What is a phrase you see on the Dis boards all the time that you NEVER hear people actually say in real life?

[PollyannaMom]

Common DIS phrases that I never encounter in real life?
DD
DS
DH
DW...

You know how sometimes when you speak two languages, you "think" certain words in one and certain words in the other?

Well, apparently, I speak DIS. - I realized not too long ago that "DH" is now my brain's go-to word for "male person someone is married to" - I actually have to translate it back to "husband" in real life conversations.

 

[mjkacmom]

Common DIS phrases that I never encounter in real life?
DD
DS
DH
DW

"DD and DS are upset because DH is being a DB", etc.

Not real life, but very common on social media.

 

[White Cat]

Not real life, but very common on social media.

I’ve seen it nowhere but here. Sounds silly.

 

[dizneegirl]

I realized not too long ago that "DH" is now my brain's go-to word for "male person someone is married to" - I actually have to translate it back to "husband" in real life conversations.

Ditto.

 

[mjkacmom]

I’ve seen it nowhere but here. Sounds silly.

It’s very old, started with chat rooms. The “D” stands for dear, I’ve frequented dance message boards (folks thinks the D stands for dance), and on parent college Facebook pages (folks with kids at UDel think it stands for Delaware). I first encountered them on ivillage 25 years ago.

 

[MIGrandma]

“A hill to die on” - have never heard it other than here.

 

[TCRAIG]

“In The Bubble” is a phrase I only see on THE DIS

 

[mjkacmom]

“A hill to die on” - have never heard it other than here.

Really? I’ve used that phrase many times (because I do think people over react and I have no patience).

 

[notatallmagic]

"Pixie dust"

"Rope drop"

"Split stay"

and of course, I'm from a "pop" part of the country

 

[indimom]

It's Pop here in Indiana also.
I've picked up soda in recent years (probably from the Dis, lol) and it drives my husband nuts.
I've caught myself starting to use DH when texting, and I just know I'm going to slip up and do that someday... and have to explain it.

 

[fla4fun]

I don't understand how you order an actual Coke in the south.

I ask first whether they carry Coke or Pepsi products, and then name my specific choice.

Unless I’m getting sweet tea . . .

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

"Songs that say xyz in them"

 

[leebee]

Pop (soda - and actually, growing up, we called it tonic)

Greater Boston area... we called it tonic, too.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

A "must do, must see, must eat"
Where else does anyone refer to anything as a "must"

 

[easyas123]

Littles. I've never heard it elsewhere. Evidently it means kids - I must admit it grates on my nerves much like ressie & sammie do!

As for the other, I call it Soda Pop. Born and raised in South Jersey, have lived in Delaware (lower/slower) and Maryland for past 30 years, still call it that.

 

[TLSnell1981]

“A hill to die on” - have never heard it other than here.

I've heard that one most of my life.

It's mostly pop above the Mason-Dixon Line, Coke below...Soda on the left coast, NE and Missouri.

 

[Dvcforestfriend]

When people count "sleeps" for how long until their vacation. I have never heard that outside of Disboards

I work im day care so everything is counted in sleeps lol

 

[Jangles]

Ha, I'm not spending half an hour deciphering some of the posts here by looking it all up

The latest in another thread was ODD, which I commented about this thread asking what the heck that is. Someone already responded but it's not in that list, LOL (most people I do think know what LOL is, except for the "lots of love" folk )

A very long time ago, a NY lawyer, who I knew well, but not that well, signed off ‘LOL’ and in the U.K. at that time it meant ‘lots of love’. I was rather taken aback until I realised it had a different meaning in the US. We had a good laugh about it when I told him.

 

[thinkerbell]

We live in SC and it is soda here. If we order at a restaurant, we may ask what sodas they have and they list them. Then we tell them the kind we want. Never heard anyone call all sodas “coke” here. If you order a coke, you get Coca Cola Unless they don’t serve it.

 

[Jangles]

‘Fluffy’ and ‘Pooh sized’, I only know from here. Also, ‘walking with purpose’.

In Wales it is pop. Tonic is what you mix with gin and soda water another mixer for alcohol.