Guest andymansavage Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 The thread on words got me thinking about this. Here is my number one!!!! "I could care less" The phrase is; "I couldn't care less", meaning that you don't care. if you "could care less" , than you do care some!!! What about "all of the sudden" vs "all of a sudden".......... Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Misused phrases OK, OK.........here's one that is pretty common here in the South, but I refuse to say it. As a matter of fact, I don't even understand it. People say "pure-in-teen". As in....... "She was just pure-in-teen dumb when she married him!" I would say that I hope I am spelling it correctly , but LOL.....it's not even a real word!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Re: Misused phrases Ahhh........... Jeff Foxworthy would be proud of us on here and our lingo we tend to toss around and misuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Misused phrases Ooooo......I forgot one..... and I don't guess you could call it a misused phrase but just a saying. I dunno. Anyway................ "slap out" As in: " We are slap out of gas!!" ( And yeah, I'm guilty of saying this........sorry. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Misused phrases [ QUOTE ] Ooooo......I forgot one..... and I don't guess you could call it a misused phrase but just a saying. I dunno. Anyway................ "slap out" As in: " We are slap out of gas!!" ( And yeah, I'm guilty of saying this........sorry. ) [/ QUOTE ] That's funny right there. I'm going to have to remember that come school time. "You're slap out of time boy!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exturkinator Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Misused phrases [ QUOTE ] People say "pure-in-teen". As in....... "She was just pure-in-teen dumb when she married him!" [/ QUOTE ] Do you mean "purt-near"?? Like "Man that was awfully close - that guy huddled over there in them weeds missed them ducks and purt-near shot me in the buttocks." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Misused phrases [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] People say "pure-in-teen". As in....... "She was just pure-in-teen dumb when she married him!" [/ QUOTE ] Do you mean "purt-near"?? Like "Man that was awfully close - that guy huddled over there in them weeds missed them ducks and purt-near shot me in the buttocks." [/ QUOTE ] Nope not purt-near. That's hick for "almost". Some folks say pure-n-tee and some say pure-n-teen or pure-n-teed. "He just pure-n-teed lied to me" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Misused phrases My wife still says "he was running pell mel." which I think is weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Misused phrases I have never heard the phrase "slap out" Around cheer foaks kin run "slap dab outta gas", and then walk slap dab down the middle of the road to git somemore from that dadburn gas station whut sits over dair roun da corner. ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Misused phrases Not misused, but my buddy in FLA always says "Dad gummit...." when he gets mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Re: Misused phrases Throw the cow over the fence some hay!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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