"Oh my giddy aunt" courtesy of Chaucer in A Knight's Tale. I love that phrase.

"You're on my list. It's a serious list." from the otherwise unmentionable episode of The West Wing.

"Hoo Roo" with my Greek friends. I'm not sure where that came from.

Isn't that what Molly says "Hoo Roo from the Guru?"

I didn't know that, so I'm pretty positive I didn't get it from Molly (ugh, what a thought). I think it may have been my grandmother or someone like that.

I also use the word "absolutely" a lot. I've tried to cut back, but it doesn't work.

'It's a plan, stan' This one, I'm blaming BJC for...

I use 'giddy aunt' occasionaly, but have done for years

"ack-a-vee" (for something yucky) which I only recently discovered was actually a Welsh word- achyfi.

"Fabulous...". Something I use a lot recently, (can't think where I got that from...)


I'm trying to think of some others now.

Well, my most often used term is "awesome." I can't seem to stop using it.

But my favorite phrase is "That's good to know, Fritz." When I was younger, my family used to have this seriously low-tech computer game based on The Swiss Family Robinson. You were in the role of Fritz, exploring the island trailed by brother Franz. You know how in those old games you would have to enter commands like, "Open music box" or "Tell family about ostrich"? Well, in this game, if it was a useful command, the family would go to work making rafts or some such thing, but if you told your family something that didn't work, they would say, "That's good to know, Fritz." My sister and I were playing it one day and were constantly getting that phrase, so we started saying it to each other. Then it turned into this thing where anytime someone said something stupid, or at least stupidly obvious, we would say, "That's good to know, Fritz." I tried to stop several years ago when I said it to Mom, but it's been creeping back into usage lately. I found out from my sister's partner that my sister also uses it occasionally.

Lately my mother has gotten into the habit of saying, out of nowhere, "and that's the story." Like I'll be in the kitchen in the morning silently preparing my lunch, my mother will be silently reading the paper, and then she'll get up and say, "and that's the story."

My mum and I have lots of these. A lot are from Shakespeare, because she's obsessed with him. "What news on the Rialto?" for 'what's happening?' "What's that to Hecuba?" for 'what's it got to do with me?' "What ceremony else?" for 'what else?' etc. Also, we say "And also for taking away ..." when we give or pass each other something, based on a clip we once saw from an African game show where the hostess was displaying some prizes.

I also use blimey, gosh, good lord, smashing, bugger or buggeration, yeah right and whatever, far more than is good for me.

"No, no and hell no" is one I use a lot. So much so that Ambrose's Auntie's secretary / assistant knows that I say that. And I've only met her once. 2 years ago.

Oooh me too.

Also 'darling' or m'dear. I'm not a luvvie, honest.

"ey up", but thats more of a regionalisation. "Cool" I use far, far too much.

ETA:
I just noted that the signatures at the bottom of AA's post and mine, complement each other. This amuses me for some reason

I've got a few nasty ones that I'm trying to get rid of, but with limited success thus far. "I don't think so, Tim" just keeps on slipping out as does "Y'Huh!". "Piss off, Noddy" is one that's going to get me in trouble one day.

"For fuck's sake" is one of my favourites, though I'm cutting down as Canadians don't seem to swear that much.

I use "cool" far too much, too. And "brilliant". I'm picking up "awesome", but still fell very self-conscious when I say it.

On the literary front I can't compete with Pandrea, but my family often (knowingly) misquote MacBeth: "lead on, MacDuff". Now that I live thousands of miles from my two best friends, I use "and when shall we three meet again?" less often, but with added poignancy (sniff).

Don't get rid of Y Huh! Natty it works for you. I wanted to take it up but just don't have the cool to carry it off.

I'm very fond of "okie dokie", "plan stan" and "cool bananas".

I've realised this afternoon that I do the Chandler Bing "Could he/she/it/they be more ..." quite a lot.

Also, the Josh Lyman "You think???"

I apparently managed to score highly on the squick factor yesterday when I exclaimed "I could eat the nuts off a low flying duck". In my own defense I was starving to the point of near death.

I noticed that too. They get over it pretty fast though!

I still say dude, awesome, and sweet way too much.

