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Here's a few of mine:
I'll add more as I think of them...
@abbyful: I say wonky!!
I like befuddled when it fits the correct situation. I think it's a hilarious word.
Sometimes I don't use contractions in situations when apparently most people do. For example, I might say "Do you not like peas?" instead of "Don't you like peas?".
I say defunct and yessum a lot, but I rarely hear other people say it. I make up a lot of words though, like l always say "I'm coldie" instead of cold. Now my fiancé says coldie all the time too lol.
Oh I know I have some, but I can't think of them right now! I'll ask FI, he makes fun of me all the time haha.
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Prob some finance things, I'm pretty sure most people don't talk about things "footing"
I have a tendency to tell DH to stop being obstreperous. I think I got it from my mom and have never heard anyone use it. A few other random words like that too.
I add -ing to a lot of nouns to make them verbs... for example, when we go to a restaurant, instead of "We're going to Pizza Ranch" I'll say "We're Pizza Ranching." Now all my friends do it too, haha.
I also love the (non)word "confuzzled."
I use "alas" and "twas" a lot for some weird reason. And other big words. Mr. D teases me all the time and calls me Miss Dictionary! Oops!
One I picked up from my boss, when referring to what's wrong with people, "dysfunction". Instead of "what's his problem?", it's "what's his dysfunction?"
Oh, and I use "sans" a lot. Example: I'd like my salad sans peas.
And "half-again". Example: Add half-again as much vanilla extract to the recipe.
"Love" as a term of endearment. I am Asian-American but I picked it up from my FI's late grandmother who was English. =)
That's a good point.
My FI and are having a friendly competition each week to see who works out the most. I recently told him that we need to change the incentive structure of our game to make it more like an infinite game than a finite game. I'm pretty sure those aren't things that a normal person would say.
I probably also talk about utility and marginal benefit more than any sane person should do.
I have a lot, but one that I know my kids always get on me about is when I say are you being facetious????
@galloway111: haha I'm a user of the non-word 'confuzzled' ..drives my co-workers crazy.
I also use the word 'odiferous' =)
@Carolyn72: I use "facetious" all the time. Love that word.
@Carolyn72: haha I say facetious all the time.
I say "absolutely" a lot. Especially at work. "Can we come do a trial class?" Me: "absolutely!"
And if I don't like something I say "I'm not a fan" as opposed to saying I just don't like it.
@Miss Longcoat: Hah, I use this.
I caught myself using "untenable" a lot this week too.
And I say wonky! It is a technical term. Very scientific.
Wonky.
Bloody, as in Bloody He!!.
Wanker.
Feck.
Bugger.
A couple alternate words that are very popular with the Brits, roughly translating to female genitalia.
Probly, instead of probably, which my FH always makes fun of me for.
I watch a lot of British television, so the language has rubbed off a bit. So, maybe they aren't words not used by many people, but they are words not used within my circle.
I use bloody hell and bollocks all the time to my FI's amusement, oh and "Balls!" which one old man said in front of me and I about died of laughter.
I also say "Man Alive" all the time and people look at me like I'm from another planet. Nope, just a different decade I suppose.
I'm from Boston, so I say "wicked" constantly.
My favorite comeback is always "You're a _____". For example: "Have you seen my shoes?" "You're a shoe." It's not only unhelpful, but also nonsensical...perfect.
@Treejewel, I totally forgot about "Balls!" lmao I say that one all the time.
@pinkandsparkly, You and my FH. Jeez! I'm craving Pita Pit. "You're a Pita Pit!" What does that even mean?? What is wrong with you?? lol Always. Every time.
I use a lot of British sayings - bugger and whilst are probably the ones I use most frequently.
I am also quite partial to the word plethora and use it all the time - definitely one of my favourites!
There are heaps more but I just can't think of them right now.
My fiancé says intense all the time. Whenever he can, he says "that's intense." I always tease him and say it before he does, when I know he's gonna say it.
My go to saying is "Only on tuesdays" Some random jerk calls me a B*tch I say Only on tuesdays... It pisses people off and it still works even of tuesdays!
When I was younger I used to tell my sister I hoped she got ran over by a Toenail truck. I couldnt get in trouble because their was no such thing... I was odd child...
We also told my little brother that being called a good samaritan was bad So that way we could piss him off then when he went to my mom she would be like so.... now me and my friends still call eachother a good samaritan from time to time just for a laugh...
I also call Fi a McA$$hole it started when we were at mc donalds and I wanted chicken nuggets and he ordered a big mac just to be a jerk so McA$$hole started...
I say, "Heavens to Betsy," which you don't hear much from my generation :)
@kitcat12: lol I use Feck alot!!!
I use amadon and idgeet alot... especially in traffic ... i suppose i picked them up from my mom lol
I use that as a comeback all the time too! Ha! My DH has started doing it too but mostly he just thinks I'm loony :). I also love to call things "hinky", picked it up from Abby of NCIS.
My mom and my sisters all say "a really lot". I never even realized it until my fiance pointed it out. For example, we'll say, "I like that show a really lot!" I guess it does kind of sound silly :P
@Carolyn72: I love the word facetious!!! I teach middle school and there are a lot of situations where I get to use it on my students. I think I actually used it today!
Other words include:
@SparklyBride2011: I also say "Absolutely" a lot. I didn't realize it until my grandma called me on it last week. She said she loved how I said it, that it sounded very sure and positive.
I also say "whatchamacallit" whenever I can't think of the word that I'm looking for.
Variations of Squirrel are common as well, when I first picked it up 8 years ago, it was shocking to hear anyone outside of that circle use it. I have noticed it has become a lot more common lately.
hella.
Im from nor cal
hullabaloo. love that word
malarky. love that word too!
@abbyful: I say wonky!
@HeatherMM: I say yessum all the time too!
I say britches a lot. Like, I hardly ever say "pants," it's always britches.
Oh, and "underbritches" instead of underwear. You'll have to thank Larry the Cable Guy for that one :)
I say 'wonky' all the time! I'm notorious for making up words (may be because English isn't my first language), but I'm seldom called out on them. Seldom does someone say 'Owlet, that does not mean what you think it means' but I appreciate it when someone does.
I say 'harumph' all the time. My friends think it's cute that I actually say the word as opposed to making the sound!
I'm from Northern California so I say "hella." I live in LA now and people make fun of me for it all the time. Whatever, I hella love hella! :)
I feel like I have a lot (DH laughs at me for things I say all the time!), but I can't think of them now.
DH sometimes tells me I talk like an old person and use "grandpa sayings".
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