# Be the Nostradamus of catch phrases **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876 "2005-08-06T14:58:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/21 "2005-08-08T23:12:55Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > The new word for “cool” will be “boojum.” You probably didn’t mean it this way at all, but did you happen to read [Boojums All the Way Through?](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521388805/qid=1123542374/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-1125101-3864839) One of the funniest damn things I ever read. But then I’m a total quarkhead. > [@Nic2004](#): > > Bart says it’s “Smell ya later!” That’s too fresh. (I.e., the phrase was used in the theme song to “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”.) I suggest ‘holy" to replace "awesome’: _That’s just holy!_ and “air conditioned” top replace “cool”: _Those shoes are air conditioned!_ ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/22 "2005-08-08T23:32:17Z")
**Swimming in your pants** “Dude, I’m totally swimming in my pants over here.” I’m not sure what it could mean, mind you. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/23 "2005-08-09T00:41:17Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > These are SO pail. > They’re totally bucket. Tsk tsk. Those ideas are so greedy. Why doncha just coogie on out of this thread? (Yes, these too were resurrected. Greed, man!) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/24 "2005-08-09T05:51:02Z")
Can I nominate “pita” as in “ **p** ain **i** n **t** he **a** ss”? Usage: Goddamn that guy is a pita!!! What a jerk! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/25 "2005-08-09T10:22:59Z")
> [@Snowboarder Bo](#): > > Can I nominate “pita” as in “ **p** ain **i** n **t** he **a** ss”? > > Usage: Goddamn that guy is a pita!!! What a jerk! I like the acronym, but to do the British bit, maybe moving one step beyond and going for “gyro” might be an alternative to consider. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/26 "2005-08-10T04:05:28Z")
Maybe they won’t be all catchphrases exactly, but I have strong visions (auditions?) of the following slang coming into use next year: **jihadi -** any asshole or person with an anger management problem. “Man my new boss is a total _jihadi_.” **camp** - taken from MMORPG’s - to hold a grudge against/torture. “I forgot my wife’s birthday and she was \*camping \* me for weeks.” \*\*premillenial \*\* - any out of date technology, anything obsolete or out of fashion. "Did you see that shirt he shirt he was wearing? So _premillenial_. " **fundosphere** - the set of all fundamentalists/religious zealots worldwide. **empty clip** - anyone with attitude who can’t back it up. A loser. ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/27 "2005-08-10T04:44:24Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > Maybe they won’t be all catchphrases exactly, but I have strong visions (auditions?) of the following slang coming into use next year: > > **jihadi -** any asshole or person with an anger management problem. “Man my new boss is a total _jihadi_.” > > **camp** - taken from MMORPG’s - to hold a grudge against/torture. “I forgot my wife’s birthday and she was \*camping \* me for weeks.” > > \*\*premillenial \*\* - any out of date technology, anything obsolete or out of fashion. "Did you see that shirt he shirt he was wearing? So _premillenial_. " > > **fundosphere** - the set of all fundamentalists/religious zealots worldwide. > > **empty clip** - anyone with attitude who can’t back it up. A loser. [Applauds] I love them all, **uglybeech**. Truly hoppy! I’ll start right away. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/28 "2005-08-10T04:58:25Z")
[QUOTE=uglybeech] **camp** - taken from MMORPG’s - to hold a grudge against/torture. “I forgot my wife’s birthday and she was \*camping \* me for weeks.” **fundosphere** - the set of all fundamentalists/religious zealots worldwide. [QUOTE] I like the word **fundosphere** because it’s really fun to say. “Oh man! Will you listen to this shit? What’d you do, pull that outta the fundosphere?” But technically, **camping** is just kinda loitering in one spot. **Corpse camping** is griefing. Come to think of it, **griefing** is a kinda cool word, and fun to say as well. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/29 "2005-08-10T05:11:05Z")
Don’t go all rutabaga on me, plank. She’s titanium-plated to her socks. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/30 "2005-08-10T20:22:46Z")
> [@Ragiel](#): > > [Applauds] > I love them all, **uglybeech**. Truly hoppy! I’ll start right away. Thanks! 🙂 > [@Snowboarder Bo](#): > > But technically, camping is just kinda loitering in one spot. Corpse camping is griefing. > > Come to think of it, griefing is a kinda cool word, and fun to say as well. Yah griefing works pretty well too - you’re right. It works better because you don’t have to be a gamer to figure out what it means. I think I’m going to contest your definition of camping. In eq anyway camping means (most of the time) to camp a mob (target). To hunt something in a fixed location. Basically to kill then wait for the mob to reappear and kill it again. Rinse and repeat. To camp a corpse means to do that with a player in pvp (player vs. player). Which is a type of griefing, but there are other forms of griefing too. Griefing just means any activity designed to make gameplay unpleasant for someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/31 "2005-08-10T20:43:17Z")
Ninja, _ **please!** _ ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876/32 "2005-08-11T00:18:49Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > Oh, man, that’s the vuvla! A friend of mine in high school used “Tits” as an adjective. Like, “Man that was so tits!” It never caught on, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-the-nostradamus-of-catch-phrases/315876.md?page=1)