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The Joy of Slang

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I'm not sure if this is slang or idiom or both, but my favorite UK-ism is anorak. As in: the USCHO boards have more than their fair share of anoraks.
 
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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. So yeah, a "good" thing I guess.
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Urban dictionary has your version, although it was the first I'd heard it. The example I was thinking of was, verbatim, the one you gave. :D

Similar to "pants," I've always liked the English-ism "brilliant," which doesn't really have an exact American equivalent.

"Anorak" and "(red) c-hair" were both new to me -- this thread is getting very educational.
 
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legal_hit said:
I do have one buddy who says he's "going over the wall" when he leaves work at the end of the day.
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I enjoy irking someone by "going back to the ol' salt mine" after lunch. This will be even better.
legal_hit said:
My dad's favorite for describing someone who was particularly good looking: "built like a brick outhouse."
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A very muscular person is "built like a brick shithouse" (which might just be yooper for outhouse). Never heard it refer to looks.
 
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geezer said:
I enjoy irking someone by "going back to the ol' salt mine" after lunch. This will be even better.
A very muscular person is "built like a brick shithouse" (which might just be yooper for outhouse). Never heard it refer to looks.
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I guess he was saying the woman was well built. And your translation is accurate, my dad cleaned up his language because I was around. :)
 
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legal_hit said:
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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I always liked C. W. McCall's line for an attractive waitress: She was built like a burlap bag full of bobcats. :)
 
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Not really slang, but I love these little sayings.

From my Uncle Bill, the black sheep of the family: He knows as much about fishing as my pecker does about croquet.

From my grouchy old neighbor: Busier than two tomcats coverin' s h i t on a tin roof carryin' the dirt from Egypt.

From my father-in-law: Couldn't hit a bull in the a s s with a scoop shovel.
 
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Carter said:
Not really slang, but I love these little sayings.

From my Uncle Bill, the black sheep of the family: He knows as much about fishing as my pecker does about croquet.

From my grouchy old neighbor: Busier than two tomcats coverin' s h i t on a tin roof carryin' the dirt from Egypt.

From my father-in-law: Couldn't hit a bull in the a s s with a scoop shovel.
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I read it, and read it again, and I really don't know how someone came up with that :confused:
It's quaint and awesome, but wow?

My Grandma used to say "I'm busier than a one eyed cat watching two mouse holes"
 
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I love and use many that refer to an attractive woman.

"I'd throw her in the tall grass." and "I'd put her head through a wall." are my favorites.
 
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geezer said:
when I was doing carpentry, about 1/32 of an inch was called "a c-hair" as in, "it's just a c-hair over 4-foot-3" or putting a beam in place, "knock it this way a c-hair"

(the "c" abbreviation, originally used in the presence of polite company, became the standard)
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Around here, we tunk it a little.
 
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Though born in Bangor, many people don't consider me a true Mainer. My dad was from New Hampshire, my mom from St. Louis. "If the cat had kittens in the oven, you wouldn't call 'em "biscuits," would you?"
 
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UncleRay said:
Though born in Bangor, many people don't consider me a true Mainer. My dad was from New Hampshire, my mom from St. Louis. "If the cat had kittens in the oven, you wouldn't call 'em "biscuits," would you?"
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That saying is used down in NC as well.
 
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UncleRay said:
Though born in Bangor, many people don't consider me a true Mainer. My dad was from New Hampshire, my mom from St. Louis. "If the cat had kittens in the oven, you wouldn't call 'em "biscuits," would you?"
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You live in Northern Mass so why would you be a Mainuh:D
 
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legal_hit said:
I guess he was saying the woman was well built. And your translation is accurate, my dad cleaned up his language because I was around. :)
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Maybe thats a New England thing, always heard it in reference to a nice looking woman
 
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Heard one recently that was new to me, a guy described someone as "dumber than a bag of hammers".
 
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In racing we do have a piece of hockey related slang. Tires that are really hard (doesn't stick well to the track) are called 'Hockey Pucks'. :)
 
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