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[Eilan]

One of the girls I used to work with used to go for a "mimi" enerytime she went for a pee, so we ended up calling her Mimi, which sounds very cute until you realise we were actually calling her piss.

Hmmm. . . wonder if Drew Carey knew this.

Oh, and here's a little exchange from The Simpsons that's rather amusing:

Jebediah: [on film] A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

Mrs. Krabappel: Embiggens? I never heard that word before I moved to Springfield.

Ms. Hoover: I don't know why. It's a perfectly cromulent word.

 

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[silverwhisper]

eilan: er...are you unfamiliar w/ blackadder? that simpsons reference is an homage.

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[EJFan]

i've often wondered what the origin of "dagnabbit" is... with the hopes that it's not a corrupted form of "god damnit"... i'd like to find out it's more interesting than that.

 

[Eilan]

eilan: er...are you unfamiliar w/ blackadder? that simpsons reference is an homage.

Apparently not.

 

[silverwhisper]

blackadder was a positively brilliant comedy that ran on the BBC a few years back starring rowan atkinson when he did comedy that had dialogue in it (i detest mr. bean). through the course of the series, the show traces the descendants of the blackadder family, all of whom are clever if morally-challenged masters of snark. :>

i believe in year 3, blackadder encounters samuel johnson, who is quite proud of his just finished manuscript for the world's first dictionary. blackadder, a more than mildly snarky sort himself, demands, "every word, sir?" johnson replies that yes, every word in the language is included in it. that's when blackadder asks if it includes [something i've forgotten]. johnson, astounded he's missed on, demands to know its derivation and blackadder replies w/ that same line: "it's a perfectly cromnulent word."

:>

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[Quoll]

ok... i don't know what dilutin OR cordial is.

this thread needs a thesaurus.

Apparently cordial is kool-aid or similar.

Ok I just checked with my wife, she says I am very cordial, going by scalwags definition.

 

[Quoll]

i've often wondered what the origin of "dagnabbit" is... with the hopes that it's not a corrupted form of "god damnit"... i'd like to find out it's more interesting than that.

Eeew. Over here a dag is a lump of sheep shit stuck to a sheeps bum, and of course these things need to be removed...

 

[glynndah]

I posted a thread on the GB this afternoon about the Washington Post's contest to coin new words, "To all Word Lovers...." If you are intersted, please check it out. I'm sure there's a way to copy it to this thread also, I just don't know how to do it.

 

[Quoll]

dagnabit
down there
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[Quoll]

According to this here website dagnabit = damnation.

 

[Nightbird]

My Grandmother would refer to sinks as "Zinc"

Of course I believe the Southern States call Iced Tea "Sweet Tea" and in some cases don't know that "Tea" is meant to be served hot.

I could get out my Jeff Foxworthy and add tons of words to this thread..

 

[Nightbird]

I just thought of a pet peeve of mine..

People who mis pronounce the word "Drown" For example "John Doe drownded in the river" why do they insist on adding that extra D?

 

[glynndah]

The thread has plummeted to the 3rd page now.

 

[Lynxie]

I like this thread. Since I'm a fan of redundancy, I might as well mention that "wicked" is synonymous with "very" in New England (just in case you missed Scaly's and Bi's posts!). Massachusetts has all kinds of wicked fun vernacular...

Grinder - known elsewhere as a sub or hoagie

Bubbler - one of my most favoritest words ever, meaning "water fountain," the kind you drink from

pissah - Bostonian pronunciation for "pisser," generally meaning either very good, or very bad, as in "Dude, that's wicked pissah!"

The Packy - short for The Package Store. Contrary to popular belief, packages are not sold here. This is another word for liquor store.

 

[Quoll]

What a pisser.

Piss is one of our most versatile words.

Piss: Alcohol, usually beer.
Piss turn, piss up: Boozy party.
Piss weak: No good, gutless.
Pissed: Drunk.
Pissed off: Annoyed.
Had a pisser of a day: Great day.
That was a pisser of a joke: Very very funny.
Pissed: angry.
To take the piss out of someone: Make fun of.
To piss in someones pocket: Lie
Don't mean to piss in your pocket: Don't mean to annoy you: I'm telling the truth.

 

[EJFan]

According to this here website dagnabit = damnation.

well this is just fucking boring then.

 

[EJFan]

Eeew. Over here a dag is a lump of sheep shit stuck to a sheeps bum, and of course these things need to be removed...

i don't know if it's TECHNICALLY the same, but 'round here we call that a dingleberry.... not with sheep, but to describe any kind of fecal remnants clinging to various rectal hairs.

 

[Quoll]

i don't know if it's TECHNICALLY the same, but 'round here we call that a dingleberry.... not with sheep, but to describe any kind of fecal remnants clinging to various rectal hairs.

We also have the saying "rattle your dags" meaning to hurry up, because when the sheep runs the dry dags rattle.
So rattle your dingleberries and start humping that bluey.

 

[Quoll]

well this is just fucking boring then.

Yeah I was pretty pissed too, it had so much potential, I thought the Melon farmer, the Mofo, the Mortar forker,the Muddy funster would have been so much funnier.

 

[bisexplicit]

Apparently, says EJ, "to goose" means "to poke in the butt." I'm not sure if I believe him though.

I have a friend who, in her family, when you get a brain-freeze, you have a forehead.

 

[EJFan]

Apparently, says EJ, "to goose" means "to poke in the butt." I'm not sure if I believe him though.

believe it sister. i wouldn't lie to you.

I have a friend who, in her family, when you get a brain-freeze, you have a forehead.

then i must have a HUGE brain-freeze... my brain-freeze goes all the way to the back of my neck.

(ok. not really, but it's gettin' bigger all the time)

 

[Quoll]

Apparently, says EJ, "to goose" means "to poke in the butt." I'm not sure if I believe him though.

I have a friend who, in her family, when you get a brain-freeze, you have a forehead.

As much as I hate to admit it in public, EJ is correct about the goosing.

 

[boston_bbw]

I am curious if anyone has ever used the word "bubbie" ? It's not the O sound like boobie but not really the U sound like Buddy either .. sorta in between. It seems to be a form of endearment yet I have also heard it's a word that refers to a jewish grandmother.