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arenalife
19-10-09, 07:10 PM
Just been thinking about things we say that no one else in the world does (probably). Have you got any??
I give you 'Front el booto'
Definition - The act of putting the cats out the front when they're being naughty meaning they have to walk 200 yards along a terrace, through a boggy bit then 200 yards back to get in through their catflap at the back.
eg "aaaargh the buggers are stealing the pepperoni off my pizza! Front el booto, FRONT EL BOOTO!!!
Come on I can't be the only weirdo, what you got?
"Move away from the remote" - usually after she's put on "Strictly Come Dancing" or such like.
Typically I hear, "get that damned sport off the TV"
kwak zzr
19-10-09, 07:39 PM
FOR F### SAKE! gets said quite alot in my household.
husky03
19-10-09, 07:40 PM
"in the run"- the instruction to the dogs to go into there kennels(normally after they've pished her off) .
Bluefish
19-10-09, 07:44 PM
lights, door said to teenage daughter.
"Don't make me hurt you!" gets thrown at me by Mr Amanda. Bless him, theres love there!
tigersaw
19-10-09, 07:54 PM
we often end up calling things by what the T9 text prediction gets them wrong as.
So a packet of ciggies is a packet of biggies, a bottle of wine is a bottle of wind, etc
"I quite fancy a drink round about now." and "any time is a good time for a drink."
there seems to be a connection somewhere.
Oh you smell nice dear, What its it?
Gin...
kellyjo
19-10-09, 08:19 PM
I seem to repeat myself with "Get to your rooms....NOW!!!" Bless their little hearts :-)
skeetly
19-10-09, 08:53 PM
Cugs
Ever since the third one down couldnt say hugs :)
Quiff Wichard
19-10-09, 09:44 PM
how long's dinner ?
about 6 inches if it's sausages.
Cugs
Ever since the third one down couldnt say hugs :)
Oh yeah, we have cuggles. A cross between a hug and a cuddle
I've got a headache...
I don't feel well...
But i've just had a shower...
There's clean sheets on the bed...
All the above and more said by the missus Stingo...I think you know where I'm coming from (pun intended)...:smt011
Dicky Ticker
19-10-09, 10:03 PM
Do you hear me looking at you [Six year old sister to four year old brother]
Do you hear me looking at you [Six year old sister to four year old brother]
Oh a classic one...I love it!!:smt042 (Especially when it comes from the other half)
missyburd
19-10-09, 10:16 PM
Different households seem to have different words for the remote control, i've found they have anyway! For instance, in my house we call it the "diggy" but in a friend's house they call it the "plonker" or even "zapper"! Anyone else call it something daft?
davepreston
19-10-09, 10:44 PM
its the "buttons" here my dear myc
and we also have wifey wifey jobs and husband husband jobs admitadly the later never get done :)
and of course the myc special
CARLING DARLING
Different households seem to have different words for the remote control, i've found they have anyway! For instance, in my house we call it the "diggy" but in a friend's house they call it the "plonker" or even "zapper"! Anyone else call it something daft?
It's called the 'Conchannels' in my kids' house, after a then 3 yr old Daniel couldn't decide if it was the 'Channel changer' (his sister's name for it) or the 'Controller' (mine and Jane's name for it).
Poor lad didn't want to upset either set of people by using the other one's words, so combined the two.
Daniel is also responsible for the famous term 'Crappy Umble' (Apple Crumble). A rather apposite term for the mush his mother tried to pass off as something to do with apples and crumbly pastry
Both these are still in regular use in that household, and Crappy Umble has been adopted by my sisters' families
DarrenSV650S
19-10-09, 10:50 PM
It's called the 'Conchannels' in my kids' house, after a then 3 yr old Daniel couldn't decide if it was the 'Channel changer' (his sister's name for it) or the 'Controller' (mine and Jane's name for it).
Poor lad didn't want to upset either set of people by using the other one's words, so combined the two.
Daniel is also responsible for the famous term 'Crappy Umble' (Apple Crumble). A rather apposite term for the mush his mother tried to pass off as something to do with apples and crumbly pastry
Both these are still in regular use in that household, and Crappy Umble has been adopted by my sisters' families
:lol: :lol:
the_runt69
19-10-09, 10:52 PM
I think " how much you spent this time" is the usual phrase in my house
Milky Bar Kid
19-10-09, 10:52 PM
Erm, often call the sky remote the "digerrydoo"...but I am strange.
