American Expressions That Still Confuse You After All These Inane Years Here ?

Started by mongers, June 14, 2011, 05:15:09 PM

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jimmy olsen

#16
June 14, 2011, 07:55:15 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 14, 2011, 07:05:54 PM
Quote from: Slargos on June 14, 2011, 06:50:28 PM
Jive turkey.

What's up with that?

My mother used to say that to me all the time. -_-
:lol: No she didn't!
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garbon

#17
June 14, 2011, 08:28:56 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 14, 2011, 07:55:15 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 14, 2011, 07:05:54 PM
Quote from: Slargos on June 14, 2011, 06:50:28 PM
Jive turkey.

What's up with that?

My mother used to say that to me all the time. -_-
:lol: No she didn't!

I'd like to think I know my mother better than you, but okay. :mellow:
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#18
June 14, 2011, 08:30:01 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 14, 2011, 07:55:15 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 14, 2011, 07:05:54 PM
Quote from: Slargos on June 14, 2011, 06:50:28 PM
Jive turkey.

What's up with that?

My mother used to say that to me all the time. -_-
:lol: No she didn't!
I believe that you mean "Nah she di-int!"
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Monoriu

#19
June 14, 2011, 09:10:47 PM
I was at a McDonald's in Vancouver, when the clerk asked me what to drink. 

Me: Cocacola, please.

Cashier: :blink:

Me: Co.  Ca.  Co.  La. 

Cashier: :blink: :blink: :blink:

Me: *pointed finger at logo*

Cashier: Oh. Coke.

garbon

#20
June 14, 2011, 09:18:04 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 14, 2011, 09:10:47 PM
I was at a McDonald's in Vancouver, when the clerk asked me what to drink. 

Me: Cocacola, please.

Cashier: :blink:

Me: Co.  Ca.  Co.  La. 

Cashier: :blink: :blink: :blink:

Me: *pointed finger at logo*

Cashier: Oh. Coke.

Not sure what this anecdote is supposed to relate. :P
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
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#21
June 14, 2011, 10:30:21 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 14, 2011, 09:18:04 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 14, 2011, 09:10:47 PM
I was at a McDonald's in Vancouver, when the clerk asked me what to drink. 

Me: Cocacola, please.

Cashier: :blink:

Me: Co.  Ca.  Co.  La. 

Cashier: :blink: :blink: :blink:

Me: *pointed finger at logo*

Cashier: Oh. Coke.

Not sure what this anecdote is supposed to relate. :P

Canadians are just a bit slow, eh?  ;)
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Monoriu

#22
June 15, 2011, 01:35:14 AM
Day after tomorrow. 

Ok I understand it pretty much means post-apocalypse.  But I just don't get it.  What does day after tomorrow have anything to do with post-apocalypse? 

Eddie Teach

#23
June 15, 2011, 01:53:30 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 14, 2011, 05:55:43 PM
The American expression that really gets me is "I'd hit it". Only ever heard it on languish and to a lesser extent elsewhere on the net.

Same.

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#24
June 15, 2011, 03:10:12 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on June 15, 2011, 01:35:14 AM
Day after tomorrow. 

Ok I understand it pretty much means post-apocalypse.  But I just don't get it.  What does day after tomorrow have anything to do with post-apocalypse? 

It was a title of a movie about the aftermath of a nuclear war.

Though I've never heard the term used much in that sense outside of dicsussions of the movie (or comparing other movies to it).  Ususally, if someone says "day after tomorrow" they just mean two days from now.

Josquius

#25
June 15, 2011, 03:17:13 AM
Quote from: garbon on June 14, 2011, 06:08:35 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 14, 2011, 05:55:43 PM
The American expression that really gets me is "I'd hit it". Only ever heard it on languish and to a lesser extent elsewhere on the net. Its like...you'd hit a woman? What? I get that it means "I'd do it" but it just sounds odd.

What do you think it is like when you are slamming into someone? :unsure:
"I'd hit it" sounds like its using the striking definition of hit rather than the two objects hitting each other definition.
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#26
June 15, 2011, 07:10:56 AM
Quote from: dps on June 15, 2011, 03:10:12 AM
It was a title of a movie about the aftermath of a nuclear war.

Though I've never heard the term used much in that sense outside of dicsussions of the movie (or comparing other movies to it).  Ususally, if someone says "day after tomorrow" they just mean two days from now.

IIRC the movie was The Day After.

The Brain

#27
June 15, 2011, 07:19:05 AM
Yeah The Day After Tomorrow was climate change.
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#28
June 15, 2011, 08:09:04 AM
Quote from: Barrister on June 14, 2011, 05:39:19 PM
You've basically got it, except it doesn't have to be in retrospect.  My wife is a keeper, and I was smart enough to recognize it. :thumbsup:

Someone wants to get laid   :rolleyes:
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mongers

#29
June 17, 2011, 05:50:56 AM
I'm still not clear about all the expressions regarding kool-aid.
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