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[Tomasso]

I can honestly say that a tiny percentage of my decision to move back to the UK from the US was that I could no longer bear to hear the word "awesome" every 2 minutes

So, you prefer brilliant?

 

[LoveMyHats2]

And Carole Lombard, of course. I've heard Ann Sheridan, too, liked to sail the 7 seas where swear words were concerned...



And yo, man, it was like, well sick! :eeek: I can honestly say that a tiny percentage of my decision to move back to the UK from the US was that I could no longer bear to hear the word "awesome" every 2 minutes..."ginormous" runs a close second in the annoyance race.



I must admit to having more than somewhat of a potty mouth, but it's more a reaction when I'm unable to do something right (My dance teacher has trained me into saying my "nice" swear word, "shinola" a fair amount of the time, but pretty often what it's meant to replace slips out...oops! Just channeling Miss Lombard. )

Wow you would wish to move due to hearing the word, "awesome", that is so very awesome that you would have done so, wickedly awesome at that! lololol

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I just wish that Waaadzzzuuuppp..? would move on....uke:

 

[LizzieMaine]

Rap talk delivered "ironically" by suburban white people needs to stop. I once had a boss who used to enter the office every morning with "whaaaaaaadup dawwwwwwgs?" and I used to have dreams about throwing him out a sixth-floor window.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

I just wish that Waaadzzzuuuppp..? would move on....uke:

+2 on this one!

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Rap talk delivered "ironically" by suburban white people needs to stop. I once had a boss who used to enter the office every morning with "whaaaaaaadup dawwwwwwgs?" and I used to have dreams about throwing him out a sixth-floor window.

Oh lord, yes, that is a must and the other one used far too much, "Homie"!

What is a "Homie"? Is that short for a non heterosexual, or just someone that wants to free load off you by moving in and not leaving very soon? You know, like Uncle Buck!

 

[LoveMyHats2]

So, you prefer brilliant?

Stellar with an added search light boost!

 

[bunnyb.gal]

So, you prefer brilliant?

Hmm, yes, by far - but usually in a negative, as in "Traffic jam? Now that's just bloody brilliant!" Nah, give me "swell", "ace", or even "stellar"...

Wow you would wish to move due to hearing the word, "awesome", that is so very awesome that you would have done so, wickedly awesome at that! lololol

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Rap talk delivered "ironically" by suburban white people needs to stop. I once had a boss who used to enter the office every morning with "whaaaaaaadup dawwwwwwgs?" and I used to have dreams about throwing him out a sixth-floor window.

Who threw the dawgs out???

Equally appalling is the gesture mimicry that occurs (see abovementioned video of prepubescent suburban white females). It's just plain embarrassing, like your dad dancing to "Footloose" at a wedding when he's in his cups. I'm sure these gestures have some great cultural significance which just flies over my head, but it just looks plain stupid when it's not "playas" doing them.

I still remember when my mother started to use the word "boo" (as in boyfriend, not scary scary) and I just felt like crawling under a rock. Please, Mother, boyfriend, beau, significant other, even squeeze if you must, but please, not the latest urban slang when you live in Upper Podunk, PA. Facepalm.

 

[Pompidou]

Hmm, yes, by far - but usually in a negative, as in "Traffic jam? Now that's just bloody brilliant!" Nah, give me "swell", "ace", or even "stellar"...



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Who threw the dawgs out???

Equally appalling is the gesture mimicry that occurs (see abovementioned video of prepubescent suburban white females). It's just plain embarrassing, like your dad dancing to "Footloose" at a wedding when he's in his cups. I'm sure these gestures have some great cultural significance which just flies over my head, but it just looks plain stupid when it's not "playas" doing them.

I still remember when my mother started to use the word "boo" (as in boyfriend, not scary scary) and I just felt like crawling under a rock. Please, Mother, boyfriend, beau, significant other, even squeeze if you must, but please, not the latest urban slang when you live in Upper Podunk, PA. Facepalm.

Does the reverse apply? Would it be appropriate to say, "Look, enough with the proper diction and good manners, you're not upper class white."?

 

[Tomasso]

Does the reverse apply? Would it be appropriate to say, "Look, enough with the proper diction and good manners, you're not upper class white."?

That happens to some African Americans.

 

[scottyrocks]

. . . Unfortunately, we haven't replaced the F-word, but if someone ever does, they'd be well appreciated. . .There is a C-word that some say comes close. . .

In my neck of the woods, the C-word is beyond the F-word. I'll occasionally use the F but never the C.

 

[rue]

In my neck of the woods, the C-word is beyond the F-word. I'll occasionally use the F but never the C.

I save that special word for only one person and trust me she deserves it.

 

[scottyrocks]

Oh lord, yes, that is a must and the other one used far too much, "Homie"!

What is a "Homie"? Is that short for a non heterosexual, or just someone that wants to free load off you by moving in and not leaving very soon? You know, like Uncle Buck!

'Homie' is short for 'homeboy' which a 100+ year old urban term for a male friend from back home. Blacks were moving in large numbers from small southern towns to large(r) northern cities. Running into a homeboy or 'homie' meant running into a male friend from your home town.

 

[Tomasso]

I save that special word for only one person and trust me she deserves it.

So do you hurl it at her, mumble it under your breath or just think it?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

What strikes me funny -- well not Ha-Ha funny -- is how the C-word seems to be applied to both male and female in the UK.

 

[Tomasso]

the C-word seems to be applied to both male and female in the UK.

Same in the US, if you include the gay community.

 

[rue]

So do you hurl it at her, mumble it under your breath or just think it?

I just think it, but if given the chance and enough liquor she might hear it.

 

[Tomasso]

I just think it

Same here. I leave Oh so much on the cutting room floor.

 

[rue]

Same here. I leave Oh so much on the cutting room floor.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt

 

[Pompidou]

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt

Those are words to live by. 99% of my life's regrets are from saying something.