Exactly. I wish it were more socially acceptable for an adult to shout "Shabba!" at random intervals throughout the working day, but these days I just have to think it and enjoy it quietly to myself.
About 30 years ago, I was told off in French class with the line:
"Shabba bien merci is neither funny nor correct French, Fakeman"
Although I have claimed it's because the word is racist against the Irish, it's a Scunthorpe type situation. Nothing that couldn't be fixed by decent regular expressions.
YES!! My grandad (plumber) had a big tub of the green jelly stuff that I loved using! Whenever I finished helping him in the workshop I'd go and put a tiny bit on my hands and WOOSH - clean hands! Happy memories. :)
30 Comments
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Hazelnut, Mystify, Cuttlefish, Lark, Lurk, Robert, Anglican, Pheromone, Halter top, Marmalade, Hardware, Laser, Pepper, Release, Kneecap, Falafel, Period, Chaste, Chased, Leggings, Wool, Sweater, Heartbeat, Heartbeat, Heart, Beat, Heart, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat.
TheMongoose@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
Shenanigans.
9point6@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Paraphernalia
Such a great looking word for basically "stuff"
amansman@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Caldera
Retrograde
Thermistor
Spirochetes
Parallax
Intermezzo
Subterfuge
Inappetance
Squeak@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Prick.
It lets out a nice amount of frustration when someone’s being a prick.
GreyShuck@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2y
Swineherd, ineluctable, sprig, ululate, cnidoblast, pompholoogopaphlasmasin.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2y
Also, a lot of those sort of words that kind of get made up in the fly, for things which don't really have a name:
Tweak@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
SHABBA
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
Exactly. I wish it were more socially acceptable for an adult to shout "Shabba!" at random intervals throughout the working day, but these days I just have to think it and enjoy it quietly to myself.
About 30 years ago, I was told off in French class with the line:
Fudoshin@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
This reminded me of one my mum used to say: "Dooferator"
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
Haha! That's what my parents used to change the TV channel with :)
Emperor@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2y
Shenanigans - one of my most over-used words, it's a pity some word filters screen it out for racism.
Baboon - one of my favourite words to say.
Tweak@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
Wait, what? Why?
Emperor@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
Although I have claimed it's because the word is racist against the Irish, it's a Scunthorpe type situation. Nothing that couldn't be fixed by decent regular expressions.
Tweak@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
I declare shenanigans on that!
Emperor@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
Username checks out.
Careful you don't get yourself banned with all that racist talk though.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 4 pts · 2y
I'm an advocate for the word "fuck" because of its immense utility.
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Big fan of "Deluge"
hellfire103@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
I've been describing a lot of things as "funky" lately.
kindenough@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
My favorites are just nonsensical made up words I say when I am talking to my cat.
cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Cromulent
peter@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y
Perambulate
Architrave
Pixilated - not the same as pixelated
Chryon
Teletype
sbv@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
I find myself saying "really" way too often.
"Moist" is excellent.
despotic_machine@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Swarfega@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Not really a word but the name Swarfega. It's a hand soap used by mechanical engineers to clean oil off their hands.
I liked it so much it's been my online alias for years.
Fudoshin@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
YES!! My grandad (plumber) had a big tub of the green jelly stuff that I loved using! Whenever I finished helping him in the workshop I'd go and put a tiny bit on my hands and WOOSH - clean hands! Happy memories. :)
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Abdicates.
ALERT@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
I heard people in the UK like tea. These comments seem to tell the opposite, as noone stated tea as their favorite word.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
I see your point, but it's not the word we're after. I'd still drink it if they called it "Leaf Coffee" or "Hot Leaf-Juice" etc
ALERT@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
I don't trust you, you are a fake man with a pretend name.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
It would seem that way, to be fair. Perhaps I've been planted here by The British Tea Foundation?
A Tea plant, perhaps :)