also, i've always hated the word "douchebag". suggest replacement words for that, too, please. thank you very much. thank you.
― [email protected] (dell), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:07 (seventeen years ago)
dogtits
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:07 (seventeen years ago)
rad, gnar, dope, sweet
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:08 (seventeen years ago)
DOPE
― Surmounter, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:08 (seventeen years ago)
actually yeah all of those are good
― Surmounter, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:09 (seventeen years ago)
bogus
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:09 (seventeen years ago)
wicked
― f f murray abraham (G00blar), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:09 (seventeen years ago)
jammin, fun, fantastique!
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:12 (seventeen years ago)
sick, also try using ultra as prefix for other words in this thread e.g. ultrarad
― °° × Þ°))·ΞЊ (Lamp), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:14 (seventeen years ago)
spoobee
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:15 (seventeen years ago)
i use "rad" lots. can't help myself. i just can't help myself.
― [email protected] (dell), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:16 (seventeen years ago)
bodacious
― snoball, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:17 (seventeen years ago)
rather pleasant
― snoball, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:18 (seventeen years ago)
not entirely agreeable
"marvellous"/"magnificent"/"splendid"/"capital" (in English accent)
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:21 (seventeen years ago)
superchouette
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:22 (seventeen years ago)
"formidable!" (in Fr. accent)
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:22 (seventeen years ago)
jolly spiffingtop holesuper smashing great
― snoball, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:22 (seventeen years ago)
"class"/"tops"/"tasty"/"a'right" (in Northern English accent)
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:23 (seventeen years ago)
douchebottle
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:24 (seventeen years ago)
replacement douchebags: "pillock"/"weapon"/"imbecile"/"doofus"/"drongo"/"muppet"/"tit"/"nincompoop"/"prat"
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:25 (seventeen years ago)
well jacksonbitchin
― Henry Frog (Frogman Henry), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:26 (seventeen years ago)
douchenozzle
― f f murray abraham (G00blar), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:27 (seventeen years ago)
"pornofornocacophagomaniacal"
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:27 (seventeen years ago)
The most stupid advertising slogan I ever saw was on the side of a bottle of Picon, and just said "c'est bon". I can only conclude that there is no French equivelent of Francis Ogilvy.
― snoball, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:28 (seventeen years ago)
"muppet"? really??
god help your soul
― [email protected] (dell), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:28 (seventeen years ago)
c'mon, muppets are porno for pyros, you douchefuck
Oilragsian. Or Oilyragsesque.
― Thrills as Cheap as Gas (Oilyrags), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:30 (seventeen years ago)
for me, "weapon" is forever stained by this...http://farm1.static.flickr.com/4/4312252_1a15d51901.jpg
― snoball, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:30 (seventeen years ago)
in this sceptred isle we use "muppet" to describe any sort of lulzy incompetent doucheclitter, you numpty
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:30 (seventeen years ago)
oh, i knew it had to be some nonsense along those lines
dell on.
― [email protected] (dell), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:32 (seventeen years ago)
of the TMNT slang, tubular seems to be forgotten
― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:32 (seventeen years ago)
yeah i agree, i keep trying to bring it back but it doesnt come to the tongue as easily as 'rad' or 'awesome'
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:33 (seventeen years ago)
FUCKING awesome
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:37 (seventeen years ago)
admirationsomeastonishmentsomeesteemsomeregardsomereverencesomeshocksomestupefactionsomevenerationsome
― snoball, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:39 (seventeen years ago)
crackalackin
― Thrills as Cheap as Gas (Oilyrags), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:42 (seventeen years ago)
top hat
― bela fregosi (brownie), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:43 (seventeen years ago)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1aalo3iz9OU/SDDahvPd4HI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/DaW1PxSKqQo/s400/jawsome.jpg
― latebloomer, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:43 (seventeen years ago)
― som nambulistino (some dude), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:45 (seventeen years ago)
bombwickedtightkillerpimp
^^ none of these are acceptable, fyi
― elmo argonaut, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:50 (seventeen years ago)
by which I mean I consider the use of each an SB'able offense
― elmo argonaut, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:54 (seventeen years ago)
sweetsauce
('douchebag' stays)
― warmsherry, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:54 (seventeen years ago)
yeah, what's wrong with douchebag?
― f f murray abraham (G00blar), Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:54 (seventeen years ago)
Steaksauce (if you want to build your vocabulary from tv shows)
― Jibe, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:58 (seventeen years ago)
shitestreak
― snoball, Thursday, 12 March 2009 19:58 (seventeen years ago)
ripping
― mizzell, Thursday, 12 March 2009 20:00 (seventeen years ago)
crucial
doucherocket >>> douchebag
― WmC, Thursday, 12 March 2009 20:01 (seventeen years ago)
elmo, i am in your camp as far as those abominations go
G00blar, i've said it here before, i think, but the word reminds me too much of andrew dice clay. i blame and curse john stewart for reviving it
― [email protected] (dell), Thursday, 12 March 2009 20:01 (seventeen years ago)
heir to the massengill fortune.
