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Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:49 pm
by Hesam Jayatar
To appear serious, but actually meaning the opposite - most of the time. Usually followed up by the 'piss taker' (the one who joked) revealing he/she was only joking.
'Hey did I ever tell you you're fucking pug ugly?'
'No you didn't and that hurt'
'I'm only taking the piss. You fucking filthy mongoloid.'
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:50 pm
by Jess
Ok then. Stupid British Idioms...
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:25 am
by Erik Mortis
Yeah.. taking A piss in the US is urinating.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:32 am
by b3n|<3r|\|
We've got that too. But wow, you guys don't use "taking the piss"? It's a great little phrase.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:05 am
by Krasniy Yastreb
I feel sorry for foreign folk coming over here and not realising that "this is bollocks" and "this is the bollocks" have exact opposite meanings...
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:07 am
by b3n|<3r|\|
Forget about it!
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:14 am
by Malliki
We have an expression, "skitgott", which means that something is really tasty. It literally means "shit good".
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:22 am
by Hesam Jayatar
Canadian and American English lack subtlety. Everything you can say means exactly what it sounds like it means. We have no lingual sarcasm.
This stems from the fact that Britons are notoriously untrustworthy whereas it took honest workers to forge a continent.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:45 am
by Erik Mortis
HA!
Nick told me about Skitgott the other week...He was amused by it.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:04 pm
by Jess
What about "you piece of shit"?
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:21 pm
by Erik Mortis
No.. that's pretty literal... As you are calling someone a piece of fecal matter.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:24 pm
by Jess
Clever, I like "you piece of fecal matter!"
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:25 pm
by Erik Mortis
Bicentennial Man.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:26 pm
by Jess
huh?
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:16 pm
by Oroigawa Koreyasu
Well, in the Philadelphia area we do have "That is the shit" being a good thing...
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:59 pm
by Jess
Thats da shizz.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:56 am
by hypatias mom
Pardon, but may I ask why this would be considered a compliment?
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:59 am
by Jess
I do not know.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:50 am
by Oroigawa Koreyasu
hypatias mom wrote:Pardon, but may I ask why this would be considered a compliment?
I have absolutely no idea. It's just used around here.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:51 am
by b3n|<3r|\|
It's just slang. Since when did slang have to make any sense?
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:53 am
by Oroigawa Koreyasu
Tru dat!
*flashes gang sign*
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:17 am
by Jess
The East part of my town is the Ghettos and Gang ridden, its nasty because it always get flooded and you can buy a house for $5,000. The man who killed President Garfield is from our town BTW.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:31 am
by Erik Mortis
That was over 100 years ago...
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:29 am
by Jess
WAS from our town...
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:43 am
by Jonas
I don't like those names, I want the old ones back. But we could create department in the ministries. That's an idea I like.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:40 pm
by Kaiser Loki III
With all due respect to the Departed, i'm of a mind to repeal this and save a lot of paperwork.
Thoughts?
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:53 pm
by Hesam Jayatar
Pardon, but may I ask why this would be considered a compliment?
Carol,
There is an etemology to this:
1. "That is good"
2. "That is what I mean"
3. "That's the proper way"
4. "That's Proper" (approval)
5. "Thats what I'm talking about"
6. "That's the shit I'm talking about"
7. "That's the shit, right there." (reference)
8. "That stuff is the shit"
9. "That's the shit"
10. "The Shit"
11. "He's/She's/It's/ The Shit"
12. "Da Shit"
13. "Datz da shit"
14. "You da shit son"
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:58 pm
by Kaiser Loki III
Egad, a live Babkhan!
Thanks for all the erbs.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:04 pm
by Hesam Jayatar
No problem. I figured it might disuade you from dismantling the economic system. Also, consider it payment for us trying to thwart your evil rise to power with our own evil rise to power.
Re: Imperial decree no. 302
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:08 pm
by Kaiser Loki III
I'm a sort of an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of guy. A number of people are having fun with it, so?
I'm still giving it away, but it fits with the Maundy money ideal.