I never call any of the dogs by their real names either -rollo is Rollie, Jazzie is Jazmina, Bud is Buddles or Buddliha, Trigger is Try-go, Jake is Wombat, Bear is Bumble and Zak just gets Zacharia...
I also call the telephone the tell-eff-a-nown..............
DarrenSV650S
19-10-09, 10:54 PM
Erm, often call the sky remote the "digerrydoo"...but I am strange.
I never call any of the dogs by their real names either -rollo is Rollie, Jazzie is Jazmina, Bud is Buddles or Buddliha, Trigger is Try-go, Jake is Wombat, Bear is Bumble and Zak just gets Zacharia...
I also call the telephone the tell-eff-a-nown..............
I'm the same with our dogs. Jake is Jack, Jazz is Jinxer and sometimes I just call them pooch, which is what I call other people's dogs too
ArtyLady
19-10-09, 11:34 PM
"When the door bell rings..." I say to my old man when he goes off one everytime something that bugs him comes on the news :rolleyes: (our dog who used to bark like crazy everytime the doorbell rang - as they all do!)
When he really goes off on one I call him Alf Garnett :rolleyes: :lol:
PS our remote is the clicker
Erm, often call the sky remote the "digerrydoo"...but I am strange.
I never call any of the dogs by their real names either -rollo is Rollie, Jazzie is Jazmina, Bud is Buddles or Buddliha, Trigger is Try-go, Jake is Wombat, Bear is Bumble and Zak just gets Zacharia...
I also call the telephone the tell-eff-a-nown..............
Jesus, you're bloody weird you are
kellyjo
20-10-09, 05:56 AM
Daniel is also responsible for the famous term 'Crappy Umble' (Apple Crumble). A rather apposite term for the mush his mother tried to pass off as something to do with apples and crumbly pastry
:winner:
kellyjo
20-10-09, 05:58 AM
I've got a headache...
I don't feel well...
But i've just had a shower...
There's clean sheets on the bed...
All the above and more said by the missus Stingo...I think you know where I'm coming from (pun intended)...:smt011
Funny but definitely NOT heard in our house ;)
Erm, often call the sky remote the "digerrydoo"...but I am strange.
I never call any of the dogs by their real names either -rollo is Rollie, Jazzie is Jazmina, Bud is Buddles or Buddliha, Trigger is Try-go, Jake is Wombat, Bear is Bumble and Zak just gets Zacharia...
I also call the telephone the tell-eff-a-nown..............
u running a kennel?
PS our remote is the clicker
It's "the nodger" chez nous.
My mum used to call cream-filled coffee choux buns "puffs of wind" :lol:
The remote is the squirtelbleeper
Dicky Ticker
20-10-09, 09:15 AM
Pink jobs and blue jobs
i.e Washing up is a pink job-----putting bins out is a blue job
Pink=female duty Blue=male duty
lukemillar
20-10-09, 09:16 AM
Erm, often call the sky remote the "digerrydoo"...but I am strange.
I never call any of the dogs by their real names either -rollo is Rollie, Jazzie is Jazmina, Bud is Buddles or Buddliha, Trigger is Try-go, Jake is Wombat, Bear is Bumble and Zak just gets Zacharia...
I also call the telephone the tell-eff-a-nown..............
Jesus, you're bloody weird you are
And how many dogs have you got?! You're not some kind of pikey, are you? :wink:
ArtyLady
20-10-09, 09:20 AM
Pink jobs and blue jobs
i.e Washing up is a pink job-----putting bins out is a blue job
Pink=female duty Blue=male duty
Flippin male chauvanists!!! ;) :lol:
Owenski
20-10-09, 09:27 AM
Remote is known as the "doofer"
sexy time has become known as some yummies, "yummies before work?"... etc
ArtyLady
20-10-09, 09:31 AM
....
sexy time has become known as some yummies, "yummies before work?"... etc
Blimey- that's a more polite way than it gets reffered to here!! :lol:
PS before work!? :smt119
I'm the same with our dogs. Jake is Jack, Jazz is Jinxer and sometimes I just call them pooch, which is what I call other people's dogs too
Our big one (Kaiser) gets called Muppet (and a few other things) cos he's not very bright. The little one (Gerry) gets called General Pom Pom cos he's fluffy and grumpy. And the heat-proof placemat thing made of wicker that goes on the table to put hot stuff on, gets called a wicker basket, cos we've got no idea what it should be called.
the heat-proof placemat thing made of wicker that goes on the table to put hot stuff on, gets called a wicker basket, cos we've got no idea what it should be called.
