Is there any section of the country that hasn’t claimed “jeet?” as their own beloved and unique usage?
Not slang, but another extreme example of this as a common process in most languages: French “aôut,” pronounced just “oo,” gradually eroded from the Latin “Augustus.”
snafu: situation normal: all fouled up [or “all fucked up”]
And here I thought it was just the note that followed SO.
Chupto?
- What are you up to?
TARFU: Things are really fucked up!
“Nome sane?” which means, do you understand what I’m talking about?
Agreed. Acronyms need not apply in this thread.
As to “Djeet,” I’ve also heard “Cheet chet?” for “Did you eat yet?”
What if it de-acronymed?
“Good game” to “GG” to “Gigi”. Not long enough to satisfy this thread, and the difference between GG and Gigi is only apparent in writing.
It’s neither English nor slang but I’ve always thought that the very common French phrase
. . . . . . qu’est-ce q’il y a
was special. Seven words pronounced as three syllables.
French has lots of such contractions. The first time I heard “D’ou?” (pronounced like English “do”) it took me a second to realize this single syllable meant “From where?”
I’ll submit “see ya!” as a short form of “I will see you later.”
It feels a bit cheaty, but there are a ton in drug culture. For example
E = 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Even if you shorten that to MDMA, E is quite a contraction.
j
ETA - if it’s not obvious, E is a contraction of ecstasy
nunya = none of your business
bofa = both of these nuts
My bad means “I do sincerely apologize for my lapse in performance. It was not my intention to disappoint you.”
When you’re in Orono, where else are you going to go for pizza? Whoever asked the question must be from away.
During my time there it was either Pat’s, Gov’s (good pie), or the Bear’s Den. Then a mexican place showed up in my last year. Can’t remember the name. Next door to Pat’s or maybe a couple of doors down.
Was it “Store &” the hippie place across the street? I bought entirely too much stuff from there.