1. biscuits & gravy2. rodeo3. smores or smore’s or smore(s)4. “a super bowl”5. stoops6. speakeasy7. “high school prom”8. cheese in a can9. dr pepper
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 11:35 (one year ago) Permalink
smore
wtf?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 11:35 (one year ago) Permalink
Steely DanThe Beat Generation
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 12:32 (one year ago) Permalink
10. "democracy"11. mac 'n cheese12. sherrifs
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 14:20 (one year ago) Permalink
It's s'mores and it's short for some more.
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 4 February 2018 15:43 (one year ago) Permalink
13. those varsity jackets with a big letter on the front14. propeller beanie hats
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:10 (one year ago) Permalink
15. grits
― WilliamC, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:16 (one year ago) Permalink
16. Shriners
https://s.hswstatic.com/gif/shriners-little-cars-1200x800.jpg
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:18 (one year ago) Permalink
monster trucks
― ciderpress, Sunday, 4 February 2018 17:49 (one year ago) Permalink
bisonbass fishing tournamentsYellowstone Park
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:06 (one year ago) Permalink
Looney Tunes cartoons
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:23 (one year ago) Permalink
22. tipping
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:49 (one year ago) Permalink
Mate,
https://i.imgur.com/kjgsMLQ.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:27 (one year ago) Permalink
I mean, don't forget 23. Indigenous Genocide, but, you know.
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:28 (one year ago) Permalink
if we're going down that route let's not forget 24. slavery
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:36 (one year ago) Permalink
and of course 25. egg creams
slavery has existed everywhere for all recorded history. hardly confined to America, although we certainly embraced one of the most brutal forms of it for a couple centuries.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:01 (one year ago) Permalink
26 white ppl27 mayonnaise28 conway twitty29 all the bad things30 no good things
― sleepingbag, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:03 (one year ago) Permalink
31 guns guns guns love guns need guns32 sabermetrics33 god
(Holland surely king of mayonnaise though, for better or for worse)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:12 (one year ago) Permalink
34. (With drawl) PICKUP TRUCK. GIDDY UP COWBOY.
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (one year ago) Permalink
35. 99.9% of all "cultural appropriation"
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (one year ago) Permalink
36. $$$
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:17 (one year ago) Permalink
37. Road Trips38. Self Help39. Seminars on how to flip properties with no money down
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:26 (one year ago) Permalink
40. Hawaii
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:29 (one year ago) Permalink
41. Grand slams
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:30 (one year ago) Permalink
42. Brian Wilson
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:38 (one year ago) Permalink
43. drive-in cinemas
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:42 (one year ago) Permalink
44. john cena
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:43 (one year ago) Permalink
(19)45. the atomic bomb
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:44 (one year ago) Permalink
(19)46. Donald John Trump
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (one year ago) Permalink
Just sayin some of these things aren't exclusively American. They're everybody's!
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (one year ago) Permalink
47. Superhero movies for "grownups"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:46 (one year ago) Permalink
48. jack kirby
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (one year ago) Permalink
49. jack ruby
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (one year ago) Permalink
27 mayonnaise
27 "ranch"
― Number None, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:16 (one year ago) Permalink
ranch-style houses
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:19 (one year ago) Permalink
Ranch might be the most american word there is. The sound of it, the meaning, the house style, the dressing. It's 100% American.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:23 (one year ago) Permalink
https://i.imgur.com/IOlj6Lw.jpg
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:28 (one year ago) Permalink
51. Saturday Night Live and dozens of comedy series and comedians no-one's ever heard of.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:33 (one year ago) Permalink
... no-one else, that is.