Trivet.
Trivet.
Now you've spoiled it :(
Now you've spoiled it :(
:oops: Sorry.
:oops: Sorry.
Sounds far too posh anyway - can't see it catching on. A wicker basket it will forever be.
Sounds far too posh anyway
That's because I is posh aren't one.
"Where is Roo Roo" is a phrase often heard in our house as we are trying to find out where our youngest, Ruby has disspeared too and what she might be destroying this time
Weaze!! is another word used to refer to my wife Louise (she will kill me when she sees this)
Also the usual from me,
Where are my keys!!,
Have you seen my wallet!!,
Where on the side!!,
Im sorry i forgot!!,
and I promise i will do it tomorrow
Oh and from the wife
Get that thing away from me !!!! :smt090
Where are my keys!!,
Have you seen my wallet!!,
Where on the side!!,
Yeah I get that a lot too:
<me> Where's the car keys?
<reply> in my handbag
<me> where's the %&*^ing handbag then?
It's somewhat annoying.
Yeah I get that a lot too:
<me> Where's the car keys?
<reply> in my handbag
<me> where's the %&*^ing handbag then?
It's somewhat annoying.
I know that one well :smt091
Milky Bar Kid
20-10-09, 12:05 PM
And how many dogs have you got?! You're not some kind of pikey, are you? :wink:
We have got 7. And no, I'm not a bloody pikey! :smt091
Bluefish
20-10-09, 12:13 PM
We have got 7. And no, I'm not a bloody pikey! :smt091
You're meant to call them travellors nowadays, human rights and all that, i'nt that right mbk.:)
blue curvy jester
20-10-09, 01:32 PM
'will you lot shut up i can't hear myself think '
Different households seem to have different words for the remote control, i've found they have anyway! For instance, in my house we call it the "diggy" but in a friend's house they call it the "plonker" or even "zapper"! Anyone else call it something daft?
it is known as the plinker-plonker in my mum's house!
Macky cats, any cat that is black and white, long hair optional - named after our stupid cat.
and, as MBK says, names get changed
Louis=Loogie
Daniel=Spaniel
I can't even remember why, but they are somtimes lengthened if I feel like annoying them, so Daniel becomes Princess Spaniella, Queen of the sulks/grumps/whingers - etc
I'm the same with our dogs. Jake is Jack, Jazz is Jinxer and sometimes I just call them pooch, which is what I call other people's dogs too
Same here too, the jack russell (Rags) gets called pig-dog because he grunts like a pig when taken out for a walk, the golden retriever (Molly, or mooey) gets called croca-dog because she snaps like a crocodile when play fighting with her, and the jack russell x pointer (Snoopy) gets called either the jacked up jack russell or b*stard-dog when he runs off whilst out for a walk or decides hes going to knock the bin over and go riffling through it.
_Stretchie_
20-10-09, 02:40 PM
Weaze!! is another word used to refer to my wife Louise (she will kill me when she sees this)
I'm going to test that one in the morning.
Our remote is called 'the clicker'
Each of the dogs have several names depending on what they are doing, normally said quite loudly
"Alright Dave" and a wave in the direction of the window as if the neighbour was stood there, when one of does something a 'little naughty' to the other while in the living room
"Just off to see Paul love" when one of use has to go and.. You know.. Drop the kids off at the pool...The pool that flushes... WHEN WE GO FOR A POO!!
Milky Bar Kid
20-10-09, 03:19 PM
I'm going to test that one in the morning.
Our remote is called 'the clicker'
Each of the dogs have several names depending on what they are doing, normally said quite loudly
"Alright Dave" and a wave in the direction of the window as if the neighbour was stood there, when one of does something a 'little naughty' to the other while in the living room
"Just off to see Paul love" when one of use has to go and.. You know.. Drop the kids off at the pool...The pool that flushes... WHEN WE GO FOR A POO!!
Paul and Dave? Who are they????:smt102
I recall for years after we got our first ever VHS player, I used to think "Fast forward" was called "fwd cue" as that's what was written on the switch.
