as "kawt" it's because you know how to TALK, not an indicator of Southern-ness; and I always say "soft drink" rather than use "Coke" as a generic (although if you don't drink Coke then you can just high-tail it right back to where you came from, Yankee!).
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 03:03 PM (z68Rh)
And the ultimate saying that makes me commit bloody fucking murder whenever I hear it:
"Do what?"
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 07:01 PM (o7kZZ)
Yeah, everyone knows the correct way to say that is:
"Do what now?"
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:03 PM (XIXhw)
Except when one is talking about a "flat affect".
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 03:03 PM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 06:51 PM (XIXhw)
Originally "hacking" was just clever tinkering, "cracking" was breaking systems or codes, and the long-lost "phreaking" was doing the latter to the phone system.
Obviously, the crackers wanted to be hackers, and as usual, clarity suffers.
I think the words "hopelessly muddled" apply in this case.
Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at July 26, 2010 03:03 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 03:04 PM (Qp4DT)
President Obama to be featured in Madden 2011
...
The [game's victory] celebration culminates towards a finale that showcases the team
meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House. The fact that
President Obama is seen in the game marks a continuation of Presidential
appearances in sports video games.
“Following the footsteps of Bill Clinton being included in NBA Jam, Barack Obama, the President of USA is included in Madden NFL 11.” It is very clear that the developers intend to make Madden 2011’s Super Bowl and other gameplay a memorable experience.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2010 03:04 PM (dF2/V)
Posted by: dum blond at July 26, 2010 03:05 PM (gbCNS)
How many of these games did they put George W. Bush into?
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 03:06 PM (z68Rh)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 03:06 PM (o7kZZ)
Heh. Dating yourself there. Though I was disturbed to find the guys at my (telecom) office didn't know what "cloning" was in reference to cell phones.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:08 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 03:08 PM (lLS3Y)
My father and I have argued over this for years. He says "PEE-can"; I say "Puh-CAWN". (I'm right, of course.)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 03:10 PM (z68Rh)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 07:06 PM (o7kZZ)
Speaking of edibles, a family member moved to Louisianna for awhile and was absolutely stumped when the neighbor asked her if she'd like a pay-uh.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:10 PM (XIXhw)
And the ultimate saying that makes me commit bloody fucking murder whenever I hear it:
"Do what?"
I am very guilty of that. Think I picked it up from a roommate from Macon. Also, he pronounced "daddy" as "deddy".
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 03:10 PM (3fiIy)
Sure she wasn't propositioning you?
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 03:11 PM (z68Rh)
The [game's victory] celebration culminates towards a finale that showcases the team
meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House. The fact that
President Obama is seen in the game marks a continuation of Presidential
appearances in sports video games.
Lemme guess: that dumb mofo will need teleprompters, even in a computer game ...
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 03:11 PM (Wqfrr)
"Nuanced" isn't internet driven, though. I started seeing it in the mid-90's.
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 03:11 PM (jdBYT)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 07:06 PM (o7kZZ)
And the pronunciation of "Orion" or "Corpsman" serves that purpose in discerning between natural born American and other.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 03:12 PM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 26, 2010 03:12 PM (jV+np)
Check out the hogans!
Posted by: Wodeshed at July 26, 2010 06:36 PM
I knew an old Brit who called 'em "hermans."
That seemed like a fin counterpoint to my johnson.
I dislike any word spoken by Sheppie-poo "Perez Hilton" Smith or Pissy Chrissy Matthews. Those dudes can really fuck up your enjoyment of the language.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 03:12 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 07:09 PM (p302b)
no ma'am...... its "peeeeee con"
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 03:12 PM (egPht)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 03:12 PM (SbsTp)
Posted by: dum blond at July 26, 2010 03:13 PM (gbCNS)
Posted by: tcn at July 26, 2010 03:13 PM (XPi3j)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 03:13 PM (o7kZZ)
fine. With an e!
I talks real good but can't rite real swell.
As a guy said on a local commercial, "that's all kind of wrong."
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 03:14 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 07:08 PM (XIXhw)
Isn't there a room here somewhere for those who insist upon dating themselves? With disinfectants and stuff?
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 03:14 PM (Wqfrr)
It did. So did the words we made up to replace it like douchetool and douchenozzle.
How about "shitnozzle," "shitsome," and "vulgarian"? Those are kinda fun.
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 03:14 PM (jdBYT)
Posted by: Valerie Harper at July 26, 2010 03:15 PM (z68Rh)
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 03:15 PM (jdBYT)
As in "yes pecan!" you mean?
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 03:15 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 03:16 PM (p302b)
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 03:17 PM (jdBYT)
There's "pee-CON", "p'CAN", and some third obscure accent that sounds like "peekin'".
Forget where that one's from.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 03:17 PM (3fiIy)
He's busier than a one-armed paper hanger.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 03:17 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 03:17 PM (lLS3Y)
Words we hate category: "nuanced."
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 07:11 PM (jdBYT)
Agreed, and as far as politics goes, the word I'd like to see confined to the dustbin of history is "redneck". If someone is going to insult me I wish they'd pick a new word. This one is just so overused.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:17 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2010 03:18 PM (Ps41e)
A new trend I hate is putting the letter "i" in front of words as a way to rebrand old conepts and actions with a new internet/electronic flair.
