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I’m kinda tired of hearing about taking things, especially relationships, “to the next level.”
Yes, but the mother is not the speaker’s girlfriend or wife. The baby mama doesn’t even need to be single or unwed–just not married to the child’s father. The term “baby mama” is a descriptive term used by the biological father when mentioning the mother. “Baby mama” came from “baby’s mother”. As in, “My baby’s mother needs me to help her pay rent.”
For instance:
“I need to stop by my baby mama house to drop of some money.”
“My baby mama is always fighting with my girlfriend.”
So individually speaking, the single-mother is not just referred to as a “baby mama”. She is someone’s baby mama. The same way she would be referred to as someone’s girlfriend or someone’s wife.
“Stay away from Ashley, she is John’s baby mama. They have a little girl named Betty.”
Baby daddy is also used for the father.
Those aren’t food babies. A food baby is what you get after eating so much food that your belly sticks out and makes you look pregnant. The term is just used as a light joke. See the perfectly SFW picture:
What is wrong with the word awesome?
Isn’t near as annoying as “pop”. That’s what colors do, apparently. They POP! Fucking hate it!
It’s amazing to me that these two haven’t merged. People who have no problem with “less” for countable items, “another thing coming,” the “can/may” distinction, or “literally” as an intensifier get all worked up over “it’s” and “its”, which basically everybody gets wrong all the time, so far as I can tell (it’s a filler word, so you’re not thinking about it, and the brain really wants to stick an 's on possessives). I’m guessing that in fifty to a hundred years, “its” will have fallen out of use altogether, and “it’s” will serve both functions.
“It is what it is” is like “boys will be boys” - a seeming tautology that actually conveys meaning. “It is what it is” means no one can do anything about the thing in question. It indicates resignation.
Missy2U beat me to “nom nom nom.” It’s puerile. It sounds like a parent trying to get a baby to eat its pablum.
And as long as we’re getting all stabby about mixing up words, I wish more people (meaning journalists ) would learn to use stanch and staunch correctly!
“That ship has sailed.”
Oh God yes. ‘Mouthfeel’ is what a three-year-old says when he’s trying to express the concept of ‘texture’ but doesn’t know the word. If you are old enough to know the word, then USE IT. ‘Mouthfeel’ doesn’t make you sound cute; it makes you sound stupid.
And yeah, ‘furbabies’ and all the related crap. It’s dissing two distinct, wonderful and utterly different types of relationships. Also it makes me want to hurl.
“To die for.”
Honestly? You’re saying that about chocolate cheesecake? Please, then, just get on with it!!
I think it’s an industry term that needs to stay within the industry. If you are trying to develop a fat-free version of something, there’s a subtle difference between texture and “mouthfeel.” Texture might have more to do with hiding fiber in something without it seeming to be high fiber.
But yeah, the distinction doesn’t matter if you are not a food chemist/developer or whatever those people are called. Someone making a fat-free Oreo is not a chef, or even a cook.
Mouthfeel isn’t just texture - it includes viscosity, hardness, brittleness, stickiness and other factors. It’s a legitimate term that has become a vogue word among foodies. It’s like the word “caramelize” - people use it to show off.
But it’s a putdown. The story is not cool, bro. It’s supposed to be annoying.
So, I take it you’ve never been to Minnesota, then?
Foodies should use dictionaries (at least the ones on Food Network). I blame A. Brown et al for spreading the mispronunciation of plantain.
Note to South Georgia: the plural of cent is NOT cent!
“Out” may not be what the original legislator said, but it’s more logical than you give it credit for.
When someone is “out” in baseball, they’re removed from play. When a felon is put away for life, he (or occasionally she) is removed from play with the rest of us forever. They are out of society. And since that’s where the rest of us live, they are out of our environment.
Conversely,“three strikes and you’re in” makes me think “in what?” In my house? In my community? Why would I want that for repeat felons?
Yes, I fully get the intended reference. Felons call being in prison being “inside”, and being free being “outside”. But the folks who’re the audience for this law and it’s silly jingle are the law-abiding, not the felons.
It’s used for everything, including everything that is not awesome in the slightest. “I’ll have a hot dog, please.” “Awesome.” :rolleyes:
Hashtag. It makes me want to punch someone in the throat.
I think it was in Steinbeck’s Cannery Row where a woman replies to a man with “hey, how’d you like to mind your own business?” I loved the brassy 1940’s hard-bitten dame sound of it.
So, so much better than “you violated my female agency!”
Watching cooking shows, I’ve gotten fed up with “deconstructed”. It just means you put the ingredients individually on the plate instead of putting them all together. You just made less work for yourself.
“No problem” in response to “thank you”. Were you raised by wolves?
Also, please count me as another vote for “baby bump”. If this nonsense continues, I shall start referring to my rounded tummy as an “ice cream bump”.