# Expressions that no one uses but you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249 "2004-04-27T06:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Jenny\_Haniver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Jenny\_Haniver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenny_Haniver)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/81 "2004-04-28T17:14:42Z")
Here’s one I know I got from my mother. When I see that I’ve done something dumb that I could easily have avoided, like, say, just for example, making two really simple spelling errors that fair jump off the page after posting, I say: "Well, that wasn’t too bright. " ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/82 "2004-04-28T19:58:48Z")
In my ongoing effort to clean up my language, I’ve started using several made up curse words such as “Frick” and “Farkel” Frick is more of an exclaimation, as in “Aw, frick! I think that’s my transmission lying the road back there!” Farkel is more a verb, as in “Don’t let the baby smoke. He’ll farkel up his lungs.” “Razzen-frazzen” is a Yosimite Sam-ism I use, too. I also use “scoatch” to indicate a small quanity. “I’ll take a scoatch more scotch, please.” I also do not use duct tape, but grey tape holds the world together. ---
**Author:** ![GraphicsGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@GraphicsGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraphicsGal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/83 "2004-04-28T19:58:54Z")
A friend of mine and I were housemates for seven years…we had our own language and we still talk in code… I didn’t do it on purple! (I didn’t do it on purpose) Smirkingly (certainly) So-and-so would shit blue trees if such-and-such happened That’s imported (important) Do you own a white car? (for when bad news is in the offing, based on a real phone call she received one Saturday morning from the county police: they had found her abandoned car sunk to the hubcaps in the middle of a golf course) Her fur is seriously separated (for upset, referring to my cat who really did get separated fur when she was upset). It’s comin’ (after a dog of hers who would look up at the sky indefinitely waiting for a ball-in-a-sock to be thrown) Quelle frommage! (instead of quelle dommage) S/he is “lookin’ funny out her/his eyes” for someone who is strange ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/84 "2004-04-28T20:25:40Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Only we spell it differently… You must be British or Canadian. You can say it with your spelling and I’ll say it with mine and we can both say nobody uses the expression but us… > 😃 British, yea, but that arrangement sounds good 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/85 "2004-04-28T20:42:11Z")
> [@qwest](#): > > Jake?! I think that was his name… ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/86 "2004-04-28T20:53:20Z")
When I find myself beginning to use the s-word in an inappropriate environment I always change it to Shitake mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/87 "2004-04-28T20:53:44Z")
I don’t know if anyone but me says “fudge-nut-cookies” as a substitute for the “F” word. My dad says “sangy” in place of the word “sandwich” - he’s from Michigan, is that where he got it from, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/88 "2004-04-28T21:14:29Z")
Mine aren’t HORRIBLY orignial… I say “thats horrible” to something fuuny/gross(as in “hey, mm8b, guess what I just did? I put peanut butter in all drews underwear!” so its funny, but… mean. Or instead of saying “that sucks” I say “that makes me sad.” ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/89 "2004-04-28T21:29:03Z")
I sometimes use the term ‘pusholine’ for gasoline, I have no idea where I picked that up, but I have used it forever. People look at me kind of funny when I say it. I frequently use the phrase ‘pieces of shit’ when I am irked at something. I have a mild turretts when I get irked 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/90 "2004-04-29T00:34:29Z")
My wife is responsible for several things we say that probably no one else does. When we’re full after supper, we are _blarf_. If we’re too full, I contributed _blarff_, pronounced “blarfuf” - this on the premise that in music theory, if something is loud, it’s Forte, or _f_. Louder is _ff_. Any product made of chicken is a “chicken thingie” except for popcorn chicken bites, which I refer to as “chicken rocks” because I broke a tooth on one. Her dad has a bunch of odd expressions. For instance, the kitty litter box is called “the cat shit doober tray.” If I think of more, I’ll post again. ---
**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/91 "2004-04-29T00:44:54Z")
> [@thetruewheel](#): > > Imagine my surprise, then, when a Google search for “what’s-his-melon” turned up zero documents. the things people google. it never ceases to suprise me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/92 "2004-04-29T00:47:44Z")