--------------------------
Oh don't be such an i-Hole.
Posted by: effinayright at July 26, 2010 03:18 PM (GNTj/)
It's "pea-CON" (emphasis on the second syllable).
Has no one yet mentioned "for the children"? I'm pretty tired of that one.
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 03:18 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 03:19 PM (jdBYT)
I'm familiar with each of those.
Has anyone said "More nervous than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs" yet?
Others:
Doesn't have enough sense to poor piss out of a boot.
Doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
It's like going around your ass to get to your elbow.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 03:19 PM (v+ZxY)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 07:16 PM (p302b)
This must be like one of those "Coffee parties" that we heard so much about.
Who wants to be Jeffrey Toobin?
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 03:19 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 03:19 PM (egPht)
And we use "darlin'" all the time as a term of endearment, male or female.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 03:20 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 03:21 PM (z68Rh)
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 03:21 PM (jdBYT)
A bit of trivia, back in that Bruce WIllis movie, "The Last Boy Scout", Damon Wayans talks to Halle Berry about "bitch-slapping" WIllis (I think) and Berry is surprised by his use of the term. It was about 5 years after that that the term became accepted in wider use without any complaints from anyone.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 03:21 PM (Qp4DT)
"Nuanced" isn't internet driven, though. I started seeing it in the mid-90's.
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 07:11 PM (jdBYT)
Yeah. That's when it took on it's current meaning of "even though what I'm saying looks wrong to some, if you have the requisite intelligence you'll see I'm right."
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:22 PM (XIXhw)
I suppose no one has mentioned "I gotta piss like a racehorse" or the very vulgar "he's hung like a stud bull"?
Those most be quaint, regional sayings from my neck of the woods.
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 03:22 PM (5/yRG)
Is this a regionalism or just a personal tic?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 03:22 PM (3fiIy)
Posted by: dum blond at July 26, 2010 03:22 PM (gbCNS)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:22 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Shirley Nabisco Shabazz X at July 26, 2010 03:23 PM (z68Rh)
I don't get the soda vs pop debacle. I've always said "soda-pop." Or "drink."
Forgetting the fact that I didn't grow up Jewish or around Jewish people, I've fallen in the habit of saying "oi vey" and "oi gevalt." Granted, we have Jewish relatives, but none that I spent much time around.
Posted by: soulpile at July 26, 2010 03:23 PM (gH+Hj)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 03:24 PM (SbsTp)
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 03:24 PM (jdBYT)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 07:22 PM (VXBR1)
You make a good point, there.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 03:24 PM (Qp4DT)
"Indeed" is in fact now back with a vengeance.
on reckon--
I'll see your reckon (which I think is getting new use) and I'll raise you a *heartell.*
Bring back heartell and you got something.
Posted by: Bot Shieffert at July 26, 2010 02:44 PM (KUUXH)
Any chance that "indeed" made a comeback due to its use in Stargate SG-1?
Posted by: Timothy Watson at July 26, 2010 03:25 PM (ACq/K)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 03:25 PM (3fiIy)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:25 PM (VXBR1)
"Nuanced" isn't internet driven, though. I started seeing it in the mid-90's.
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 07:11 PM (jdBYT)
Remember in "Diner" (a 1982 movie about 1959) when Paul Reiser's character says "You know what word really bothers me? The word "nuanced". It's really not a word."
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 03:25 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 07:13 PM (o7kZZ)
Actually, that's a southern good ol' boy expression that the Shoshoni indians picked up when Lewis & Clark paid them a neighborly visit back in 1805. There remains some dispute as to whether it was Lewis or Clark who taught Sacajawea to say, "You betcha ...., my tent or yours?"
Posted by: A Little Known Fact at July 26, 2010 03:26 PM (sYrWB)
Posted by: Teal'c at July 26, 2010 03:26 PM (z68Rh)
635
My wife was horrified when she learned that my parents used to tell me "I'll rip off your arm and beat you with the bloody stump!"
--------------------------------------------
Erm....wouldn't they beat you with the ripped-off arm, whilst the stump is still what's left on your body?
Posted by: Asshole who uses erm and whilst at July 26, 2010 03:26 PM (GNTj/)
Posted by: rdbrewer at July 26, 2010 07:24 PM (jdBYT)
The pool scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High with Phoebe Cates!
Legendary and bitchin'!
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 03:27 PM (v1gw3)
1186 Or a really stupid person, at least around here.
See, now I've heard that Willow (once I got out in the world) -- I don't get the Russian part at all.
We say "soda pop" too.
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 03:27 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 03:28 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: curious at July 26, 2010 03:28 PM (p302b)
There are a few of those Yiddish words I hear all the time from gentiles: "Schmuck", "Schlock", "verklempt", "putz".
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:29 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 03:29 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:29 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Truman North at July 26, 2010 03:30 PM (3h3kv)
Posted by: PETA (aka Die Human Scum!) at July 26, 2010 03:30 PM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: dum blond at July 26, 2010 03:31 PM (gbCNS)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 07:21 PM (z68Rh)
Comes from soap operas. If an actor had permission to take a leave of absence from the show, the writers could make up some pretext for the character to be out of town or out of the current storyline. If the producer wanted to get rid to the actor permanently, the writers would kill off the character. This led to some bizarre storylines when it turned out that the producer needed that actor back on the show, perhaps to quell fan outrage or to revive flagging ratings: hence the stories of evil twins, miracle cures, mistaken identities and such.
