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Nov 23, 2011 22:23

So, last night kel_reiley was musing over twitter about how she'd been reading a fic and a guy in his 20s had used the term 'mother hen', which she personally felt like some one of that demographic wouldn't do. That led to a discussion in which it was realized that lots of people about our age say 'mother hen', but then the question moved to whether it was ( Read more... )

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chiasmus November 24 2011, 03:59:04 UTC
Some additional phrases I use that garner weird looks if I slip and use them: "big pimping, selling it on the street", "shit fire and save the matches", "take your clothes off and roll around in it", "kissing your cousin through the screen door don't make it right".

There's also the general carriage debate I and Bostonian BFF have frequently. Also disagreement over what constitutes a milkshake. I also probably wouldn't use the phrase "I am Tom Brady confident" outside of here.

1. I try not to, but I know I project a lot of snark into my writing. I also sometimes have to go back and rework the proper grammar when it makes things stilted (because I know in everyday speech most people aren't overly concerned with whether or not they are ending a sentence with a preposition). There are probably some other smaller things, but I'll go back and try to eliminate them if possible.

2. Not really? Most of the phrases I pick up are from misquoted 80s song lyrics, Arrested Development, and Family Guy.

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momebie November 24 2011, 04:03:31 UTC
I have heard/can make out every one of those except "shit fire and save the matches". PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS.

What do you feel DOES constitute a milk shake? And does your version bring more boys to the yard than a regular milk shake?

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chiasmus November 24 2011, 04:08:19 UTC
My mother uses it quite frequently! But I've yet to really meet anyone else who does. It's kind of just a general exclamation of surprise and disbelief, occasionally a substitute when "oh hell" just didn't cut it.

I've always had milk shakes that include ice cream, milk, and possibly syrup. BFF claims that milk shakes are milk and flavored syrup, possibly not shaken. I'm not sure, but my Pokemon brings all the nerds to the yard, so that's something.

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momebie November 24 2011, 04:11:58 UTC
Iiiiinteresting.

Also, no, your BFF has wrong opinions about milk shakes. Milk shakes have ice cream in them. Milk and syrup is just flavored milk, regardless of whether it's shaken or stirred.

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kel_reiley November 24 2011, 04:38:26 UTC
^this *nods*

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