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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 7:55 pm
i have heard so many new phrases this past week that i thought it would be neat to share and discuss. just heard: she was moving so fast you would have thought she was running through hell wearing gasoline pants. he's been around forever. in fact, he's been around since God was a little boy. now, there have been a lot over the years i have heard that i would also like to share. one in particular puzzles me dearly. not for what it means but because i don't know what the items are that it is referring to. here it is: that scared the pee-jabbers (jobbers?) out of me! i know that means it scared me pretty badly. but, i don't know what a pee-jabber (jobber) is. do any of you? some of the other saying i grew up hearing: he was so ugly his mama had to tie a porkchop around his neck to get the dog to play with him. i brought you into this world and i can take you right back out. you want me to slap you all the way into next Tuesday? let's not and say we did. when i get a hold on you, i'm going to turn you every which way but loose. you're just as sweet as pumpkin pie! you're cute as a bug!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 7:58 pm
I always say let's not and say we did.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:03 pm
It's bejeebers, Cnd...a corruption of Blessed Jesus, I believe.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:03 pm
Cndear, I'd always thought it was 'bejabbers'. Funny what our ears hear, isn't it. There are 'Mondegreens'. That term comes from a song that goes something like, 'they laid him on the green'. It went into someone's ears as , 'Lady Mondegreen'. Ergo, misheard phrases are called 'mondegreens'. There are tons of them and most start with what a child hears. 'Round John Virgin' is a good example.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:14 pm
now, that makes since, RB. thanks. you are so wright, OG. what are some of the other phrases you say or hear that are similar to what i posted?
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:18 pm
You couldn't find your butt with both hands. She/he was pissed in pj's I need <that> like I need another hole in the head.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:27 pm
I always thought it was "bejesus." Must be regional variations of a theme.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:47 pm
It is bejeebers. Not to be confused with the heebie jeebies! My all time fav still is "You're ugly and your momma dresses you funny." I had a BF that had that bumper sticker and it would crack me up every time I saw it.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:56 pm
scare the bejesus, bejeebers, bejibbers To scare someone extremely badly Source: circa 1920's - current, EIR, UK, USA It seems the words all mean the same.
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:56 pm
Interesting - I've always said it as "bejesus".
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 8:57 pm
I thought it was bejesus also...us Californians must say it like that He's all that and a bag of chips Shit in one hand and want in the other and see what fills up faster
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Alwayzmovin
Member
11-06-2003
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 9:12 pm
Was so confused, didn't know whether to shit or go blind. If you feel froggy......JUMP!
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 9:22 pm
When I first heard this one, I laughed hysterically: Holy Christ on a cracker!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 9:41 pm
Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades. [I'm, he's, she's] finer than frog hair. Busier than a one-armed paper hanger. Faster than a cat on a hot tin roof. I'll knock you into next week and you'll have to walk back. Whatever floats your boat. Read my mind.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 11:26 pm
shucky darn and slop the chickens!
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 12:41 am
My grandmother would shout "come in, you're out" whenever someone came to the door You can tell I'm smoking mad if I tell you to "pee up a tree"
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 6:25 am
I'll knock you so hard that by the time you land your clothes will be out of style! I'm so old that I was around when Moby Dick was just a minnow
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 9:17 am
you're pretty as a picture. why don't you just take a picture? it will last longer. (talking to someone staring at you) he/she's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree (or the sharpest knife in the drawer). he/she's three sheets (or is that supposed to be sh1ts?) to the wind. expanding on one native posted: [I'm, he's, she's] finer than frog hair, split 3 ways and sifted. up a creek without a paddle.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 9:23 am
You're so low you have to look up to see down
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 9:27 am
It just goes to show all the squirrels ain't in the trees. I buy you books and buy you books and all you do is eat the covers. When God was handing out brains, you must have thought he said pains and ran the other way. She's so skinny she can run circles in the shower and still not get wet. I'll pop you so hard your ancestors will cry. God willing and the creek don't rise.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 9:40 am
Whenever my grandfather heard an old person had died, he'd say: "Well, at least it wasn't the midwife's fault.", indicating the person had a full life.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 10:05 am
LOL. I'm on team "bejesus." "Well, it just warms the cockles of my heart." "Colder than a well-digger's ass." "Piecing around" = rummaging aimlessly for treats in the kitchen. "Copping a Snyder" = experiencing a violent and involuntary shudder. Oh, and we have a new member of the family vernacular. His name is "Harry Carbuncle." A few months back Colossus was pointing out a pole sign he'd bid on but didn't build. Ever the supportive wife, I carried on about how the finished sign looked like hairy, carbuncled ass. While I was doing this, Colossus was silent, looked confused, and kept looking back at the sign as we drove by it. Finally, and with very real consternation in his voice and on his face, he demanded to know who Harry Carbuncle was. Well, I started laughing so hard no sound was coming out. And while I choked, Colossus demanded to also know what Harry Carbuncle had to do with that sign and why was I familiar with his ass? Trust there was one helluva commotion in the car when I was finally able to explain to Colossus what I'd actually said. It was either stop at a gas station or whiz our collective pants right there in the car. Ever since then Harry shows up whenever a statement has been misconstrued. "Harry Carbuncle much?" "Having a Harry Carbuncle moment, are we?" I still get a fit of giggles remembering how serious Colossus was at getting to the bottom of the Harry Carbuncle issue.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 10:44 am
Goddess, that's a great story.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 10:47 am
You're gonna put your eye out with that thang. Because I said so. I'll hurt you and tell God I don't know what happened.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 10:51 am
LOL @ goddess's story! which part of 'no' don't you understand? are you going to make retirement on that project/paper/homework? he/she's so skinny he/she can stand under the clothesline in the rain and not get wet. he/she is so ugly his/her mama told the doctor to slap him/her twice!
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