The most famous example of a producer maliciously killing off a character was with the sitcom Valerie, starring Valerie Harper as Valerie Hogan. Harper got into a contract dispute and figured she could get the salary raise she wanted because she had the ultimate leverage: there couldn't be a show called Valerie without the eponymous title actress. The producers taught her differently: they killed off her character and brought in Sandy Duncan to play the sister of the grieving widower, there to help raise the kids, and renamed the show The Hogan Family. The show not only survived but thrived.
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 03:32 PM (7AOgy)
Living for so long near South Central L.A. (now corrected to the more P.C. Central L.A.), I heard the term "pimp-slapped" a little more often than "bitch-slapped."
For some reason, the easily offended don't seem to get quite as riled up about that one.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 03:32 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: ParisParamus at July 26, 2010 03:32 PM (Ncc42)
There are a few of those Yiddish words I hear all the time from gentiles: "Schmuck", "Schlock", "verklempt", "putz".
Words I never use, though they are familiar from tv. My favorite being verklempt. What a great word.
Posted by: soulpile at July 26, 2010 03:32 PM (gH+Hj)
1201 My friends from up around Chicago used to give me all manner of hell when I came back from break: "you've been home among the hillbillies again!"
My accent (and the kids' as well) has now baffled two generations of military personnel (it isn't Southern, it isn't Yankee, it isn't Western or East Coast...where the hell are you from?).
Posted by: unknown jane at July 26, 2010 03:33 PM (5/yRG)
Erm....wouldn't they beat you with the ripped-off arm, whilst the stump is still what's left on your body?
Posted by: Asshole who uses erm and whilst at July 26, 2010 07:26 PM (GNTj/)
Try telling that to an angry parent and see how long you live.
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 03:33 PM (7AOgy)
'I tell you what'
Posted by: Hank Hill at July 26, 2010 07:28 PM (C+SK
There was an old Jeff Foxworthy ("You might be a redneck if...") routine that included that one. Along with "why is everything in Texas measured in 'shitloads'?"
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:33 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 03:34 PM (XdlcF)
I kinda like the phrase used by a crusty old MD I used to know: "I gotta go drain the crankcase."
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 03:34 PM (Ulu3i)
@1198
You gotta "See a man about a Horse", because you are well hung, and you need to go do Number #1.
You gotta "See a man about a Dog", because when you address the Toilette, you might look similar to what a dog does in the front yard, when you need to go Number #2.
You gotta "Shake hands with the President," because some of us like to control the stream when we Tinkle, and our President is a Dick.
You gotta "Dip the Tip", because you are well hung, and when you let the Armless One-Eyed Meat Soldier out of his cage, he might get wet
You Follow?
Posted by: Jimi at July 26, 2010 03:34 PM (fqxV7)
Posted by: PETA (aka Die Human Scum!) at July 26, 2010 07:30 PM (Qp4DT)
Sea kitten was pure stupidity. Sea pussy, on the other hand....
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 03:34 PM (7AOgy)
Smells like the shit house door of a clammin rig in here was another of my grandfathers favorites.
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 03:34 PM (lLS3Y)
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 07:32 PM (7AOgy)
Let me get this straight: they killed of the Irish girl who played a Jewish character and replaced her with a one-eyed Texas actress from Longview?
I must have been in a coma that year..
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 03:35 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: lansing quaker at July 26, 2010 03:35 PM (yC2n2)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 03:35 PM (SbsTp)
Posted by: dagny at July 26, 2010 03:35 PM (jfpP5)
"pimp-slap" is when professionals do it. "bitch-slap" is the amateur version.
-->For some reason, the easily offended don't seem to get quite as riled up about that one.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 07:32 PM (Ulu3i)
Yeah. It's interesting. The white guilters and NOW folks haven't had one word to say about the growing prevalence of "bitch-slap", and like phrases, in popular culture. Meanwhile, for Sarah Palin to use crosshairs on her political map is an indication of a call to violence.
It would be funny if it weren't so sad and pathetic.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 03:36 PM (Qp4DT)
Famous southern expression:
Yea Rufus, move it a RCH to the left.
Must be southern Italy too, cause I heard that from NY construction workers a long time ago.
Posted by: real joe at July 26, 2010 03:36 PM (w7Lv+)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 07:06 PM (o7kZZ)
The north east pronunciation is really bad. 'Ilovethe-cock' just don't sound right.
Posted by: Portnoy at July 26, 2010 03:36 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 07:26 PM (3fiIy)
"My back teeth are floating," my grandmother used to say.
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 03:36 PM (7AOgy)
I'd live quite awhile if they tried to beat me with a stump.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:37 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 26, 2010 07:34 PM (NuAIL)
That's an H2 term. Are you here to make fun of us later at your fancy cocktail parties in Greenwich?
