Local sayings, now in the time of COVID19 :(

[RealAvalon]

bubbler - water fountain - Aussies

[mike carey]

bubbler - water fountain - Aussies

Also in parts Wisconsin and parts of New England (the one in US rather than ours) according to Wiki.

[+ bashful]

water fountain

 

I grew up calling it a drinking fountain.

[RealAvalon]

This must get said everywhere …

 

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

Edited April 22, 2020 by RealAvalon

[marylander1940]

tallywacker by @Gar1eth

[RealAvalon]

Canada's new Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland used the saying "you don't want to over egg the pudding" to describe her role as negotiating federal/provincial relations (a big deal in Canada). Such a good Ukrainian girl.

 

The meaning is, you need the right quantity of eggs. You mustn't be mean with the eggs - you have to use enough or the pudding won't hold together - but you mustn't be too lavish either. If you 'over-egg the pudding' it goes unpleasantly rubbery.

Edited November 24, 2019 by RealAvalon

[Rudynate]

Canada's new Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland used the saying "you don't want to over egg the pudding" to describe her role as negotiating federal/provincial relations (a big deal in Canada). Such a good Ukrainian girl.

 

The meaning is, you need the right quantity of eggs. You mustn't be mean with the eggs - you have to use enough or the pudding won't hold together - but you mustn't be too lavish either. If you 'over-egg the pudding' it goes unpleasantly rubbery.

 

 

I've made steamed puddings. It's just about like a pound cake batter-lots of eggs, lots of fat. You could bake a plum pudding instead of steaming it and you would something resembling a fruitcake.

[RealAvalon]

I thought I'd revive this old thread, with the inevitable new slang that is popping up because of the pandemic:

 

Isobar - where you make the quaren-tinis

Zoom bombing - taking over a zoom meeting with something irrelevant

Edited April 23, 2020 by RealAvalon

[BSR]

I heard a way of saying "pot calling the kettle black" that cracked me up: "zozoak beleari, ipurbeltz." The language is Basque & literally translates to: "the raven to the crow, 'black ass'"

[BSR]

I heard a way of saying "pot calling the kettle black" that cracked me up: "zozoak beleari, ipurbeltz." The language is Basque & literally translates to: "the raven to the crow, 'black ass'"

[RealAvalon]

A couple more of the unavoidable pandemic slang:

 

Basement casual - half dressing up for your Zoom meeting

Corona cut - that social distanced hair cut you gave yourself

BCV and ACV - a means of labeling eras, before corona virus and after corona virus

COVidiots - people that endanger other people's health

COVfefe - a group of COVidiots

Edited April 24, 2020 by RealAvalon

[RealAvalon]

'The Full Nanaimo.' White shoes with a matching white belt.

[Beancounter]

From a Dallasite.....COVID. Currently on Vacation in Dallas.

[rvwnsd]

I heard a way of saying "pot calling the kettle black" that cracked me up: "zozoak beleari, ipurbeltz." The language is Basque & literally translates to: "the raven to the crow, 'black ass'"

That's funny.

 

I started saying "That's like the pot calling the kettle a stovetop cooking implement" when I bought a green kettle and had stainless-steel pots and pans.

[Daverwr]

My father had two favorite sayings:

 

“Every little bit helps,” said the old lady as she peed in the ocean.

 

You’ll get used to hanging if you hang long enough.

[RealAvalon]

Not a local saying, but a good word. JABRONI - a stupid, objectionable, or ridiculous man. Apply as you will.