# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/141 "2004-05-09T15:08:41Z")
“Jesus H. Christ in a dead DeLorean” It means nothing, just a generic expression of disgust. ---
**Author:** ![donnah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@donnah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnah)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/142 "2004-05-09T15:11:43Z")
how 'bout “finer than frog fuzz” ? i use that one a lot and “i’m on a bagel today!!” as opposed to the boring and over used “roll” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/143 "2004-05-09T15:17:34Z")
I use “fuckery” in doing a lot of fuckery, or thats a lot of fuckery and “fric and frac” is referred to two people. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/144 "2004-05-09T16:35:48Z")
So, as you can probably see from my post count, I’m still pretty new in these parts, and I have a question of SDMB etiquette: Am I allowed to be sort of secretly sort of stoked that the first thread I started has gotten up to 140-some posts? Or would that just be indicative of a need on my part to either get a life or seek professional help? :dubious: ---
**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:** [May 9, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/145 "2004-05-09T16:44:15Z")
> [@Who Stole My Name?](#): > > “No sex with fat chick for you!” > (…) > “Dude, that’s just crazy talk.” > (…) > “Holy mother fuck me.” > (…) > Don’t really think anyone else would ever want to use them. I use “now you’re talking crazy talk” all the time. I had a friend who used to say (probably in the same situation where you’d use “holy mother fuck me”) “well, fuck me naked.” Also, when someone screws something up, I sometimes refer to it as “screwing the pooch,” as in, “Well, I really screwed the pooch on that one.” And I can definitely imagine a situation where “No sex with fat chick for you!” might come in handy-- sort of a rough equivalent of “Bad cop! No donut!” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/146 "2004-05-09T18:09:51Z")
My version of “are we having fun yet?” is “always plenty fun at House of Rowdy Mirth!” It’s from Thomas Costain’s **The Black Rose** —the HoRM was a Chinese bawdyhouse, and the proprietor would exclaim that when something raucous or amusing occurred. I read the book (entirely too) many years ago, and the expression stuck. I generally use “pardon my Anglo-Saxon” instead of “pardon my French” since most of the words that precipitate the remark are of Anglo-Saxon origin. One that I learned from my father (on whom be peace): “bug juice” for soy sauce. This may be endemic to Montana; in any case, I’ve dutifully passed it on to my offspring. Re: jerkwater (all one word). In the old railroad days, the water tank in the tender had to be replenished occasionally. This was done by pulling up next to a wooden tank mounted on stilts and pulling down a hinged spigot, which started the water flowing. Any town that was so small and insignificant that the train would stop for no other purpose became known as a “jerkwater town,” and the term came to mean Hicksville in gereral. ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/147 "2004-05-09T20:44:42Z")
> [@spiralscratch](#): > > I’ve always used “forever and a day” to describe something taking a huge and/or inordinate amount of time. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard it elsewhere. “Forever and a Day” is actually the title of a song. And it’s also in the lyrics to [Those Were the Days](http://www.elyrics4u.com/t/those_were_the_days_mary_hopkin.htm#) which was a favorite song of mine growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/148 "2004-05-09T21:12:37Z")
Forgot to add my contribution. When we were sick, my mom always said we ‘look[ed] worse than the one hung on Monday.’ Yeah, she was always real positive. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249/149 "2004-05-10T00:43:26Z")
> [@thetruewheel](#): > > And I can definitely imagine a situation where “No sex with fat chick for you!” might come in handy-- sort of a rough equivalent of “Bad cop! No donut!” I use it all the time. If someone is mean, or does something wrong, then there’s no sex with fat chick for them! 😉 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-no-one-uses-but-you/242249.md?page=7)