I always thought it was interesting that John Mortimer’s character Horace Rumpole used it for his wife, because Rumpole is more at home quoting the Oxford Book of English Verse. Quoting an adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard seems unusual for him.
I bought Pepper Mil a badge that reads:
SHE WHO would like to BE OBEYed occasionally
I’m ambivalent on “cred”. Overused, I don’t like it. But it has a unique meaning and works sometimes.
It could be but the most common slang use AFAICT is a reference to one’s significant other. There was a meme for awhile called Bae Caught Me Sleeping where people posted photos of themselves that look initially like someone snapped a photo of them asleep but reflections in mirrors or whatever reveal that the ‘sleeper’ took the photo themself. As for “Before Anyone Else” it’s a fact of life that as soon as a word becomes hip, someone retrofits an acronym to it, c.f. “Secretly We Are Gay”, “Dressed Resembling A Girl”, “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”.
I don’t mind UR if it replaces “you’re”. But I hate when it replaces “your”.
“Cray-cray” - when you say this, you sound like both a baby and an idiot.
Verbal use of text speak. “OMG” is not saving you any syllables. If you can say “LOL,” you are obviously not laughing out loud. I’ve even heard people say “WTF” in contexts where polite decorum is not required and no one would bat an eye at hearing “what the fuck?” (i.e. a loud bar).
Lippie for lipstick. I don’t know why, but it really grinds my gears.
And if further truncated to “veg” they should be rolled in broken malt vinegar bottles. It retains all the infantile stupidity of “veggies” plus adds confusion that the idiot is instead talking about vaginas that have been shortened to "vag"s.
I’ll tell you what I do loath, the fact that the word “abbreviation” is so long! From now on until I forget, I’m going to start calling it “abbry” because fuck that, it shouldn’t be such a long ass word!
But I’m sure we all agree it’s good to eat your veggies. or vags.
What is your preferred term?
What about when people say “toodles” instead of toodle-oo or “ta” instead of ta-ta?
I have never liked “bro”. I never know how it’s supposed to be pronounced (i.e., to rhyme with “yo” or “yuh”) and I think it sounds awkward either way.
On the other hand, I have no problem with “buddy” or “bud”.
I hate people who call McDonald’s “Mickey Dee’s”. I consider it a term that McDonald’s marketing people came up with and I liken it to people who try to choose their own nickname.
Sorry Piss Tits, other people give you nicknames, you don’t get to choose your own.
‘Perf’ for ‘perfect’, ugh.
I keep seeing “prolly” used by people whose spelling and grammar are otherwise pretty standard.
I thought I was hung up, but you guys are tough!
Thanks for pointing out that 9 times out of 10 when a young person talks about her “vagina” she is not talking about her vagina. Good for them for being respectful and not using a trashy euphemism, but still wrong.
I say young person because anyone my age or older wouldn’t discuss that in public.
I can’t stand when parents or grandparents decide that grandma and or grandpa will be called meemaw, mom mom, g’ma, nonnie, or anything other than grandma/grandpa or maybe nana/papa. It’s one thing if the kid honestly can’t pronounce the proper terms, and I expect him to grow out of that in a year or two, but don’t make up BS baby talk names for yourself. It’s ridiculous and not cute.
You guys need to *not *come to Australia. Everything is abbreviated here. Everything.
Those above are routine, plus:
Pressie (present)
Cossie (swimming costume)
Mossie (mosquito)
Brissie (Brisbane)
The ‘ss’ in those is pronounced ‘zz’.
Mushie (mushroom)
Barbie (BBQ)
Arvo (afternoon)
Cockie (cockroach or cockatoo)
Sickie (medical leave, usually on false pretenses)
Ciggie (cigarette)
Pokie (poker machine)
Rego (vehicle registration)
Hottie (hot water bottle, or hot flush)
Footy (football)
Cardy (cardigan)
Postie (postman)
Pollie (politician)
Kindy (kindergarten)
and my personal favourite
Premmy (premature baby)
And we do abbreviate names, but usually just last names. Sometimes the abbreviation is longer than the original:
Richo: Richards, Richardson
Kev: Kevin
Stevo: Stevens, Stevenson
Johnno: Johns, Johnson
Wayne-o: Wayne (I know, I know)
Preggers is kinda cute. “Prego” is a spaghetti sauce. Drives me insane when people use it for ‘pregnant’.
I wish “expiry” would go to hell. It’s way past its expiration.
The difference is that Ossies are cool, and every one of us Americans want to be you.