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The Joy of Slang

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One phrase that my childhood friends and I use is "going off (or went off, or is going to go off) like a left foot."

One of them had seen "My Left Foot," a story about a person who had cerebral palsy and only could control his left foot.

We used it to mean go crazy, get really angry, anything of that sort.

Ex:

Brenthoven: Did you see Bro Gin last night? I can't believe that guy tried to threaten him.

MNS: Yeah, Bro Gin went off like a left foot!
 
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I've heard and used "**** hair" as a carpentry term also. Must be pretty widespread. :p


Some may have heard this from me:
"hotter than a 2 pecker billy goat"
or
"hotter than 2 rats ****ing in a wool sock"
 
One of my high school football coaches used to rag on players he thought were dogging it in practice by barking at them with, "Hey Johnson, no more chicken dinners!!".
 
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johnnypohlfan said:
Along the lines for describing people who aren't "all there." A few of my favorites:

Half a keg short of a party.
A french fry short of a happy meal.
The antanna doesn't pick up all the channels.
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The elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.

I used to hear from my Dad- "do that again and I'll thump you so hard It'll be like I planted you like an onion"

Didn't do something he thought we should and we would hear a very snide- "semper Fi"
 
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leswp1 said:
The elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.

I used to hear from my Dad- "do that again and I'll thump you so hard It'll be like I planted you like an onion"

Didn't do something he thought we should and we would hear a very snide- "semper Fi"
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He's out there where the busses don't run.
 
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Slap Shot said:
One of my high school football coaches used to rag on players he thought were dogging it in practice by barking at them with, "Hey Johnson, no more chicken dinners!!
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Had a high school football coach once refer to our offensive unit as a "bunch of f-stains", but of course he said it in full. Can't say I'd been called that one before... :)
 
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Our old office manager used to work in the ER which is very colorful as far as lanuage goes. When things were not smooth she used to say "this is a giant cluster fu&k"
 
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A lady from Texas that I worked with used to always say when someone was screwed: "he's ****ed 6 ways from Sunday" or something like :confused:

And, of course, my parents always threatened to 'smack the living daylights out me.' Whatever that meant.
 
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leswp1 said:
Our old office manager used to work in the ER which is very colorful as far as lanuage goes. When things were not smooth she used to say "this is a giant cluster fu&k"
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zamboni crash-test dummy said:
A lady from Texas that I worked with used to always say when someone was screwed: "he's ****ed 6 ways from Sunday" or something like :confused:

And, of course, my parents always threatened to 'smack the living daylights out me.' Whatever that meant.
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Yes, yes, and yes. Very familiar with those sayings.
 
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WeWantMore said:
I've always heard from rather than to, and more in the sense of I'd **** her 6 ways from Sunday.
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Same

In high school jazz band my senior year, we once combined for a gig with a group of professionals. Struck up a conversation with this trumpet player seated next to me who was from the UK. I mentioned that I'd be moving to the UP in the fall for college and he said, "I guess you'll need the sticks up there." (referring to skis)
 
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Down here I hear some really strange ones, which, of course, I can't think of right now.

I do have one buddy who says he's "going over the wall" when he leaves work at the end of the day. The other thing I hear once in a while that just irritates me is 'Might could'. As in "I might could make that meeting."

My dad's favorite for describing someone who was particularly good looking: "built like a brick outhouse."
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Same

In high school jazz band my senior year, we once combined for a gig with a group of professionals. Struck up a conversation with this trumpet player seated next to me who was from the UK. I mentioned that I'd be moving to the UP in the fall for college and he said, "I guess you'll need the sticks up there." (referring to skis)
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One of my favorites from the UK, used when describing something negatively is "pants". "My phone stopped working? That's complete pants!"
 
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