Irk - That's not a word, it's the dreaded sound my dog makes just before he does the goulash gush, or my cats just before they start meowing at the carpet.
I feel ya and hear ya! I don't mind learning new words and learning how to spell them just many times I don't take the time to learn and then end up feeling like an idiot. ;) :)
They can be strange and an idiot if they are cute and discrete in my book, too! I not-so-strangely admit. I agree! :) ;)
This post was edited by Merlin at May 9, 2020 12:51 AM MDT
like — when used improperly, when used every third word in a sentence
gone missing, went missing
Almost any curse word — verbal flatulence; all humans have the ability to pad gas, those who are respectful of others control themselves as to when and where they do it. Profanity and its use is no different than that.
it is what it is — utterly and completely senseless and useless
Like, my dad, like, right? There was a very short-lived time in my life when my vocabulary was an entire simile.
One Sunday night at the dinner table my dad was so fed up, he looked me square in the eyes and said, it was like what? I went on to explain it was like a day in geometry class. He continued to inquire, was I in geometry class or was I comparing it to something similar and if so, where was I when I was supposedly in geometry class. Either I was or I wasn't. That put an immediate halt to that soon-to-be bad pattern of speech.
Now about the cow and her utters. Have you caught the lip of a cow lately? Man, when the bull is around, she has some stories to tell about fecal matter. I'm pretty sure there is no simile involved. She utterly means it!!
This post was edited by Merlin at June 15, 2020 11:23 AM MDT
BIG SMILES! There is no doubt, you would have been his favorite! I can say in full confidence, he loves you very, very, much, too! Thanks Randy D. You made my morning and full day!!! :D! :D!
It was the slightest moment in time when I could find a homophone and an unattractive word (or curse word) and use it with something Randy D said. My intent wasn't to disgust Randy but to impress the fact I knew what a simile and a homophone was. AND use them incorrectly... yet correctly, in describing a situation.
Big Giggles! I'm so glad you got it. :) :). I'm sad, our friend Stu, didn't. I think Randy got it, too, though. ;) :)
This post was edited by Merlin at June 15, 2020 2:11 PM MDT
I can utterly say, I'm glad you're around Stu. There is a good chance, somewhere along my life in writing and having fun with you, I may have used the wrong spelling since it isn't one of my attributes. Thanks for the heads-up! :) :)
Sometimes I am tempted to respond, "No. Lie to me." Unless we are joking around, I assume the person I'm talking with is telling the truth. They don't have any reason to lie to me.
"It is what it is." "We'll do A and B and go from there."
It also irks me when news reporters, especially those with tabloids, try to be cute in their writing. In today's New York Post, there is a story about a man stealing meat from a Brooklyn butcher shop. So of course the reporter had to refer to the culprit as a "ham-handed crook" and "the beef thief." To paraphrase Randy, grrrr!
And speaking of tabloid reporters, I hate when they refer to the mayor as "hizzoner." That's slang, so insert another "grrrr" here. Say "Mayor Deblasio," "the mayor," or, if you must, "his honor."
I can’t stand that penchant of turning every “news” story into a barrage of puns. I want my news to be news, not a comedy hour. If they want to spew jokes, join the cast or the staff of a sitcom. Walter ConkriteCronkite and Edward R. Murrow (go, you millennials, hit your search engines) must be spinning in their graves. Grrrrrr.
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This post was edited by Randy D at June 15, 2020 11:25 AM MDT
Nice Jugs 