Anyone else ever have some rather strange words/phrases in their daily lexicon, whether it's something you came up with or something you heard somewhere, and now can't stop using?
I'll admit I tend to use a lot of slang from TVTropes in particular, especially trope names to refer to tropes when they happen in something I'm watching (Chekhov's Gun and Gilligan Cut are two of them in particular).
There was also a time a few months ago when my environmental science teacher was asking us to study for the upcoming test by telling the class something along the lines of "Even if you don't have any missing work, you probably still have some better things to do besides just fartin' around on your phones all class". Since then, I've used the phrase "fartin' around" quite a lot.
Anyone else ever have some rather strange words/phrases in their daily lexicon, whether it's something you came up with or something you heard somewhere, and now can't stop using?
I'll admit I tend to use a lot of slang from TVTropes in particular, especially trope names to refer to tropes when they happen in something I'm watching (Chekhov's Gun and Gilligan Cut are two of them in particular).
There was also a time a few months ago when my environmental science teacher was asking us to study for the upcoming test by telling the class something along the lines of "Even if you don't have any missing work, you probably still have some better things to do besides just fartin' around on your phones all class". Since then, I've used the phrase "fartin' around" quite a lot.
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"Funkalicious" is a word I might have made up and use to describe negative things, like "Man does the catbox smell funkalicious or what?"
"Now here's the million dollar question" I use when I am about to ask an important question or one that requires a specific answer. Such as "Are we taking the XYZ with us on the trip or not?"
"The question before the court" is one I use in a similar fashion to the above.
"Call me guac cuz I be extra" is one that pops up every so often.
I use the term "REO Speedwagon Fallacy" to describe information from an unreliable source, because you 'heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another'. For example, my uncle's cousin's former roommate's bowling coach once said...
"For reasons unbeknownst to man or beast alive on this Earth" is one I use to describe, well, unknowable reasons.
"Funkalicious" is a word I might have made up and use to describe negative things, like "Man does the catbox smell funkalicious or what?"
"Now here's the million dollar question" I use when I am about to ask an important question or one that requires a specific answer. Such as "Are we taking the XYZ with us on the trip or not?"
"The question before the court" is one I use in a similar fashion to the above.
"Call me guac cuz I be extra" is one that pops up every so often.
I use the term "REO Speedwagon Fallacy" to describe information from an unreliable source, because you 'heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another'. For example, my uncle's cousin's former roommate's bowling coach once said...
"For reasons unbeknownst to man or beast alive on this Earth" is one I use to describe, well, unknowable reasons.
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I've started calling anything that goes on top of something else a "hat"
Also started calling various objects "little man"
Mostly because my vocab seems to be decreasing as I get older and I grasp for words more when speaking out loud. No one has asked about it tho
I've started calling anything that goes on top of something else a "hat"
Also started calling various objects "little man"
Mostly because my vocab seems to be decreasing as I get older and I grasp for words more when speaking out loud. No one has asked about it tho
"I forgor" and "I rember"
I use them a lot XD but I avoid the other side of them.
"I forgor" and "I rember"
I use them a lot XD but I avoid the other side of them.
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One of my fav YouTubers occasionally says “upsetti spaghetti” when, well, someone/thing is upset? I use it sometimes too like: My cat didn’t get her tuna water today, she was so upsetti spaghetti.
One of my fav YouTubers occasionally says “upsetti spaghetti” when, well, someone/thing is upset? I use it sometimes too like: My cat didn’t get her tuna water today, she was so upsetti spaghetti.
I feel you on the TVTropes thing. I try to catch myself so I don't look like a complete nerd in front of other people, but most of the time it doesn't work.
Not something I use on a daily basis, but for some reason my mom's side of the family uses the term "dahweeting" to describe talking excitedly with people about something. I have absolutely no idea where it came from, and to my knowledge nobody outside of my family says this.
I feel you on the TVTropes thing. I try to catch myself so I don't look like a complete nerd in front of other people, but most of the time it doesn't work.
Not something I use on a daily basis, but for some reason my mom's side of the family uses the term "dahweeting" to describe talking excitedly with people about something. I have absolutely no idea where it came from, and to my knowledge nobody outside of my family says this.
At some point in my toddler age, I misheard the phrase "bless you" as "blesh you" which I don't even know how that happened, but i've been saying "blesh you" since. I really thought that a whole word was created to excuse sneezing. No. I was wrong. But I still say "blesh" either way.
At some point in my toddler age, I misheard the phrase "bless you" as "blesh you" which I don't even know how that happened, but i've been saying "blesh you" since. I really thought that a whole word was created to excuse sneezing. No. I was wrong. But I still say "blesh" either way.
I say girlboss a lot. Girlboss, please stop texting me has become an inside joke with my friends and I, and it's just stuck.
Also not really a phrase but I do the *shy fingers* a lot
Thanks to Troll Hunters (and the other shows that came with it), the word awesomesauce is a permanent part of my vocabulary.
Thanks to Troll Hunters (and the other shows that came with it), the word awesomesauce is a permanent part of my vocabulary.
Something I got from my mum. When having someone, be it a human or a pet, sitting on my lap or otherwise carrying their weight, I'll call them a 'heavy camel', regardless of actual species. I have no idea where this originally came from. It's not a local thing, since it confused other locals.
And I can definitly see that being confusing. Imagine someone picking up a cat and going 'Ooooh, heavy camel!' It's ridiculous, and that's why I'll keep doing that.
Something I got from my mum. When having someone, be it a human or a pet, sitting on my lap or otherwise carrying their weight, I'll call them a 'heavy camel', regardless of actual species. I have no idea where this originally came from. It's not a local thing, since it confused other locals.
And I can definitly see that being confusing. Imagine someone picking up a cat and going 'Ooooh, heavy camel!' It's ridiculous, and that's why I'll keep doing that.
