# Do You Use (Know) These Slang Expressions? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293 "2021-01-23T16:57:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/1 "2021-01-23T16:57:51Z")
Just curious if anyone here ever used (or still uses) these few random expressions: - 831 (I love you) - assvice (unsolicited help) - bardcore (poem based on Shakespeare) - bitgod (back in the good old days) - Clark Kent job (pays bills but unfulfilling) - Control Z (to undo something) - fattractive (body positivity) - Goo diligence (use Google to confirm something or settle an argument) ## Any others? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/2 "2021-01-23T17:01:27Z")
No, I haven’t, but _goo diligence_ and _Ctl Z_ have some appeal for me. Thanks for fighting a tiny titch of my ignorance today. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/3 "2021-01-23T17:05:34Z")
Autocorrect seems to prefer poems to porn. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/4 "2021-01-23T17:20:10Z")
Poem still make sense ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/5 "2021-01-23T17:55:30Z")
No: first I’ve ever heard of any of those. I do like the ‘assvice’ one. Quite relevant, and quite useful. I’ll run with it. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/6 "2021-01-23T17:58:37Z")
I don’t use any of them, but then, I’m 55. 😉 The only one I’ve ever even heard of is “bardcore,” though where I’ve seen it, over the past few months, has been in reference to covers of modern pop or rock songs, done in an medieval or Renaissance style, like this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9ry0MoTLb0Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Dio - Rainbow In The Dark - Medieval Style (Bardcore)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ry0MoTLb0Q) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/7 "2021-01-23T18:10:16Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > No: first I’ve ever heard of any of those. Same here. But I’m 59. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/8 "2021-01-23T18:21:11Z")
As am I. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/9 "2021-01-23T18:24:55Z")
Don’t feel bad old-timers. This youthful 45-year-old hasn’t heard of any of them either. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/10 "2021-01-23T18:37:34Z")
Never heard of these. 36. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/11 "2021-01-23T19:03:09Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > bardcore (poem based on Shakespeare) Not for poetry but Hildegard von Blingin’ and her colleagues, doing medieval style covers of modern music, e.g. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ch1aVmjvYTI/maxresdefault.jpg "Somebody That I Used To Know (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover with Vocals)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch1aVmjvYTI) ETA: @kenobi_65 beat me to it ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/12 "2021-01-23T19:10:25Z")
I’ve heard of “control\_z,” but none of the others. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/13 "2021-01-23T19:14:18Z")
I’ve heard and use Control Z. EDIT: Actually I’m on Mac so I called it Apple Z to undo something. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/14 "2021-01-23T19:27:38Z")
Anyone want to guess what these mean? - California King - clitterati - expresshole - gradumacate - hasselhoff - nintendonitis ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/15 "2021-01-23T19:31:15Z")
California King is a type of extra-large bed, but that term has been around for decades. I have no idea if it has a new slang definition. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/16 "2021-01-23T19:44:58Z")
The slang definition is pejorative. ---
**Author:** ![Madam\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madam_librarian/32/3123_2.png) [@Madam\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madam_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/17 "2021-01-23T20:43:51Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Anyone want to guess what these mean? Please don’t force me into Urban Dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/18 "2021-01-23T21:16:05Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Anyone want to guess what these mean? > > - California King > - clitterati > - expresshole > - gradumacate > - hasselhoff > - nintendonitis I have no idea aside from “hasselhoff,” from _Knight Rider_ and _Baywatch_. “Nintendonitis” I would guess it’s carpal tunnel syndrome from playing videogames for too long. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/19 "2021-01-24T08:00:16Z")
I have not heard of a single one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293/20 "2021-01-24T08:19:45Z")
“Clitterati” is that where you train your clitoris to sing like Paverati? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-know-these-slang-expressions/931293.md?page=2)