I honestly had no idea the word even existed until it was brought up yesterday and it totally made me double and wonder WTH?
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Aims - Nov 12, 2009 6:56:58 am PST #198 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
smonster - Nov 12, 2009 6:57:42 am PST #199 of 30000
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I am not removing "gypped" from my vocabulary anytime soon, either, despite its cultural baggage.
How about its synonym, "jewed?"
I hear you on your frustration, Hec, but I tend towards eliminating culturally offensive words. On a related note, anyone got a good term for "wifebeater" that isn't "ribbed tank top?"
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Sophia Brooks - Nov 12, 2009 6:59:38 am PST #200 of 30000
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Also, I like to use the word asinine because it sounds like ass, but I can say it in polite company. I imagine some users of niggardly use it like that. It just isn't worth it.
I don't think I realized that the expression wasn't "chew someone down" until I was over 25. The one I am trying to strike is "jerry-rigged". Especially since it is supposed to be "jury-rigged".
Sophia Brooks - Nov 12, 2009 7:01:09 am PST #201 of 30000
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In a related note, anyone got a good term for "wifebeater" that isn't "ribbed tank top?"
I believe the proper name is "A shirt", at least that is what we call them in the costume shop. Of course, I grew up calling them "guinea t's", so what do I know!
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2009 7:01:09 am PST #202 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I am not removing "gypped" from my vocabulary anytime soon, either, despite its cultural baggage.
Well now, "niggardly" doesn't come from any racially charged word or concept. "Gypped," however, does. "Gypped" is no better than "Jew him down." I mean, god DAMN.
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In a related note, anyone got a good term for "wifebeater" that isn't "ribbed tank top?"
I believe the proper name is "A shirt", at least that is what we call them in the costume shop. Of course, I grew up calling them "guinea t's", so what do I know!
I just call them "tank tops."
Why "A shirt"?
Glamcookie - Nov 12, 2009 7:02:52 am PST #203 of 30000
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§ ita § - Nov 12, 2009 7:05:14 am PST #204 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why "A shirt"?
I think it's the basic shape of them, to distinguish from a "T shirt."
Sophia Brooks - Nov 12, 2009 7:05:38 am PST #205 of 30000
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Why "A shirt"?
I think either short of "Athletic Shirt" or because it is shaped sort of like an "A". I actually used to call them singlets, which I think might also be right, but no one knew what I was talking about and thought I meant wrestling garb.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 12, 2009 7:08:40 am PST #206 of 30000
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Also, I never really understood wearing an A-shirt as underwear. It seems to me that the undershirt's job is to protect your outer shirt from your armpits, and the A-shirt does not do that!
ChiKat - Nov 12, 2009 7:10:53 am PST #207 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Fuck the persimmons!
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