# The use of the word "vay-cay" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 24, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207 "2011-07-24T20:52:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/41 "2011-07-25T14:27:13Z")
Hate “vay-cay.” “Va-jay-jay” too. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/42 "2011-07-25T15:20:16Z")
Hate “vay-cay.” Hate “va-jay” or “va-jay-jay” too. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/43 "2011-07-25T15:32:11Z")
I’ve never heard vay-cay. But if I DO hear it, I’m quite sure that I won’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/44 "2011-07-25T15:32:43Z")
I say “Prezzies”, because I like it. However, I hate hate hate the word “Hubby”. No idea why, it just makes me think of middle aged women who stay at home and drink while their husband works. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/45 "2011-07-25T15:58:52Z")
Vay-cay, vajayjay, and hubby (all have been previously mentioned) drive me nuts, and all three “words” can go to hell. Except I’m an atheist, so I’ll quote from ST:TOS. Kirk: Go to the devil. Kang: We have no devil, Kirk. But we understand the ways of yours. ETA: “peeps” too, as in “a shout-out to all my peeps,” but that’s pretty much a 90s word, and so is out of style. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/46 "2011-07-25T16:31:19Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > The one grates on me is po-po for police. It seems so juvenile. It’s also African-American Vernacular English. Are you saying black people are juvenile? Stormfront is thataway, racist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/47 "2011-07-25T16:36:11Z")
> [@coolbyrne](#): > > I can only afford a stay-cay, so alas, I’m out of luck. The powers that be should never have taken the hyphen out of to-day and to-morrow. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to attend a baseball game in my black three-piece wool suit. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/48 "2011-07-25T16:42:57Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > Never heard hols used in Australia, but I’d know what they meant - vay cay is unheard of here. You’d normally take leave, go to \ or have a break. So long as we’re bitching about colloquialisms, I’m going to grump my way into this thread and complain that a “break” is only 15 minutes long, so you’d better not be going far. And a “partner” is someone you’re in business with, not someone you’re living with. Well, you might go home together, but that’s not the important part. > [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Perhaps my ass cheeks aren’t clenched tightly enough… Yeah, you’ve probably had too much practice loosening your sphincter and letting any old thing fly. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/49 "2011-07-25T16:56:28Z")
Hoc filum est plena amentibus qui vastabat lingua nostra. **AM I RIGHT?!** ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/50 "2011-07-25T18:07:15Z")
I hate the term vaycay as well but not as much as I hate it being spelled “vaca.” Grrr! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/51 "2011-07-25T18:15:46Z")
> [@coolbyrne](#): > > At risk of sounding like the old woman on the porch An owopo? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/52 "2011-07-25T18:54:28Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > > [@coolbyrne](#): > > > > At risk of sounding like the old woman on the porch > > An owopo? Now \*that \*just sounds like a Japanese-style shortening of a phrase. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/53 "2011-07-25T18:57:57Z")
I’ve never heard “pressies” for presents before, but if someone actually said that to me I don’t think I’d manage better than a blank “are you serious?” stare. I’ve also only heard it once but “sweetie” for candy is hideous, I find “-ie” to make a word colloquial to sound awful to my ears. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/54 "2011-07-25T19:04:27Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Maybe you need to get the sand out of your va-jay-jay. 🙂 Seriously, what’s wrong with vay-cay? I hear it all the time. No biggie! ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/55 "2011-07-25T19:07:01Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Hoc filum est plena amentibus qui vastabat lingua nostra. **AM I RIGHT?!** Incedus, puella! (You go, girl!) The one I always hated was McDonald’s being called “Mickey D’s.” To me, Mickey D’s should be a cutesy reference to Disneyland. But maybe that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/56 "2011-07-25T19:34:46Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > The one I always hated was McDonald’s being called “Mickey D’s.” Again, AAVE. The hatred here is so thick, I could cut it with a knife. What racist board is invading us this time? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/57 "2011-07-25T20:28:14Z")
Odd correllary I’ve noticed for myself: “va-cay” used as a shortening of the term “vacation” conversationally annoys me, too. “Va-cay” used to refer to my workplace scheduling (ie sick time, personal time, and va-cay time) doesn’t bug me at all. No idea why my brain sees it differently; might simply be due to an expectation of annoying abbreviations in the workplace. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/58 "2011-07-25T20:29:53Z")
dee-lish ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/59 "2011-07-25T20:41:53Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Again, AAVE. You’re kidding, right? It was current when I was in high school in the mid-1980s. > [@Sitnam](#): > > dee-lish A lot of Rachel Ray’s things – E.V.O.O.! That’s actually not significantly easier to say than “extra virgin olive oil.” And, you know, once you’ve specified what kind of olive oil you’re using at the beginning of the show, you can just call it “olive oil” after that. Sammies! ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207/60 "2011-07-25T20:45:49Z")
Mickey D’s is definitely NOT AAVE. AAVE for McDonald’s is “MACK-donald’s”. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-word-vay-cay/590207.md?page=4)