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When I went away to college (FSU), I had to work very full time in town. I actually had a good job and the owners let me work around my class schedule. Some of us were there at night until 2 AM.
During the day, there were a lot of ladies there who lived out in the country in actual trailers (not mobile homes - real trailers). Lovely people from the country.
Since I was from South Florida, they would laugh at some of the things I didn't know but were very kind.
One weekend, I had to fly back home and one of the girls told me she could "carry me out there" - I found out later that meant give me a lift (as to the airport)!
There were a couple of other expressions but we all used to laugh and laugh about different words as we were doing our work now done by a computer most likely. It was fun at the time.
Not so much a phrase as a manner of speaking:
I find it annoying when people start their sentences with: "So". (I've even seen posts of people writing that way!) These are usually the same people who also "upspeak"; every statement sounds like a question.
-"So, I went to the farmers' market? And they were out of free-range kale?"
-"So, I wanted to buy an artisinal beanie? But the Alpaca-wool was not free-trade? And I had already made plans to wear it in the drum-circle?
That means they COULD care less, which means they care a lot. The correct saying is, "I couldn't care less." Which means I care so little that it's impossible to care less.
I could care less (when they mean I couldn't care less).
Game changer.
Stepping up.
Tacking on the suffix -aholic to overindulging in anything. Every part of the suffix except the "ic" comes from the word "alcohol".
Tacking on the suffix -gate to any controversial or scandalous situation (reference to the Watergate Hotel, site of the Democratic Party office break-in during the Nixon years, and the Watergate hearings afterward that led to Nixon's resignation).
On steroids - referring to anything larger or more widespread than usual.
I can't stand the phrase "the wife" instead of "my wife."
Usually it's not used in a fond manner.
You’ll often hear that in U.K., usually in the Midlands or up North.
I don’t like it, I think that it’s disrespectful, it’s like saying she’s an object in your house, like the table, the TV, the vacuum cleaner, the carpet, the wife.
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Originally Posted by bpollen
"I could care less."
That means they COULD care less, which means they care a lot. The correct saying is, "I couldn't care less." Which means I care so little that it's impossible to care less.
I refer you my post # 461.
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