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 03:37 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, proud iota of a cracka at July 26, 2010 07:28 PM (UOM4
So far you've only been consorting with poseurs. Give me a holler when you find yourself in that part of the Midwest where the term "pasty" is spoken out loud, proudly and loudly; then we'll talk.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 03:37 PM (HmCnI)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 03:38 PM (Qp4DT)
I can't argue with that, though I'd never be mistaken for a native. (Unlike my mom.)
Do you use the term "feeder" for an access road, War?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 26, 2010 03:38 PM (sINKF)
Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at July 26, 2010 03:39 PM (5u85i)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 03:39 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 07:32 PM (7AOgy)
Let me get this straight: they killed of the Irish girl who played a Jewish character and replaced her with a one-eyed Texas actress from Longview?
I must have been in a coma that year..
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 07:35 PM (o7kZZ)
In Valerie, I think the family was Irish. But yeah. Jason Bateman played the older son, and it was around the time his sister Justine was playing Mallory on Family Ties.
Sit, Ubu, sit! Good dog.
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 03:39 PM (7AOgy)
Wasn't there a beer (Budweiser?) commercial a few years back?
I admit, my friend and I use it constantly, but rarely about anyone other than just ourselves.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 26, 2010 03:39 PM (v+ZxY)
Posted by: lansing quaker at July 26, 2010 07:35 PM (yC2n2)
Didn't "wench" make a comeback as a result of rennaissance "faires"?
Oh, and speaking of that, is anyone else annoyed by marketers bringing back archaic spellings? I refuse to go to a place called The Yogurt Shoppe.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:39 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 03:40 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 07:37 PM (HmCnI)
Cornish pasties: very small chickens you wear on your nipples.
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 03:41 PM (7AOgy)
1242 And the dividing line for North-South is the point at which sweet tea gives way to sweetened tea.
Actually, it's just ice tea.
Posted by: dum blond at July 26, 2010 03:41 PM (gbCNS)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 26, 2010 03:42 PM (NuAIL)
902 Southern words and phrases you don't hear up north:........
Nekkid (yes, nekkid)
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Guy I met at Ole Miss years ago liked the term "naked criticism" so much, he used to say "let's get nekkid and criticize".
Posted by: Bill Faulkner at July 26, 2010 03:42 PM (GNTj/)
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 07:40 PM (XdlcF)
We always called it "the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb," or sometimes "a pain in the ass to mow."
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 03:42 PM (7AOgy)
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 07:40 PM (XdlcF)
"The grass where people don't clean up after their God damned dogs". Why?
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:42 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 03:44 PM (SbsTp)
Oh, and speaking of that, is anyone else annoyed by marketers bringing back archaic spellings? I refuse to go to a place called The Yogurt Shoppe.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 07:39 PM (XIXhw)
"Theatre" appeared in the 70s and has not yet returned to its hell hole.
I first notice it in Austin, for a fuck film venue, curiously enough.
The "Ritz Art Theatre" with endless Johnny Wadd and Desiree Cousteau flicks. Very high-brow name, imho.
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 03:44 PM (o7kZZ)
Posted by: the Butcher at July 26, 2010 03:44 PM (8g9qq)
Then there's the Ohioans who like to gather the family for a round of cornhole.
Seriously- who the fuck thought that "cornhole" was a good name for a bean bag game?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 26, 2010 03:44 PM (plsiE)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:45 PM (VXBR1)
Meaning what? I hear it used all the time to refer to someone's complexion.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:46 PM (XIXhw)
Those of use who attempt to use the authentic argot of the people sometimes include such words as "diss," "ho" and "honky mofo" in order to communicate most effectively with the linguistically disenfranchised.
As a teenager, I did volunteer work with a government agency whose local boss, an affirmative-action hire, liked polysyllabic words. Even when they weren't exactly appropriate. I well remember his favorite word: stipulate. As in "I want to stipulate something to you...."
P.S. The "pimp" in "pimp-slap" is properly pronounced "pee-yump."
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 03:46 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 26, 2010 07:26 PM (3fiIy)
My back teeth are floating.
Posted by: Bikermailman at July 26, 2010 03:46 PM (sudhu)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 03:46 PM (SbsTp)
It's just one more way liberal urbanized culture marginalizes conservative rural culture, by ridiculing our idiom as some sort of reflection upon our intelligence and/or our education.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 03:46 PM (0q2P7)
I tried to, but it started at work and everyone got grossed out when I put my underwear on my head.
We do that here right??? Isn't that the 'sign'???
Posted by: Portnoy at July 26, 2010 03:47 PM (azgo2)
Agreed.
Nothing sounds more ridiculous than some old bastard like Larry King trying to sound "gangsta". Fucking pathetic.
Posted by: lincolntf at July 26, 2010 03:48 PM (+O8yf)
Smells like the shit house door of a clammin rig in here was another of my grandfathers favorites.
That is actually the punch line of a pretty good joke.
Posted by: real joe at July 26, 2010 03:48 PM (w7Lv+)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:48 PM (VXBR1)
I call it "the city's problem."
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 07:45 PM (VXBR1)
Not where I live. The city owns it but the landowner has to take care of it by ordinance.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:48 PM (XIXhw)
Facepalm.
Different regions have different words for it (the strip of grass, not the facepalm). How about...what do you call a sub sandwich?
