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Vocabulary and Slang
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:22 am
by ElfDude
Care to teach us a vocabulary word we should know? Care to enlighten us on some slang with which we may not be familiar? This is the thread for it!
I'll start with a piece of slang I learned in the 90's when reading the book, Will.
One prisoner says to another, "Man, you don't mess with ol' G. Gordon! He knows somethin'!"
"Knows something" is prison slang for, "posesses fighting skills".
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:50 am
by Walkinghairball
Most of my slang is of the raunch kind. I don't know if I should
go there.
To open that can of worms.
or ............................ do that.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:57 am
by CygnusX1
"Gravy on the 'taters" - getting something extra out of a deal.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:01 am
by ElfDude
Perspicacity - having a keen understanding, astuteness, insight
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:03 am
by CygnusX1
"Tradin' a Witch for the Devil" - making a equally bad choice.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:06 am
by CygnusX1
"Yeller-Dawg Democrat" - Registered Democrat/loyalist that would vote for a yellow dog if it ran for election.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:06 am
by YYZ30
Givin a chrome horn- a racing term- usually used to say you bumped another car out of the way. I also use it to say that I physically moved someone out of my way (not in a car).
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:06 am
by ElfDude
Supercilious - haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, arrogant, scornful
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:09 am
by YYZ30
"Nice shirt!" - this one has a little story attached.
We were at my parents house for Thanksgiving dinner, and there was a bad call during one of the football games, and the coach started jawing with the ref. Well, he said the f-bomb, and my sister said "Oh I know what he said!" and my son who was 5 at the time said "What did he say?"
I said "the coach told the ref he had a nice shirt on". So whenever you see a player, coach, etc say the f-bomb- in my family that translates to "Nice shirt!"
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:13 am
by CygnusX1
"Redneck Riviera' - U.S. Gulf Coast Beaches
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:17 am
by YYZ30
"Whack-a-doo" - an exceptionally crazy person.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:20 am
by CygnusX1
"Two jumps ahead of a fit" - really ticked off.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:23 am
by ElfDude
Veracious - truthful, honest
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:50 am
by Big Blue Owl
"Three-fingered salute."
Ctrl Alt Del.
"Butterface" has always been a favorite.
"Up in this piece." - In this location/where I am.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:58 am
by YYZ30
Big Blue Owl wrote:
"Butterface" has always been a favorite.
That one gets used at the lanes a LOT.