"Not for nuthin'"When used as a preface, this can be translated as: "although my next comment comes unsolicited, please pay attention because it is germane to the topic at hand."IE "Not for nuthin, but nobody wears acid wash jeans anymore."
"The City"Referring to New York City"You going into the city tonight?"
But the worst, which isn't just in NJ, is when people misuse the term "penultimate." It's not a larger, more powerful version of ultimate. You can't say, "Dude, Eruption is the penultimate guitar solo." Penultimate means second to last. So while you can say "There's only one burger left, I just ate the penultimate one," you cannot say "That burger is so good, it's the penultimate burger."
― Anyone For Newcomb?, Saturday, 20 August 2005 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 20 August 2005 23:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― joseph (joseph), Sunday, 21 August 2005 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 21 August 2005 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link
note: with Howard Stern being nationally syndicated for years, he's helped plenty of NY/NJ speech patterns spread across the land. This phrase is one of 'em.
― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 21 August 2005 00:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 21 August 2005 05:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Sunday, 21 August 2005 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link
I think this is pretty common!
― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 21 August 2005 07:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 21 August 2005 07:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 21 August 2005 07:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 21 August 2005 08:04 (nineteen years ago) link
the penultimate one = there is more to come which may be better = you are shivery w.hot anticipation = better than the ultimate one
― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 21 August 2005 08:41 (nineteen years ago) link
I can't tell whether this annoys me more because it's become a stupid cliche, or because I dislike thinking of aesthetic experiences (it's usually used in reference to movies) as wastes of time. The notion that a piece of art owes you something is particularly noxious to me.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Penelope_111 (Penelope_111), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― emilys. (emilys.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:11 (nineteen years ago) link
if its been mentioned upthread, it deserves mentioning again
― daavis sztaayenszz, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zoe Espera (Espera), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 22:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 22:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markovitz, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 00:42 (nineteen years ago) link
I will probably think I get annoyed about stupid things, again, at some point
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 00:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― jeffrey (johnson), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 00:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Drinkin' From A Bag, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Laura H. (laurah), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 01:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 02:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eva van Rein (Gaia1981), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 05:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― pr00de, where's my car? (pr00de), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 05:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 06:17 (nineteen years ago) link
One I really loathe: OTM.
― nathalie's pocket revolution (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 06:42 (nineteen years ago) link
The response "Oh, you're fine" pisses me off. Goddamned right I'm fine.
― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 11:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― jeffrey (johnson), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― bg (creamolafoam), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link
my friend proposed saying "world wide web" instead of "doubleyoudoubleyoudoubleyou" for www, since it's more accurate and a third the syllables. hasn't caught on, though.
― carly (carly), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link