Thoughtful Jack: language

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February 24, 2010

Have a nice life

Isn't it interesting how close "have a nice day" is to "have a nice life".

January 31, 2010

Seinfeld phrases that have become part of our language

What to include in this list is certainly open to debate. I tried to include here those Seinfeld phrases which I think have found their way into our collective language. That is, phrases that are spoken by people other than hard core Seinfeld fans. The truth is the list is probably shorter than this.

Not that there's anything wrong with that Season 4 "The Outing"
The line is spoken by Jerry. He first vehemently proclaims that he is not gay and then uses the line to make it clear he is okay with someone else being gay.
This one tops my list because I find it such a useful/fun phrase. It can be used to modify many negative statements. For example, "I'm not from around here, not that there's anything wrong with that."

Sponge-worthy Season 7 "The Sponge"
Originally used by Elaine to refer to someone she would like to have sex with. At the time her birth-control of choice was the now defunct contraceptive 'sponge'.

Yada yada yada Season 8 "Yada yada yada"
In the show it was first used by a girlfriend of George. She used it to skip over story parts, a kind of fast forward like blah blah blah. Then the rest of the characters started using it in that episode. For example,

Elaine speaking to Jerry, "I met this lawyer, we went out to dinner, I had the lobster bisk, we went back to my place, yada yada yada, I never heard from him again." Then Jerry says, "you skipped the best part." and Elaine says, "no I didn't. I told you about the bisk."

Re-gifter Season 6 "The Label Maker"
Giving a gift you received to another person.

No soup for you! Season 7 "The Soup Nazi"
Spoken by the soup Nazi. An eccentric soup chef who would deny you his soup if you said the tiniest thing he didn't like. So now you use the phrase basically to say NO!

Master of my domain Season 2 "The Contest"
Used to indicate a refrain from masturbating. Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer had contest to see who could refrain the longest.

January 9, 2010

My special funny weird phobias

I suffer from the following phobias, or at least in my dreams.

Acrophobia - Fear of heights.
Anatidaephobia - The fear that you are being watched by a duck.

Dainosoorophobia - Fear of being attacked by a dinosaur.

Geniophobia - Fear of chins.

Dextrophobia - Fear of objects at the right side of the body.

Plumbumshophobia - Fear of lead shoes.
Magnusfeetophobia - Fear of big feet.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - Fear of long words.
Pianosmushophobia - Fear that a piano will fall on you.

Here's a weird, artsy, rather long video of a falling, burning piano.

October 17, 2008

Words and phrases that mean "death", "dead"

A stiff
At room temperature
Be taken
Belly-up - comes from fishing. A fish that's belly-up is dead.
Below-ground
Bereft of life
Bite the big one
Bite the dust
Bloodless
Bought the farm
Breathless
Bumped off
Buried
Buy a pine condo
Cash in one's chips
Cash out
Ceased to be
Checked out

Cold
Croaked
Crossed over
Curled up his tootsies
Curtains
Cut off
Dead
Dead as a doornail
Deceased
Demised
Departed
Dirt nap
Done for
Eat it
Erased
Ex-animate
Expired
Extinct
Finished
Flying with the angels
Get your wings
Give up the ghost
Going to the _____ in the sky
Gone
Gone the way of all flesh
Gone to a better place
Gone to Davy Jones locker
Gone to Heaven
Gone to meet his maker
Gone to one's narrow bed
Gone to reward - Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi (1883) wrote: "He went to his reward, whatever it was, two years ago." This is supposed to be the first recorded use of the phrase.
Got a one way ticket
In a better place
In Heaven
In repose
In the grave
Inactive
Inanimate
Inert
Is no more
Joined the choir invisible

Kicked the bucket
Laid to rest
Late
Lifeless
Liquidated
Lost
Metabolic processes are now history
No longer with us
No more
Not of this world
Offed
Out of one's misery
Passed away
Passed on
Perished
Pushing up the daisies
Reposing
Rest in peace
Rubbed out
Run down the curtain
Shuffled off the mortal coil
Six feet under
Sleeping with the fishes

Snuffed out
Spiritless
Sprouted wings
Succumbed
Swimming with the fishes
To breathe one's last
Unanimated
Wacked
With God
With one's ancestors
Worm food

References

March 2, 2008

Words that mean "crazy"

crazy adj "affected by a psychiatric disorder."
synonyms and idioms:

Around the bend (An old navel term for anyone who is mad.)
Bananas (became faddish during the late 1960s)
Bats
Bats in one's belfry
Batty
Berserk
Big bottle of crazy sauce
Bonkers (meant 'drunk' in earlier British Slang)
Certifiable
Cracked
Crackers
Crackpot
Crazed
Cuckoo
Daffy
Daft
Demented
Deranged
Erratic
Flip out
Flip your wig
Freak out
Insane
Headcase
Go ape
Go bejesus
Go postal
Kooky
Loco
Loony
Loopy
Lost his/her gourd
Lost his/her marbles
Lunatic
Mad
Mad as cheese
Maniac
Mental
Not all there
Nut case
Nut job
Nuts
Nutty
Nutty as a fruit cake
Off his/her rocker
Off the deep end
Off the wall
Out of his/her gourd
Out of his/her mind
Over the edge
Possessed
Psycho
Screw loose
Screwy
Touched
Two cans short of a six pack
Unbalanced
Unglued
Unhinged
Wack job
Wacked
Wacky
Wacko
Wigged out
Wingnut

