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What is your favorite word or phrase quirk? Something not in the general population lexicon?

For example, I like using the word human as a pronoun. I use people as a verb. I've been known to use food as 'man i'm hungry, i should food'.
I enjoy the phrase raging brain bunnies to describe that feeling of way to many fast moving competing thoughts all at once.

I love language and the expressive evolving nature of it. What are some favorites unique to you?

CommonHuman 7 Mar 7
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"Wingbat" is a term I use to describe Trump and his fan club. I took the 'wing' from wingnut, and the 'bat' from dingbat, and put the two together.

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i had a friend in college who said "that just drives me up a bat!" this probably influenced me to say things like "it's not rocket surgery."

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The extra 'x' people add to 'especially' and 'espresso' are particularly grating to me, right up there with 'irregardless' and "I could care less".
Careless, indeed?

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Also find of 'what's his bucket', instead of what's his name.

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Provide an example of people as a verb.

If i go to that party they're all going to people. I don't people. I won't be going to the party.

@CommonHuman I see what you're going for but it sounds confusing. That's why I couldn't figure it out. Thanks for clearing that up.

The USA was peopled by immigrtants from all over Europe.?
The education department was peopled with uncooperative bureacrats.?
A bit contrived but it does work.

@CommonHuman That’s a bit like “I went out today, it was too peopley”

I called in to work. I tried, but I just can't people today. it's just too much.

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I do not have any personal ones, but I love some of our local dialect words. Such as "clarty", which means half way between firm and softly sticky, like cake mix. And also "nesh" which means over sensitive to the cold, as in. "My illness has left me feeling a bit nesh."

Thank you. Haven't heard those before!

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Twatt

Thought it was one T on the end but not worth debate. It’s like “cunt” for MENSA folk.

@Unimatrix907 Extra t is for being extra twatty.

@Jolanta Can I get that extra twatty with a side of ranch? And a milkshake. Strawberry. Supersize it.

@Unimatrix907 But I thought you were on a diet.

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I like Hobson's choice, mainly because I like the origin:

According to Merriam-Webster's Word of the day:
"In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Thomas Hobson worked as a licensed carrier of passengers, letters, and parcels between Cambridge and London, England. He kept horses for this purpose and rented them to university students when he wasn't using them. Of course, the students always wanted their favorite mounts, and consequently a few of Hobson's horses became overworked. To correct the situation, Hobson began a strict rotation system, giving each customer the choice of taking the horse nearest the stable door or none at all. This rule became known as Hobson's choice, and soon people were using that term to mean "no choice at all" in all kinds of situations."

I think that may be the most researched and obscure answer. Delightful!

It is also a splendid old B/W film. With Charles Laughton, John Mills and directed by David Lean

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Fuck....fuck is my favorite word. And what the fuck is my favorite phrase! Truly. I use these words a million times a day for many reasons....good and bad. They seem to fit every situation. ❤️

I like it, though I don't use it regularly in conversation. One of my favorite words is "bullshit". There's so much of it all around us! 🙂

@MST3K I will use it in conversation but mainly with people I know well and who know me ? I like bullshit also. It has a rich oomph factor to it. ?

I use WTF frequently rather than saying "what the fuck". Usually slowly. W.T.F.

Somebody agrees with you. The word has a tremendous versatility to it. It isn't popular for no reason.

fuck is the only fucking word

@Tiramisu See........what he said.!

@Tiramisu Exactly....the word for every occasion. ?

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I use "human" as a verb. I use lots of nouns as verbs... I say "true story" or "facts don't lie" when I agree with something. Instead of "is that ok?" or something similar I like to say "how's that tickle your pickle?" Movie quotes are a solid 1/4 of the words that come out of my face. Like when I arrive at a destination that took way too long of a journey I'll say "dry land does exist!" or if one of my kids is getting excessive with the cursing I might say "why did you say those things? Poop mouth. You got poop in your mouth." Whenever I feel like I'm blabbering on and whoever is supposed to be listening to me isn't I'll launch into "what is a horseshoe? What does a horseshoe do? Are there any horse socks?" I say face in place of mouth "I wanna kiss your face" "watch your face, friend" "what just came out of your face." I call everyone friend or sir. Writing this, I'm realizing my speech is super quirky.

i feel this in the hole where I should have a soul lol. Miss your face,(I miss you. (Duh)) Man down! (for pretty much every time anything goes wrong) "Solid," "Rock and roll." 'nothing 2 gallons of gas and a book of matches won't fix' (trying to comfort someone dealing with a shitty circumstance) I greet all moy closest people with a grinning 'hey! fuck you' about 90% of the time... 'I am jacks complete lack of surprise' and / or 'this is my shocked face.' when someone says something painfully obvious.