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 03:48 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 26, 2010 03:49 PM (NuAIL)
Posted by: Bikermailman at July 26, 2010 03:49 PM (sudhu)
What do you call the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the curb?
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 07:40 PM (XdlcF)
In my world we call it the right-of-way, or where Poncho parks his Ford F150.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 03:50 PM (v1gw3)
The "Ritz Art Theatre" with endless Johnny Wadd and Desiree Cousteau flicks. Very high-brow name, imho.
Posted by: TexasJew at July 26, 2010 07:44 PMEvery movie house built since the days of the Edison Kinetoscope was called "theatre." It's nothing new.
But it peeves me no end to see "pointe" for "point," and "ye olde" anything, and I don't care how damn long ago that started.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 03:50 PM (Ulu3i)
Real estate developers are the worst. A new subdivision nearby is named "Candlewycke Crosse." People should die for that crap.
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 07:48 PM (VXBR1)
I used to live on a street called "Highpointe Dr."
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:50 PM (XIXhw)
Not where I live. The city owns it but the landowner has to take care of it by ordinance.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 07:48 PM (XIXhw)
Thankfully, my sidewalk abuts the curb. One solid piece of lawn, then that's it.
Posted by: Bikermailman at July 26, 2010 03:50 PM (sudhu)
@1197: "We say "soda pop" too."
At least you're not one of those Ur-tards who says "sodee pop".
Posted by: Simon Legree at July 26, 2010 03:51 PM (ySNz/)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:52 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Bikermailman at July 26, 2010 03:52 PM (sudhu)
Posted by: Bill Carson at July 26, 2010 03:52 PM (MlggG)
I called it, "I'm done mowing my part of the lawn; you go clean up the crap and finish the rest."
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 03:52 PM (0AClR)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 03:53 PM (SbsTp)
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:54 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 26, 2010 07:49 PM (NuAIL)
Have to or else we get the lash....
Or did you mean right now at this moment??
HELL NO!!
Posted by: Portnoy at July 26, 2010 03:55 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 03:55 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: sonnyspats at July 26, 2010 03:55 PM (2DxKT)
Posted by: Bikermailman at July 26, 2010 07:52 PM (sudhu)
thats how its done here to. everything is a coke.
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 03:56 PM (egPht)
I know that name Sue Henry but I can't remember why.
Posted by: mpfs at July 26, 2010 05:59 PM (iYbLN)
She's a long time writer for the local papers (eg. the defunct "On Radio" column at The Citizens Voice), so you've probably heard of herShe's now squishy RINO talk show host on WILK who almost exclusively talks about mommy issues. A McCain supporter. Booster for everything local even if it's a total Democrat fuckup. Bitches about school boards but can't find time to heap anything on Obama.
She claims a resume that includes working at both local newspapers and at least one of the local TV stations. Holds a journalism degree and lords it over everyone. Teaches journalism at a local college (the poor children!).
She's intentionally dense to inarticulate conservatives while letting chemtrail nuts and dem's, dere's and dats Democrat drone on and on.
I'm gonna get Beck streaming to replace her.
Posted by: NEPA Person Who Has a Brain at July 26, 2010 03:56 PM (7+pP9)
@1252
Oh.....there is more, much more!
You gotta "Check your Speed", because the "Pee Limit is 55"
You gotta "Turn off the Hot Water", because when you flush the hot water doesn't work.
You gotta "Drop the Kids off at the Pool", because you are what you eat, and with every flush it's as if you have lost a family member.
You Follow?
Posted by: Jimi at July 26, 2010 03:56 PM (fqxV7)
1271 So far you've only been consorting with poseurs. Give me a holler when you find yourself in that part of the Midwest where the term "pasty" is spoken out loud, proudly and loudly; then we'll talk.
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George Wallace used to jeer at "pasty-faced peace creeps".
Posted by: Bill Faulkner at July 26, 2010 03:56 PM (GNTj/)
Nottingham Rd. to Camelot Drive, just past Guinevere Circle but before you get to Avon Court... blah, blah, blah.
(Actually, despite the cheesiness, I enjoy finding new examples of the type when I occasionally get diverted to random side streets in the area.)
Posted by: lincolntf at July 26, 2010 03:57 PM (+O8yf)
Different regions have different words for it (the strip of grass, not the facepalm).
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 07:48 PM (XdlcF)
That was a factoid they mentioned on Criminal Minds -- but I think only a few regions have any special word for that strip of grass.
Posted by: stuiec at July 26, 2010 03:57 PM (7AOgy)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 07:53 PM (SbsTp)
It's that way here too, but my neighborhood got lucky. I hate mowing that strip.
Posted by: Bikermailman at July 26, 2010 03:57 PM (sudhu)
I'm tired of all the bi's. Bi coastal, bicameral, and bisexual. Fuck the bi's, and get off the strip of grass in front of my house between the sidewalk and street.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 03:57 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: 141 Driver at July 26, 2010 03:58 PM (LEynS)
100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!
Duh. Sixth generation Texan, with large branches in Alabama and Georgia
Posted by: Bikermailman at July 26, 2010 03:59 PM (sudhu)
I'm tired of all the bi's. Bi coastal, bicameral, and bisexual. Fuck the bi's, and get off the strip of grass in front of my house between the sidewalk and street.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 07:57 PM (v1gw3)
I'm going to start calling it the bi-lawn.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 03:59 PM (XIXhw)
"He's not worth sour owl shit."
