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  • Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭Das Reich


    "kiss my ass" firts time I heard I thought the man was gay.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭Marhay70


    Elemonator wrote: »
    As mean as ditch water, what’s mean about ditch water?

    The original expression was "dull as ditch water", meaning someone or something which bored you to tears, ditch water is indeed usually dull.
    I don't know where the variant comes from.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,613 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Does this work?

    Context needed, I was on holidays in Prague, an American tried to by a pretzel of a street vender with US Dollars. He went back to his buddies and was amazed she wouldn't accept his foreign money. Went to an ATM and went back over to her with his "does this work" spiel. Yea it does you clown, it's legal tender in the country! Ass!

    First they came for the socialists...



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭Immortal Starlight


    No brainer. Always makes me feel sick.


  • Registered Users Posts: 333 ✭✭Cyclepath


    Maybe I should calm down and not get too worked up about this stuff...

    After all, Only God can judge me, and I'm just tryna live my best life!!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Not expressions but shortened words like 'fab' and 'hun' and pricks who write 'hon (insert sports team here)'
    Also comments under a Facebook pic of some woman where her friends write 'stunning'. No she's not. It's an awful picture and you know it!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Standman


    "Let me be very clear" - can we just take it for granted now that politicians are being/have been very clear so we can skip that useless phrase.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,518 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    Partner. Just say girlfriend or whatever. I remember starting a new management job a few years back. This woman introduces herself as my new bosses partner. I assume business partner and start rattling off my plans for the place. She's nodding away politely and I find out later she meant girlfriend.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Stevieluvsye


    Partner. Just say girlfriend or whatever. I remember starting a new management job a few years back. This woman introduces herself as my new bosses partner. I assume business partner and start rattling off my plans for the place. She's nodding away politely and I find out later she meant girlfriend.

    Yes.

    Fiance is another stupid word. Pretentious also


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,018 ✭✭✭knipex


    Das Reich wrote: »
    "kiss my ass" firts time I heard I thought the man was gay.

    Ahh now

    "Kiss my ass" is a classic.. "póg mo thóin" is the only bit of Irish many tourists ever learn..

    Dont **** with the classics man


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  • Registered Users Posts: 7 Mistynight


    "Let's be having you"


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,192 ✭✭✭bottlebrush


    We are pregnant


  • Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭Anus Von Skidmark


    We are pregnant

    Anyone who comes out with that particular nugget deserves to be blasted with piss. Litres of rancid wino piss.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    wiggle16 wrote: »
    Jesus Christ it's actually pathological with some people in here.

    Feel free to put me on ignore.


  • Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭Monkey2019


    "How bad"

    That drives me mad


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Has anyone said "binary/non binary" ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,099 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    My bad


    What does it even mean


  • Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭flower tattoo


    'It happened in front of my very eyes'

    What are very eyes???


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    LIkely already been done but

    "Be rude not to" - Go and fúck off Kevin, how would it be rude not to?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    "Stop the lights" - this phrase will put me in prison for murder.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    Hacks has replaced tips

    Hacks to remove stains from clothes for example

    How did this even start??


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭bmc58


    All these new expressions on Twitter and other sites.MYOB,IMO,etc.Why have people stopped writing properly.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,099 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    The word “ bespoke “

    When did it arrive in our vocabulary


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    "I'd drink him under the table".

    So you've built up a tolerance to alcohol and it takes more of it to give you a high. That's a great achievement alright. Apart from that, drinking someone under the table sounds like you're going to get down on your knees and perform fellatio.


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,849 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    The word “ bespoke “

    When did it arrive in our vocabulary

    Hated hipster words along with "curated" and "artisan".


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 587 ✭✭✭Redneck Reject


    Com'ere I'll tell you a question, has to be mine. Confused me for a bit until I figured it meant ask you a question.


  • Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭Anus Von Skidmark


    Has anyone said "binary/non binary" ?

    That's perfectly acceptable if you are discussing a number's base, and whether it is binary, octal, hex etc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,845 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Touching me

    Touching you..


  • Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭Anus Von Skidmark


    CoBo55 wrote: »
    Touching you..
    Just don't touch kids. Never touch kids.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    CoBo55 wrote: »
    Touching you..

    Sweeeeeeet Caroline...


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