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Following an earlier thread I posted, "Arse", I got to thinking (dangerous, I know...)about words. I have only recently started using the word "arse" in the way I currently do. What is your latest word/phrase that you have added to your vocab? Where did you get it from? For me it rubbed off, as a friend was always using it. Do you ever find a word you don't know (obviously I am thinking now of words more eloquent than "arse"...)and determine to use it? How do you extend your vocabulary, where have most of your latest words/phrases come from? TV? Books? Friends? Internet forums?
Just curious,
Flicka.
Just curious,
Flicka.
In reply to Flicka:
i used the word tw*t once, but does also mean
'a man who is a stupid incompetent fool', so i may use it again
i used the word tw*t once, but does also mean
'a man who is a stupid incompetent fool', so i may use it again
In reply to Flicka:
'Jurassic Park' not really recent addition, but I like it.
And 'Well Brown' or 'totally aunt susan' with a post-post-post-modern sense of self-reflexive irony.
Both from TV.
'Jurassic Park' not really recent addition, but I like it.
And 'Well Brown' or 'totally aunt susan' with a post-post-post-modern sense of self-reflexive irony.
Both from TV.
In reply to Flicka:
Just consulted teenage offspring, and one's contribution full of far too politically incorrect words to repeat apart from the fact that 'Gay's meaning has metamorphed into something else, the older merely said (heavy sigh) "Oh mum, stop being so Sad.." Oh dear.. but hang on - I QUITE LIKE THAT WORD:
Sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sadsadsadsaddddddddddddddddddddd
Just consulted teenage offspring, and one's contribution full of far too politically incorrect words to repeat apart from the fact that 'Gay's meaning has metamorphed into something else, the older merely said (heavy sigh) "Oh mum, stop being so Sad.." Oh dear.. but hang on - I QUITE LIKE THAT WORD:
Sad sad sad sad sad sad sad sadsadsadsaddddddddddddddddddddd
In reply to goldilocks: My stepdad refuses to use the word 'gays' to describe homosexuals !
I tend to be a snob with new phrases - e.g. refusing to use 'cheers' (unless I'm raising a toast!) and 'arse' (too crude!) - but they're bound to creep in through a process of social osmosis - e.g. 'How sad is that?' and 'That's mingin' seems to be popular where I work. I tend to use 'saddo' and 'numpty' a lot (usually to describe myself)
I tend to be a snob with new phrases - e.g. refusing to use 'cheers' (unless I'm raising a toast!) and 'arse' (too crude!) - but they're bound to creep in through a process of social osmosis - e.g. 'How sad is that?' and 'That's mingin' seems to be popular where I work. I tend to use 'saddo' and 'numpty' a lot (usually to describe myself)
In reply to Flicka: There are many beautiful, colourful and intriguing words in old dictionaries I have, but they're a bit like your finest china - you can only use them on special occasions (when someone might understand them)!
In reply to Flicka:
I usually pick up new words from whoever I spend time with, go through a phase of using them and then they tend to slip back out of usage or are used very occasionally. Also have a certain vocabulary that is not used in the vicinity of my parents! I suppose everyone has different vocabularies for different sets of people.
Do you ever use words that other people have used in a particular context, without knowing their actual out of context meaning? That happened to me with bollox, got it off my sister but didn't initially realising quite what I was saying with it until it came out in front of my mother...oops!
I usually pick up new words from whoever I spend time with, go through a phase of using them and then they tend to slip back out of usage or are used very occasionally. Also have a certain vocabulary that is not used in the vicinity of my parents! I suppose everyone has different vocabularies for different sets of people.
Do you ever use words that other people have used in a particular context, without knowing their actual out of context meaning? That happened to me with bollox, got it off my sister but didn't initially realising quite what I was saying with it until it came out in front of my mother...oops!
In reply to Flicka:
two phrases that have slipped into to mass usage by the under 25's (and that also REALLY annoy me) are:
'random' : as in "some random bloke"
and
'cool cool'/'cool and the gang'/'cool bananas'
sure, 'cool' has been around for ages, but this new hybrid slang just gets my goat man, innit.
and the worst of all, as mentioned many times,
'uber'. anyone who uses it can shizzle my nizzle babee, yeah. just talk to the hand girlfriend. mmm hmmm.
two phrases that have slipped into to mass usage by the under 25's (and that also REALLY annoy me) are:
'random' : as in "some random bloke"
and
'cool cool'/'cool and the gang'/'cool bananas'
sure, 'cool' has been around for ages, but this new hybrid slang just gets my goat man, innit.
and the worst of all, as mentioned many times,
'uber'. anyone who uses it can shizzle my nizzle babee, yeah. just talk to the hand girlfriend. mmm hmmm.
