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@MamaMoose: agreed! And I shorten it to just cluster if I'm trying not to drop the f bomb!
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My FIL and DH call everything a "session" (dinner session, shower session, family session). My family always referred to private parts as your "business", which no one around here does. And, I think this may be more common in the south (where my mom is from) but a bunch of blankets on the floor for sleeping like at a sleepover is called a "pallett".
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@JamieLee: Michigan, you?
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My dad says jeez-o-flip, and we call people pal when we're mad at them (like, in traffic). Dad always did that when cursing bad drivers under his breath.
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@Marfi: My mom says something similar..."sew buttons on your old man's underwear." I've always hated it and I never say it.
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How funny I've always heard "sew buttons on t-shirts" from my mom and her mom.
We all say "Jiminy Crickets" in place of "holy sh*t" or "omg".
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@Beyond2: we use Herman to describe really stupid moments we have or stupid people we encounter. It stems from an fast food encounter my mom and I had when I was 13 or so. The cashier took 20 minutes to get our order correct. We swear it was him not us.
@Anagram: plus one for dagnamit. My dad says that all the time.
My mom says yeah, yeah and it's funny because she soundsnlike P Diddy with the take that, take that.
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@Bao: same! Definitely must be a state thing, or at least a Midwest thing!
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My grandma used to say this and we still say it "Moving like dead lice are falling off of you." It means going super slow!
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@bpcmarj: Yeah, we say pallet too. We used to sleep on pallets when we stayed at my grandma's house.lol
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@MrsTiz: my dad said Jiminy Crickets, too!
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These are hilarious.
My family says "Atta go, Harry" when we mean 'well, that was an idiot move'. They also use 'hands up, Harry' when changing kids (like, raise your hands so I can pull your shirt over your head).No idea who Harry is, or why he's so prevalent in our family.
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Let's see. I live in the Pac NW- grew up in Portland and now in the Seattle area. My grandparents call the couch the "davenport." My dad always tried to get us to say "pass gas" instead of fart. We call all soda "pop" which is apparently weird to some people living in other parts of the country. We call umbrellas "bumbershoots" sometimes. My dad says "Jimminy Crickets," too
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Whenever we say "We're gonna run to the store" or "I gotta run home real quick" my FIL always quips "Well, Lord it'll be faster if you drive."
EVERYTIME
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My family always called farts "gassers" and I did not know that wasn't what everyone called them until probably middle school.
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@Danizaur: hahahaha. I'm adopting this.
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@Bao: @MamaMoose: We say "for Pete's sake!"
Pete gets a lot of attention around the world!
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We call an unfinished drink a "Vanna". Like, who left this Vanna beer? I don't know who Vanna is.
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@aprk: I didn't learn that Slippy wasn't a word until graduate school....
how embarrassing that was lol
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@erinpye: I live in the Portland area and my Grandparents use to call the couch a davenport too, I never understood it! I also hear pass gas a lot, and all "soda" is pop no matter what!
@mrs.lord: @mamamoose: cluster f*ck is a favorite in our house.
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@rahlyrah: I grew up saying "goin down the shore." (NJ)
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my family used a lot of random Yiddish phrases growing up, like "cvetching" (complaining) or "kvelling" (praising) or "having schpilkes" (throwing a fit) but there's one I think my parents made up that my husband is always super confused when I use-- "fi-cocked," which basically means f**ked up, like if something breaks or gets messed up
dh also looks at me funny when I say "easy peasey pumpkin pie" or "man oh man oh jeez oh petez"
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@TheSwissWifeStyle: haha I grew up going to the Jersey Shore and I was going to say the same thing : )
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Haha these are great
I used to just say "sew buttons" when I was young but I don't know where I heard it.
My grandpa always said scrumdiddlyumptious when things tasted good.
My husband and I always call frozen chicken strips/tenders/nuggets "chickies" lol.
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When a door slams and no one's around, we blame it on Honkus. He's the ghost that just slams doors. And my grandmother really did say that the devil was beating his wife when it rained while the sun was out.
Also, quotes from Christmas Vacation or A Christmas Story are universally applicable and always appropriate, no matter what time of year it is.
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We call a pacifier a patu. I think my wife made it up when she was a baby.
I had a friend that always said "sew pants" instead of the "sew buttons on your underwear." his grandfather was a tailor.
I grew up in Oregon and we always called the beach "the coast" and never the beach. I think the beach means somewhere warm and sunny and the coast is cold and rainy.
I adore the Sweet Honey Iced Tea saying. That's the cutest thing I've ever heard.
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