ok, so my boss and I were talking and she asked me how the hell I could eat vegan when going out.



I gave her a few examples and said, "For example, if I go to a smoothy place, I ask for the smoothies sans yogurt or sherbert."



She had no clue what 'SANS' meant.



Like none




I was stunned.






Do you see shit like this?


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Some of my old coworkers used to make fun of my vocabulary, saying they had to figure out what I was saying sometimes out of context. This doesn't happen anymore now that I work with the geeks.

fandangle. everyone should know this word.

XxAxX said:

brickify, that should be used by all and sundry

jami0mckay said:

XxAxX said:

also:
Dingbat
Thingymajig

jami0mckay said:

at times i'm tempted to make up a bunch of words then use them in conversation with normal people. like, when some stranger on the elevator interrupts my peace to let me know what he or she thinks of the day's weather.

that's when i want to reply "true, and if it cheeves up any more we will all be smooped".

i don't of course. but i'm tempted

XxAxX said:

mind you its been cheeving all day, it wouldn't surprise me if it goes all flimpity later.

XxAxX said:

i've learned that an alarming number of people in the midwest don't know what "schlep" means.

then again, i also learned that people in new york look at you funny if you say you're thirsty for a pop.

Anxiety said:

The difference between specific and Pacific. Also, that irregardless is NOT a word!!!!

Imago said:

I have never used or heard that word

veronikka said:

OMG, that's so embarassing




Girl, why do you ADMIT this kind of stuff?

Anxiety said:

I learned about pop when I went away to college in western Pennsylvania. It still sounds dated to me--like something out of Leave It To Beaver.

But my family is West Indian and we have our own version of English so I can't really throw stones.

sextonseven said:

I've lived in the midwest my whole life and somewhere along the way I switched over to saying "soda".

But nearly everyon around here still calls it pop.

CarrieMpls said:

Coastal residents are snobs. We can't go around saying "pop" like people that live in middle America.

Carrie is a wannabe coast-er.

veronikka said:

Sans / sin -- it's not so different.

Imago said:

Without me looking it up or getting embarassed, what is sans? Is that Tampa lingo?

Imago said:

Why not just say without???

sextonseven said:

Sin I understand, I use that all the time when speaking spanish

sextonseven said:

so is it a soda?

veronikka said:

PEJ said:

It's French for "without".

@ Theo

jami0mckay said:

I had a boss once who didn't know what PRAWNS were. We were talking about a lunch order. I thought everybody knew what they were.

I had to explain: They're giant shrimp.

Runza said:

wait. who are you?