"Get off your buttermilk butt and get to work."
"The snow is ass-deep to a nine-foot Indian."
"He's not worth a fart in a skillet."
There you go. Four terms I have NEVER seen on the internet. Feel free to use them, as my dad would enjoy it. (He's been gone 15 years, and I still miss him. You guys reminded me of his colorful swearing, which my mother (gone 5 years) did not like. She was a Methodist schoolteacher, and he was a sheet-metal and furnace guy who spent 7 years in the Army prior and during WWII.
Posted by: Miss Marple (redneck teabagger) at July 26, 2010 03:59 PM (bixjr)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 04:00 PM (VXBR1)
Oh, that sounds like a good match...
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 04:01 PM (XIXhw)
It's just one more way liberal urbanized culture marginalizes conservative rural culture, by ridiculing our idiom as some sort of reflection upon our intelligence and/or our education.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 26, 2010 07:46 PM (0q2P7)
Ridicule and marginalization works both ways. Those of us native to northern Micihgan could always get a good laugh when "apple knockers" and anyone else not from the Upper Peninsula would stop by our dorm room after the first weather forecast in October that called for snow and ask, "Do you think they'll cancel classes tomorrow?"
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 04:01 PM (0AClR)
over 1300 comments and you missed...
SIGH.
People who sigh on the internet! They're sighing and that means you're STUPID and they're SMART.
Posted by: Alpha & Omega Man at July 26, 2010 04:01 PM (2NNz2)
Posted by: Pelayo at July 26, 2010 04:02 PM (QLmzi)
It was a good match. They were married almost 50 years and had 5 children, of whom I am the oldest.
As a result of my upbringing, I can both fix small mechanical things and write sonnets. Made me a well-rounded person, and always interested in something.
Posted by: Miss Marple (redneck teabagger) at July 26, 2010 04:03 PM (bixjr)
Most appreciated word on the Internet?
Trollism - The art of fooling some of the people none of the time.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 04:04 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 04:04 PM (VXBR1)
1242 And the dividing line for North-South is the point at which sweet tea gives way to sweetened tea.
The dividing line for North from Further North is where toilets at roadside rest areas give way from "flush" to "pit". And there's a good chance that "pit" doesn't get its parking area plowed once winter really sets in.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 04:06 PM (FcKXR)
Growing up I answered to shit for brains along with my first given name.
Posted by: ziptie at July 26, 2010 04:07 PM (lLS3Y)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 26, 2010 04:07 PM (NuAIL)
boulevard, curb line, grass plot, parking (strip), parkway, terrace, or tree lawn
From the web site of the Dictionary of Americal Regional English.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 04:08 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 04:08 PM (z68Rh)
@1320
My dad used to say when it was busy somehwere, or he couldn't pull out of a parking lot because there was so much traffic...
"Every Son-of-a-Bitch and his Brother" is here today.
Sometimes he'd say...
"That's as valuable as Fart in a Bottle"
Posted by: Jimi at July 26, 2010 04:10 PM (fqxV7)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 08:07 PM (SbsTp)
shithouse......... people who write on the walls in them are shithouse poets.
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 04:10 PM (egPht)
Posted by: Alpha & Omega Man at July 26, 2010 08:01 PM (2NNz2)
Or it means you're talking about someone who is stupid in the third person.
Posted by: Bikermailman at July 26, 2010 04:12 PM (sudhu)
restroom, bathroom or toilet.
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 08:07 PM (SbsTp)
I prefer a two-holer with a copy of Barack Obama's inaugural address as TP.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 04:12 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 04:13 PM (XdlcF)
What is a craw?
Posted by: lowandslow at July 26, 2010 08:12 PM (GZitp)
Only found in chicken's and Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 04:13 PM (v1gw3)
"Coulees" would be more accurate.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 04:15 PM (z68Rh)
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at July 26, 2010 04:16 PM (x7MwC)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 04:17 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Fish at July 26, 2010 08:12 PM (v1gw3)
you had to live high on the hog around here to have a two-holer.
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 04:17 PM (egPht)
Posted by: tahDeetz at July 26, 2010 04:17 PM (ej3zj)
Coulee: Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada . a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
Didn't know that one.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 26, 2010 04:18 PM (XdlcF)
Here I sit all brokenhearted
Paid ten cents
And only farted.
Posted by: Pelayo at July 26, 2010 04:18 PM (QLmzi)
Damn those pesky biplanes!
(I think King Kong said that, too.)
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2010 04:18 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 04:19 PM (VXBR1)
That's interesting; in south Louisiana there are coulees all over the place...
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 04:21 PM (z68Rh)
Posted by: OwenKellogg at July 26, 2010 04:22 PM (rfZbE)
Meaning what? I hear it used all the time to refer to someone's complexion.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 07:46 PM (XIXhw)
It's a perverse competition for "who's the bigger hick"? A pasty (pronounced pah-stee) is a pastry-covered meat, potato and vegetable dish that originated in Cornwall is popular in the northern United States, especially in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. "You betcha" (think "Fargo") is commonly used in the U.P., but mostly the speech patterns, phrases and idioms used there more closely resemble those of Canada (think Bob and Doug Mackenzie in "Great White North", or the hockey players in "Slapshot").Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 04:22 PM (UzjcV)
you had to live high on the hog around here to have a two-holer.
