I think a fun "13" is 13 expressions that I really enjoy. I don't incorporate these into my everyday speech as much as I'd like, but they are fun ones!
1. If I'm lyin', I'm dyin'.
2. Don't know shit from shinola / Don't know his ass from a hole in the ground. For those of you with a less rednecky background than I have, this one refers to someone who isn't too bright (the lights are on, but no one's home), doesn't get it, or maybe is just generally dumb.
3. No great shakes. I also like "two shakes," as in, "I'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail." Really, anything with "shakes" works for me.
4. Different points to be made. So that's a David Brent one.
5. But I am COLD. That's a Guinnie one, and as such it maybe doesn't qualify as an expression. But it's fun all the same.
6. Take off you hoser.
7. Rudesby.
8. "You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me." That's a Merle Haggard one.
9. It's a long ol' road that don't turn. Apparently, this means the same thing as "What goes around, comes around." I never quite get it, but for entirely personal reasons, I like it.
10. "In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make." If you don't know where that one's from, then I'm not going to tell you. But in a very simplistic way, I think it sums up my life's philosophy.
11. "If I fake it, I don't really have it. . . same with cardiac arrest." Also memorable are, "baby steps" and "There are two types of people in this world, those who like Neil Diamond and those who don't." Oh and then there's "Your death therapy saved me, you genius!"
12. "Hi, you've reached Drennan. I'm emotionally unavaliable right now, but if you leave a message. . . "
AND (drum roll)
13. Context is all / context is everything / context is king.
Oh, a couple of post-scripts:
A. "Well, there's always beer"
B. "It's five o'clock somewhere"
C. I don't drink candy-ass-girly drinks.
Odd, isn't it, that those are all alcohol themed?
If you feel so inclined, please contribute your own in the comments section!
a president, a King
13 years ago
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i'm particularly fond of the italian "pronto!" as in "let's scoot pronto!" which i find myself expressing in a myriad of ways to my particularly toddling toddler. "super swell" is my new fave i picked up from jack and his music show. love the list!
Oh, so many thoughts.
Now, just reading the comments, I'll have to do one short take. When I'm in Italy, I attempt to make Italians say "Grazie," so I could say, "Prego!" For two reasons. 1) I think "Prego!" sounds cool. 2) I can't say "Grazie" correctly. Oh well.
I'm also thinking maybe I'll save my list of words, words, words for next Thursday? That's sorta cheating, huh?
Okay... here are a few I really do use:
Up the wazoo
swell
duh
puhleeze
hellllooo
to beat the band
like a house on fire
juxtaposition (well, I had this odd friend who LOVED to use this word and I think if I do, it's in full irony to his use)
as if
hey you guys (as in Goonies)
Push the button, Max
I'm sure I could think of more. Which makes me tres dull, huh?
happy as a clam
beyond belief
what a tool
duh
swell
you think?
oh, and Steve says "holy Christmas" every day of the year.
go figure.
oops... I repeated.
Just goes to show, I actually do use those phrases. Often. Too often.
We need to MAKE UP new phrases.
Be trendsetters.
Think on it.
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