Every nation seems to have its b-list comedy that doesn't escape its borders though
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:45 (one year ago) Permalink
I mean there are all these british comedians called "Jimmy Pram" or "Tolliver Whelk" or whatever that the britishers on the board seem to reference a lot.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:47 (one year ago) Permalink
52. happy endings53. late night shows54. hyper-capitalism55. "football"56. "soccer"
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:50 (one year ago) Permalink
ItaliansIrish
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (one year ago) Permalink
57. Barack Hussein Obama58. Velveeta
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (one year ago) Permalink
Misuse of the collective clause when referring to sports teams
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:52 (one year ago) Permalink
Saturday Night Live is b-list?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:09 (one year ago) Permalink
'Math'
American comedy is painfully unfunny. There's no real bite, no real cynicism, it always has to be nicey nicey in the end. A or B list, SNL fits that bill surely.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:11 (one year ago) Permalink
today, sure. I think SNL at its best (maybe 80s-early 90s) was good exactly because it captured and spoofed that wide-eyed lack of cynicism. Kevin Nealon comes to mind, and all of the fake commercials. Since at least Will Ferrell and maybe going back to Chris Farley and Adam Sandler though the style of comedy has been very "I AM BEING FUNNY RIGHT NOW! DO YOU SEE ME BEING FUNNY!"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:15 (one year ago) Permalink
using cornflakes as breading or topping
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:13 (one month ago) Permalink
gas stations with wide selection of beer
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:15 (one month ago) Permalink
graham and craig pronounced gram and crag
creg iirc
― what if bod was one of us (ledge), Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:17 (one month ago) Permalink
crəg
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:19 (one month ago) Permalink
jim, i have friends in the music scene/industry.none of them use new wave as a synonymfor post punk.
we do say "crayg," though, lol
i'm pretty sure it varies by region
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:22 (one month ago) Permalink
new wave means rock music with keyboardspost punk means sounds like joy division
― na (NA), Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:30 (one month ago) Permalink
i wish post punk meant sounds like pere ubu or the raincoats but no it's always joy division
but i've never known anyone to use those terms interchangeably
― na (NA), Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:31 (one month ago) Permalink
― kiss me dadly (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:50 (one month ago) Permalink
Ceecil
― Swing Band the Sailor (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:58 (one month ago) Permalink
... hold on, I've done that one before.
― Swing Band the Sailor (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 March 2019 20:59 (one month ago) Permalink
that shepherds pie looks legit
its incredible to me they just cannot get the paddys thing right tho
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 March 2019 21:02 (one month ago) Permalink
paddyspaddys dayst patricks day
thats it. there are no other terms.
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 March 2019 21:03 (one month ago) Permalink
sweet potatoes?
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Thursday, 14 March 2019 21:20 (one month ago) Permalink
yeah ive done that its grand
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 March 2019 21:29 (one month ago) Permalink
no argument against the noble kumara, just seems less than "legit" as a nostalgic taste of the auld motherland
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Thursday, 14 March 2019 21:52 (one month ago) Permalink
i have the privilege of not living (or cooking) in the aul wan tbf
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 March 2019 22:11 (one month ago) Permalink
Potatoes were a new world import btw
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 15 March 2019 03:05 (one month ago) Permalink
Before potatoes came to Ireland, the Irish mostly just ate leprechauns iirc
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 15 March 2019 03:08 (one month ago) Permalink
That's why there are so few leprechauns about, nowadays
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 15 March 2019 03:09 (one month ago) Permalink
Last month I was driving to work and was in a queue behind a traffic light, left the 'keep clear' box in front of me empty, the car behind me drove around my car into the space! I was livid to the point of considering beeping my horn.― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, March 11, 2019 12:02 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, March 11, 2019 12:02 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Honestly don't know if this is sarcasm or not
― calumy (rip van wanko), Friday, 15 March 2019 03:18 (one month ago) Permalink
Anyway, we honk like migrating geese
― calumy (rip van wanko), Friday, 15 March 2019 03:23 (one month ago) Permalink
North American things.
― pplains, Friday, 15 March 2019 03:25 (one month ago) Permalink
love this fuckin country
― alomar lines, Friday, 15 March 2019 05:23 (one month ago) Permalink
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 15 March 2019 03:05 (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 15 March 2019 03:08 (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
some one-two, this
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Friday, 15 March 2019 07:42 (one month ago) Permalink
one-potato two-potato three-potato four
― pplains, Friday, 15 March 2019 13:28 (one month ago) Permalink
waiting in line for the Starbucks bathroom for like a good 20 minutes
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 March 2019 04:35 (one month ago) Permalink
bathroom
― seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 17 March 2019 06:27 (one month ago) Permalink
^^
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2019 06:47 (one month ago) Permalink
*shites in the loo*
― velko, Sunday, 17 March 2019 06:59 (one month ago) Permalink
― alomar lines, Thursday, March 14, 2019 10:23 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It is something that has thrilled me
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 17 March 2019 07:22 (one month ago) Permalink
whats american abt bathroom
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 March 2019 10:20 (one month ago) Permalink
Maybe they've got beer in them.
