Inspired by being a thread highjacker- the OT thread!

[Stacerita]

OT- but does anyone else here have words that only your family uses?

Our family word is "gom." It means - to play in and make a mess (usually concerning food items).

Example: If I were to start drawing smiley faces in a stick of butter with my fingers, or build something out of all the food left on my plate, someone would invariably yell, "Stop gomming in that." or "Quit gomming and eat your food."

Anyone ever hear that word? Anytime I use it outside of my family people look at me like I'm nuts.

Well thats a new word I never heard before. But you can bet I will start working it into my vocab starting tomorrow. I like to use new words. Sometimes I claim them as my own.

 

[beckmrk04]

I've used "gom" before.

I can't believe it!

The first time Mark heard me say it he laughed for an hour.

 

[ashjohnson80]

I can't believe it!

The first time Mark heard me say it he laughed for an hour.

my mom says words like that, she's from the mountains of western virginia and i swear they have their own language up there.

 

[ashjohnson80]

Ok this is completely OT, but does it bother anyone else, when people are like, "there is this girl that works at wal-mart that looks just like you!" or "there is another one of my clients that looks just like you!" or "you have a twin!". I hear this all of the freaking time and it drives me nuts. I don't want anyone to look just like me. Especially not when every aquantince I have says that. It makes me want to kill.

 

[beckmrk04]

my mom says words like that, she's from the mountains of western virginia and i swear they have their own language up there.

See- I think it's a rural thing. My great-grandparents talk like they are from another country. They have a distinctly southern accent (even though they have always lived in Southern ILLINOIS) and they talk "country." That's what we call it anyway.

Here's a funny story. My great-grandparents live on a farm. They raise cattle. SO, around there, cow sh&* is a very common term. I think the phrase was one of my first words.

Anywho- one day my mom and I were at the grocery store. I was, oh- 2 1/2 or 3 years old, and riding in the cart. and I say, "Mommy, I smell sumpin." My mom: "Shh. No you don't." Me: "Uh-huh! I SMELL sumpin!" About this time an older women in the aisle turns and shoves her wrist into my face, and says, "Here, honey, do you smell my new perfume?"

Me: "Peeeeee-eewwww!!! Smells like cow sh#*!"

 

[Stacerita]

Ok this is completely OT, but does it bother anyone else, when people are like, "there is this girl that works at wal-mart that looks just like you!" or "there is another one of my clients that looks just like you!" or "you have a twin!". I hear this all of the freaking time and it drives me nuts. I don't want anyone to look just like me. Especially not when every aquantince I have says that. It makes me want to kill.

Makes me want to hurl, not kill. I dont think I look like anyone but me. And even then thats iffy.

 

[ashjohnson80]

Well not KILL really. But it does make me pissy. I think it's just because I have dark hair and I'm chubby. Mostly because I'm chubby. All chubby people evidently look alike.

 

[beckmrk04]

Ok this is completely OT, but does it bother anyone else, when people are like, "there is this girl that works at wal-mart that looks just like you!" or "there is another one of my clients that looks just like you!" or "you have a twin!". I hear this all of the freaking time and it drives me nuts. I don't want anyone to look just like me. Especially not when every aquantince I have says that. It makes me want to kill.

Funny you should mention that- I get this all the time. BUT- people have a specific person in mind. My twin but not-twin is Erin M. She was two years younger than me in HS- and seriously, we DO look alike. SO much so that it's kinda freaky.

In fact, one day (while I was working the cust. service desk at wal-mart) her boyfriend's mom asked me if I was coming over for dinner tonight.

Me, a little bewildered: "Uh... um.... no?"

Once she took a good look she started howling with laughter. "You're not Erin!"

Nope.

 

[ashjohnson80]

See- I think it's a rural thing. My great-grandparents talk like they are from another country. They have a distinctly southern accent (even though they have always lived in Southern ILLINOIS) and they talk "country." That's what we call it anyway.

Here's a funny story. My great-grandparents live on a farm. They raise cattle. SO, around there, cow sh&* is a very common term. I think the phrase was one of my first words.

Anywho- one day my mom and I were at the grocery store. I was, oh- 2 1/2 or 3 years old, and riding in the cart. and I say, "Mommy, I smell sumpin." My mom: "Shh. No you don't." Me: "Uh-huh! I SMELL sumpin!" About this time an older women in the aisle turns and shoves her wrist into my face, and says, "Here, honey, do you smell my new perfume?"

Me: "Peeeeee-eewwww!!! Smells like cow sh#*!"

ever heard of a skunk referred to as a polecat? that might not be that strange, but we don't say that in SC. And my mom always says "cold as a witch's ........ can't say that here.

 

[beckmrk04]

Cold as a witches ****** is common here.

Seriously, my Mamaw could make anyone blush with the language she uses.

My fav phrase of hers is, "Whatever blows your dress up."

 

[Stacerita]

"Whatever blows your dress up."

Heck, that could be the begining of a good night.

 

[beckmrk04]

Ok peeps- I'm tizz-ired. Going to biz-ed.

Goodnight!

 

[Stacerita]

Ok peeps- I'm tizz-ired. Going to biz-ed.

Goodnight!

Night Beck!

 

[ashjohnson80]

Can you get your cheeks (in your face) liposuctioned?

 

[Stacerita]

Can you get your cheeks (in your face) liposuctioned?

You can get anything your money can afford lipo'd.

 

[beckmrk04]

DOn't lipo your cheeks, Ash. I saw your pic- you are adorable. Need I remind you what happened to Jennifer Gray? Jennifer who? That's right. No one even knows who she is now because she doesn't look like herself.

I'll hop down off my soap box now, with my chubby cheeks. Of course, my whole body is chubs, so I guess it matches. My dingbat of a mother suggested I look into breast-reduction surgery (this was a couple of weeks ago- before she stopped talking to me and ignored my birthday).

I was like, WTH? Breast reduction surgery? WHY?

She goes- well, they are really large, and blah blah blah. I don't even remember the stupid assinine reasons she came up with.

I said, "Mom- they'll be smaller if I lose wieght. Why in God's name would I get a reduction NOW- at least now they are in proportion with my fat A*S!" Good grief.

I'm a 40DD- but I weigh 200lbs! What in the world would I look like with a big ol' butt, thighs and everything else- then little bitty breasts?

I swear- she has had a lobotomy at some point. She just wants a quick fix to everything. And she's always been jealous because her daughters are blessed in the chest and she isn't.

 

[ashjohnson80]

But see, I don't want to look like myself. I want to look like someone else.

 

[beckmrk04]

Why? Boooor-ring. And besides- you already look like other people, no?

 

[ashjohnson80]

Why? Boooor-ring. And besides- you already look like other people, no?

evidently I look like other Ugly people. I wouldn't mind it if someone said, you look like "insert gorgeous movie star here". Anyways. Let's change the subject, I'm trying not to be such a downer all of the time. I'm just going to bottle everything in. It'll work.

 

[beckmrk04]