# Phrases posted here that have stayed with you **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 3, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587 "2007-04-03T17:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/1 "2007-04-03T17:48:24Z")
I noticed today that whenever I hear Prince mentioned, my brain immediately supplies, “a musical force of nature”. Someone here once referred to him that way, and it stuck to my brain like a Colorform. Likewise, when pugs are mentioned, I think, “a miniature clown who always wants to perform”. I think that one can be attributed to **Max Torque**. Does this happen to y’all? ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/2 "2007-04-03T17:50:43Z")
I have to stop myself from adding **“Hi Opal!”** whenever I’m making a list. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/3 "2007-04-03T18:04:35Z")
I’m thinking more along the lines of things other posters have said that aren’t among the board catchphrases. Maybe I just think about y’all too much… ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/4 "2007-04-03T18:14:43Z")
When talking to someone who is clearly sending my bullshit meter off the charts, I frequently have to refrain from yelling: “_ **CITE???** _” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/5 "2007-04-03T18:19:15Z")
teh gay and teh intarweb. Oh, and “fuckwit.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/6 "2007-04-03T19:37:47Z")
I use the phrase “Google-Fu” quite often. People actually have no trouble understanding what I mean. (unlike usual.) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/7 "2007-04-03T19:42:13Z")
I threw up a little, in my mouth. Google-fu. There are probably other ones, but they’re a part of my speech now; I’d really have to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/8 "2007-04-03T19:50:54Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] When talking to someone who is clearly sending my bullshit meter off the charts, I frequently have to refrain from yelling: “_ **CITE???** _” [/QUOTE] This is the one that gives me a hard time. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/9 "2007-04-03T20:02:20Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] When talking to someone who is clearly sending my bullshit meter off the charts, I frequently have to refrain from yelling: “_ **CITE???** _” [/QUOTE] I have actually done this. It tends to make people look at you funny. “Nuke 'em from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” has become a catchphrase amongst my gardening friends when referring to hard-to-get-rid-of plants. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/10 "2007-04-03T20:13:20Z")
Happens to me all the time. Thank goodness no one monitors my conversation for plagiarism. Almost any creative turn of phrase will stick in my mind. My IRL friends think I’m quite clever. They don’t realize I’m a parrot. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/11 "2007-04-03T20:14:13Z")
“This is only going to end in tears and bedwetting.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/12 "2007-04-03T20:48:44Z")
That person had stupid food for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/13 "2007-04-03T21:31:46Z")
I used “eats the stupid food for breakfast” in a blog post the other day. I also always, ALWAYS want to say “penis ensued” but it just never works out to make any sense without the backstory. I did introduce “masturbating like a motherfuck” to a friend, who introduced it to his workplace. heh. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/14 "2007-04-03T22:45:22Z")
Aw, c’mon, it isn’t even close to the same without the “WOOHOO!”, man. I’m sure that my daily speech is affected in a hundred different ways by what I see here, but I can’t think of any particular examples at the moment. I did have to explain the “penis ensues” to my husband the other day - I used it while watching tv or something. I think “offenderati” and “thread-shitting” are catching on. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/15 "2007-04-03T23:09:17Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Aw, c’mon, it isn’t even close to the same without the “WOOHOO!”, man. I’m sure that my daily speech is affected in a hundred different ways by what I see here, but I can’t think of any particular examples at the moment. I did have to explain the “penis ensues” to my husband the other day - I used it while watching tv or something. I think “offenderati” and “thread-shitting” are catching on. [/QUOTE] In the two years since I’ve joined and up until about six months ago, everyone that got on my nerves or angered me was an asshat. They still are, I just don’t mutter under my breath as much. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/16 "2007-04-03T23:23:02Z")
Any reference to the Duggar family, and I think “Lady, it’s a vagina, not a clown car,” which I believe was coined by **Guinastasia**. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/17 "2007-04-03T23:46:24Z")
A recent one that I have used several times already, “That’s like comparing apples to wooden croquet balls.” I forget who said it, but thanks! I also have been using the name **Quiddity Glomfuster** as an alternate swear word. It really works. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/18 "2007-04-03T23:50:27Z")
Whenever I see the misspelled word “ladel,” I think of…well. ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/19 "2007-04-04T05:39:33Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] I also have been using the name **Quiddity Glomfuster** as an alternate swear word. It really works. [/QUOTE] Sometimes I say **Quiddity Glomfuster** for no apparent reason. I can’t figure out why, but that handle gets stuck in my head longer than “Feel Like Makin’ Love.” I also use teh intarwebz, but I’m not sure if that originated here. I’ve never heard offenderati. I’m assuming it means those who are easily offended. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587/20 "2007-04-04T06:29:43Z")
> [@](#): > > When talking to someone who is clearly sending my bullshit meter off the charts, I frequently have to refrain from yelling: “CITE???” I don’t refrain! I say it all the time. I love it. In my frequent email arguments with a co-worker, I often pull it out. Now, I even say it out loud in normal conversation. My friends are like, “WTF?” I love it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-posted-here-that-have-stayed-with-you/398587.md?page=2)