― Bielsa, Bub (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 March 2019 10:29 (one month ago) Permalink
Using bathroom to mean the lavatory as opposed to the room you bathe in is what’s being referred to there
― A funny tinge happened on the way to the forum (wins), Sunday, 17 March 2019 10:32 (one month ago) Permalink
calumy (rip van wanko) at 3:18 15 Mar 19Last month I was driving to work and was in a queue behind a traffic light, left the 'keep clear' box in front of me empty, the car behind me drove around my car into the space! I was livid to the point of considering beeping my horn.― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, March 11, 2019 12:02 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkHonestly don't know if this is sarcasm or not
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 17 March 2019 10:39 (one month ago) Permalink
gas stations with wide selection of beerlove this fuckin country― alomar lines, Thursday, March 14, 2019 10:23 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkIt is something that has thrilled me― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 17 March 2019 6:22 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 17 March 2019 6:22 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Varies by state, the fucking palava you have to go through to buy a six pack of beer and a bag of chips in Pennsylvania was another infuriating and very American.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 17 March 2019 11:24 (one month ago) Permalink
Fun fact, the literal meaning of "lavatory" is also "a room for washing", they are equivalent. At least Australians use "dunny" which derives from a word meaning "dung house".
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 17 March 2019 11:56 (one month ago) Permalink
tbh I don't know anyone who says "lavatory" either, it's toilets/loos/bogs afaik
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 17 March 2019 12:20 (one month ago) Permalink
― ~mine own~ bitcoin (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 March 2019 12:27 (one month ago) Permalink
Using bathroom to mean the lavatory as opposed to the room you bathe in is what’s being referred to thereyeah but “toilet” means the room you dress or wash in, it’s modern polite euphemisms replacing now-seen-as-coarse-euphemisms all the way down
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 March 2019 12:27 (one month ago) Permalink
i'm reading harry potter to my kids and they keep saying "bathroom". now, jk rowling's english, and these kids are clearly intended to be english (king's cross station etc) - so what gives? has the editor americanized these words because of the larger american market for these books? or is there an actual american edition?? (struggling to think of what else might have been changed in this case, presumably a few passing references to graham crackers and rodeos)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 March 2019 13:40 (one month ago) Permalink
restroom
― Bielsa, Bub (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 March 2019 13:46 (one month ago) Permalink
Using bathroom to mean the lavatory as opposed to the room you bathe in
"Lavatory" is derived from, let's see, "lavatorium," and from "lavare," which means to wash or bathe.
Is there an "oh let's laugh at the stupid Americans" point that I am missing here?
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 17 March 2019 14:42 (one month ago) Permalink
"Hunsecker... to the lavatorium - at once!!"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 March 2019 14:44 (one month ago) Permalink
I know the etymology of lavatory duh. I was just clarifying why ppl were mentioning bathroom itt because deems asked “what’s American about bathroom”. Outside of the us it’s less common to use “bathroom” for a room that only contains a toilet and sink (ie no bath or shower). That’s what ppl are saying is American.
― A funny tinge happened on the way to the forum (wins), Sunday, 17 March 2019 15:30 (one month ago) Permalink
Restroom is also used a lot, and as far as I know not many people retreat to the dunghouse to rest
― calumy (rip van wanko), Sunday, 17 March 2019 15:54 (one month ago) Permalink
I believe that would be an ecumenical matter, for resolution on a “shitting at work” thread
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:28 (one month ago) Permalink
restrooms are public bathrooms
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:36 (one month ago) Permalink
is there an actual american edition??
yes-- pudding becomes dessert etc. (and obv philosopher becomes sorcerer).
read an article once about the process and they talked about leaving in colloquialisms where they could be understood from context and added that vital tone of twee exotica: the example i remember was someone saying "she got a bit shirty with me".
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:37 (one month ago) Permalink