I also find myself saying things like "but its shiny!" when someone tells you not to do something thats obvious. Like today the guy who was training me told me not to run a bunch of scans against the domain at work, and only against the test group. "But the domain is so shiny!" Yeah whatever I'm a jerk.

Oooh, I remembered another expression that we use as a family today.

"Cwtch" (which looks very very odd when written down). It's another word appropriated from the welsh (there's quite a few expressions that have the same orgin, especially in South Wales). Look herefor a few more example

It means cuddle/snuggle/hug.

So, 'give us a cwtch, then'/"want a cwtch", are expressions that we have used many a time, especially as kids

Always cracks me up, too, however the boy and I tend to use Apu's (duh) "Shiva H. Vishnu!" a lot more.

My sister and I are always fond of "I'm Starvin' Marvin', man..." Especially when mum's just fixed us a nice, decadent dinner.

Of course, narrowing down this list isn't terribly feasible, what with all the cartoons Furie and I watch consistently popping up in most of our exchanges, intellectual or otherwise. It's quite possible we've had entire conversations using nothing but quotes. Probably some with only Futurama material. Ahhh... Good times. Hey! There's another one!

Dudes.

Ahem.

In other news, "Canadians don't seem to swear that much". Huh. So, either my whole life I've been hanging out with the raunchiest bunch of Canucks this side of the... I dunno what would apply, here, honestly, since I've lived and/or conversed with folks from coast to coast.. or you Americans and Brits have filthy, filthy mouths. Oh, my. Incidentally, is this comment based on Canadians in Vancouver, or on a broader scale? 'Cause I'm genuinely surprised, actually. Hell, we constantly have to look over our shoulders where I work when we converse with fellow employees, just in case a patron is hanging around nearby.

But, yeah. I picked up "For fuck's sake" from my sister, years ago and it remains one of my favourite "Why won't this shit WORK, goddammit! Arrrrgh!!" shorthands. You need way more than one of these, I'm sure you'll all agree.

On a slight tangent (I'm allowed one a year.), I was quite amused today when Bean dropped something and once again (I believe it's now her 'pet' curse) just loudly sighed out "Jesus Christ!".

My family's so insanely blasphemous at times, I'm surprised we've yet to have holes burnt into our heads. [knocks on wood]

I'm saying 'tremendous!' a lot these days, and I'm sure that it annoys everyone around me. Mutt's nuts, is waning, as is 'DBs' (dog's bollocks), but it won't be long before something else takes its place.

Fee and I have taken to calling each other an incredibly offensive word that, well, is just offensive. Yeah - the c-one. But it's done with love, so it doesn't really matter. Our other favourite sweary thing at each other is 'cock off!', which makes NO sense, but it's just so damn funny, I can't help it. 'Whorebag' (pron. whooorbag) is the addition to the aforementioned c-word (that is turned into an adjective, for the purpose). We're desperately trying to stop, since it's become so innocuous to us, that we're both terrified of saying it 'inappropriately'. Hee!

My other common phrase is from when Fee does something either remarkably stupid, or gross (picks her nose, farts, burps and blows it at me... the general manky stuff you get to share as a partner), or goes into too much detail about one of those past-times: 'Be still my beating heart!!', and she generally has the good grace to look slightly abashed.

I'm sure I've got more, but the one bit that I can be proud of is Fee now talks about stuff wigging her out. It took 2 years, but she now gets it.

Ok, just made the mistake of trotting out the phrase "I'm full up to pussy's bow" which to me is a perfectly innocent comment that indicates I've had enough to eat. Unfortunately no one else has ever heard of this saying and now I'm getting weird looks from people. Surely someone here must know this saying???

*tumbleweed*

*looks blank*

Google turns up some stuff on Australian slang about the phrase, though.

You know, I pretty much have a policy of not Googling anything with the word "Pussy" in it.

Quote marks around the entire phrase are *essential* in such an endeavor.

Anyone have any new favorite phrases? I've taken to calling jerks "trash bags." Which to me means a slightly less offensive version of "douche bag," which I don't like much.

I say "Nerds" a lot, courtesy of Liz Lemon. And my boyfriend and I use "Shut it down" all the time.