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

Hunchback

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

Isn't it a weird phenomenon?

Truth is, we prolly didn't make up these phrases. But did you ever get the feeling that it was YOU who first coined a phrase that caught on?

Obviously, when you post, some else will prolly say "rubbish, i heard that when I was 2".

But , thats not the issue. The issue is, when you heard somebody else use a phrase, and you have to scratch your head and ask yourself if YOU are responsible for its invention.

I definitely made up the phrase 'shamer', referring to an embarrassing situation. And, having read it elsewhere this evening, I was reminded that i made up 'ledgebag'. ....(apologies).

Are there any phrases you feel you made up? Does everyone feel this?:pac:

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mackeire

Ston it.
It means to bags the end of someting.
Someone lites up a smoke. You shout 'ston the smoke' and they HAVE to leave you the end of it.
Used to also work for cans and food!

mackeire

A traveller fellow I knew used to say 'i'll bate ya up and down in 5 minutes'. Meaning he'll beat you up.

He wasnt the brightest of lads.

Leaving Cert Student

Should one fail to disclose information of an obviously relevant and interesting nature, one is considered to be dextering. Derives from the hit tv show "Dexter" about a man who moonlights as a serial killer.

Eg. James, you never mentioned you got fingers up Stacy... Quit Dextering and tell us the whole story!

Hunchback

im invisible wrote: »

I invented 'prolly' for probably

I salute you

WoollyRedHat

The question mark.

Standard Toaster

Karsini wrote: »

Not me but my brother. Tried to say skanger and slag at the same time and said "skag" instead. Stuck with us, but it seems it is a proper word anyway. :pac:

Mel Gibson invented that word in Mad Max....cira 1979

Leaving Cert Student

Two more gems...

ThunderCunt: An absolute dickhead.
and
Fagsmith: One who's expertise is in the field of ******ness.

Odats

When I was working in Haiti in 2011 we had a phrase for certain nympho expat NGO female workers. She's partial to a bit of Clonakilty.

IdidIt

The word - tonze

Person without intelligence or social grace. They start talking and your eyes glaze over because everything they say is bollox.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Jersey Crikes instead of Jesus Christ. I made it up so as not to offend holy joes and use it regularly. I've never heard anyone else use it but ya never know, it might catch on but probably not buy ya never know maybe but unlikely.

Seaneh

"Do a Christopher Reeve"

As in "you'd want to get off that horse before you do a Christopher Reeve "

as in; stop trying to claim the moral high ground and stop being a ****

Edit: It's entirely possible someone else has said this before me, but I never heard it.

amdublin

Seaneh wrote: »

"Do a Christopher Reeves"

As in "you'd want to get off that horse before you do a Christopher Reeves "

as in; stop trying to claim the moral high ground and stop being a ****

Edit: It's entirely possible someone else has said this before me, but I never heard it.

When did christopher Reeves do that

Blondini

stankratz wrote: »

One i'm fairly sure I came up with by chance is quite offensive. I know this is AH but I don't want to piss off an entire demographic with five letters. It's not racist or homophobic though, yes I'm aware that I'm virtually doing that 'I've a secret but I can't tell' thing and am therefore a cúnt:o So allow me to make it up to you with another one, one that is now legendary in the area of its origins. This is the story of 'Good man lads'.

In my hometown which is in the countryside, a common form of greeting amongst familiars is 'Well', as in 'Well Bob, your name is a palindrome!' A similar unorthodox greeting albeit from man to man is 'Good man', whether he is a good man or not is completely irrelevant, as in 'Good man Clive, are you off the sex offenders register yet?'

So, one day in the distant-enough past, me and my friend Andy were in his sitting room watching a football match on tv. Amongst us elders were Andy's younger brother and his friends. I got a call from a mate, let's call him Steve, to see where we were, he was doing the rounds and was going to call up. Now Steve is a bit of a character in the area and beyond, and not by choice. I am full sure there will be a book about him and his -isms some day, he has touched many peoples' lives!

