Catchphrases and insulting body language

[victor meldrew]

Mine is "Absolutely F*&£ing Useless" normally shouted and mainly when attempting DIY. It could be the paint, the flat pack, instructions, ladders or any DIY implement,

Sometimes at the PC, when it will not do what I want it to.

But its never my fault

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by GreenSkull

-Throws hair back- Oh well you can make it up to me by buying the popcorn opening night at the Broadway production showing of Village People

Our very own mvasilj is directing

The fact that I'm directing was meant to be a secret
So now I'm informing everyone that you have put up all you life savings too cover the production costs

And now that it's put in the public, should my Ol' man find out about the production of "Deep Inside The Village People's Closet", he'd use his all too familiar catchprase on me

Why were you born? No really why?

Always been fond of that one

[MaxJoker]

Originally Posted by mvasilj

The fact that I'm directing was meant to be a secret

Whooops , sorry mate

Have a totally valid excuse though

I was pissed at the time of posting

Originally Posted by mvasilj

So now I'm informing everyone that you have put up all you life savings too cover the production costs

Ok that sounds fair

Although what you`ll be able to do with 10 quid is anybodies guess

Could always buy Sir Cliff an industrial strength can of varnish for his face

Originally Posted by mvasilj

And now that it's put in the public, should my Ol' man find out about the production of "Deep Inside The Village People's Closet", he'd use his all too familiar catchprase on me

Why were you born? No really why?

Always been fond of that one

Latest catchphrase today is

" Feck it sideways with a splinter covered tent pole , i`d rather be here but i have to go do some actual work "

Well someone has to finance your next production

Going to be based on the Vagina Monologues i hear

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by GreenSkull

Although what you`ll be able to do with 10 quid is anybodies guess

[MaxJoker]

" Why live in the past ? "


Although i only use that catchphrase with my creditors

[palo5]

Don't even think of it



If you make this sign to a policeman, it could cost you around $5,000

This guy didn't have any cash, so he probably got 5 years in Bautzen

[Peau Peep]

Originally Posted by denisovich321

The expression I use the most has to be 'for fuck's sake'.

I said this in the car on Sunday.

Unfortunately, my 3 year old son was in the car with me.

He then told his Mummy yesterday what Daddy said.

Cue phone call at work from my wife giving me a bollocking for swearing in front of our son!.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by Peau Peep

I said this in the car on Sunday.

Unfortunately, my 3 year old son was in the car with me.

He then told his Mummy yesterday what Daddy said.

Cue phone call at work from my wife giving me a bollocking for swearing in front of our son!.

Had this from my sister when tabboo slang emerged in the hearing of my niece and nephew. Little pitchers have big ears.

[Estreeter]

I hate losing, no excuse for it.
So I use these often

Second is the first loser
It's not OK to lose
It's not how you played the game, It's how ya won

and if I had my own son, I'd use the one I heard as as a kid
If ya don't win, don't come home

[USBPepsi]

Originally Posted by Bill Bulloney

What annoys me is not so much the phrase, but how the younger set repeats it, over and over again. If they said in wrong on the Hollywood movie either it was written down wrong and the proofreader errored, or the writers are then trying to set another trend of similar sounding phrases, but purposely not exactly the correct one. I have a friend who watches movies all the time and then repeats whatever was shown, right or wrong (phrase), or interpreted as... For they do not want to be judged of COPYING.


Bill

I feel like an old man whenever I say something like this, but yep, that's young people for you...

I'm constantly amazed at how little thinking youth do for themselves these days. They'll repeat freaking anything, as long as it comes from a movie or comedian they consider cool. If they haven't seen anything new for a while, the amount of repetition gets a bit tedious, (to say the least) because God knows they aren't going to come up with anything new on their own.

Also, as you point out, often they don't even understand what they're saying, even if it's something that is ridiculously simple. My favorite example: There is a currently popular "comedic" talk radio team who go by the name Opie & Anthony. They're basically the same as Howard Stern, except there are two of them. Their humor consists of the "shock" radio basics; they do crude phone pranks, invite minor celebrity guests and then ambush them with rude questions (and sexually harass the female guests), etc. All very repetitive and stupid. As is the habit these days, they even insult their audience whenever possible, berating call-in listeners for their stupidity.

Enough of the interminable background, though. The point is, one of their favorite words is tedious. No twist or clever usage, they just call everyone and everything tedious: "That is freaking TEDIOUS." You know, their way of showing that they're just too cool to enjoy anything or anyone they run across.

As might be expected, their listeners quickly jumped onto the "tedious" bandwagon. Soon after Opie & Anthony started saying it, listeners who called in started slipping "tedious" into about every third sentence. The problem is, their audience is so stupid that most people calling in don't even know the definition of the word. Dumb-asses would call in saying things like "She was so tedious, man. I've never seen a girl that dumb," or "Aw, dude, this party was just tedious. We rocked until 5:00 am." Hell, even O&A lost their patience with it after a while. Most of their calls ended with them screaming at the fans: "Do you even KNOW WHAT YOU'RE *BLEEP* SAYING? Tell me what tedious means. Go on, I dare you."

Apparently their audience, having slept through most of their brief educational years, doesn't even know (or care) what a dictionary is, even an online one. The stupid calls continue to this day. It is, well, tedious. But then, everything about Opie & Anthony is.

Since I've gone on for a ridiculous length, I'll just add this little bit of trivia: Stupid misusage doesn't just involve words. Over the last couple of decades urban "gangbangers" have gotten in the habit of pointing their pistols sideways when they're shooting at each other (or innocent bystanders). They think that it looks tough, because they started seeing it in the movies in the mid-90s.

The truth? More novice stuntmen were sometimes afraid that hot shell casings (which occasionally split off metal shavings) would kick back into their eyes when they shot semi-automatic pistols the proper way (it's a rare but possible occurrence). Without any instruction to do so, they began turning the handguns sideways when they'd fire them in action scenes. That way the shell casings would pop out downward.

Gang members thought it looked awesome, so not knowing that it was actually a kind of wimpy move, they all adopted it. The result is that people on the streets who already had piss-poor aim are now even worse shots, because they're doing a girly move with their handguns that they mistakenly believe to be manly. Amazing.