References

March 1, 2008

Words and phrases that mean "attractive" or "good looking"

Adorable
Alluring
Appealing
Awesome
Babelicious
Bangable
Banging
Beautiful
Beckoning
Bewitching
Blazing
Buff
Captivating
Charming
Choice
Comely
Cute
Desirable
Dish/dishy

Doll
Dreamboat
Easy on the eyes
Enchanting
Engaging
Enticing
Eye candy
Fair
Fetching
Fine
Finer than frog hair
Fire
Fit
Foxy

Glamorous
Good-looking
Gorgeous
Handsome
Hot
Hot stuff
Hunky (used to describe men)
Inviting
Jiggy
Lovely
Luring
Magnetic
Mint

Pleasing
Premo
Pretty
Pulchritudinous
Safe
Seductive
Sexy
Sharp
Siren
Smoking
Stunning
Tantalizing
Tasty
Tempting
Winning
Yummy

References

February 28, 2008

phrases and expressions using the word 'ass'

Who knew there were so many 'ass' phrases. Here's a list of phrases using the word 'ass', most are slang. The list does not include words made up of the word 'ass', such as 'jackass'.

Ask my ass! (meaning, "I will not answer your question")
ass-over-appetite [-teakettle, -tip, -tit] (head-over-heals; end-over-end)
bite my ass (used as a derisive comeback)
bring ass to get ass (to risk one's own well-being in order to defeat someone else)
bust [or break] ass (to toil, labor, or strive furiously)
chew somebody's ass (to speak or shout angrily at someone because they've done something wrong)
creep up someone's ass (to demean oneself as a means of currying favor)
cut ass (make fun of someone)
from ass to appetite (completely)
get in someone's ass (to cause trouble for)
get it in [or up] the ass (to be victimized)
get (one's) ass in an uproar (to become severely agitated)
get (one's) ass up (to become annoyed or angry)
get (one's) ass on (one's) shoulders (to become unduly haughty, angry)
get on somebody's ass (to get on someone's nerves)
hang it in your ass! (used as derisive comeback)
hang (one's) ass out (to expose oneself to danger)
hang somebody's ass (to punish; thoroughly defeat)
have (one's) finger up (one's) ass (to stand about idly)
have (one's) head up [or in] (one's) ass (to be inattentive or stupid)
have (one's) nose up somebody's ass (to curry favor with someone in a blatant manner)
hold (one's) ass (to be patient)
How's your ass? (used as a greeting)
in somebody's ass (nagging or scolding)
jump through (one's) ass (to go wild with fear of confusion; panic)
jump up my ass (used as a derisive comeback)
jump up somebody's ass (to attack someone)
kick ass
kiss [or suck] my ass (used as a derisive comeback)
kiss [or lick or suck] somebody's ass (to curry favor with someone)
lock asses (to fight; brawl)
lose (one's) ass (to lose all one has; as in gambling)
my ass! (to express contempt)
my ass to [or for or on](used as a curse)
not know (one's) ass from ___ (to be ignorant, stupid, or confused)
not on your ass! (no indeed)
off somebody's ass (no longer annoying, harassing)
(one's) ass is dragging (one is fatigued, dejected, or beaten)
(one's) ass is grass (one is doomed to suffer punishment, danger, death)
(one's) ass is in the wind (one is exposed to difficulty)
(one's) ass is mud (one's name is mud)
(one's) ass sucks buttermilk [or wind] (one is thoroughly confused or terrified)
on (one's) ass (in financial or other ruin)
on somebody's ass (harassing, vexing, scolding)
out of (one's) ass (crazy, "out of one's mind")
out the ass (in excessive quantity; to an excessive degree)
pain in the ass (someone who is annoying)
piece of ass (someone who is sexy, attractive)
piece of somebody's ass (vengeance against someone)
pull something out of (one's) ass (to invent or produce something seemingly from nowhere)
scratch a beggar's ass (to be impoverished)
shake (one's) ass (to hurry up, stir, "shake a leg")
shut your ass! (shut up)
stack asses (to thrash opponents, as in a brawl)
stick [or shove, etc.] it up somebody's ass (to brutally manhandle, victimize someone)
stick [or shove, etc.] it up [or in] your ass (used as a derisive comeback)
suck my ass (used as a derisive comeback)
suck somebody's ass (used as a derisive comeback)
take it in the ass (to be brutally manhandled, victimized)
talk like a man with a paper ass (to talk nonsense)
tear (one's) ass [or asshole] (to injure oneself; get into trouble)
tear somebody a new ass (to ruin or destroy someone)
think the sun sets [or shines] in somebody's ass (to worship stupidly someone or oneself)
up somebody's ass (hounding, annoying, or bothering someone)
up the ass (in excess; in great number or amount)
up to the ass (overwhelmed by, surrounded by)
your ass! (to express contempt)

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