@dellik "why am I not surprised? I could have a heart attack and die of not surprise."

But, yes "I am Jack's..." is another big one.

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I heard a lady poet use the word "bunt" in regards to female anatomy. (A bunt is a fish trap). So now I can say "There goes a bint with a bunt" ( "bint" is an often contemptuous word of Indian origin for a woman or girl. Part of scouse slang)

@Antifred There was a girls comic in my youth called "the Bunty" it was a sister publication to "the Buster"
"Bunt" can also mean a head butt from a ram. So Bunty is a derivative meaning lamb.

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I'm a regular user of the Jeff Foxworthy phrase "yont to?" It's a southern expression meaning "do you want to?" spoken quickly, that sounds like "yont to?" The "o" in "yont" is long. He has several expressions like that, but that one has stuck with me.

I used to work with a guy from Cincinnati. He had several words that I thought he mispronounced. Like "egg". With him, it sounded like "agg". Used in a sentence; "What's the matter with you, you got an agg up your ass?" Pretty much any "e" sound sounded, inappropriately, like an "a" sound. "Peg-leg" sounded like "pag-lag" when he was referring to the guy who walked with a limp. His girlfriend "Penny" was "Panny". When he described his trip to the doctor for a colonoscopy he said, "it felt like they put a chair lag up my ass." Find myself using those words and laughing to myself. Haven't worked with him in over 20 years.

Sounds like he was from South of the river. Says the girl with her own speech affectation.

@Minta79 I think he's from Georgia. He has a whole list. Some of them are pretty good, and I probably use similar expressions, but that one stuck. If used properly, it can be off putting. If someone asks you a serious question about going somewhere or doing something, you can look them in the eye and ask, "yont to?" It's enhanced if you use it in conjunction with your question-face, where you do your eyebrows in a questioning manner. Some people will say, "Yes, I yont to." Let's you know that you've infected them. I don't know, it may be troll behavior on my part.

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One of my favs is to tell to someone who just scewed up in some way, "You know, that's why people don't like you".

OCJoe Level 6 Mar 8, 2019

I say "awe... Your mom was right... You are special, pigeon..."

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Helpy - A person that is trying to help but only gets in the way or makes things worse is being helpy.

I'm stealing that. Love it. Reminds me of another word I use. Trippy. I also use the term "dippy eggs".

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I have started using "fucking Jesus" often after leaving religion

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There's a variety that I use but they all seem normal to me. Regular words are: Fuck, bollocks, wanker, arse-wipe, shite, arse......twat......knob-end....I suppose I'm fairly abusive really?

'Fuck-a-doodle-do' comes out a lot in exasperation and 'huge melons' I use as a phrase of surprise,

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I use solid to describe a good situation, or something good. I also use "fuck me jesus" a lot.

Sometimes I use the phrase, "help me baby Jesus!"

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"Let's not pick fly shit out of pepper." (Pay too much attention to unimportant details)

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I like to replace the word shit with shinola. This reminds my fellow old-timers of the ancient saying, "He don't know shit from shinola." 😛

I go with shiitake mushrooms.

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“Wonderful”. Used sarcastically. I may have picked it up from a local radio host. This is my go to for the last five years at least.

Huzzah!
I say old chum.

Is growing on me

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"Sucking hind teat" - means you're the runt and getting crowded out from the more fulsome front teats. We all have occasions in life when we find ourselves sucking hind teat. C'est la vie, c'est la guerre, c'est les pommes du terre!

Gmak Level 7 Mar 8, 2019

Actually (my nod to dandywine) the hind teats are usually the most plentiful of producers! The front teats are generally smaller and produce less milk..
(from my experience as a dog breeder of 40+ years!)

@Rustee Makes me wonder if pigs are different than dogs. "Sucking hind teat" was my father's phrase and he was a farm boy.

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I have had a like of when the word "malarkey" is used sarcastically.

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My favourite, self expanitory

Ya Can’t Make Honey,
out of Dog Shit.

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I like "Actually" to start a sentence. It gets a lot of attention. Actulally...i would like an English muffin and over easy egg..but actually that is not happening.

My 4-yr-old grandson often starts his sentences with "actually." It's funny and I wonder where he picked it up.

careful, you'll may become as hated as Adam from
adam ruins everything.

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