So you know what I’m talking about, I present Cardiogirl slang
Okay, I’ve been talking about making a Cardiogirl slang post forever, but I’ve done nothing with it. Until today, gingah. This is your slang primer and for a while I may put a link in my posts whenever I use my slang so you have some frame of reference.
~!~ (punctuation mark) Represents a sea of strong emotion. I don’t like duplicate, triplicate or quadruplicate exclamation points. But there really are times when I want to scream out fiercely and, heretofore, the only way to do that was via two or more exclamation points.
Until Liz came up with it in one of her comments and it immediately rocked the house; many thanks Liz~!~ To type this mark, hold down the shift key and hit ` 1 `. The ` key is to the left of the 1 key.
Betch/Deck/Shet Bag The Canadian pronunciation of bitch, dick and shit bag made popular by Liam Sullivan performing as his alter-ego Kelly. The Canuck accent, obviously, replaces the i with an e.
Genius~!~
I use these terms, almost exclusively, in a negative way with one exception. I do use betch and shet bag as terms of endearment for Les (who actually hails from Canada which makes this extra awesome with a side of bitchin’) and my gal Elle. Those chicks are two of my favorite shet bags.
You can see these words in action, delivered by Kelly, in the YouTube video called “Shoes.” In the beginning she gets a crappy birthday present while her twin brother gets a computer and a new car. My favorite part is when she says to her brother, “I’m gonna back slap you, shet bag!” It’s all in the delivery.
Bitchin’ A wonderful adjective, which rose to fame in the ’80s, that indicates greatness. I don’t know why I am partial to it, but it’s my go-to phrase to explain how much I enjoy/love something. It just feels right.
Cheap as a monkey I’m a cheapskate. I proudly admit that, I even have a Cheap Converse. So when I heard this story about how a certain tribe of folks catches monkeys with a hollowed out coconut and rope, I new I had a new catch phrase.
Basically the monkey will put its hand inside a hollowed out coconut to retrieve some seeds. It grabs the seeds and makes a fist to remove the seeds, but the hole is only large enough for the monkey to squeeze its hand in. Because it will not let go of the seeds the coconut is stuck on its hand.
That’s one cheap bastard hence the phrase cheap as a monkey.
Clutch dawg I haven’t used this one much at all, but it’s time to change that. A while ago Bluesleepy wrote about how her husband fixed their washing machine. It needed a new clutch dog. Apparently that’s the true name of a mechanical part but I loved it and had to have it as a way to identify my closest friends.
Blue and I talked about it and we decided it should be spelled dawg instead of dog so it was personalized and there was no confusion between the mechanical device and the phrase. And naturally Blue is my original clutch dawg and no, I will not shorten that to OCD.
‘dup I have Wendy Prime to thank for this beautiful nugget. She wrote a guest post for me in which she shared the story of how ‘dup was originated. It’s the shortened form of fucked up and is heard countless times on TV shows across the nation. Obviously the fuck piece is beeped out and what’s actually heard is ‘dup.
Her kids have heard that and they think it’s an actual word, which is hilarious and yet user friendly since only my VIP clutch dawgs know what it means.
Effer This one is in high rotation at the Empire and is self explanatory, in my opinion, but if not here’s what it means. It’s the sanitized version of fucker. I seem to have a lot simmering rage since I use that one on every third post.
Gingah A generalized term to mean you there, the person I am talking to. It’s gender neutral and it comes from an episode of Seinfeld called “The Stall.” Kramer uttered, “Whoa, whoa, whoa gingah,” when George was explaining how Elaine’s boyfriend Tony fell while rock climbing with George and Kramer.
I love that phrase. It’s pronounced with a hard G, but Erin asked a while ago if it was pronounced with a soft G like jinjah. I like the sound of jinjah, but if you were talking to me live you would hear a guttural G.
So the pronunciation is up to you. I also have no idea of the correct spelling, but I like ending it with an H so I have added it to spell check and now it’s accepted minus the squiggly red underline that I hate so much.
Grease the pig™ This is a newly acquired phrase thanks to SJAT. I have trademarked it to him because he introduced me to it.
It means it’s time to man up and take three leaps further than your comfort zone — face your fears, gingah.
Good day, sir Back when I was trying to be diplomatic and G-rated I came up with a polite way to say fuck you and the horse you rode in on, buddy.
It makes me think of a Victorian era dude wearing a top hat and tails who is furious with indignation. The best he can come up with is “Good day, sir,” as he turns on his heel. It is imperative that the word day is emphasized.
I blame Comcast Comcast is my internet and cable TV provider and at times they jack up my service. Most of the time Mr. C figures out what the problem is and how to fix it after he spends half an hour in voice mail hell. Comcast gets on my nerves so I decided that everything wrong in my life could be blamed on Comcast.
Saying that makes me feel better.
I’m on a boat! This comes from an SNL skit and is a hilarious music video with awesome lyrics. It means I am on top of the world, mofo. Nothin’ is bringing me down ’cause I’m on a motherfuckin’ boat. The video is not family-friendly and that is why I enjoy it immensely.
Int This is a term of frustration. It’s not a word, it happens when I am typing “in the” too fast. That’s when I accidentally add the t to the end of in creating “int he” which spell check accepts as correct! Int is not a word, effer.
Well, it is now here in the Empire.
Jack Similar to gingah, this phrase is gender neutral and is a casual way to refer directly to you, the reader. It also comes from an episode of Seinfeld called “The Scofflaw.” Jon Lovitz gained confidence by wearing a toupee and then ended most sentences with the word jack. As in, “Watch this, jack.”
Jacked Hugely excited and thrilled, a way to express ultimate joy. Many times I am jacked over seemingly trivial things, but it’s important to find joy in this world. For example, when I am frantically looking for clean uniforms before school I am jacked when I find everything I need freshly washed and put away in the correct drawer.