― mizzell, Thursday, 12 March 2009 20:02 (seventeen years ago)
i shall instead provide an audio-visual demonstration
What exactly is this demonstrating?
― what happened? I'm confused. (sarahel), Thursday, 12 March 2009 22:20 (seventeen years ago)
the exact point where all 3 collide
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Thursday, 12 March 2009 22:21 (seventeen years ago)
It's hard judging for me, as I don't know the context of the protest or the footage, apart from it being some sort of NYU protest. But it was funny that the narrator criticized the "other side" for drinking corporate water, while proudly identifying the brand names of his Apple products (e.g. macbook vs. laptop).
― what happened? I'm confused. (sarahel), Thursday, 12 March 2009 22:26 (seventeen years ago)
― latebloomer, Thursday, 12 March 2009 23:06 (seventeen years ago)
(spoken wistfully, with a hint of sultry passion) "exquisite"
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Thursday, 12 March 2009 23:09 (seventeen years ago)
I'm partial to "delightful" myself
― if you like it then you shoulda put a donk on it (bernard snowy), Thursday, 12 March 2009 23:11 (seventeen years ago)
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/hist100.96/elc/grungehoax.gif
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Thursday, 12 March 2009 23:13 (seventeen years ago)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/sexymollusk/aweshorrormovieke6.gif
― latebloomer, Thursday, 12 March 2009 23:17 (seventeen years ago)
i like nifty
http://thebottlecapman.com/images/Unused%20Soda%20Cork2/Nifty%20Appleberry.jpg
for emphasis you can say, "pretty nifty." or "super nifty," i guess, though that seems like overkill. usually just nifty works fine.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Friday, 13 March 2009 01:44 (seventeen years ago)
oh and for "douchebag," i recommend "jackass." with or without the johnny knoxville association, it works either way.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Friday, 13 March 2009 01:46 (seventeen years ago)
Dude-ical (dudical?) - a compound of "dude" & "radical"
― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Friday, 13 March 2009 02:10 (seventeen years ago)
'lethal' is quite big in norn iron. occasionally 'lethal days'. tends to be used in a quite ironic way refernecing scally chat
― straightola, Friday, 13 March 2009 10:47 (seventeen years ago)
i could see myself using "lethal" but really it's gotta be time for MEGA to make a comeback.
― Twitter Shitter & The Purple Hernias (Upt0eleven), Friday, 13 March 2009 11:48 (seventeen years ago)
Lethal being the Norn Irn counterpart of DEADLY?
― That's When I Reach For My Sriracha (suzy), Friday, 13 March 2009 11:57 (seventeen years ago)
i think deadly is big round belfast, lethal is more derry i think considering it s the only place in n.ireland ive really spent any time (18 years)
― straightola, Friday, 13 March 2009 12:01 (seventeen years ago)
Please keep using mega, rad, tubular, crucial so I can pretend it's 1989 and I can be excited about what will be on the tapes of this month's ZX Spectrum magazines and if I'll see a coin-op of Toobin' or Crude Dudes to lose a few 10ps in soon.
Have heard "deadly" a lot from Belfast people and can't recall hearing "lethal" more than once or twice, but then I'm not a native and it sounds like the people I know are a decade older too. "oh that's deadly, that's just class... that's word, so it is"
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 13 March 2009 12:07 (seventeen years ago)
I like the early 90s UK rave idiom: safe, sound, sorted, nice one, wicked. But I say ace, or even aces, a lot. In the US, does cool not just mean awesome? Or does it still have some reserved, rarefied connotation?
I HATE douchebag. What a horrible word. No-one says it over here, though, do they? Fucking prick or smarmy cunt. Or just git? I like git, for some reason. Tosser?
― Jamie T Smith, Friday, 13 March 2009 12:19 (seventeen years ago)
it's hard to use 'douchebag' irl without feeling a bit self-conscious. it's a bit of a 'guardian guide wanker' thing to say, as in http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/dec/13/douchebags-of-the-year
however, saying 'd-bag' is hilarious imo.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Friday, 13 March 2009 12:25 (seventeen years ago)
this shit is fucking royal
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Friday, 13 March 2009 12:37 (seventeen years ago)
champion
― calumerio, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:21 (seventeen years ago)
i have a lot of friends who just say 'bag
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Friday, 13 March 2009 13:32 (seventeen years ago)
Man I cringe hearing bowdlerized "d-bag" when DOUCHEBAG is just so completely phonetically satisfying.
