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31 March 2006

Euphemisms only you understand.
I have a very important meeting = I'm going to take a shit

If anyone asks, the meeting is "with a dude" "about a thing"
posted by pieisexactlythree 31 March | 14:04
"Stop stalking yourself" - what I have to tell myself when I get in the habit of checking my e-mail/voicemail/website excessively when I'm waiting for love letters/positive feedback/pats on the back.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 31 March | 14:05
"I have a dental appointment." Means I'm taking the day off to interview at some other, non-fucked-up, company.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 31 March | 14:07
I have a very important meeting = I'm going to take a shit

I say "I've got a 2 o'clock appointment" no matter what time it is.
posted by sciurus 31 March | 14:08
at least always one person knows what i'm on about
posted by ethylene 31 March | 14:10
Overtired = drunk
Came loose = really drunk
Time traveling = really really drunk
Cocoa butter = marijuana
Can't get my Barbie's clothes on = having big and frustrating trouble getting something designed
posted by Specklet 31 March | 14:14
(Incidentally, I just realized the above basically sums up last weekend.)
posted by Specklet 31 March | 14:15
In my house, the female anatomy is known as Koochiching County.
posted by cobra! 31 March | 14:18
not koochikoochi?

and now i feel i know specklet so much better...
posted by ethylene 31 March | 14:20
Naw, it's a very lame Minnesotan in-joke.
posted by cobra! 31 March | 14:26
"I have a dental appointment." Means I'm taking the day off to interview at some other, non-fucked-up, company.

I know that one too.
posted by drjimmy11 31 March | 14:49
"I have a headache" means I have a migraine.

"I have a bit of a headache" means I'm hungover.
posted by mudpuppie 31 March | 14:56
"Lowering a spent fuel rod into the cooling pond" makes me smile every time.
posted by Triode 31 March | 15:06
This girl I knew back in middle school thought "pedestrian" meant "prostitute." I still use that from time to time. Oh and,

I woke up late = I spent too long on Metachat this morning
I fell asleep in the shower = I spent waaaaay to long on Metachat this morning
posted by muddgirl 31 March | 15:13
whore gasket = orgasm

posted by rainbaby 31 March | 15:17
"Here comes Dr. Tran"
posted by ooga_booga 31 March | 15:19
Boink Bunny = fuck friend, friend with benefits
posted by TrishaLynn 31 March | 15:26
When I was a teenager, my then girlfriend would ask me if I want to "help her fold laundry" which meant "go down to the laundry room and "do it", if you know what I mean.

These days, I think everything sounds like a euphemism.
posted by richat 31 March | 15:27
About 15 years ago I worked for a small company that didn't provide parking, so you had to park on the street, and most of it was 2-hour or 3-hour spots. So, saying, "I have to move my car," was an accepted excuse for leaving any situation. I mostly used it to get out of really boring staff meetings -- I'd just look at my watch, look startled, and make apologetic faces as I left the room and headed for 10 minutes of blissful freedom. So for me, "I have to move my car" means "I gotta get out of this room for a bit."
posted by JanetLand 31 March | 15:28
"Bears in the server room" describes the cognitive dissonance highly technical people experience when a radical or unexpected, possibly threatening, event occurs.

A bear is slowly tearing apart the server room. The CTO walks by and sees this happening, thinks "huh, this might be a problem" and wanders off to find one of the managers. Middle Manager is at his desk.

CTO walks up and asks him about the bear.

"I was going to call building management and see if they knew anything about bears," says Middle Manager. "But I have to finish this report for the CEO right now."

"So where is the Systems Administrator?" asks the CTO.

"He isn't in yet but I think the server monitors have paged him," says the Middle Manager. "I'll call him in a few minutes."

"Okay, that works," says the CTO and wanders off to his office.

The phone rings at the Middle Manager's desk and it's the CEO. "I can't get my mail," says the CEO. "Huh, I can't get mine either," says the Middle Manager. "I'll let the Admin know. I need to call him about something else."
posted by cmonkey 31 March | 17:26
I've had too much tea = You are aggravating me.

And we just began using "snakes on a plan" as code for things that are about to go impossibly wrong at work. There are two of us that know the meaning, however.
posted by vers 31 March | 17:33
*plane, damnit. It's not Spellcheck's fault, actually.
posted by vers 31 March | 17:35
good, because snakes on a plan is just wrong
posted by ethylene 31 March | 17:38
yes, well, that might have been freudian typoking - things going wrong at work typically involve plans. Sad note: snakes on a plane is just so far wrong that I will be watching it at the drive-in. Possibly more than once. Possibly as the non-designated driver.
posted by vers 31 March | 17:51
i think the marketing and the euphemisms may be better spent.
posted by ethylene 31 March | 17:55
not really a euphemism, but "fax it to me" and "hey, why don't you fax it to me" -- used when a specific friend throws away money (or is talking about doing so) on something they never ever use, like a fax machine for the house.
posted by amberglow 31 March | 17:57
"Charlie's getting married!" refers to gratuitious male nudity. (it's from Young Guns)

posted by drjimmy11 31 March | 18:17
"Trying to get to Fremont" == Get high on crack

BART riders may or may not understand.
posted by mzurer 31 March | 18:18
"Did you see the size of that chicken?"
=
not really a euphemism but also from Young Guns and applies in many a situation

see also: "Up the butt, Bob"
posted by ethylene 31 March | 18:20
"did you see the size of that cock-a-doodle-Goddamn doo!?" - i say that too.

Not to mention:
"we're in the spirit world, asshole, they can't see us!"

and

and "he's a spppyyy!" in the funny Emilio/Billy the Kid accent.
posted by drjimmy11 31 March | 18:30
also "fap fap fap" means masturbation. Kind of self-evident, but it's a sound effect from a script my friend wrote.
posted by drjimmy11 31 March | 18:40
to draw the curtains = discrete nap at work
she-bucket lap dance = Ursula the cat's full blown mission to get in my lap, then growl when bored and dissatisfied with said lap.
f*ck me butter = any really good food
posted by moonbird 31 March | 18:50
Some make a wish on the first robin of spring. || We are Cop Rock, We Are Screech...

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