In reply to Flicka:
`oo be dours den unny? Whitby(NE Coast)dialect. A free pint to the first person that can decipher!
`oo be dours den unny? Whitby(NE Coast)dialect. A free pint to the first person that can decipher!
In reply to Flicka: You want to try keeping better company…. <ahem>
I use ‘merde’ most, as I find that ‘putain’ just sounds too 'gay'. I like 'j'en ai marre' when it's said with real feeling. =o)
Oh yeah and ‘arse’…. crude? well really!
I use ‘merde’ most, as I find that ‘putain’ just sounds too 'gay'. I like 'j'en ai marre' when it's said with real feeling. =o)
Oh yeah and ‘arse’…. crude? well really!
In reply to wildcountryfriend:
"Close, but it`s not right" in a carpark catchphrase kind of way.
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> who are you, honey? whats your name?
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> just a guess though...
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> who are you, honey? whats your name?
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> just a guess though...
"Close, but it`s not right" in a carpark catchphrase kind of way.
In reply to wizz walker: 'who will be yours then honey?' ?
In reply to Nikki:
God, you`re easy!
> (In reply to wizz walker) arse!
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> 'i'll be yours then honey?' ? I could *really* do with a pint!
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> 'i'll be yours then honey?' ? I could *really* do with a pint!
God, you`re easy!
In reply to Nikki:
Well it`s still not right!
Answer is;
Who be yours honey?, as in Who are your parents, or, who do you belong to. Comes from ancient Norse dialect & buried in slave traditions when slaves earned freedom enough to marry into the community. Slavery, btw, was not captured people but anyone who couldn`t afford to live & had to sell themselves into servitude in order to survive.Bit like my job really!
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> Noooo, *that* was my guess, you cheeky sod! ;oP
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> Noooo, *that* was my guess, you cheeky sod! ;oP
Well it`s still not right!
Answer is;
Who be yours honey?, as in Who are your parents, or, who do you belong to. Comes from ancient Norse dialect & buried in slave traditions when slaves earned freedom enough to marry into the community. Slavery, btw, was not captured people but anyone who couldn`t afford to live & had to sell themselves into servitude in order to survive.Bit like my job really!
In reply to wizz walker: Of course Whitby not being too far from Hartlepool some of the answers referred to simian life forms
In reply to wizz walker:
Something like "who are you parents?" - trying to find out your background, and where you come from.
Possibly Nordic in origin...
> `oo be dours den unny? Whitby(NE Coast)dialect.
Something like "who are you parents?" - trying to find out your background, and where you come from.
Possibly Nordic in origin...
In reply to GraemeA at home:
Geography is obviosly not your strongpoint then?
Though, it has to be said that my hometown does display a remarked family closeness as can be witnessed by perusing the local phone directory, wherein three family names can be seen to be prevalent over at least a hundred pages!
Think you will find that there are no simians in Hartlepool btw, as they have all been hung from the bridge by the folk from Alnwick!
> (In reply to wizz walker) Of course Whitby not being too far from Hartlepool some of the answers referred to simian life forms
Geography is obviosly not your strongpoint then?
Though, it has to be said that my hometown does display a remarked family closeness as can be witnessed by perusing the local phone directory, wherein three family names can be seen to be prevalent over at least a hundred pages!
Think you will find that there are no simians in Hartlepool btw, as they have all been hung from the bridge by the folk from Alnwick!
In reply to wizz walker:
Apart from your mayor, of course...
> Think you will find that there are no simians in Hartlepool btw, as they have all been hung from the bridge by the folk from Alnwick!
Apart from your mayor, of course...
In reply to Dominion:
Never mind, get you a beer anyway, just for the entertainment value!
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> Oh. Bum.
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> Just seen the answer.
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> Drat
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> Oh. Bum.
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> Just seen the answer.
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> Drat
Never mind, get you a beer anyway, just for the entertainment value!
In reply to wizz walker: Can I have a guess? will I get a beer?
My thread has so been hijacked! Everyone has been so busy trying to guess that they forgot to ahem pay attention to what the thread is actually about ahem ahem! :-p
Have a happy week ahead folks!
Have a happy week ahead folks!
