Favourite Phrase?

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:36 pm

What's your favourite phrase? And also, do you ever use it?

I like a few but they're too good to just bust out in normal conversation as it would lessen the awesomeness of it's meaning, they have to be nurtured and conserved like a fine wine first. Then, and only then may they be brought out into the right conversation at the right time for full effect. (I sound weird

. ) Someone must know what I mean lol.

In any case, my favourite phrase at the moment has to be 'Done for V0.35'

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(Which is nothing like any of the phrases I was referring to in the big paragraph, but my favourite nonetheless. Brings a tingle to the ol' spine!)

Adamo · Post by **Adamo** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:23 pm

"would it be possible to..."

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:17 pm

I remember back in secondary school, a friend of mine had read a 2000AD comic strip where someone with a grenade in their mouth had uttered the imortal words 'Awww fumgh...' and he thought this was a brillaint one to use in times of extreme badness

As detailed in another post, I used 'dammit Ganod' for ages at one point due to a DM related experience

Currently I just remmebered a phrase that I noticed during New Years, that is one of the coolest ever, that me and my friend mocked the whole time, and is provided by Burger King, is the phrase 'Kong my Whopper!'
If that isn't the best line to use confronted by something annoying, unexpected or awe-insiring, I don't know what is. The only time I wouldn't use it is when I want extra bacon and stuff on my BK whopper - I would go the cowardly route my friend did and say 'can I have the Kong option' please

I also think that subject line has cropped up in a few of the spam threads on the RTC general forum

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:31 pm

My bad, wasn't intending for this to be spam.

In secondary school, for reasons unbeknownst to me we used to say 'It's all about the sandwich' in response to pretty much anything. 'Why does blahblah?' 'Coz it's all about the sandwich son, the sandwich'.

Also, although not a phrase, there was this Indian kid in our primary school class and went to our secondary school after too called Meenish. Me and my best friend became obsessed with this name, not the person, just the name was funny to us for whatever reason and it's stuck with us for what is roughly 14 years now. 'You're such a Meenish!' ...we also substitute the name Meenish for random words in songs if we're singing, or just general talk in a conversation. 'I've created a Meenish, but nobody wants to see Meenish no more, they wanna see Meenish, I'm chopped Meenish!'

Immaturity is often underrated.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:41 pm

I meant the phrase 'kong my whopper' = we get alot of sex spam on the RTC general forum. Actually, on these ones too now

And lol, great, now I have a new phrase with such a tenuous link to use! No one will understand it! YES!

Post by **PaulH** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:59 pm

"Fancy going for a pint?" is my favourite phrase.

Post by **PaulH** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:15 pm

My brother frequently uses: When that reaches the North Sea, it will be a danger to shipping.

Stolen from Bottom...

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:43 pm

I frequently use "XYZ is completely overrated", where XYZ includes anything from hitting a monster in a RPG to eating or breathing.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:51 am

Not a phrase, but an intonation - I hadn't realised I said 'Ok' sometimes like end guy from the 'weetabix bunch' animated averts of, ooh, 10 or 15 years ago. It got pointed out recently I said it weirdly, and I twigged where it came from. Except I'm getting mocked for saying it like that

DAMN YOU WEETABIX! DAMN YOU TO HELL!

Post by **Gambit37** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:24 pm

Heh, wow that brought back memories. I loved those weetabix commercials!

I don't think I have a favourite phrase that I use regularly. I do quote a lot of stuff from films in my day to day language but most people never get the references so it seems a bit pointless. And a lot of Blackadder quotes too...

I have a great fondness for the number 37 though, after having watched Clerks so many times since it first came out, I just love the response to the line it's used in. Too rude to repeat here!

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:27 pm

In a row?

Yeah, I find blackadder intonations and phrases creeping into my thoughts and speech too.

Post by **Gambit37** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:42 pm

I meant the whole phrase was too rude, but yes.

Actually, I just realised I say "Well, quite!" fairly often in Blackadders voice. And I also use the phrase "you smelly bastard" a lot, but really that's just because I work next to a guy who has no shame about letting rip in public...

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:58 pm

Anytime I heard the name bob, in my mind I have to go "so tell me...'bob'..."

Also, the phrases '...one tiny flaw...' 'it was bollocks...' have to be used

All with Rowan Atkinson intonation, of course

Post by **Ameena** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:11 pm

Ahh Blackadder, yeah that is cool - "Bob?" is one I used sometimes. And "A turnip, my lord.". I also quite often say "That's interesting..." á la Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Carribean). And erm I think I quote Scar quite often too (TLK). And probably loads of other stuff

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beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:17 pm

I forgot one of my favourite words...instead of something being an encumberance or a hinderance, it's an enbuggerment

Trantor · Post by **Trantor** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:58 pm

Ahh, so that's where the 37 comes from!

Let's make sure we don't talk about snowballs, even though it is winter...

Post by **Ameena** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:44 pm

I dunno about 37, but the number 47 is significant to me from watching Star Trek - there's a 47 hidden in most episodes in some form or another (on a display screen, when someone reads off a list of numbers, the age of a character, etc).
Oh and of course the number 42 is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything

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beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:39 am

Oh, I also just realised I cannot accept any EULA when installing anything without putting on the voice from Megatron out of Transformers: The Movie and going 'I accept your terms! I acceeeeeeeeeeeept'

Help me

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:46 pm

Transformers! Ha

nice one.

Tom Hatfield · Post by **Tom Hatfield** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:30 am

"Right on" or "rockin" depending on my frame of mind.

MitchB1990 · Post by **MitchB1990** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:05 am

Mine is probably "Crap"... I only use it as a nrgative term though.

Post by **Ameena** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:18 am

There's a couple I forgot - I use "D'oh!" and "Woohoo!" pretty often

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beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:15 am

Oh , I use 'woohoo' alot, enough that one of my friends got really pissed off

Oh, I keep saying 'as I said' or 'basically'...it's a disease...

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:15 am

I switch to different ones. Not sure why they become staples in my vocab, but usually they stop when someone points out I say it too often. "Left right and center" for example.. used to come out of my mouth a lot.. "They were going left, right and center.. you should have seen it" Then someone pointed it out.. and poof.. gone.. The most recent one was "pretty much" .. I make a good effort at not saying it now.

Perhaps I can adopt a new one.. how about "There's no use in beating a dead horse..... unless you're both a necropheliac and a beastialist"

nah.. that one might not go over well..

Mon Ful Ir · Post by **Mon Ful Ir** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:29 pm

"Craptacular". And "Dumbf*ckistan."