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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:23 am
by LAYGO
"Hella"
An even shorter version of "helluva" . . . which of course is just a butchering of "hell of a".
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:47 am
by Texheim
Phrase: What you know good
my response every time: I know I hate that phrase...
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:47 pm
by Abraham
S'up
This is a greeting among air heads that identifies the "S'upper" as a cool guy wannabe, when in fact he's just identified himself as a shallow jackass.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:57 pm
by Tic Tac
Abraham wrote:S'up
This is a greeting among air heads that identifies the "S'upper" as a cool guy wannabe, when in fact he's just identified himself as a shallow jackass.
It sounds more like you just identified yourself as such.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:15 pm
by Dave2
Abraham wrote:S'up
This is a greeting among air heads that identifies the "S'upper" as a cool guy wannabe, when in fact he's just identified himself as a shallow jackass.
I thought that was spelled "sup".
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:01 pm
by Abraham
Tic Tac,
Struck a nerve, eh?
Dave2 ,
Heck, I don't know, maybe it is "sup" - I was going by how it sounds phonetically...
Oh, I left out the noggin jerk as this jargon is slurred out.
For overall authenticity, the "sup" is spewed out as the dome is simultaneously heaved up. Looking and sounding foolish is not an issue with the featherbrained users of jargon...they're immune.
Observing the loopy who do this daffy verbal dance upon greeting each other is hilarious.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:38 pm
by Dave2
Abraham wrote:Dave2 ,
Heck, I don't know, maybe it is "sup" - I was going by how it sounds phonetically...
It's an abbreviation of a slang term... I'm sure its pronunciation varies wildly.
I used to use it a lot in instant messages (that's from
before text messaging you whipper snappers!) back in college, but except for one friend from that era, not much since then.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:53 pm
by Abraham
Dog
Addressing people as "Dog" is lingo for the feeble too...
I witnessed two grown men in Walmart doing the "Sup" and "Dog" routine as if it were a comedy act, except it wasn't. They did the whole ex-convict hug with accompanying, odd bumping, slapping gesticulations too.
Delightful, just delightful!
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:39 pm
by Beiruty
What is up with the following term:
Kiddo. Why "Kid" is not enough?
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:27 pm
by bizarrenormality
Dave2 wrote:Abraham wrote:Dave2 ,
Heck, I don't know, maybe it is "sup" - I was going by how it sounds phonetically...
It's an abbreviation of a slang term... I'm sure its pronunciation varies wildly.
I used to use it a lot in instant messages (that's from
before text messaging you whipper snappers!) back in college, but except for one friend from that era, not much since then.
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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:00 pm
by O6nop
Dave2 wrote:Dadtodabone wrote:Dave2 wrote:Oh, I forgot one even bigger... "The unthinkable"... Well obviously somebody thought of it, otherwise we wouldn't be here talking about it.
Quite a few of the words with un, in, im, prefixes break down as per your example.
I'm not entirely following you, but I'm sure those annoy me as well.
OH! Has anyone mentioned flammable/inflammable yet? I don't care what "inflammable" means in latin, because I only speak english where the "in" prefix means "not", so "inflammable" means "
NOT flammable" <waves
two canes at someone and mutters something about lawns>
Probably derived from the same origin as "inflammation" (an English word, by the way). I don't believe there is such a word as "flammation"
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:38 pm
by Dadtodabone
O6nop wrote:Dave2 wrote:Dadtodabone wrote:Dave2 wrote:Oh, I forgot one even bigger... "The unthinkable"... Well obviously somebody thought of it, otherwise we wouldn't be here talking about it.
Quite a few of the words with un, in, im, prefixes break down as per your example.
I'm not entirely following you, but I'm sure those annoy me as well.
OH! Has anyone mentioned flammable/inflammable yet? I don't care what "inflammable" means in latin, because I only speak english where the "in" prefix means "not", so "inflammable" means "
NOT flammable" <waves
two canes at someone and mutters something about lawns>
Probably derived from the same origin as "inflammation" (an English word, by the way). I don't believe there is such a word as "flammation"
While considered obsolete or archaic
flammation is a word. It is defined as the act of setting something aflame.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:40 pm
by Oldgringo
Here's another one: ..."there" for they're and/or their.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:12 pm
by WildBill
Oldgringo wrote:Here's another one: ..."there" for they're and/or their.

Your right!
Did anyone post lose and loose?
How about ect?
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:54 pm
by O6nop
Dadtodabone wrote:O6nop wrote:Dave2 wrote:Dadtodabone wrote:Dave2 wrote:Oh, I forgot one even bigger... "The unthinkable"... Well obviously somebody thought of it, otherwise we wouldn't be here talking about it.
Quite a few of the words with un, in, im, prefixes break down as per your example.
I'm not entirely following you, but I'm sure those annoy me as well.
OH! Has anyone mentioned flammable/inflammable yet? I don't care what "inflammable" means in latin, because I only speak english where the "in" prefix means "not", so "inflammable" means "
NOT flammable" <waves
two canes at someone and mutters something about lawns>
Probably derived from the same origin as "inflammation" (an English word, by the way). I don't believe there is such a word as "flammation"
While considered obsolete or archaic
flammation is a word. It is defined as the act of setting something aflame.
And "inflammation" means
I set something aflame, not,
NOT setting something aflame.