What words or phrases did you make up that people have started using?

Seaneh · 28-01-2013 02:32AM

amdublin wrote: »

I mean when did he claim the higher moral ground and be a ****?

Its more to do with the saying "come off your high horse".

Namlub · 28-01-2013 02:42AM

Meangadh wrote: »

Floordrobe.

That space where your clothes are on the floor and not in your wardrobe.

I have a perfectly good wardrobe, but my clothes inevitably end up in the floordrobe.

You didn't make that up...

pedanticpat · 28-01-2013 02:43AM

When I was a lad, no more than 8, during a game of bullrush, where often people would say 'Give me some breathing space' in order to gain some ground from the chasing pack, I once said 'give me some farting space'. This was adopted by many at the time on my street and passed along the county and beyond I daresay. I definitely made it up. Anyone ever heard it?

Lingua Franca · 28-01-2013 02:44AM

The correct term is walk-on floordrobe.

pedanticpat wrote: »

When I was a lad, no more than 8, during a game of bullrush, where often people would say 'Give me some breathing space' in order to gain some ground from the chasing pack, I once said 'give me some farting space'. This was adopted by many at the time on my street and passed along the county and beyond I daresay. I definitely made it up. Anyone ever heard it?

Nope, but it's excellent and no doubt gets you that much needed farting space sharpish!

Meangadh · 28-01-2013 02:54AM

Namlub wrote: »

You didn't make that up...

Honestly I did- as in I made it up years ago to describe my own situation of clothes all over the place, but in fairness it's kind of an obvious one so I'm sure other people have come up with the same word combination I did to result in floordrobe.

A word I did not make up but discovered at the weekend is "Interrobang", which is the word to describe an question mark and exclamation mark together, like this: "?!". It's my new favourite word... INTERROBANG!