Anyone else make up funny sayings?

[raammartin]

My son says lasterday for late yesterday afternoon.

That's cute!

 

[raammartin]

I made this one up a couple of years ago (can't remember what the circumstances were, but...)

"I'll be back in two shakes of a toad's t^t."

Not something you'd want to say around the young uns.

 

[lyeag]

No brain, no headache.

 

[Sparx]

Nyquil. The medical duct tape. if it cant' fix it, it'll knock you out so you don't feel it.

we've used that one for awhile.

 

[sleepyone]

When my Aunt had an accident, such as breaking a glass, she'd say, "S--- fire and save matches!" When I was little, I never understood what she was saying...but, now I totally understand.

 

[S. C.]

 

[HoneyPooh]

Whenever we get stuck in a line of traffic one of us will always say "did the ferry let off?". The entrance to the ferry is on a street with not much traffic, but if you drive down it after the cars come off you're stuck. Funny thing is that we can be in the middle of nowhere with no water within 100 miles and someone in the car will still say it.

We have lots of them that aren't fit for a family board!

 

[CathrynRose]

When someone takes forever to turn in their car my DH will say, "Are you waiting for the hand of God to come down and stop traffic??"

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I ask if they're waiting for a personal invitation...

Your husband and I would make a fine driving couple, no??

 

[willis37862]

One my DD uses that cracks me up is "there is stuff coming out of your mouth I wouldn't hold in my hand". Usually when one of us is using not so nice language.

 

[tiff211]

I say "don't say boo, cat, meow to me". Don't know where that came from.

I also call any food my babies eat numma-numma's. (started out yummy, yummy) And I say the baby's a "dit-doo" (from "little") DD5 and DD3 call her that now. "Mommy, the dit-doo's crying, she wants numma-nummas!!"

When one of the girls are complaining that I said they couldn't do something, I tell them "the beat goes on" and if they keep on, I start singing the song.

 

[luvflorida]

Okay, this is kind of juvenile and I posted it on the infamous 'fart thread', but somewhere, somehow, the phrase, "Code Red", has a whole new meaning in our family.

Whenever anyone feels, um, one coming on, that person is bound by the family rule, to yell, "Code Red!" and then run from the room. This ensures that the remaining innocent people get to breathe clean, fresh air.

Not too long ago we were watching the movie, "Red Eye", and toward the end of the movie there is a huge explosion and two men are frantically fleeing and one of them yells, "Code Red!", as he is running out of the room. Of course, we thought it was hysterical!

 

[RonnieJo66]

Good one!!!

That one should be used on our home too!!!!!!

 

[bubba's mom]

When someone takes forever to turn in their car my DH will say, "Are you waiting for the hand of God to come down and stop traffic??"

First of all....."cheek butts" has stuck...but I like the pun... ...very funny....even funnier picturing them running down the hall away from you (at the ripe age of 7 (on Friday))!

As far as those folks who "forget" to hit the gas on a green light, our sayings are:

-Are you waiting for a written invitation?
-It doesn't get any greener the longer you stare at it.
-It doesn't get any greener even if you water it.

 

[goofygirl]

Another spinnoff of the fart topic:

My mom and I got into this goofy discussion of terms for farts. She asked why "cut the cheese" meant farting. I explained that some cheese smells when you cut it. She said that most cheeses don't smell when you cut them, however when you open a jar of herring it always stinks.

So now we say "Did you open a jar of herring?" instead of "did you cut the cheese?" lol

 

[Aidensmom]

One day when getting ready to get my 4 year old out of the tub, he asked me to wait, and then proceeded to pick his nose. That evolved into a little joke between the two of us, where we say "I've got to pick my nose" instead of "Please wait."

Yes, we have gotten some strange looks from people out in public, and DH pretends he doesn't know us.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

DH is famous for coming up with random phrases and names for things...

On the topic of "passing gas" (as I was taught to say it as a child) we now say DH has a "butt quack" (because it often sounds rather like a duck quacking...sorry folks...)

"hooty-hoo" is a multi-purpose word that can mean something really fancy, as in "don't you look all hooty-hoo tonight" or "are we going to that hooty-hoo restaurant for date night?". Or it can stand in for "thing-a-ma-bob" as in "could you hand me the hooty-hoo?" or "where did you put the hooty-hoo?"

The TV remote is "Fred" because, in DH's words, "Fred is the guy who gets up and changes the channel for you."

For issues with drivers going too slow or not starting at a green light, we say "it's the vertical pedal on the right - the one with the dust on it." or "gravity can only do so much."

When drivers on a highway on-ramp would come to a complete stop at the end of a ramp instead of speeding up and merging with the traffic, my mom would always say "yield, don't surrender!"

I know there's more, but I can't remember them right now - they're just such a part of my vocabulary I'm having a hard time identifying what's unusual!