horrible. Plus it sounds like a combo of "upscale" and "Catskills"
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - May 27, 2008 9:12:47 am PDT #9123 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
sarameg - May 27, 2008 9:13:04 am PDT #9124 of 10001
OED claims it, but it is ugly and stupid and smells funny.
Dana - May 27, 2008 9:13:32 am PDT #9125 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I vote "ew".
Scrappy - May 27, 2008 9:14:28 am PDT #9126 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Horrible, although I kind of like its cousin "upsell," since it is such a pithy way to describe the whole "You want fries with that" thing.
Steph L. - May 27, 2008 9:14:57 am PDT #9127 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"upskill" real word or really horrible business speak.
Dear god!
Is it meant to be a noun?
....surely not a verb?
brenda m - May 27, 2008 9:15:21 am PDT #9128 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've been to a number of weddings where I wasn't closely connected to anyone who wasn't part of the wedding party - is that really that uncommom?
When it's someone who's part of your gang of old friends or you know the whole family or something, sure, a + guest is unnecessary and sometimes even awkward. If not, though, the prospect of being the lone single at a table of unknown couples may well be enough to make me decline the invitation.
msbelle - May 27, 2008 9:15:41 am PDT #9129 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
THANK YOU! ok back to putting this document together.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 27, 2008 9:18:28 am PDT #9130 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Matt - didn't I see that groom's cake on Ace of Cakes?
I don't watch Ace of Cakes, but possibly. I know the groom in question picked it based on Steel Magnolias. (Though as far as I know it wasn't a concession to a favorite crazy aunt who baked it herself.)
I've been to a number of weddings where I wasn't closely connected to anyone who wasn't part of the wedding party - is that really that uncommom?
Me too. I got invited to a number of friends' weddings back in college where I only knew the bride and groom. Coupled with my serious discomfort at making small talk with complete strangers, it made for some awkward receptions.
msbelle - May 27, 2008 9:19:07 am PDT #9131 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
it is used as a verb..."educate and upskill [employees]..."
Ginger - May 27, 2008 9:20:36 am PDT #9132 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Perhaps if they upskilled writing, we wouldn't have to face that word.