I went round to a friend's house and mocked her mercilessly for being stupid & calling it something else...
I can't remember what reverse was....
"Just off to see Paul love"
Ha ha. We say "popping round Paul's house".
ArtyLady
20-10-09, 05:14 PM
You dog owner's are all bonkers!!......................................... .....
......so must we be then :lol:......our dog Suzie got called Wubes, Doobie, Ruby, Pidgeon Pie........amongst other things :lol: :oops:
ps we don't go to Pauls - we just go for a dump! :smt044
OMG......how coarse is that!!!
Von Teese
20-10-09, 05:52 PM
And how many dogs have you got?! You're not some kind of pikey, are you? :wink:
:smt046
You're meant to call them travellors nowadays, human rights and all that, i'nt that right mbk.:)
I call them 'unpaid members of the caravan club'
We have lots of funny little sayings in our house that no-one but us understands .
Our favourite is:
'Dum de de dum dum shiny scalpel' from Scrubs...for when someone is not bright.
This will explain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAyVfmhgk0s
speedplay
20-10-09, 06:05 PM
You're meant to call them travellors nowadays, human rights and all that, i'nt that right mbk.:)
Caravan Utilising Nomadic TravellerS ;)
Itchy bum - surprise to come.
speaking as a kiwi I seem to have tons of them - some of the slang you guys have in general puzzled me. I thought "pikey" was a type of fish until SK explained it wasnt polite restaurant talk. "bingies" for fingers (bk from when we couldnt pronounce fingers) and nong (Oz slang) for idiot. the remote gets a extended hand and clicking motion rather than an actual name, unless you count "wheres the thingy"....
xXBADGERXx
20-10-09, 06:43 PM
Pink jobs and blue jobs
i.e Washing up is a pink job-----putting bins out is a blue job
Pink=female duty Blue=male duty
Ha , I`m sure you`ve been overheard saying "Any chance of a Blue job Darling ?"
Just me and the Dog here in my household but I can be often heard yelling the Immortal words "F*** OFF AND WHEN YOU HAVE F***ED OFF , F**** OFF SOME MORE" ...... usually when the Dog licks my leg RIGHT after I have gotten out of the shower , drives me right up the wall it does .
ps we don't go to Pauls - we just go for a dump! :smt044
OMG......how coarse is that!!!
When the loo has been used to undertake a 'brown job' my housemate and I warn each other with a time in hours when it'll be safe to venture back into the toilet - along the lines of "Jesus, my poor ar5e, I'd give it a couple of hours before you go for a turn-out mate, or at least wait til the fog clears"
-Ralph-
20-10-09, 09:06 PM
Pink jobs and blue jobs
i.e Washing up is a pink job-----putting bins out is a blue job
Pink=female duty Blue=male duty
Your not alone with that one, pink jobs and blue jobs in our household too.
There are all sorts of stupid words in my house, my wife is a frog, she hopped over the channel and grabbed hold of me and I've had to put up with the froggyness ever since. So long as she keeps doing all the pink jobs (and at least one or two of the blue ones) I'll keep her for a bit longer.
"It stings. I feel dirty"
I'll get me cloak.....
Von Teese
21-10-09, 10:15 AM
When the loo has been used to undertake a 'brown job' my housemate and I warn each other with a time in hours when it'll be safe to venture back into the toilet - along the lines of "Jesus, my poor ar5e, I'd give it a couple of hours before you go for a turn-out mate, or at least wait til the fog clears"
I can get hold of some 'Biohazard' cordon tape for such emergencies if you need it Lozzo!
Nobbylad
21-10-09, 10:55 AM
Blingy Blang = dandelion & burdock (no idea why)
jimjams = pyjamas
slip slops = slippers
I'm off for a Terry Waite = Dad's going for a no.2
I'm off to shake hands with an old friend = Dad's going for a no. 1
My name's Croft not Soft = every time one of the kids asks if they can do something, but really it's a cover for something else!
When the loo has been used to undertake a 'brown job' my housemate and I warn each other with a time in hours when it'll be safe to venture back into the toilet - along the lines of "Jesus, my poor ar5e, I'd give it a couple of hours before you go for a turn-out mate, or at least wait til the fog clears"
Yep, I'm familiar with those terms, as well as "feck me, I feel like I've just shat barbed wire!" after a particularly painful toilet excursion, normally after a ruby murray.
vardypeeps
21-10-09, 02:03 PM
Different households seem to have different words for the remote control, i've found they have anyway! For instance, in my house we call it the "diggy" but in a friend's house they call it the "plonker" or even "zapper"! Anyone else call it something daft?
