yeah i don't like that either
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
i might feel differently we were both in/from botswana but
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
that can be said about a lot of things
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
i understand it's meant as a term of endearment which is why i never piped up
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
One time I was in the parking lot of a Further show and I sneezed and a young hippie woman said, "Bless you, mama" and I felt like I had been promoted from maid to crone.
Fun fact: the entire time I was in the hospital for my daughter's birth, the nurses routinely called me mama instead of my name, my daughter's pediatrician calls me mama as in "Okay we'll be in exam room two, mama," and sometimes Ivy's daycare teachers call me mama. Easier than learning my name, I guess.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
Er maid to mother, I should say.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
Haha okay I'll dial it back I mean to the extent that I ever say it (which is prob very little really). Or save it for ppl who won't mind. I don't think it has anything at all to do with actual motherhood but that's just my take.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Oh maybe it does in some places like doctor's offices and etc. Just not in my exp.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
i think in those circs it's helpful because it eases people into the idea of being a motherin my case it just does not apply and i don't like it
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
i do not like it when 'murcans say "preggers"
― shoot skag listen to sotl (rip van wanko), Tuesday, November 4, 2014 12:43 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Preggers is horrible.
I have the term "hubby" more than most things.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Mama when said not to actual mothers totally sounds like a hippie thing to me. I don't really hear it that often tbh but it would probably weird me out.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
xp Now there's something I can wholeheartedly otm.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
do these 'friends' wrestle for bayside?
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
ok i LOL'd
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
Have never heard "mama" used by a friend or acquaintance – note even about their mother or mom.
― pplains, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
The missionaries all call my dad Uncle, but that's a Mormon thing, from what I gather.
I did get a kick out of it when the nurses at the hospital called Jeff "papa."
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
pplains ime it's only said among women -- you are probably not privy to those conversations because you are a man! none of my male friends have ever called me mama (or wrestled for bayside lol). they do sometimes call me buddy but i like that alright.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
Actually now that I think about it sometimes K's preschool teachers call me "Dad" when I drop her off in the morning.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
i have a very hippie fb girl friend who basically calls all women she likes "mama"
― mattresslessness, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:56 (nine years ago) link
Something-whatever "for the win." Honestly, I hate every internet cliche.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
the dude who did my first tattoo kept referring to me as 'mama'. i really fucking hated it. i wouldn't care about friends saying this, since they're friends, but some rando dude saying it to me was pretty annoying.
― just1n3, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
I got an ad on facebook urging me to "Step up [ my] sock game"
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link
My former coworker used to use hubby ALL THE TIME.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
Jeff once randomly referred to himself as "husby-husb," which was amazing.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
Your memory is much better than mine.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link
You saying "husby-husb" was pretty memorable. Like how if one day I was like, "Ronald Reagan was a pretty good president."
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWuZMBtrc1E
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link
One of Beeps' teachers always calls me "Beeps' Dad" so I call her "Beeps' Teacher".
― pplains, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 00:34 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
Hubby is just awful and so is 'DH' for Dear Husband. Makes me feel like we're all in a terrible 70s British sitcom.
― ljubljana, Thursday, 6 November 2014 02:04 (nine years ago) link
DH means Designated Hitter to most Americans, so
― pplains, Thursday, 6 November 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link
"lick"
in the context of a guitar or bass part
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Saturday, 17 January 2015 07:10 (nine years ago) link
http://agilepartners.com/images/lotd/lotd-detail-feature.jpg
― soref, Saturday, 17 January 2015 12:19 (nine years ago) link
I'm amazed this one hasn't come up yet, "End of". As in, "That's all I have to say on the matter. End of." (Not sure if this is used in the US or not).
― Peas Be Upon Ham (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 January 2015 12:27 (nine years ago) link
In the US it's often phrased as "Enough said." Or worse, "'Nuff said." It's horrible.
― carl agatha, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link
Believe me, this is worse.
― Peas Be Upon Ham (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link
"End of" reminds me of "To die" which I love.
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 17 January 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
I've never heard that one. As in "to die for"?
― Je55e, Saturday, 17 January 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
Yes!!
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 18 January 2015 01:20 (nine years ago) link
like "oh my gauhd that cashmeeuh sweatuh is tuh die."
"How goes it?"
― ed.b, Sunday, 18 January 2015 02:18 (nine years ago) link
"tuck in" when referring to eating
― joygoat, Sunday, 18 January 2015 06:32 (nine years ago) link
fill your boots
― sktsh, Sunday, 18 January 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link
When I worked at Ruby Tuesday the training materials had scripts that included "tuck into" as well as extensive use of "wash down." "The Church Street is great washed down with a strawberry Megarita." Fucking nauseating, and we had to rehearse the lines aloud in shift meetings.
― Je55e, Sunday, 18 January 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZBHtCh69TY
― kinder, Sunday, 18 January 2015 21:53 (nine years ago) link
Business school teachers apparently have not yet stopped telling their students to claim to have a "passion" for _______. Nobody is impressed by these passionate claims; on the other hand, the use of the word indicates a certain willingness to say whatever the boss needs to hear, which might be a factor in getting hired if toadying is an important job function.
The word passion has become boilerplate: your thoughts.
The most inadvertently funny version of why-not-to-do-this I ever saw was an ag student who claimed to "have a passion for livestock."
― Vic Perry, Monday, 19 January 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
"passion for livestock"
About 62,800 results (0.54 seconds)
― jmm, Monday, 19 January 2015 23:42 (nine years ago) link
https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=%22here+at%22+%22we%27re+passionate+about%22
― venting lex stream anger. (wins), Monday, 19 January 2015 23:48 (nine years ago) link
Follow your passion: livestock
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 19 January 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link