With my father being here over the past few months, I've been reunited with something I had fogotten about: his particular and unique words and phrases..lol

The biggest one he says that I associate with him the most thru my life? "Such and such a thing"...He says that as a generic fill-in for anything and everything, and he's especially good at using it now that he has dementia and memory issues... So, almost all of our talks consist of him saying "such and such a thing" at least once, as in "Then I talked to the people at the place...and they said such and such a thing...and I was asking the one person about the papers, and instead they gave me such and such a thing..."

Bless his heart..lol

So it got me wondering...are there any words or phrases that you associate specifically with your parents...things that they're known for saying within your mind and heart??...And, have you found yourself adopting these things and using and saying them yourself?? (I can report that I have not adopted "such and such a thing" into my vocabulary yet..lol)..

My mother attempts to use slang

My mom says "whee doggers!" and "hold your horses" a lot. I love those phrases and while I know she did not invent them, she's the only person I know who uses them consistently. Sometimes she will also make a horse-like noise after "hold your horses."

Awesome thread, byron.

My mother often adds too many "she said"s into conversation. Such as: and so she said that I'd be walking down the street, she said, and then the light would turn red, she said... and so on and so on. It used to bother me to no end. Now I just giggle a bit.

Natsume said:

I like your mom...

the only thing i remember is.... MELISSA ANN

Byron said:

She sounds brilliant

My mom has a problem with finding the right words to use in front of things, like she'll say "a piece of coffee" or "a sip of sausage" She's always done that and it cracks me up every time... one thing that DOESN'T crack me up though is how she always calls me Sophia (my sister) or Ankie (my aunt). She does the reverse to them, so we never end up with the right name. I just refuse to acknowledge her until I get MY name

My Mom most recently saw a wide truck in front of us and without missing a beat said:

"That's a fat ass truck!"

subhuman09 said:

That's not a very "mom thing" to say

Teacher said:

My Mom is so sweet and you'd never expect it but she has those moments.

Only makes her more funny.

My father says "Bob's your uncle" all the time.

2the9s said:

My uncle Bob says "I'm your uncle" all the time

ShutItYou said:

LMAO!

subhuman09 said:

That remind's me...

I was at a friend's house once watching "Dusk Til Dawn" in his open plan living room that walks into the kitchen. At the point in the film where they arrive at the 'titty twister bar' (when Cheeh Marin is "promoting" guests in), my pal's elderly aunt quietly came downstairs to get a drink from the kitchen and suddenly started screaming (in her broken English), "Waat is all this 'pussy, pussy, pussy!' that stooopid small man is saying!"

I was like, "How long has she been there "

I always think of her when that fim is now mentioned.

2the9s said:

What's up with that phrase anyway ?
How did it originate ?
Is it from a tv show or something ?

My dad used to say 2 things 2 me

" yo eyes may shine and yo teeth may grit"

if a frog had a glass ass he'd jump up n break it

Dewrede said:

I'm not sure. It's British though he's not.

senik said:

Great movie-now I'll never be able to watch it the same!

2the9s said:

subhuman09 said:

Although it was majorly embarrassing for my buddy and I, his sweet, elderly aunty genuinely don't know what Cheech was referring to

She just got annoyed 'coz he kept repeating the word "Pussy!" and it wasn't making any sense to her.

The innocence She's so lovely

senik said:

I can picture her looking around the room going "Well there doesn't appear to be any cats on the telly..."



Hard to find innocence like that any more.

2the9s said:

British PM Robert Gascoyne-Cecil promoted his under-qualified nephew, Arthur Balfour, to Secretary of State for Ireland in 1886.

You can work out the rest from there.

(I've got a book on the origins of everyday phrases....)

Byron said:

I hate it when my Mum says "Put that away you dirty little boy!" or "Stop that, you'll go blind!"

She's crazy!

"more haste, less speed".



which isn't always true, let's be honest.

TheFrogSpawn said:

Well you can certainly apply it to some things in life.

Natsume said:

Hi, Nat!!

Anyway... my mom says "Whooo, Doggies" to my kids and "Hooold your horses" a lot, too! lol...

subhuman09 said:

like making beans on toast, for example.

why, the number of times in haste i've simply thrown the tin into the saucepan, only to realise that it needed opening first.