"Foilage"
― I am very inteligent and dicipline boy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 18:11 (eight years ago) link
"umbriage"
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 19:06 (eight years ago) link
smoke a little herbage, engage in a little verbage
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
The term is "doobage," I believe.
― pplains, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
"doobiage"
― I am very inteligent and dicipline boy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 19:39 (eight years ago) link
"Frontbutt"
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 7 April 2016 01:52 (eight years ago) link
"Yaaaaas Kween!" as a young white people thing is Broad City's fault, isn't it.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Friday, 8 April 2016 02:14 (eight years ago) link
Oh totally, it's jargon used to create the illusion of technical knowledge or skill. Jargon which by its existence props up jobs and job titles, waste and wasteful projects, weak legislation and delays.
there's an interesting chapter in Steven Pinker''s 'A Sense Of Style' (which is excellent btw) where he discusses this phenomenon, where language appears to be deliberately designed to put readers off. Very often, he argues, it's not completely deliberate but down to a so-called 'curse of knowledge'.
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Friday, 8 April 2016 09:11 (eight years ago) link
I've never read his stuff but I know he is a revered figure among people who do my job.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Friday, 8 April 2016 10:49 (eight years ago) link
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Friday, April 8, 2016 3:14 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark
100%
it's more or less ruined the show too
― Number None, Friday, 8 April 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
That and Hillary Clinton have made me not want to watch it again.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Friday, 8 April 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
not familiar with "Yaaaaas" but it was probably stolen from this guy
http://image1.findagrave.com/photos/2010/118/4779_127259428817.jpg
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Friday, 8 April 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
lol ok the hillary cameo made you not want to watch it again.
― Mordy, Friday, 8 April 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link
not the same thing at all
― Number None, Sunday, 10 April 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
less "annoy" and more "outright infuriate" is the condescending, dismissive 'take yr meds' zing some people use on someone who is mildly upset.
grosser when the person actually has a legitimate grievance. grossest when the person on the receiving end actually takes SSRIs or any kind of meds for their condition - "lol mental illness, amirite", essentially.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 11 April 2016 02:03 (eight years ago) link
How do we feel about "momager"? Kris Jenner tried to copyright the word.
― Josefa, Monday, 11 April 2016 03:56 (eight years ago) link
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― lute bro (brimstead), Monday, 11 April 2016 04:03 (eight years ago) link
#adulting― Jeff, Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:14 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Jeff, Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:14 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12932764_10153376523541246_490151049916844113_n.jpg?oh=85bae54e8b5fbdde2dbf37838da03215&oe=5778B66C
― how's life, Monday, 11 April 2016 19:16 (eight years ago) link
news flash: even adults hit snooze sometimes
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 11 April 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
Funny thing is that I haven't worn a bra since I was in grade school.
― pplains, Monday, 11 April 2016 19:28 (eight years ago) link
people not from the south who say "y'all" drive me kinda nuts
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 April 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
My stepdad from Chicago would pick up the phone and say "Howdy!" and I was always "please do not do that..."
― pplains, Monday, 11 April 2016 19:38 (eight years ago) link
None of those stickers are things I would particularly associate with being an adult.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Monday, 11 April 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
Beyond taking full responsibility as the master of your own actions and their consequences, I'm not sure there are any per se "adult" acts.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Monday, 11 April 2016 19:43 (eight years ago) link
c on t
― ogmor, Monday, 11 April 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
?
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Monday, 11 April 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
heyo
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Monday, 11 April 2016 19:49 (eight years ago) link
lol
― bernard snowy, Monday, 11 April 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
― k3vin k., Monday, April 11, 2016 2:34 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm not from the south but I spent a number of my formative childhood years living in the south. So although the accent may be gone, some of the vernacular has stuck. Hope that's all right with y'all.
― a very hansom, and smart boy (Old Lunch), Monday, 11 April 2016 21:43 (eight years ago) link
People who say "take yr meds" as a dismissive condescending way of mocking someone who is angry or upset. Moreso when said person actually takes antidepressants
Not "annoy" as much as "makes me see red"
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 00:22 (eight years ago) link
As a southerner I say y'all all the time with no affectation. everyone does here. but when I'm around non-southerners I do get self-conscious about it and sometimes blank, unable to think of a substitute. sometimes "you guys" just sounds even worse
― Forever LXI (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 00:28 (eight years ago) link
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― Neanderthal, Monday, April 11, 2016 7:22 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Dude. take your meds.
― pplains, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 01:41 (eight years ago) link
^ I said from three states away.
― pplains, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 01:46 (eight years ago) link
I...thought the first post yesterday didn't go through! Christ I'm losing it
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 01:50 (eight years ago) link
I have a southern friend (who professionally is a composition and rhetoric professor so is an aficionado of language and writing) and evangelizes for "y'all" as the ideal short, informal, non-gendered term for any group of people.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 05:22 (eight years ago) link
Evangelism for "y'all" is hardly necessary, since it already has tens of millions of devoted users and is readily understood by tens of millions more who do not choose to use it. I'd say it is pretty well established.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 05:35 (eight years ago) link
like Jesus
― Don't opine. Dead inside. (onimo), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 06:26 (eight years ago) link
what is "y'all", is that short for "yogurt all"
― qualx, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 07:25 (eight years ago) link
From the south, hate yall. We didn't say y'all where I'm from either, too lazy for that. Just yall.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 09:17 (eight years ago) link
'Y'all' has real utility. It's a quick and easy way of addressing 'all of you' in a world where no equally succinct construction exists.
― a very hansom, and smart boy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 12:17 (eight years ago) link
Is there an abbreviation for "all of y'all"?
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 12:18 (eight years ago) link
yeah, "all y'all"
― Honor thy pisstake as a hidden intention. (WilliamC), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 12:33 (eight years ago) link
Da Brat approves
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 12:42 (eight years ago) link
'ya'll' and 'youse' are great things and every english dialect ought to have an equivalent, but sadly most don't.
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 12:59 (eight years ago) link
y'all are fixing to get on my nerves.
― pplains, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 13:11 (eight years ago) link
Misheard lyric that I was recently corrected on:
Y'all all was kissing under bridges, kissing in cars, kissing in cafes
― how's life, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 13:20 (eight years ago) link
xxp don't forget "yinz" for the Pittsburghers/western Pennsylvanians.
― T.L.O.P.son (Phil D.), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 13:22 (eight years ago) link
It's stupid that English as a whole no longer has a distinctly plural second-person pronoun. I guess 'yall' is the prime candidate if it evolves into having one any time soon.
― jmm, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 13:33 (eight years ago) link
"unapologetically" is starting to bother me. like i just saw someone on twitter describe a stage play, in a theatre which does modern takes on plays, essentially aimed at young liberal people, as "unapologetically grungey", like as if the regular attendees would be outraged to hear 90s rock music in a show, as opposed to attending a theatre show solely because all the advertising said "this has music you already know and like in it".
another one. possibly british only. people using "well" with a comma before and after it in the middle of a sentence. usually feature writers. like "it's unpleasant and, well, rude". feels like one of these things that middle of the road writers just borrow from each other to sound smart and fill spaces.
xpost i'm glad my parents are from the south of ireland so i can get away with occasional "ye"
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 13:33 (eight years ago) link
I'd like to see an "apologetically grungey" play. "We're very sorry, but we could only afford to use Silverchair songs."
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link