At slivered Venn intersection of retard, douchebag and tool: "Boehner" (BAY-ner)
― Hadrian VIII, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:33 (seventeen years ago)
'bag' as in 'you old bag' is already an actual insult in the uk
xpost
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Friday, 13 March 2009 13:34 (seventeen years ago)
Is this instead of "awesome" or "douchebag"?
― This is the day when fisticuffs happened everywhere (country matters), Friday, 13 March 2009 13:35 (seventeen years ago)
"cool" in french still has the classical american meaning, i.e. easygoing, unruffled
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:35 (seventeen years ago)
xposthttp://www.sausagenet.com/i/p/654-0.jpg"We are the douchebags"
― snoball, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:37 (seventeen years ago)
balls...http://www.sausagenet.com/i/p/654-0.jpg
― snoball, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:38 (seventeen years ago)
Is this instead of "awesome" or "douchebag"?The former. "Champ" is for the latter.
― calumerio, Friday, 13 March 2009 13:54 (seventeen years ago)
stfu champ
― \∫Öζ/.... argh oh noes! (ken c), Friday, 13 March 2009 14:55 (seventeen years ago)
LOL 'deadly' makes sense as a Belfastism; first person I heard use it was Andy Cairns (who also schooled me on what a 'spide' was).
― That's When I Reach For My Sriracha (suzy), Friday, 13 March 2009 14:59 (seventeen years ago)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x18/mdizzle04/barneystinson-1-1.jpg
LEGENDARY
― lolling through my bagel (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 13 March 2009 15:11 (seventeen years ago)
I can't really handle "nifty" because "nift" is Amharic for snot
― nabisco, Friday, 13 March 2009 17:33 (seventeen years ago)
so is that the ancient base of 'sniff'?
― That's When I Reach For My Sriracha (suzy), Friday, 13 March 2009 17:34 (seventeen years ago)
Totally different language groups, but apparently English sniff/snivel run back to something like "snofl" meaning mucus, so ... maybe there's some way-ancient (onomatopoeia?) "SNF" base that's informing them all?
― nabisco, Friday, 13 March 2009 17:38 (seventeen years ago)
*snort*
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 13 March 2009 17:45 (seventeen years ago)
In the US, does cool not just mean awesome?
Funny, I was listening to a This American Life podcast this morning and was slightly taken aback at someone's old-fashioned use of the word "awesome," as in "the extent of the financial crisis is truly awesome."
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Friday, 13 March 2009 17:56 (seventeen years ago)
Howabout 'stellar'?
― kate78, Friday, 13 March 2009 18:08 (seventeen years ago)
I feel like people still use that sense a lot, J! Although I guess it's often in a somewhat religious context. (Cf Obama's "we worship an awesome god" line.)
― nabisco, Friday, 13 March 2009 18:11 (seventeen years ago)
"God is awesome" was a fairly common bumpersticker at one point ...
― what happened? I'm confused. (sarahel), Friday, 13 March 2009 19:29 (seventeen years ago)
i hate the word ace being used as awesome
i never heard cherry or diesel being used but they wouldn't sound right either
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 13 March 2009 20:05 (seventeen years ago)
super-non-disappointing
― Aimless, Friday, 13 March 2009 20:08 (seventeen years ago)
jaw-slack-inspiring
― Aimless, Friday, 13 March 2009 20:11 (seventeen years ago)
drop-to-knees-able
― Aimless, Friday, 13 March 2009 20:12 (seventeen years ago)
bowel-delighting
― Aimless, Friday, 13 March 2009 20:14 (seventeen years ago)
"lovely"
I actually spoke to a press officer for a news story this week who was clarifying for me that a man who died when he was struck by a loose lorry wheel was on foot and at the end I said "that's lovely, fantastic, thanks for your help", exposing how desensitised I am.
― Local Garda, Friday, 13 March 2009 20:14 (seventeen years ago)
nous-ful
― Aimless, Friday, 13 March 2009 20:15 (seventeen years ago)
(Cf Obama's "we worship an awesome god" line.)
I think you're right that "awesome God" is still used frequently, but it's not as jarring, since the speaker presumably finds God to be both awe-inspiring and, well, cool. I don't think anyone is willing to claim that the financial crisis is a pretty sweet sitch we're in.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Friday, 13 March 2009 20:16 (seventeen years ago)
gurnworthy
― Aimless, Friday, 13 March 2009 20:17 (seventeen years ago)
terrifying
― Aimless, Friday, 13 March 2009 20:21 (seventeen years ago)
great, now i have to pretend i don't know that. don't ruin words for me!
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Friday, 13 March 2009 20:55 (seventeen years ago)