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[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

There are certain things people say that should be banned:

  • When saying that you haven't done or seen something in a while, don't say "a minute" instead. I will ask what happened sixty seconds ago and make you a fool.
  • When talking about where you live, you don't "stay at", you live at a place.
  • And being afraid of the word "moist" makes you sound like a toddler who doesn't want a bath.
  • One more, "amaze-balls" and "automagic" are not words and make you sound like a toddler who doesn't want a bath.
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Can you give me an example of the first two points? I haven't encountered that colloquialism yet. I've heard "a hot minute," which is clearly a just a figure of speech and would be absurd to ridicule, but it sounds like you're talking about something else. I just don't understand the second. I'm absolutely certain there's some slang being used in circles I don't frequent, so I'm not questioning you, I'm just curious. What's the hip new slang, dog?

I admit to using amaze-balls. So does my wife, sometimes. It's an amaze-balls term.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago
  • I haven't been to Taco Bell in a minute.
  • My wife and I stay at Street Rd.

The second one I get the closer I am to inner city areas. The first I have been hearing more in suburban areas and outside of the inner city regions that it originated.

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