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Actually Elaina, I have to admit that I understand where you're coming from on that one....I tend to do a Hugh Grant in such situations! lol
DocBob345 said:My new wife and step daughter are still getting used to some of my language. The first time I used the phrase "Bob's your uncle" they looked at me funny, as my name is Robert. I still get raised eyebrows over "swell", "nuts" (as an exclamation) or "cracking" good. Oh well, we have a lot of time for them to get used to it!
Best,
Robert
Here you go.Barbigirl said:Bob's your uncle.....I remember hearing that in Mary Poppins, but what does it mean?
DocBob345 said:My new wife and step daughter are still getting used to some of my language. The first time I used the phrase "Bob's your uncle" they looked at me funny, as my name is Robert.
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fthagn-style Eldritch?griffer said:(- nigh on eldritch expressions) lol
I use nifty and ghastly alot. Also I call things "foul" instead of bad, or other, more inappropriate words. Also, I love the word "fantabulous", I use very often.griffer said:Great googily, moogily!
Nifty
Keen
Ghastly
I use a lot of obscure words. I just don't realize they are obscure.
I have had two different guys I have worked for on separate occasions ask what '?ºber' means.
Schadenfreude is another fave of mine.
natty.
svelte.
cocked up.
pear shaped (uk, not vintage)
the following are not misspelled, but rather my own slang, borrowed and modified.
splenderific.
fantabulous.
ginormous.
hugungous.
ridibulous.
And of course, skirts are always judged as 'hat worthy' or not.
(My sailor vocabulary is even more impressive. When I was reading the Aubrey/Maturin series, all sorts of arcane, nigh on eldritch expressions) lol
Sorry, I really hate to, but I'm going with the priest on this one as, to derivation. Though I don't agree that jeez is blasphemous.Doh! said:I got into an argument with a priest, he insisted that it was a shortened form of "Jesus." I told him that didn't enter my mind; I assumed it was a contraction of "gee whiz."
Discuss.