"Dust up" is a good one
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:04 (two years ago) link
"Knocked up" has several meanings in British English, at least one of which is the same as the American one?
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
"ate up" as a phrasal verb has other connotations beyond literal eating though, such as "uncritically/enthusiastically believe something"
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:06 (two years ago) link
I literally asked my student who used the term “pop out” what she meant and then confirmed w the rest of the class that this is a commonly understood usage. I’ve got a MA in Lx and 15+ years of teaching English language learners, please give me one (1) benefit of doubt for knowing what I am talking about in these fields?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
I would take that usage of 'pop out' to mean like 'jump out'. I'm imagining a pop-up book. Maybe?
― kinder, Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
isn’t “pop” the verb and “in” the direction you’re popping tho? As in, not a phrasal verb?
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:16 (two years ago) link
Sorry, LL.
― Alba, Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
Pop (for My Love)
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 June 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
"Knock up" and "ring up" are British idioms, not USian ones
In the US you "ring up" a customer's purchases at the cash register. (Which is likely a computer terminal which does not make a ringing noise. Antique phrasing lingering into the present.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 25 June 2021 00:03 (two years ago) link
in american football defensive coordinators 'dial up a blitz' for no earthly reason at all, but that's the hackneyed cliche
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 June 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
I ate up my popover after popping in to the pop-up
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Thursday, 1 July 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
I popped the question to the poptimist
― jmm, Thursday, 1 July 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
Overuse of 'aesthetic' as synonymous with 'style'
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 2 July 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
No that’s good
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Friday, 2 July 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
the british expression "all sorts"
i don't know why, but i hate it so much, hate it hate it hate it hate it
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
dolly mixture is better
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
I like it when it describes a bad of licorice
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
*bag
well sure that’s a different pack of sweets altogether
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
"we can take that one away and have a look at it"
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 12 July 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
"quick wins"
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 13:41 (two years ago) link
How dyou feel abt "one and done"
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 14:25 (two years ago) link
hmm what's the context
i think i've only heard it referring to e.g. a basketball playoff. 'oh the sixers? they're going to be one and done'
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
"guys theres fifteen tickets there i want someone to review and identify the quick wins and any oneandones we can bat away"
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
Have heard "one and done" a lot this year re the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
― Josefa, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
Yeah broadly speaking it captures the concept
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link
ok in this context i definitely hate it
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
Yes thats right
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
I got the J&J and used that phrase a few times, I am guilty of this
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
Almost started an ILM thread about this, but then wasn’t sure how many examples there were:Names of bands shortened by fans, or at least the ones where an s is added. The Chemicals, The Foos
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
Somehow I hear them all in a Steve Lamacq voice. I guess The Manics is the classic one, though not as annoying as the previous two.
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
The rollings
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
I hate Macca for Paul McCartney too.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
It's probably fine in a Scouse accent though tbf.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
Curiously, it doesn’t seem to follow that the longer band names are the most subjected to this. No one called the Incredible String Band “the Incredibles” or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah “the Claps”, afaik
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
The Replacements became The Mats (from placemats)
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:17 (two years ago) link
What about when big corps start calling themselves the abbreviated usage? FedEx being the big one, KFC another
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:18 (two years ago) link
“Yeah Yeah Yeahs” more catchy anyway
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:18 (two years ago) link
xps
Yeah
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
we called them Crap Your Pants for short
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
No one called the Incredible String Band “the Incredibles”
I think they did, you know.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
I mean the Incredible String Band
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
nicknames: should they be banned y/n
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
One of my dad's preferred boozers that, The Hole In The Wa'.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
... just googled it and it's gone now :(
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
It’s acceptable for a pub, but not an ATM.
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
I think BevMo possibly started as a organic abbreviation of Beverages & More.
However, Washington Mutual tried to jump on this wagon by christening themselves as WaMu, and I guarantee nobody had ever uttered that dysphonic phrase before.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
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― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:27 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
One of the best pubs in dublin still, so theres some comfort for ya
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link