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 08:17 PM (egPht)
My aunt and uncle's mountain cabin in NM had no running water, and a two holer when I was growing up. Originally a one room miner's cabin. They expanded it and sank a well later, it now has a real bathroom! Try going to that outhouse when it's 20 below outside.
Posted by: Bikermailman at July 26, 2010 04:24 PM (sudhu)
What part of the UP? I'm originally from the Chequamegon Bay area.
Posted by: davidt at July 26, 2010 04:25 PM (HtIec)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 04:26 PM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 08:07 PM (SbsTp)
Tree ... you forgot tree.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 04:29 PM (UzjcV)
Posted by: Shurl at July 26, 2010 04:29 PM (McE0P)
I'm really grokking this topic..
well slap my granny.............ive known everyone on the tread until now.
Posted by: Racefan at July 26, 2010 04:30 PM (egPht)
Posted by: Pelayo at July 26, 2010 04:32 PM (QLmzi)
Posted by: davidt at July 26, 2010 08:25 PM (HtIec)
Marquette. My Dad grew up near you in Bayfield.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 04:34 PM (UzjcV)
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If it still needs a name, I'm going with "lawn taint".
Posted by: mmmmmmm.....taint at July 26, 2010 04:35 PM (GNTj/)
restroom, bathroom or toilet.
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 08:07 PM (SbsTp)
Commode, toilet or stool?Posted by: NEPA Person Who Shits Ice Cream at July 26, 2010 04:36 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: lansing quaker at July 26, 2010 07:35 PM (yC2n2)
I wish we'd hear "trollup" and "strumpet" more often.
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 04:37 PM (IoUF1)
I laugh every time I hear that come outta a buddy of mine.
Posted by: Shurl at July 26, 2010 08:29 PM (McE0P)
That was one of the late Phil Harris' notable sayings featured on "Deadliest Catch" lately.
Posted by: ya2daup at July 26, 2010 04:37 PM (UzjcV)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 04:38 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: Ultraman at July 26, 2010 04:40 PM (Qp4DT)
1328
Most appreciated word on the Internet?
Trollism - The art of fooling some of the people none of the time.
------------------
Aw crap: I first read "troilism".
No bunk for me.
Posted by: effinayright at July 26, 2010 04:40 PM (GNTj/)
Posted by: willow at July 26, 2010 07:35 PM (SbsTp)
I really love how Bostoners can use "wicked pissah" to mean pretty much anything they want.
The only people I know who use "pissed" for "drunk" are the Australian couple I know, is that common in the Northeast too?
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 04:40 PM (IoUF1)
Posted by: Pelayo at July 26, 2010 08:32 PM (QLmzi)
I beg to differ.
Posted by: one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest at July 26, 2010 04:42 PM (IoUF1)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 04:42 PM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: Bugler at July 26, 2010 04:44 PM (VXBR1)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 08:42 PM (Qp4DT)
What? Seriously? That used to imply a certain amount of nobility.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 04:44 PM (XIXhw)
What? Seriously? That used to imply a certain amount of nobility.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 26, 2010 08:44 PM (XIXhw)
It hasn't officially started seeing use a slur, yet, but with the insane attack by the nutri-nuts on salt, it won't be long before that phrase sees its meaning turned 180 degrees.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 26, 2010 04:46 PM (Qp4DT)
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Posted by: OwenKellogg at July 26, 2010 08:22 PM (rfZbE)
Those smart-ass bylines Allahpundit has are one of my favorite parts of Hot Air. "Dude", "it's come to this", "heart-sache", "oh yes", "nuance", etc. IIRC, he started doing those one-word bylines on his old site to mock Dan Rather's one-word signoffs on the news ("Courage.")
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 04:47 PM (IoUF1)
My dad used to say "shit fire and save matches" and "smells like a French whorehouse on Bastille Day"
Posted by: vaeriax at July 26, 2010 05:00 PM (aZptk)
Finally, I may have to commit mayhem on the next person who talks about what we are to do "going forward."
Lord knows every time I find myself in a "win win"situation I start looking around longingly for an automatic weapon.
Posted by: Stuck on Stupid at July 26, 2010 05:01 PM (rVetF)
Those smart-ass bylines Allahpundit has are one of my favorite parts of Hot Air. "Dude", "it's come to this", "heart-sache", "oh yes", "nuance", etc. IIRC, he started doing those one-word bylines on his old site to mock Dan Rather's one-word signoffs on the news ("Courage.")
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at July 26, 2010 08:47 PM (IoUF1)
Have to agree here. "Nuance" as used om Hot Air is most clever.
Posted by: random at July 26, 2010 05:07 PM (70kbS)
Posted by: random at July 26, 2010 05:10 PM (70kbS)
I owe a kick in the giblets to every shit bag that's used the above term, so heads up ace if I ever meet you. That's right, this shithawk is going to open up shit storm on you shit ass.
