Funny Expressions From Your Neck of the Woods

[orchid blossom]

I am apparently not the only one around here who says, "Crap on a stick."

It must be a Wisconsin thing, I remember saying that pretty frequently when I still lived there. A friend's husband has expanded his repetoire of "stick" cursing. Put any short curse word in front of "stick". He has a wide range.

"Craptastic" is a personal favorite of mine.

 

[Zappo]

"You're as strong as powdered vinegar" - told to someone who is boasting a bit too much.
"Unloaded" (rough translation) - overpowered, but don't ask me why.

My area is also possibly the worldwide capital of verbal blasphemy, with a rather impressing degree of inventiveness, but I think you don't need to know. Wouldn't know how to translate half of them anyway.

 

[the Jester]

Davis, CA euphamisms, idioms & slang (in my group of friends):

"I'm on crack" -originally used to indicate you just said or did something stupid (as in, "Where's my hat?" "On your head." "Oh, sorry, I'm on crack.")

"Your mom" - extraneous banter; some groups find it insulting, but my crew is good friends, and we can comfortably joke about things like this without hurting each others' feelings or offending each other (and we pretty much all have really good relations with our moms) (as in, "Who was at the party?" "Your mom.")

"Sweet" - really cool (as in, "That's a sweet car.")

 

[WayneLigon]

"He don't know s**t from shinola."
He has no clue what's going on, or is not as smart as he thinks he is.

"You'll get the Fu Manchu!"
You will acquire a hideous un-named disease of a fatal nature if you put that in your mouth because it is filthy.

"A*holes and elbows"
We will be retreating from the situation so quickly that those are the only parts of us you will see.

"We've been Fobbed."
We have been screwed very badly in the same manner that a former Governor screwed up the state finances.

"That dog don't hunt."
'That idea will not work' or 'what you are telling me is not the truth'

"Knock him out, John!"
You don't hear this much anymore. Used to be a general exclamation of joke bad advice. Derives from Mississippi comedian Jerry Clower's tale 'A Coon Huntin' Story', where this guy, having treed a coon in a coon hunt, is persuaded to climb the tree and knock the coon down to the ground where the dogs can get it. He does so, only what he whacks with the stick is not a raccoon at all but a large bobcat that proceeds to maul him.

"Consider the source"
Said in response to a repeated bit of gossip or stupid advice

A "pure T", as in a "She had a pure T fit over that dress."
I have no idea what the hell this means and neither does anyone else. It's probably a corruption of 'pretty'

"You and Cox's army"
You and a lot of other people might make me do this. I have no idea who Cox was.

"My hand to God"
I am telling the truth

"God's willing and the Creek don't rise"
We will get it done unless God doesn't want us to or the Creek indians don't come and kill us all.

"Yeller Dog Democrat"
You don't hear this much at all anymore. Someone who would vote Democrat even though the Democrats were running a yellow dog as a candidate.

"I need to pi** like a racehorse."
I must urinate copiously.

Play Pretty
Toy (juvenile)

Miss (first name)
Term of respect given to a (usually elderly) respected female, whether she's married or not.

"Wally World"
Wal*Mart

"Well, La De Dah"
It's a sarcastic retort, usually means 'Well, isn't he acting above himself?'.

 

[the Jester]

A "pure T", as in a "She had a pure T fit over that dress."
I have no idea what the hell this means and neither does anyone else. It's probably a corruption of 'pretty'

Huh... this one floated around my junior high school in northern california (Redding) in about 1983. Weird.

It's from your neck of the woods, eh?

 

[Rel]

"Knock him out, John!"
You don't hear this much anymore. Used to be a general exclamation of joke bad advice. Derives from Mississippi comedian Jerry Clower's tale 'A Coon Huntin' Story', where this guy, having treed a coon in a coon hunt, is persuaded to climb the tree and knock the coon down to the ground where the dogs can get it. He does so, only what he whacks with the stick is not a raccoon at all but a large bobcat that proceeds to maul him.

That's AWESOME! Both because I recall and love the humor of Jerry Clower and because I actually use another line from this same story as a regular saying:

"Shoot up in amongst us! 'Cause one of us has got to have some relief!"

I'll use this one in game, usually when a fairly unskilled character fires into melee when things are getting desperate.

Well, now I guess I'm asking for some Jerry Clower CD's for my birthday this week.

 

[jaerdaph]

I'm from New York. Nothing we say could get past Eric's Grandma. Fuhgetaboutit!

 

[Goblyn]

I can recall one -"Crazy as a bag of hammers"

As in: You are "..."

I'm sure there are more, but I cannot remember them right now.

 

[devilbat]

"It's Colder then a whores heart"

"It's not the straw that broke the camel's back, it's the rest of the load"

"Chicks dig the glove save" - I'm a hockey goalie

"You're gonna get beat like a red headed step child / three legged dog

"she's so ugly, she's oogly"

 

[alsih2o]

Local favorite: "Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit!"