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The Joy of Slang
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leswp1
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walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Re: The Joy of Slang
Yeah, but McD's has frahPAYS, which is just all kinds of wrong. They're FRAPS. Obviously.
McDonalds now has both, frappes and milkshakes
Yeah, but McD's has frahPAYS, which is just all kinds of wrong. They're FRAPS. Obviously.
melmac
Math atheist
Re: The Joy of Slang
Yeah, but McD's has frahPAYS, which is just all kinds of wrong. They're FRAPS. Obviously.
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: The Joy of Slang
I agree with Brent and BPH on the bubbler, there are no ****ing bubbles, bubbles would be if you forced air through the water, water fountains just have a constant flow of water.
Heh, that picture made me chuckle. Everytime I read or hear the word "barista" I think of a line from Californication and laugh.
"Good enough for the girls I date"
What the hell is a frappe? If someone doesn't call a milk shake a **** milk shake they should be beaten.
I agree with Brent and BPH on the bubbler, there are no ****ing bubbles, bubbles would be if you forced air through the water, water fountains just have a constant flow of water.
Heh, that picture made me chuckle. Everytime I read or hear the word "barista" I think of a line from Californication and laugh.
thecomicbookguy
Nobody.
Re: The Joy of Slang
It's sad how upset some people get over regional dialects/regional slang. Oh know, someone uses different words than you! How horrible! Let's be outraged because they talk different!
It's sad how upset some people get over regional dialects/regional slang. Oh know, someone uses different words than you! How horrible! Let's be outraged because they talk different!
Beer Pong Horn
soldier of fortune
Re: The Joy of Slang
You have a point, but there's a difference between slang and stupidity.
It's sad how upset some people get over regional dialects/regional slang. Oh know, someone uses different words than you! How horrible! Let's be outraged because they talk different!
You have a point, but there's a difference between slang and stupidity.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: The Joy of Slang
Quiet or I'll hit you with my lorry. Pieces of you will be all over the bonnet.
It's sad how upset some people get over regional dialects/regional slang. Oh know, someone uses different words than you! How horrible! Let's be outraged because they talk different!
Quiet or I'll hit you with my lorry. Pieces of you will be all over the bonnet.
Proud2baLaker
Master of Science
Re: The Joy of Slang
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thecomicbookguy
Nobody.
Re: The Joy of Slang
(btw, the term "frappé" comes from the French term for a drink similar to a milkshake. You'll have to ask Rhode Islanders where the hell "cabinet" came from.)
Indeed. Slang is the idiomatic jargon of a particular group. Stupidity is telling that group they are wrong because your group uses different jargon.
(btw, the term "frappé" comes from the French term for a drink similar to a milkshake. You'll have to ask Rhode Islanders where the hell "cabinet" came from.)
unofan
Well-known member
Re: The Joy of Slang
Nevertheless, "bubbler" may be the all-time dumbest slang term ever recorded. Even worse than the British using (3-letter word begining with 'f' and rhyming with 'bag') for cigarette.
Indeed. Slang is the idiomatic jargon of a particular group. Stupidity is telling that group they are wrong because your group uses different jargon.
(btw, the term "frappé" comes from the French term for a drink similar to a milkshake. You'll have to ask Rhode Islanders where the hell "cabinet" came from.)
Nevertheless, "bubbler" may be the all-time dumbest slang term ever recorded. Even worse than the British using (3-letter word begining with 'f' and rhyming with 'bag') for cigarette.
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: The Joy of Slang
My grandpa (actually dad's stepdad, but for all intents and purposes my grandpa) was born in Iowa and referred to a couch as a "davenport."
A lot of people in Cheyenne used "the car needs washed" as opposed to "the car needs to be washed."
And I've been told by an authority on the issue that "creek" is a year-round moving body of water, while "crick" is seasonal.
My grandpa (actually dad's stepdad, but for all intents and purposes my grandpa) was born in Iowa and referred to a couch as a "davenport."
A lot of people in Cheyenne used "the car needs washed" as opposed to "the car needs to be washed."
And I've been told by an authority on the issue that "creek" is a year-round moving body of water, while "crick" is seasonal.
leswp1
New member
Re: The Joy of Slang
And I will stuff them in the boot.
Is this the part some one says something about blowing smoke rings
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I was raised in south central Wisconsin, by parents from southwest Wisconsin, and ours was most certainly a davenport. Not a couch and not a sofa. Interesting.
I was raised in south central Wisconsin, by parents from southwest Wisconsin, and ours was most certainly a davenport. Not a couch and not a sofa. Interesting.
Beer Pong Horn
soldier of fortune
Re: The Joy of Slang
Likewise with my grandmother from southwestern Minnesota - I don't recall whether my other set of grandparents from southeastern MN referred to such thusly.
Likewise with my grandmother from southwestern Minnesota - I don't recall whether my other set of grandparents from southeastern MN referred to such thusly.
leswp1
New member
Re: The Joy of Slang
Born in Mass but gov't brat so was exposed to 'Davenport' at some time. One of my friends always sat on one.
Born in Mass but gov't brat so was exposed to 'Davenport' at some time. One of my friends always sat on one.
thecomicbookguy
Nobody.
Re: The Joy of Slang
(And some argue that "bubbler" originally only referred to the top-loaded, translucent water coolers, where you push the lever and water comes out. In doing so, air is introduced, and rises to the top in bubbles; eventually the term expanded to refer to all drinking fountains. Others argue that the term came about because the water coming from a drinking fountain could seem to bubble. I don't think either is very far-fetched.)
And to make matters worse, hundreds of years later, some other country starts using the word as a slur against homosexual men. You'd think those snooty Brits could have done some research/forward thinking!
Really? Did you not see the part of my post about the term "cabinet"?
(And some argue that "bubbler" originally only referred to the top-loaded, translucent water coolers, where you push the lever and water comes out. In doing so, air is introduced, and rises to the top in bubbles; eventually the term expanded to refer to all drinking fountains. Others argue that the term came about because the water coming from a drinking fountain could seem to bubble. I don't think either is very far-fetched.)
This I have to agree with. Everyone knows that word means "to work until worn out". Stupid British. If they were going to simplify a word meaning "a bundle of sticks used for lighting a fire", they should have made sure that it didn't already mean something in their own language.
And to make matters worse, hundreds of years later, some other country starts using the word as a slur against homosexual men. You'd think those snooty Brits could have done some research/forward thinking!