I don't know why I like this saying, but it makes me laugh!
Whenever I get riled up or angry about something, or if I'm being extra "irreverent", I tend to hear people say:
"Well, you're full of piss and vinegar today, aren't ya?"
When have you not been full of piss and vinegar, Little Darlin'? ;D;) :-*
Ver' good friends. My mother sends me news clippings from Buck's English that talk about folksy expressions and funky English usage. These are peppered with local characters like Ms. Clarisse Van Beauregard and Betty Jean Hackberry and places like Curly's Soonerco, and the Swayback Daily Kick newspaper. It's written by Gene Owens of South Carolina. You know of him friend Truman??Here's an exchange from Buck's English:
I tend to like adverbs derived from adjectives, like relentlessly, endlessly, redoubtably...
Exactly! Adverbs add color and depth to the mundane.
Onamata-poetic :) word are my next favorite like 'babble' and 'bubble'.
I like sizzle and woof and whack and rustle too! :D
I like "There's a lid for every jar." :D
For example, when someone shares an item of gossip with me, such as "Did you hear that Justin and Bamber have become foot fetishists?" my standard response is "There's a lid for every jar," delivered in a blasé monotone. I feel more cool ;) and in-control ::) when saying "There's a lid for every jar," which I prefer to the alternative "Get outa here!" ;D
Justin and Bamber are FOOT FETISHISTS???? Get outa here!!
;D :laugh: :laugh:
Exactly! Adverbs add color and depth to the mundane.
Onamata-poetic :) word are my next favorite like 'babble' and 'bubble'.
I like to imagine that those little word fragments date back to caveman days. Like maybe back then they grunted "GLLL" when they saw a light, or "GRRRR" to indicate the ground.:D Oooooh, I love this SC !! I will ponder on that image a while ... :D
Funny! Y'all remind me of Annie Proulx. I remember reading about how she loved the word bishop, because it sounded like slip and shlep, (or something like that) and she liked to imagine a tipsy bishop running through the woods.
For instance, words that start with GL have to do with light:
Glow, glisten, glimmer, glass, glare, glint ...
I love letters, vowels, consonants, diphthongs, all of them.
LMNO
I saw one today that was interesting: "cognitive dysplasia," which supposedly means the feeling when you're about to leave the house that you've forgotten something and won't remember it until you're on the highway.
I'm not crazy about the term itself, but what a useful concept! That happens to me all the time.