Anyway, up to the house he came. Football isn't his thing and besides that the room was a bit crowded and stuffy, so me and Andy said we'd go outside to meet him. But just as we were about to leave the room, there was a goal in the match. Between air-punching and watching the replay we forgot about Steve and into the room he came. Everyone looked in his direction, the young lads in the room knew him and all said 'Well Steve' and the like, he simply looked around a bit confused and said quite nobley 'Good man lads', I broke my shíte laughing, as did all in the room. When we left the young lads had tears rolling down their cheeks.

Me and Andy had to explain to him going up the road why everyone was laughing,which is part of the reason it is quite funny. The man doesn't set out to say these things and if he told a joke, it would not be funny and quite possibly mixed up with 5 other jokes. Within weeks I saw boyracers going around the town with a banner saying 'Good man lads' on the top of the windscreen where it would usually say 'no fear' or some other shíte. It has worked its way naturally into every day speech amongst at least 100 people. In fairness, it is quite a useful greeting. That's my way-too-long contribution.

TL:DR 'Good man lads' For those times when greeting everyone in a room individually is a) too much hassle and/or b) when you can't remember everyone's name.

Jaysus

Too Long DID READ
BOR-FCUJKING

Seaneh

amdublin wrote: »

When did christopher Reeve do that

Reeve. Not reeves. No idea why i added the s.

May 27th 1995 btw.

amdublin

Seaneh wrote: »

Reeve. Not reeves. No idea why i added the s.

May 27th 1995 btw.

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

Larkin00

Red Hot

I didn't make it up but I got most people around me saying it on a daily basis.

It is generally used to describe a dodgey situation, place, person etc. In fact it has evolved to mean anything that isn't 100% ok.

Example:
"This place is red hot, we should get out of here"
"The head on your man", "I know, he's red hot"

And so on....

feargale

im invisible wrote: »

I invented 'prolly' for probably

When, invisible?

PinkFly

Snicicles

For when it's Baltic out, so cold infact your snots have turned into icicles

To Alcohol

She'd get it....

senorwipesalot

Tiddint.

Its the space between your balls and arse.

Tiddint your balls and tiddint your arse.

Oh yeah,i also coined the phrase "me tits are withered" (meaning one is rather fed up)

Hunchback

senorwipesalot wrote: »

Tiddint.

Its the space between your balls and arse.

Tiddint your balls and tiddint your arse.

Oh yeah,i also coined the phrase "me tits are withered" (meaning one is rather fed up)

I believe the space between the bollocks and the arse is called the 'barse'......or the 'ABC'.... Arse to Bollock Connector

SafeSurfer

Oonah - An Una

A member of the female sex, who when viewed from a distance appear attractive but on closer inspection are unappealing.

Ms. Pingui

Bum crevasse. it means your arse crack

Hunchback

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Oonah - An Una

A member of the female sex, who when viewed from a distance appear attractive but on closer inspection are unappealing.

in other words, an LRR ( low resolution ridebag)

stop animal cruelty

instead of saying ah sh*t, l use say "ah sh*t in it"

Leaving Cert Student

"A Fritzel job"

When a task has been carried out with adequate care and diligence and the likelihood of failure appears slim. Deriving from the structurally admirable feat of engineering carried out by Josef Fritzel in converting his basement into a fully capable dungeon.

Meangadh

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.

Sinfonia

amdublin wrote: »

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

I *think* what he means is:

Christopher Reeve was famously thrown from a horse.
When one assumes a moral high ground, they are often said to be "on their high horse".

Thus, to "Do a Christopher Reeve" essentially means to be on a (high) horse.
Presumably Frankie Dettori or John Wayne would work too, unless the Christopher Reeve example is intended to imply that if you stay on your high horse, it will end in disaster.

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CKonetheonlyone wrote: »

I believe the space between the bollocks and the arse is called the 'barse'......or the 'ABC'.... Arse to Bollock Connector

or a localised one up here, the 'neither' (ny-der, not nee-der), to be used similarly to 'tiddint'.

Queen-Mise

"Fcuking Eejit Syndrome" - for those times after doing something particularly stupid and the shame/embarrassment hasn't gone away yet. This one is weird because sometimes the syndrome can come on for no apparent reason

Skillage - as in 'someone showed great 'skillage' in that game.