> [@Mausmagill](#): > > I also use “scoatch” to indicate a small quanity. “I’ll take a scoatch more scotch, please.” Did you know you were speaking Japanese? “Sukoshi” (pronounced “skoshi” – the “u” gets sort of swallowed, and the “i” is subject to disappearance, as well) means “little bit” or “small.” Of course, there was that old jeans commercial (Levi? Lee?) – “and a sukoshi more room in the seat.” Unless of course, this is not the derivation of your word, and I’m just being a jerk. Wouldn’t be the first time! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SkyClad72724](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@SkyClad72724](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyClad72724)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/93 "2004-04-29T01:13:06Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > IAnd whenever I heard the number 50, or 27, or 37 or the expression “5+5” I think of this song: [http://www.ebaumsworld.com/schfiftyfive.html](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/schfiftyfive.html) My friends and I quote that all the time! We’ll be doing some boring, pointless activity, and if someone says something that even remotely sounds like 27… We bust out into song: “27! 37! Whatchoo say?” We even have one of the Calc. teachers quoting it! It’s great fun. haha 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/94 "2004-04-29T01:29:26Z")
I say “Oh my pip!” once and a while. I think it started while I was talking to a friend online and i put OMP instead of OMG, and as to not seem dumb I said the P stood for Pip, my since deceased rockin’ guinea pig. _RIP Pip_ I also say rockin’ a lot, though I know I didn’t make it up. Also, when people ask me who did something I will immedity say Bob Dole. Like once I said this to a teacher Teacher: Who invented the printing press? Me: Bob Dole? _laugher from the class_ I also say dur a lot. Instead of duh. I am known for saying it in a loud and annoying voice like DUUUUUR. I don’t think I made it up though. I can’t remeber where I got it, I just started saying it. I am the only known one to start it I think. Others say it, but they got it from me. 🆒 Oh, I say toodle pip a lot, but I got that from you guys, when I asked what pip pip for now meant. I just say it is a british thing. I am known for loving the brits. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/95 "2004-04-29T04:00:25Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > My wife is responsible for several things we say that probably no one else does. When we’re full after supper, we are _blarf_. If we’re too full, I contributed _blarff_, pronounced “blarfuf” - this on the premise that in music theory, if something is loud, it’s Forte, or _f_. Louder is _ff_. I’m with you that it should be spelled _blarff_, but shouldn’t it be pronounced “blarfissimo”? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/96 "2004-04-29T04:41:31Z")
> [@thetruewheel](#): > > I’m with you that it should be spelled _blarff_, but shouldn’t it be pronounced “blarfissimo”? Actually, we say that sometimes, too! And if we’re not quite full, we’re just blar. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/97 "2004-04-29T05:17:56Z")
Actually, I read an article a while ago, in the Boston Globe of all places, about online gaming, and the lingo used by gamers. I guess the word for someone who deliberately does stupid things to ruin the game for others is a “smacktard”. So I thought up of a viariant: Spanktard. I’m not sure what a spanktard is. I think I’ll know one when I see one. Then I will say, “you, sir, are a fucking spanktard.” It will just feel right. The meaning will be clear. Spanktard. Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/98 "2004-04-29T06:24:40Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Actually, we say that sometimes, too! And if we’re not quite full, we’re just blar. So, by extension, if you’re actually hungry, you should be “blarp,” and if you’re really starving, you should be “blarpp,” pronounced, of course, “blarpissimo.” Perhaps I’m too literal-minded… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/99 "2004-04-29T06:35:49Z")
> [@Jenny Haniver](#): > > Are we allowed to submit things we wish we said? Because I’m trying to work the phrase “from Hell to breakfast” into my personal lexicon. I like that one. I’m not sure what it means, though. Can you provide a sample usage? > [@Jenny Haniver](#): > > When someone asks why you did something a boneheaded way or made a mistake: “That’s because I’m on crack.” (This phrase doesn’t go down as well in the office environment as it did in college, for some strange reason.) > > People and things are “sketchy” - meaning suspicious or creepy. Folks here in Portland use “on crack” all the time to mean crazy or wrong: “I think that hot girl with the tattoos at the record store has a crush on me.” “Dude, you are _so_ on crack.” And we also use “sketchy” or “sketched-out” to mean pretty much the same thing you use it for: “Did you see that totally sketchy tweaker dude who was playing video poker for, like, six hours straight?” ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/100 "2004-04-29T06:41:12Z")
Hmm here are mine I use _happy pants_ to refer to way too excited people , such as “Look here, Happy Pants, you need to back off and get a grip” I also use _Holy Cats!!_ as a sort of Robin from Batman and Robin exclamation and I always get a surprised response from my coworkers on that one. And one more, strictly applying to my department at work, is to be MILO’d- meaning _Missing In Larry’s Office_ which is what happens if someone has the unfortunate luck to have to speak with our department VP. Larry is like the ever ready bunny, he keeps going and going- for hours. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249.md?page=6)