Nobody says "retarded" like people from Boston, either. Which, seriously, is about my second thought reading articles on how it's hate speech and nobody should ever use it...I'm always like "Won't somebody think of New England?" And also, kids are NEVER gonna run out of "spaz" style insults.ETA: I hate Glenn Beck...does that count. BTW, KO is totally spot-on with the Lonesome Rhodes comparison.
Willow: That's a work ethic! Buffy, you're developing a work ethic! Buffy: Do they make an ointment for that?
'Beneath You'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
erikaj - Sep 25, 2009 11:08:17 am PDT #10985 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Jesse - Sep 25, 2009 11:10:42 am PDT #10986 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
White culture is this stuff, right? [link]
Fred Pete - Sep 25, 2009 11:11:09 am PDT #10987 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
When I think of "white culture," I think "Celine Dion."
tommyrot - Sep 25, 2009 11:11:15 am PDT #10988 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And also, kids are NEVER gonna run out of "spaz" style insults.
Yeah.
I was shocked when I first heard teenagers using the word "gay" to mean "lame." So the following bit o' Simpsons cracked me up: "You kissed a girl? That is so gay."
Jesse - Sep 25, 2009 11:13:46 am PDT #10989 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was shocked when I first heard teenagers using the word "gay" to mean "lame."
Of course, lame used to mean crippled -- I mean, physically disabled in the legs...
Polter-Cow - Sep 25, 2009 11:14:54 am PDT #10990 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Do the rest of you people not "bang a u-ey"?
Ha ha! I encountered this last year in Boston, and my Boston friends were similarly bemused that I had no idea what they were talking about. You know what I do? MAKE A U-TURN.
erikaj - Sep 25, 2009 11:16:52 am PDT #10991 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
During my more militant phase, it pissed me off, too. But then I decided that was kinda...lame.
megan walker - Sep 25, 2009 11:17:19 am PDT #10992 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
You know what I do? MAKE A U-TURN.
You'd think, since you can do this practically anywhere you want in California (and that still freaks me out), you'd have a more creative expression for it.
Kathy A - Sep 25, 2009 11:17:28 am PDT #10993 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
ChiKat loves to mock my regional word usage, specifically my tendency to overuse the word "there," as in (while pointing out something on the computer) "I love that picture there, it's a great one of my sister." She responded with "Where's that picture, Kathy?" It's a reflexive verbal hiccup that is apparently common in those of us from the southwest side/suburbs of Chicago.
erikaj - Sep 25, 2009 11:20:02 am PDT #10994 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
My mother has "hung a U-ey" but maybe she picked it up from her Okie dad...we have a few things like that in our family that flummox linguistics quizzes.