Posted by: Jim Leahy at July 26, 2010 05:11 PM (q9WIe)
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Posted by: Zimriel at July 26, 2010 05:20 PM (oCV1U)
"I was in a place that I didn't want to be in, so I Beauchamped my way out."
"You are a damned Beauchamper!"
"You Beauchamping futhermucker!"
Posted by: GulfCoastTider at July 26, 2010 05:25 PM (RlKPQ)
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Posted by: Sebastian Cabott at July 26, 2010 05:45 PM (2DxKT)
I copied so many reports for school out of the Encyclopedia Americana, copyright 1949, that I have since written in their style:
“Narrating the history of man and his achievements The Encyclopedia Americana has endeavored, since its first publication in 1929, to present philosophies and facts with a minimum use of technical terms and with scholarly impartiality. It promotes no theories, harbors no racial, social or political bias, and indulges in no prophecies."
Oh that all sources of information would.
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Posted by: Gabriel Malor at July 26, 2010 06:43 PM (1TvCg)
I think the only people I hear using "poppycock" are old smarmy jammy gits who are afraid their tongues will burst aflame if they dare say something inappropriate.
"Bollocks" is dead common, though, and I use it frequently. So, go ahead, "hate on me".Posted by: cheshirecat at July 26, 2010 06:45 PM (lUmxl)
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Posted by: cheshirecat at July 26, 2010 07:06 PM (lUmxl)
MEME
bullshit, candy-assed, pretentious, social-Darinist-inspired, meaningless, fucking NON-word, used by ignorant assholes who are too stupid or lazy to find the PROPER, long-standing ENGLISH word to use.
Such as: theme, concept, idea, premise, motif, thesis, proposition, precept, maxim, axiom, aphorism, proverb, bromide, cliche, stereotype, slogan, shibboleth, platitude, and on, and on, and on, etc, etc, etc....
So stop using it you pretentious ignorami, and say what you mean. Intelligently. Literately. IN ENGLISH.
And buy yourself a dictionary and a thesaurus
Posted by: Phil Jones at July 26, 2010 07:08 PM (zzjM9)
This is new, but the use of "ask" as a noun, instead of task.
Re chillaxin, the practice of using words jokingly has backfired on me when I overdo it and find myself using them with no sense of irony. That happened with "dang" and some others.
My students in Chicago abbreviate fixin to fin to. As in about to do something.
Didn't Matt Groening used to have a list of tired words and phrases to retire at the end of each year?
Posted by: cathy at July 26, 2010 07:10 PM (MLSBT)
Posted by: cheshirecat at July 26, 2010 07:11 PM (lUmxl)
I remember the dimmer switch was called the beam dipper.
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Posted by: cheshirecat at July 26, 2010 07:19 PM (lUmxl)
Weird; I've never, ever heard anyone pronounce it otherwise.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 07:23 PM (z68Rh)
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Posted by: Pocono Joe at July 26, 2010 07:24 PM (zBCOq)
1445 driving the lorrie. lorry.
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Fixed. Though I've never heard anyone say they are driving "THE" lorry.
Posted by: cheshirecat at July 26, 2010 11:13 PM (lUmxl)
I prefer driving my Laurie.Posted by: American Laurie Driver at July 26, 2010 07:24 PM (7+pP9)
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Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 07:25 PM (z68Rh)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 26, 2010 11:23 PM (z68Rh)
What, FebUary or FebRUary?
Posted by: Pocono Joe at July 26, 2010 07:26 PM (zBCOq)
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Posted by: ^In today's headlines, there isn't anyone who is more of a creep and a sick freak^ at July 26, 2010 07:33 PM (sYrWB)
1459 Julien Assage of Wikileaks.com; a clueless, truly crazy and incredibly stupid fool!
I said before, he should be beaten to a pulp.
Posted by: Pocono Joe at July 26, 2010 07:36 PM (zBCOq)
Mute point, more ignorance. Reading tons of English Lit. years ago I started to use British spellings such as flavour without realizing it. I think I'm back to "normal" now.
Posted by: Pocono Joe at July 26, 2010 11:24 PM (zBCOq)
Don't sweat it. There are many grey areas for writers to explore.Posted by: Monty Chrome at July 26, 2010 07:37 PM (7+pP9)
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Posted by: David at July 27, 2010 02:33 AM (gOiEK)
IMHO: "In my humble opinion."
It seems like people stopped saying this, but then with the abbreviation, started it up again, complete with the facetious humility. If your opinion is so humble, it would have kept itself exclusive to you. Srsly, have your opinions and express them if you will, but stop trying to convince the world how humble it is.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 27, 2010 05:51 AM (cQyWA)
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"Literally". That's Sean Hannitys' entire vocabulary right there.
Whoever coined the phrase "cool beans" should be raped by, and then drawn and quartered by, 5 strong nude Helen Thomases.
Posted by: Corona at July 27, 2010 06:27 AM (woZIc)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2010 02:08 PM (Y/Gpb)
But they're handy. When imitating. William. Shatner.
Posted by: Mary in LA at July 27, 2010 02:58 PM (JYxmy)
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Actually you can thank L. Ron Hubbard for the WIN. It's big in Scientology. I think Fail was just the natural reaction.
Other dead words. Henceforth.
Posted by: Rocks at July 26, 2010 10:37 AM (Q1lie)