Phrases that don't exist but should

IamtheWalrus

I was eating Chinese food at home with my family. There was too much of my dish left so I asked the rest of them 'does anyone want any of this?'. Being polite, everyone said no. I then asked again, saying that the rest will go into the bin. I then had many takers.

There should have been a phrase for me to offer my food, with the fact that, otherwise, it was going in the bin being implicit. I think saying that the food would be binned was a bit negative/unfriendly.

I wonder are there other phrases that could do with being invented.

bodice ripper

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniglet

Sniglet is a neologism, popularized by comedian/actor Rich Hall during his tenure on the 1980s HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News. Each episode of the monthly series featured a regular segment on sniglets, which Hall described as "any word that doesn't appear in the dictionary, but should"

Whitewinged

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I was eating Chinese food at home with my family. There was too much of my dish left so I asked the rest of them 'does anyone want any of this?'. Being polite, everyone said no. I then asked again, saying that the rest will go into the bin. I then had many takers.

There should have been a phrase for me to offer my food, with the fact that, otherwise, it was going in the bin being implicit. I think saying that the food would be binned was a bit negative/unfriendly.

I wonder are there other phrases that could do with being invented.

You could fit "don't let good food go to waste" in this case, no?

GreatDefector

Is "do you want this food before I f*ck it in the bin?" Not good enough?

Sunnyisland

You will follow a crow if someone doesn't eat that ...

SafeSurfer

go on go on go on go on go on

Joey Jo-Jo Junior

And if you still weren't able to convince them to eat it after that, you could have just put it in the fridge and labelled it as yours. You'd never see it again.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

We need a phrase equivalent to the German Backpfeifengesicht.

PopePalpatine

Shkrelibertarian - someone who takes advantage of people thanks to deregulation, or someone who calls for deregulation because they'd benefit massively from it.

sbsquarepants

Sophia Puny Hair wrote: »

We need a phrase equivalent to the German Backpfeifengesicht.

Not sure what that means, but reminded me of german class in college many years ago. Lecturer is waffling on about the word geschwisterren - now there is simply no word for this in the english language it's a strange one, it means either a brother or sister, a very handy phrase bla bla bla - then a thick culchy accent from the back somewhere "eh, kinda like a sibling you mean":D

Nodin

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I was eating Chinese food at home with my family. There was too much of my dish left so I asked the rest of them 'does anyone want any of this?'. Being polite, everyone said no. I then asked again, saying that the rest will go into the bin. I then had many takers.

There should have been a phrase for me to offer my food, with the fact that, otherwise, it was going in the bin being implicit. I think saying that the food would be binned was a bit negative/unfriendly.

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Indicate by gesture the food and the bin and say "don't be geebags now". Job done.

sabat

Uprezzing- To re-download a film or pornographic video torrent in a higher resolution (usually 1080p) because you enjoyed the sd version so much.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Not sure what that means, but reminded me of german class in college many years ago. Lecturer is waffling on about the word geschwisterren - now there is simply no word for this in the english language it's a strange one, it means either a brother or sister, a very handy phrase bla bla bla - then a thick culchy accent from the back somewhere "eh, kinda like a sibling you mean":D

The nearest I can get to it is a face that cries out to be slapped.

maudgonner

sabat wrote: »

Uprezzing- To re-download a film or pornographic video torrent in a higher resolution (usually 1080p) because you enjoyed the sd version so much.

Fecks sake sabat, I actually have to use that term in work (in a non-pornographic sense). I'm going to spend the next couple of months saying it multiple times a day and thanks to you I'll go a little bit red every time now!!

My Granny calls someone who talks all the time as an unshutupable. Someone who leaves you waiting regularly is a hangerer - someone who leaves you hanging around for them. She's got a good few, I don't know how many of them are Grannyisms or if they're Dublinisms.

The Backwards Man

My ma used the word 'wilelookinter' a lot. As in 'that dirty rug gets more wilelookinter every time I look at it'

everlast75

My friends and I have made up a few..

One that springs to mind is a "Nancy Griffith".. which is someone that isn't very attractive up close..

but from a distance...