In reply to marie:
Get back to the ironing serf.
Stop talking to me, your burning food rubbed off on me today. Next I will be getting lost going to Brimham.
Get back to the ironing serf.
Stop talking to me, your burning food rubbed off on me today. Next I will be getting lost going to Brimham.
In reply to wizz walker: 45 miles ain't that far by normal standards.
I was not aware that the good folk of Alnwick had spent much time hanging simians for 2 reasons:
1. They are too busy doing naughty things to the local caprinae population to be bothered about a few apes
2. Alnwick is too far from the sea and therefore unlikely to receive shipwrecked apes
I was not aware that the good folk of Alnwick had spent much time hanging simians for 2 reasons:
1. They are too busy doing naughty things to the local caprinae population to be bothered about a few apes
2. Alnwick is too far from the sea and therefore unlikely to receive shipwrecked apes
In reply to Dominion:
Are you reffering to the original mayor of Hartlepool, who insisted that said primate be tried for spying or are you suggesting that the present Mayor of Whitby is a primate?
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> Apart from your mayor, of course...
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> Apart from your mayor, of course...
Are you reffering to the original mayor of Hartlepool, who insisted that said primate be tried for spying or are you suggesting that the present Mayor of Whitby is a primate?
In reply to wizz walker:
Isn't your current Mayor (or MP) someone who dressed up in a monkey-suit ie the Hartlepool Team Mascot bloke?
(I may well be out of date, elections were only a month ago)
Who's Primate Minister now, then?
Isn't your current Mayor (or MP) someone who dressed up in a monkey-suit ie the Hartlepool Team Mascot bloke?
(I may well be out of date, elections were only a month ago)
Who's Primate Minister now, then?
In reply to Flicka:
>My thread has so been hijacked!
Arse, so it has. Some turgid simian juveniles who think they know about the geneology of the NE when they are actually talking of their primate ancestors. Absolutely execrable
>My thread has so been hijacked!
Arse, so it has. Some turgid simian juveniles who think they know about the geneology of the NE when they are actually talking of their primate ancestors. Absolutely execrable
In reply to wizz walker: See Councillor Joe E Drum. Rumour has it that not only did the good citizens hand the monkey but they might have sort of spanked the monkey as well
In reply to GraemeA at home: Should say hand but I guess hand is just as appropriate
In reply to GraemeA at home:
Aye sir. However, whilst working @ Boulmer, a friend & self used to delight in suspending stuffed toys in the form of monkeys, from the bridge over the A1 whenever the `hangers where travelling to matches which caused them to pass our way.
Much amusement was then gained by retiring to local hostelries & watching returning coaches full off p*ssed (off?) footy hoodlums wreaking rewnge!
Aye sir. However, whilst working @ Boulmer, a friend & self used to delight in suspending stuffed toys in the form of monkeys, from the bridge over the A1 whenever the `hangers where travelling to matches which caused them to pass our way.
Much amusement was then gained by retiring to local hostelries & watching returning coaches full off p*ssed (off?) footy hoodlums wreaking rewnge!
In reply to Flicka:
I use "gimps" quite a bit show displeasure at something. eg. "gimps, I've been hit by a bus!".
Only started using it recently, no idea where it came from but I like it.
Andy
I use "gimps" quite a bit show displeasure at something. eg. "gimps, I've been hit by a bus!".
Only started using it recently, no idea where it came from but I like it.
Andy
In reply to AndyH1710:
I've not heard of that! I thought a gimp was a term to describe a person, sort of like nerdish idiot...
I've not heard of that! I thought a gimp was a term to describe a person, sort of like nerdish idiot...
In reply to sutty: OOPS!!!! We must have had a cooking ability transplant - I made sundried tomato cous cous, with chargrilled red and yellow peppers and (looks like a cucumber, but is a small marrow (I think)) marinated in olive oil, lemon juice and crushed garlic yesterday! :oD
I did all the gardening and weeding this weekend and successfully managed to avoid ironing completely!
Just hope Jacks trousers dont look too creased for school tomorrow :oS
I did all the gardening and weeding this weekend and successfully managed to avoid ironing completely!
Just hope Jacks trousers dont look too creased for school tomorrow :oS
In reply to Flicka:
Oooops! Sorry! You can have a beer anyway for being such a sporting hostess! d;0)
> My thread has so been hijacked! Everyone has been so busy trying to guess that they forgot to ahem pay attention to what the thread is actually about ahem ahem! :-p
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> Have a happy week ahead folks!
