Adults aren't so innocent either!!!!Pat Cannady wrote:Good looking? With a name like ADONIS?! He'd better be the biggest, toughest, meanest kind on the playground or he'll get his a$$ kicked every day. Children can be such vicious little sh!ts.
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- Tell us something.: I play whistles. I sell whistles. This seems just a BIT excessive to the cause. A sentence or two is WAY less than 100 characters.
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A popular expression these days.chas wrote:That's what I'm trying to use as my catch-all now that I have a 3-year old who's becoming pretty good at repeating things she's heard once. I picked it up from the great Diana Trent.GaryKelly wrote:Although it must be said that "bollocks" is a jolly good epithet which fulfills many a need.
I'm surprised nobody's cited "tartar sauce," the multipurpose interjection from Spongebob.
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For dismissives, I always like, "Run along, now, there's a good lad (or girl)", while making a brushing-off action with my hand. Very condescending. 
Another one that's unmistakably more humorous is to make the brushing-off action with both hands while saying, "Whoosh...whoosh." They usually crack up or give me an odd look or both. Nevertheless, the meaning is clear.
Another one that's unmistakably more humorous is to make the brushing-off action with both hands while saying, "Whoosh...whoosh." They usually crack up or give me an odd look or both. Nevertheless, the meaning is clear.
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That reminds me...I use the palm-out gesture, as in 'talk to the hand, the face ain't listening.' I learned a great kungfu-movie sound effect to go with it- the one where a guy throws a punch that whistles through the air before making a smacking impact. Verbally, it goes, 'whaaaa-pa-cheeee,' but with breathiness in place of the vowels. At home, I use the sound without the gesture. The meaning is unmistakeably dismissive. I got it from a fourth-grade kid in our neighborhood years ago.Another one that's unmistakably more humorous is to make the brushing-off action with both hands while saying, "Whoosh...whoosh." They usually crack up or give me an odd look or both. Nevertheless, the meaning is clear.
Be sure and coordinate the movement with the sound: Wrist wind-up (as in 'wax on, wax off') (whaaa). Just as hand brakes at full arm extension: (pa-cheeee)
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For the kids, there's "Go play in traffic."
In Mandarin, for "beat it", they say "gun3", "roll", or "gun3 dan4", literally "roll egg". I think the latter means, "roll like an egg", although they do have an expression like the English "bad egg", and the "dan4" might be related to that.
Anyone know why Spanish has "Leche!" ("milk") as an (impolite?) exclamation? I recall learning that "Ese gato bebe leche" ("That cat drinks milk") wasn't a nice thing to say about a guy, but I don't think I ever found out why.
In Mandarin, for "beat it", they say "gun3", "roll", or "gun3 dan4", literally "roll egg". I think the latter means, "roll like an egg", although they do have an expression like the English "bad egg", and the "dan4" might be related to that.
Anyone know why Spanish has "Leche!" ("milk") as an (impolite?) exclamation? I recall learning that "Ese gato bebe leche" ("That cat drinks milk") wasn't a nice thing to say about a guy, but I don't think I ever found out why.
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Not a linguist (and my Spanish has declined from "barely usable" over the years) but I seem to remember that was just part of the phrase - the whole thing meant somthing like "*** in your mother's milk". Not a phrase I normally use.Darwin wrote:Anyone know why Spanish has "Leche!" ("milk") as an (impolite?) exclamation? I recall learning that "Ese gato bebe leche" ("That cat drinks milk") wasn't a nice thing to say about a guy, but I don't think I ever found out why.
My Cantonese is worse than my Spanish, but I do know a little - and my wife was embarassed that I was able to translate her mother's vehement, all-purpose, "Gow Sai!" (Dog ***).
One occasionally heard from my Grandfather: "Christ on a pogo stick!"
Heard from my uncle, who was trying to teach my cousin to drive a tractor: "You drive like an old lady spreading manure!" (said in a tone of deep disgust)
Can't remember where I heard the classic "I'll introduce your parents, if they ever meet". But I'm pretty sure Robert Heinlein was responsible for "Your mother barks! Your sister gives green stamps!".
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TelegramSam wrote:That's just stupid. I mean, first off, she named the kid <i>Adonis</i>. How can she expect him to be anything but spoiled? I sure as heck hope that kid grows up to be really good looking or he's going to get picked on something fierce...GaryKelly wrote:
A sad but true tale: Whilst shopping in the local supermarket over the weekend I heard a young mother scream at her mewling offspring (who was perhaps 4 years old and was shrill in his demands for sweets) "Adonis, will you shut the f*ck up!"
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That was TOTALLY off topic, dubh!!! Shame on you!dubhlinn wrote::roll:
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It even comes with replies:
'May you leave without returning.'
'I suppose a ride is out of the question.'
'May you leave without returning.'
'I suppose a ride is out of the question.'
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