Favourite expressions

[Vanillaphant]

Sayings, phrases etc. Whether they’re widely used or stupidly obscure… Bring ‘em on!

Cheeyers. 🙂

 

[Sensualswitch10]

What in the cat hair?

 

[Bator]

When something breaks down or is no longer functional, we say it shit the bed.

 

[Vanillaphant]

What in the cat hair?

Can't say I've heard that one!

When something breaks down or is no longer functional, we say it shit the bed.

"Shit the bed" is used here in the UK, but I think I've only ever heard it used as an exclamation of surprise. Like when "Oh my God" doesn't quite cut it: "Shit the bed!" lol And if something's broken, it's knackered. I tend to use "knackered" quite a lot. Good word.

 

[arachnid95]

When you need an interjection and you're feeling a little silly and wordy:
"Jesus Christ on a bike riding to church on a Sunday!"
Thank you for this one, Jacksepticeye. Thank you... XD

 

[duderino84]

One day you'll look back and laugh.

 

[Bator]

"Shit the bed" is used here in the UK, but I think I've only ever heard it used as an exclamation of surprise. Like when "Oh my God" doesn't quite cut it: "Shit the bed!" lol And if something's broken, it's knackered. I tend to use "knackered" quite a lot. Good word.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I'm originally from the UK. I just returned from vacation there. We also use the term knackered to describe a state of drunkenness lol We rented a car in London and drove to my Grandparent's home in Edinburgh, stopping over for a few nights in Chester, Bath, Liverpool, Glasgow and the Drovers Inn in the north end of Loch Lomond, apparently it was good enough for Rob Roy lol. My Grandpa is a wee bit of a history buff, he was telling my cousins and I of the great London fire in 1666 and about the houses having thatch roofs. He told us that rats, mice and birds would build their nests in the thatch and the eaves of the houses were low enough for dogs and cats to climb up as well. He said when it rained it would get very slippery and they would slide off onto the street from time to time, so that's where the saying " it's raining cats and dogs" originated.

 

[Sensualswitch10]

Excuses are like assholes. Everybody's got one.

 

[likeasong]

When something goes wrong, I usually either say "Fuck a duck!" or "I meant to do that."

 

[Sensualswitch10]

When something goes wrong, I usually either say "Fuck a duck!" or "I meant to do that."

Love that saying!

 

[april]

It's all Greek to me

 

[drewskee]

I love the term "apeshit" to describe when somebody's going crazy or having a fit. "He went apeshit!"

 

[likeasong]

Love that saying!

Ha! I actually got it from a Garfield comic strip where Garfield sees a pie sitting atop a stool, and he tilts the stool toward him to catch the pie. Instead the pie hits the floor, the stool seat goes in his mouth, and he breaks the fourth wall and says, "I meant to do that."

 

[Vanillaphant]

Yes, I'm originally from the UK. I just returned from vacation there. We also use the term knackered to describe a state of drunkenness lol We rented a car in London and drove to my Grandparent's home in Edinburgh, stopping over for a few nights in Chester, Bath, Liverpool, Glasgow and the Drovers Inn in the north end of Loch Lomond, apparently it was good enough for Rob Roy lol. My Grandpa is a wee bit of a history buff, he was telling my cousins and I of the great London fire in 1666 and about the houses having thatch roofs. He told us that rats, mice and birds would build their nests in the thatch and the eaves of the houses were low enough for dogs and cats to climb up as well. He said when it rained it would get very slippery and they would slide off onto the street from time to time, so that's where the saying " it's raining cats and dogs" originated.

Ah OK, cool. And I didn't know that about the "raining cats and dogs" thing. Interesting! 🙂

One day you'll look back and laugh.

Yup. Probably the same day somebody says, "Hey, look at that funny thing behind you!" 😀

I like that one, too. It's a good sentiment.

 

[wolfman40]

I love the term "apeshit" to describe when somebody's going crazy or having a fit. "He went apeshit!"

We sometimes use Batshit crazy here 🙂

I like fuck a duck- occasionaly come out with wank a duck too 😛

 

[likeasong]

If I'm in a place where I can't swear, but am frustrated, instead of saying the full mofo, I'll say "Mother Russia!" I hope this doesn't offend any Russian members or members of Russian descent. It's a common enough phrase, and "Russia" has pretty much the vowel sounds as the word it pinch hits for, so I say it as a slightly more polite alternative.

 

[Bugman]

When something breaks down or is no longer functional, we say it shit the bed.

My friends and I used to say well shit the bed Fred!

A favorite of mine is well hells bells.

I knew a guy who's favorite was oh holy hell.

 

[Bator]

My Grandma on Mum's side of the family says Jesus Murphy when she is angry, she thinks by saying Murphy it lets her off the hook lol Btw, Murphy is an Irish surname and Grandpa is from Belfast. I just find that hilarious 😀

 

[arachnid95]

I like to add random words to the end of "shit" for custom-made swears. Some of them make sense, others... not so much.
A few choice examples:
Shit stains!
Shitsnacks!
Shit on a stick!
Shitfire (save the fucking matches)!
Shitlord!
Shit-in-a-can!
Shit on a triscuit! (I've only used that one once... XD)

 

[trainman3004]

One I use as an expression of surprise: Well I'll be hand dipped.

 

[Bugman]

My Grandma on Mum's side of the family says Jesus Murphy when she is angry, she thinks by saying Murphy it lets her off the hook lol Btw, Murphy is an Irish surname and Grandpa is from Belfast. I just find that hilarious 😀

Haha, your granny sounds like a great gal! 😀

 

[desdemona]

Ok, when someone brings you drama: Not my circus, not my monkeys.

My grandmother had lots of fun phrases for "swearing"- Bolshevik! Son of a biscuit eater! And God Bless America.

 

[Mitchell]

110 percent. (For someone giving it everything they have, and then some)

"There's one person's side of the argument, the other person's side of the argument, and the truth is somewhere in between".

(Unfortunately, the person who says this, not saying who they are, also believes that their side of the argument is the only side of the argument)

 

[drewskee]

We sometimes use Batshit crazy here 🙂

I like fuck a duck- occasionaly come out with wank a duck too 😛

"Batshit crazy" also gets used frequently by me.

 

[The Internet]

"Why not, let's do it....just for shits and giggles...."

That's always a good one. Hard to keep a straight face on that one.

Also, my Grandpa would say, when someone like..Loni Anderson would come onscreen.... "Holy Christmas, she's built like a brick shithouse!" 😀

PS: Best use of the word "batshit crazy", lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtjCw8zKYbQ