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
"lick"in the context of a guitar or bass part
but all the best guitar and bass parts are licks!
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Unless yr playing it with your tongue a la jimi then gtf imo
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:27 (nine years ago) link
Not exactly a phrase, but the derisive "Um" or "Uh" before a correction--on a message board, let's say. Just say what you want to say. Not necessary.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link
tildes
― local eire man (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
The only valid use for a tilde ime is as a symbol for "approximately".
― Aimless, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:48 (nine years ago) link
====D ~~~ ~~~
― pplains, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
um, sorry.
― jmm, Monday, January 19, 2015 5:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
even better phrase early in those results is: "Kevin's passion for the meat trade".
Cue REM "talk about the passion"
― Vic Perry, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:37 (nine years ago) link
"champagne socialist' seems to be muscling in on the same turf as 'political correctness gone mad' as far as stock rightwing reactionary bollocks phrases go recently.
― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Monday, 9 February 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
It took me a while to realize that what they really mean is "class traitor"
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Monday, 9 February 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link