# Favorite Words/Phrases/Quotes and Sayings **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248 "2019-08-26T03:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/81 "2019-08-30T08:26:32Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > How about a fun thread.šŸ™‚ > > I love military **jargon** : > > SNAFU > > FUBAR I think if I ever get a pair of pet cats again, they will be named Snafu and Fubar. They will wear little camouflage jackets on special occasions. Snaffy and Fooey for short. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/82 "2019-08-30T14:04:11Z")
I saw one the other day I liked so much I made it my signature . ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/83 "2019-08-30T14:49:46Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Did you know these were [legal terms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flotsam,_jetsam,_lagan,_and_derelict)? > > I always thought Flotsam fell in (to the sea) and Jetsam was thrown in, but that seems to be a bit of an oversimplification. > > The other two that go with them are Lagan (thrown in and sunk) and Derelict (sunk and abandoned). > > j Yes, I know these terms. Many of my friends are pirates, oops, I mean sailors. And from jetsamā€¦jettison, jettisoned, etc. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/84 "2019-08-30T15:00:45Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Iā€™ve uttered those words in all sincerity, while pouring Kaluha into my coffee and hitting a joint. Is that what they call the **breakfast of champions**? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/85 "2019-08-30T15:49:24Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Is that what they call the **breakfast of champions**? Iā€™d like to think so. Definitely **breakfast of vacation**. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/86 "2019-08-30T16:03:53Z")
From the dear departed Ray O. Smith, after expressing an opinion: I donā€™t know nuthinā€™ ā€˜bout nuthinā€™ Me, after someone experiences computer troubles: Computers, they make our lives easier! My good friend E, a wise philosopher, expressing a sentiment that I apply often when choosing not to post a reply on the SDMB: When a dog barks, do you answer it? ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/87 "2019-08-30T20:19:14Z")
ā€œHe was all over him like a cheap suit.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/88 "2019-08-31T03:00:29Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > I think if I ever get a pair of pet cats again, they will be named Snafu and Fubar. They will wear little camouflage jackets on special occasions. Snaffy and Fooey for short. I hope they wonā€™t go AWOL. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/89 "2019-08-31T03:01:42Z")
Support bacteria - itā€™s the only culture some people have. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/90 "2019-08-31T04:23:42Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > I think if I ever get a pair of pet cats again, they will be named Snafu and Fubar. They will wear little camouflage jackets on special occasions. Snaffy and Fooey for short. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/91 "2019-08-31T13:45:57Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Military: KMAG-YOYO! > > Kiss my ass guys, Youā€™re on your own! Funny! A couple moreā€¦ JANFU - Joint Army-Navy Eff Up TAMFR - This Ainā€™t My First Rodeo ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/92 "2019-08-31T23:00:58Z")
Most of my career has been in government contracts; ā€œEschew obfuscationā€ was my e-mail tagline for years. When someone at work is getting defensive, thinking Iā€™m about to step on their toes: ā€œNot my circus, not my monkeysā€ followed by a sotto voce ā€œ_my monkeys fly._ā€ To myself, when I really donā€™t think I can take another day: ā€œIā€™ll get through this; I never think Iā€™m going to, and I always do.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/93 "2019-08-31T23:35:41Z")
I donā€™t think anyoneā€™s mentioned this so far. Itā€™s my waying of expressing [Hanlonā€™s Razor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor). ā€˜Donā€™t attribute to malice what can be explained by ignoranceā€™. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/94 "2019-09-02T00:55:45Z")
Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse. - Author unknown Ride it like you stole it. - Also unknown ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/95 "2019-09-02T18:29:11Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Hoist by oneā€™s own petard. We have shortened that to either ā€œYouā€™ve been hoist!ā€ or just ā€œHOIST!ā€ Weā€™ve also shortened ā€œIf it was a snake it would have bit youā€ to ā€œSNAKE!ā€ I think I use wonky almost every day. I also like discombobulated and FUBAR. The other military term I think to myself or text to my SO but would not say put loud is Charlie Foxtrot. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/96 "2019-09-02T18:39:47Z")
Hunter S Thompsonā€™s original quotation has been modified in many places, but the spirit remains the same. _ā€œLife should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!ā€_ ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/97 "2019-09-03T14:22:42Z")
Actually seen on cars (70s-80s): Beam me up Scotty, thereā€™s no intelligent life down here. Jesus is coming back, and boy is he pissed. And my favorite, for sale at the county fair in the 90sā€¦ Horn broke. Watch for finger. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/98 "2019-09-03T15:17:10Z")
My personal fave bumper sticker (on my vehicle): **STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDNā€™T BREED** I loved the way some people would read it (with their lips moving) and then look perplexed. They were who the statement was directed at, but it flew right over their heads. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/99 "2019-09-03T15:57:58Z")
ā€œā€¦with their lips movingā€¦ā€ haha Reminds me of this one. Stupid is as stupid does. - Forrest, Forrest Gump ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/100 "2019-09-03T16:01:14Z")
I just read where Bismark said, \*\*ā€œHistory occurs when things happen.ā€ \*\*Then I did a search and could not find any proof of him saying such a thing. Shame. He would have said it had he only thought of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248.md?page=6)