It's the doofer in our yard.
Spiderman
21-10-09, 02:03 PM
ruby murray.
Is that Al Murray's mum?
Bog roll in the fridge, I'm off for a ruby tonight :D
phi-dan
22-10-09, 08:39 AM
"It's on the workbench" - standard reply from my dad as to the whereabouts of everything
Purplevamp
22-10-09, 09:11 AM
Different households seem to have different words for the remote control, i've found they have anyway! For instance, in my house we call it the "diggy" but in a friend's house they call it the "plonker" or even "zapper"! Anyone else call it something daft?
Its 'Buttons' in our house.
Purplevamp
22-10-09, 09:22 AM
We have 5 cats.
Sheeba AKA The Weebs or Weebles!
Tinder AKA The Squeaker or Tindy Puss
PG AKA PG Fatty Puss Or Peeg
Smog AKA Smoggy or Smoggit
Smudge AKA Smugdit or Fluffy Nutts or Gay boy.
Get out from under my feet gets used a lot in our house, mainly shouted by me when in the kitchen cooking and the cats try to help.
Von Teese
22-10-09, 09:43 AM
We have 5 cats.
Sheeba AKA The Weebs or Weebles!
Tinder AKA The Squeaker or Tindy Puss
PG AKA PG Fatty Puss Or Peeg
Smog AKA Smoggy or Smoggit
Smudge AKA Smugdit or Fluffy Nutts or Gay boy.
Get out from under my feet gets used a lot in our house, mainly shouted by me when in the kitchen cooking and the cats try to help.
Haha, dont get me started on animal's nicknames we have loads
Widget and Charlie were called 'Ghey -boy' and 'Proper-dog' by a friend of mine.
We go with ''Squidge" and "Charles" mostly
I wont go onto the rest or we will be here all day
xXBADGERXx
22-10-09, 09:49 AM
My Dog is called "Titch" , she is often reffered to as Titcheroo , Roo , The Snoog or Snoogins , she answers to all of the above . I had to give her a nickname as I was calling her one night whilst out on walkies and some woman thought I was yelling "T1ts" ................... charming
_Stretchie_
22-10-09, 06:38 PM
Widget and Charlie were called 'Ghey -boy'
Stig gets that one too
And Squirrel gets Birrel.. As in, Squirrel Birrel Biryani
Different households seem to have different words for the remote control, i've found they have anyway! For instance, in my house we call it the "diggy" but in a friend's house they call it the "plonker" or even "zapper"! Anyone else call it something daft?
We call it a "doofer" as in "chuck us doofer luv"
Von Teese
22-10-09, 06:54 PM
Stig gets that one too
And Squirrel gets Birrel.. As in, Squirrel Birrel Biryani
After the AR09 antics how does that not suprise me, despite Widge being the main perp, Stig didnt try to escape ;)
"Are you on that bloody computer AGAIN?"
_Stretchie_
22-10-09, 07:00 PM
After the AR09 antics how does that not suprise me, despite Widge being the main perp, Stig didnt try to escape ;)
This is true, Chezzah seems to blank me when I say that to her.
He deffo stodd there for a minute to see if he liked it or not didn't he :smt047
Von Teese
22-10-09, 07:01 PM
This is true, Chezzah seems to blank me when I say that to her.
He deffo stodd there for a minute to see if he liked it or not didn't he :smt047
She's in denial ;) hehe
I can get hold of some 'Biohazard' cordon tape for such emergencies if you need it Lozzo!
I used to work for an adhesive tape wholesaler, I already have some but thanks for the offer.
ManxMatt34
22-10-09, 11:19 PM
"Lets go" - became one in my house, because i had a 6 months period where i'd always be like "comon lets go", due to my impatience for waiting round or messing around. Which i still have nowadays.
"Doobery-Dob" - Does anyone else know what this means?
"Sad old day at black rock" Whensomething sad, or annoying but slightly humerous happened.
"-Os" - After coming back from a holiday years ago in Greece we started saying everything with "Os" on the end.... still do it sometimes to this day.
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