Things fandom may or may not have taught me #17354

[black_eyedgirl]

For science, or because my mommy and I are curious...

Poll Words my fandom taught me

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[bluflamingo]

We may have a skewed version of normal vocabulary.

I remember staring at my family (including my sister, who's three years younger than me and went to the same university as me) in amazement when I said LGB and none of them knew what it meant. It's weird the things other people turn out to be clueless about.

[black_eyedgirl]

Yeah, I tried that one out at home too. Mum and I (and uni brother) fine; Dad clueless. The differences in what I consider basic general knowledge, and what he thinks it is... it boggles the mind.

[raedbard]

In defence of my ignorance (or confusion, whichever), 'to be on point' is an idiom which, to my brain at least, makes a degree of sense, semantically (heh, I *think* I mean semantically but often, as in the case of 'on your six' I'm less sure than I should be about what words really mean versus what they mean to *me* because being an intuitive thinker is often a burden) whereas 'on someone's six' could mean any damn thing. And context is often less helpful than it could be and I get easily confused in fight scenes. *g*

[black_eyedgirl]

*g* But they use it all the time in Stargate! (Apparently it's six because of six o'clock, like in military positioning)

[amy_vic]

I've known this stuff since I was younger, because I was in Army Cadets; it was part of our first-year training. (I always like when I hear it on tv, because it reminds me of when I was in Cadets. Ad yes, I know that probably makes me sound like a big dork. I don't care.)

[black_eyedgirl]

*g* Hey, I dork out when I see Oxford on TV at home, I have no room to judge! (Plus, I have the same reaction to catching a glimpse of backstage-stuff...)