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ADqtPiMel 05-18-2005 12:57 PM

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Originally posted by AGDee
When my son was first learning to talk, he called McDonald's "Happy Donalds". Apparently he crossed happy meals with McDonalds. We all called it Happy Donalds for a long time after that, until he was about 7 and started correcting us "It's MCDonalds".. lol.

In my family growing up, we took the line from The Grinch about him carving the roast beast. We called any kind of roast "roast beast" for my whole life. I had to work to lose that habit!

I swear I'm in your family. :p McDonald's has always been McDon's to us, and we say roast beast too.

aephi alum 05-18-2005 01:48 PM

In terms of what other posters have mentioned, I use craptastic, craptacular, ginormous, and fugly.

Some other terms I use:

button: remote control

Booger King: Burger King

chamberpot music: chamber music, and by extension, any classical music (I actually don't mind classical, but it's not my first choice for music)

labbit: rabbit. When I was growing up, my parents and I took a vacation to Quebec. We were reading a menu in French in the window of a restaurant. My mother wanted to comment that they had rabbit. She started saying "lapin" and switched to "rabbit" mid-word - hence, labbit.

rest: to use a public restroom. This was my father's invention. He pointed out one day that most room names indicate their function: you dine in a dining room, you bathe in a bathroom, you live in a living room, etc., ergo, you rest in a restroom.

orange fluid: any alcohol that is orange/gold in color, e.g. whiskey or brandy. Can be used to refer to orange juice, but only if vodka has been added.

tinydancer 05-18-2005 11:08 PM

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Originally posted by AGDee
In my family growing up, we took the line from The Grinch about him carving the roast beast. We called any kind of roast "roast beast" for my whole life. I had to work to lose that habit!
I always say I'm gonna get a roast beast sammich at Arby's! (and an extra one for the cat)

CSUSigEp 05-19-2005 04:06 AM

a muddle is a mud puddle

TheEpitome1920 05-19-2005 12:36 PM

conversate - to talk

Filthy McNasty- trifling people or when something is really dirty

Cardinal026 05-19-2005 04:26 PM

I used to call Seagulls "Trash Beagles" cuz we live near the coast and you'd always see them around the trash cans in supermarket parking lots and what not, and I guess I thought "Seagull" sounded like "Beagle."

But my family still calls them that - 20 years later, lol.

sugar and spice 05-19-2005 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by ADqtPiMel
I swear I'm in your family. :p McDonald's has always been McDon's to us, and we say roast beast too.
My family said roast beast for the longest time too . . . haha.

NinjaPoodle 05-20-2005 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
conversate - to talk
I use this with the same meaning:)

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Originally posted by Tom Earp
Rice Rocket= Honda, Toyota, etc.
or Rice burners
Cut Tom some slack on this one. This term is used for the Asian motorcycles (think speed bikes). Often.

Jack in the Crack= Jack in the box

I have more but can't think of them. I'll add later.

cashmoney 05-20-2005 02:05 PM

Not meaning to be offensive or anything....


But has anyone ever heard someone say "tarbaby" or "blue gums" when talking about black people? My mouth dropped when I first heard this old lady complain about a black man who came in my office and kind of stunk. Her phrase was "Those blue gummed, tar-babies must not believe in deoderant." :eek: :eek:

NinjaPoodle 05-20-2005 02:07 PM

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Originally posted by cashmoney
Not meaning to be offensive or anything....


But has anyone ever heard someone say "tarbaby" or "blue gums" when talking about black people? My mouth dropped when I first heard this old lady complain about a black man who came in my office and kind of stunk. Her phrase was "Those blue gummed, tar-babies must not believe in deoderant." :eek: :eek:

Tar Baby, yes
Blue Gums, no.

cashmoney 05-20-2005 02:24 PM

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Originally posted by NinjaPoodle
Tar Baby, yes
Blue Gums, no.


Ive always wondered what names are out there for white people.

preciousjeni 05-20-2005 02:59 PM

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Originally posted by cashmoney
Ive always wondered what names are out there for white people.
Albino
White Devil
White Demon
Casper
Honky
Cracker
Ghost
Bird S***
Blue Eyed Devil
Flat A**
Trash
WASP
whitebread/Wonder Bread
...and who can forget "gringo"...

What I've been called:

-Buckra (I just looked it up and it's Gullah for "white trash" - I never knew what it meant)

-Paste

-Pasty

-Snowflake (as in white and flaky but also it refers to a white girl with a black guy)

-KKK Girl

-white dog

-my ex used to call me "missuh" (as in master/mistress) when we'd fight

-white chocolate

-and the most hurtful to me personally is when family members ask my friends/boyfriends, "why are you with that white girl?"

sdblonde07 05-20-2005 03:13 PM

When I was little, I used to mix up the words "directions" and "instructions". So I would always ask for the "indirections" or "distructions" for toys:)

Tom Earp 05-20-2005 04:59 PM

NinjaPoodle


No, Rice Rockets have 4 wheel on the Road. Crotch Rockets have only 2!:D

I drive a Hodunda, 4 th now!:cool: This pone 6 years now.

cashmoney while I am aware of what you are talking about, I will let it sit!

For The Tidy Whities, as apposed to the Blacks, Corn Bread Red Necks. Real Friggen Crackers!:mad:

I work on My Tan Man, how about You?:D

NinjaPoodle 05-20-2005 10:46 PM

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Originally posted by Tom Earp
NinjaPoodle
No, Rice Rockets have 4 wheel on the Road. Crotch Rockets have only 2!:D

We call them Rice Rockets in addition to Crotch Rockets. It's just part of the lingo. :)


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