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> Have a happy week ahead folks!
Oooops! Sorry! You can have a beer anyway for being such a sporting hostess! d;0)
In reply to AndyH1710:
Do you think you have started a new trend? Has it rubbed off on any of your colleagues yet?
Do you think you have started a new trend? Has it rubbed off on any of your colleagues yet?
In reply to Flicka:
I did go through a phase (for about 3 weeks) of referring to hard climbs (indoors, at the top of my grade) as being "nails"
Picked it up on RT.
Other phrases I've picked up off the internet revolve around the language used by trolls on some of the alt.music.nirvana (and so on) newsgroups, way back 10-12yrs ago).
Until which I'd never even thought of referring to someone as a "xxxxstain", but some of the trollers - frankly - deserved it!
I did go through a phase (for about 3 weeks) of referring to hard climbs (indoors, at the top of my grade) as being "nails"
Picked it up on RT.
Other phrases I've picked up off the internet revolve around the language used by trolls on some of the alt.music.nirvana (and so on) newsgroups, way back 10-12yrs ago).
Until which I'd never even thought of referring to someone as a "xxxxstain", but some of the trollers - frankly - deserved it!
In reply to wizz walker: Why were the 'hangers going north. Only League team north of Alnwick is Berwick and they play in Scottish league?
Was once coming back from climbing on Hartlepool sea walls (over 20 years ago, pre-wall days) and the response to us shouting 'hangers out of the window was flying bricks. Luckily none hit
Ps if you ever make it to the wall in Rochdale ask Squawk where he is from
Was once coming back from climbing on Hartlepool sea walls (over 20 years ago, pre-wall days) and the response to us shouting 'hangers out of the window was flying bricks. Luckily none hit
Ps if you ever make it to the wall in Rochdale ask Squawk where he is from
In reply to Flicka:
Hopefully not, it sounds stupid and doesn't make any sense. Trying to get rid of it but need a new word replace it.
Any suggestions?
Andy
Hopefully not, it sounds stupid and doesn't make any sense. Trying to get rid of it but need a new word replace it.
Any suggestions?
Andy
In reply to marie:
You mean you burnt the tea again?
>and (looks like a cucumber, but is a small marrow (I think)) marinated in olive oil, lemon juice and crushed garlic yesterday! :oD
Thast a courgette m`dear!
> with chargrilled red and yellow peppers
You mean you burnt the tea again?
>and (looks like a cucumber, but is a small marrow (I think)) marinated in olive oil, lemon juice and crushed garlic yesterday! :oD
Thast a courgette m`dear!
In reply to AndyH1710:
How about...."arse"?
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> Hopefully not, it sounds stupid and doesn't make any sense. Trying to get rid of it but need a new word replace it.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Andy
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> Hopefully not, it sounds stupid and doesn't make any sense. Trying to get rid of it but need a new word replace it.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Andy
How about...."arse"?
In reply to Flicka:
Already use that one. A couple of my mates use "bum-clouds" and "bum-goblins" quite a bit.
Andy
Already use that one. A couple of my mates use "bum-clouds" and "bum-goblins" quite a bit.
Andy
In reply to wizz walker: Was it not just Squawk driving to the Doors? (If so good effort)
In reply to AndyH1710:
Too many syllables! "Arse" says it in one syllable, so much more emphatic! Hmmm I am beginning to sound like I am talking out of one...ooops...:-p
Too many syllables! "Arse" says it in one syllable, so much more emphatic! Hmmm I am beginning to sound like I am talking out of one...ooops...:-p
In reply to wizz walker:
Is that Boulmer in northumberlad?
I've only found the 1 Boulmer and cannot imagine many poolie fans travelling up towards scotland for matches.
Is that Boulmer in northumberlad?
I've only found the 1 Boulmer and cannot imagine many poolie fans travelling up towards scotland for matches.
In reply to Flicka:
:-p
Oi, don't stick your tongue out at old men, they may think you mean something else.8<(
:-p
Oi, don't stick your tongue out at old men, they may think you mean something else.8<(
In reply to sutty:
Oh bum.... and there's this really cute girl who goes up the pub - every now and again - who always grins at me whenever she sees me, and sticks her tongue out at me...
> Oi, don't stick your tongue out at old men, they may think you mean something else.8<(
Oh bum.... and there's this really cute girl who goes up the pub - every now and again - who always grins at me whenever she sees me, and sticks her tongue out at me...
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