Side note: INT~!~ I just typed int up there in the last sentence “…and put away in the correct drawer.” Int and I meet up daily.
Jacked up When something is just really wrong. No rhyme, no reason. I realize this is getting confusing, but the context will always explain the definition.
This is a perfect example of something that is jacked up: Recently we had a snow day at school because we received 4.25″ of snow. That, my friend, is jacked up. Four point two five inches of snow is nothing.
Kerfuffle(tg) Tracy used this term in a comment and I rather enjoyed it. And then Kathy wrote about under-used words and this one showed up again. These things happened within a few days of each other and I took that as a sign from Heaven above that the word needs to be used liberally.
It means to cause a stir, create a debate or a brouhaha. I type (tg) behind the word because Tracy did not invent it but she made me aware of it and its greatness. The (tg) is sort of like a trademark. Even though she didn’t invent it. I make my own rules here.
And before we go any further I realize I am dropping a hellacious amount of names. I believe in giving credit where credit is due, jack. I didn’t discover these things on my own; it takes a village to create a blog. So I thank all of you; now get off my back.
Mofo The shortened form of motherfucker, a word I highly enjoy and one that I use often. Again, I have a lot of rage; see Effer above.
Sucks donkey Akin to jacked up, this is something that is so uncool and unfair. It’s not right and it should have never happened. The aforementioned snow day also sucked donkey.
Sweep the Leg My most favorite phrase in the world. I want this on my tombstone.
Sweep the Leg
I devoted an entire post to this one and it totally deserved a stand-alone post. My clutch dawg strugglingwriter, aka Zeus, introduced me to this phrase which originally comes from The Karate Kid but is also featured in a song called “Sweep the Leg” by No More Kings.
It is awesome because it is multi-purpose, however, you must pay attention to the context to understand which definition is being used.
That’s a good Bingo! This mean yes, I agree with that. You are correct, sir.
For all the Catholics out there, wouldn’t it be awesome to go to Communion and when the priest said, “Body of Christ” you replied “That’s a good Bingo, Father,” then popped the host into your mouth? I don’t think he would be amused but I would love to do it just once.
The Cardiogirl Empire/the empire This blog, where I virtually live and breathe. I have a butler named Jeeves here at the Empire and he’s tip top. He also speaks with a British accent. I need to give that man a raise.
I snagged this phrase from Becky who refers to her place as the Hambox Empire. I was looking for something regal and another one of my clutch dawgs came through for me.
The Cardiogirl Manor/the manor The Manor is my brick and mortar house in the Mitten State. Unfortunately, reality — which is not nearly as fun as virtual reality — prevails at the Manor.
Tags: Things that are fun!
Whew! That is some dictionary you got there, CG. Here’s the thoughts:
1. “Good DAY, Sir” was actually used in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory–at the end, when he was trying to dismiss Charlie and his Grandpa, who wanted their prize. He goes nuts on them and then dismisses them with that exact term.
2. “Jacked” at our house also means “hiested” or “ripped off” as in “Who jacked my comb?”. Tommy Larson coined the phrase back when Colin was in 7th or 8th grade. BTW, Tommy Larson was the cool kid then, so we all use it to be like Tommy Larson.
I haven’t seen Willy Wonka in forever. I do remember that scene but not Mr. Wonka dressing them down with that phrase. I believe you though. Maybe it was Willy Wonka I was thinking of with the top hat and tails…
Maybe jacked really does mean stolen. I guess it’s a shortened form of hijacked, eh? Well now we have another meaning, eh?
i like it. even though i know what they all mean, i feel like printing it out as a reference anyway.
I’m actually sort of bummed out that nothing was new to you.
i’m sorry
It’s okay, I just like seeing your blue face with three eyes here in the Lounge.
I’m truly honored to be mentioned in this great list and among this wonderful group of bloggers. I want to thank The Empire, my fellow VIP’s who have been there day in and day out making this blog as entertaining, yet emotionally supportive as it can be. And lastly, of course, I have to thank CardioGirl for making this such a great web production. Through her, all things are possible. I’m on a Boat ~!~
Excellent acceptance speech, Liz!
You get a standing O for that.
I had the general gist of most of your terms but the actual explanations/history has added a whole new dimension to some. The “Good Day Sir” makes me think of Fez (or is it Fes since it was supposed to stand for Foreign Exchange Student) from That 70’s Show. One of his trademarks is to end an argument by saying “Good Day”, when the person tries to continue he says “I said Good Day” and often holds up his hand or walks away.
I’ve seen quite a bit of That 70’s Show but didn’t realize the following:
1. Fez is possibly Fes which is an acronym, and
2. that Fez/Fes said Good day. I can see him, in my mind’s eye, holding his hand up to halt further conversation but I didn’t realize he said Good day and then I said good day.
That’s awesome!
Hey, about time, Jack! I’m so jacked, I’m gonna print this out right away for easy casual usage.
Right away I noticed a couple things. When I type option 1, I get this: ¡ . This happened because I can’t read instructions real good :-) Now that is Jacked up.
The other thing I noticed is the section on betch, deck, shet bag. Ok, I’m from Canada, eh. What is all of that about? I thought all along that was YOUR versions of those words. In Alberta we use the real versions of all those. It must be from Eastern Canada. Most people don’t know, but there are several different accents way up here, not to mention extremely different regional attitudes. We are one of the largest countries in the world, geographically speaking, so even with low population we have a lot of different talking habits.
Sweep the leg ¡ Great work tho, I’m gonna jack this off’n you. And even tho we don’t have Comcast, can I blame them too? It would make life easier if I had a catch all blame taker.
Yes! I want these phrases to sweep the Great White North immediately.
I can’t even *find* the option key on my keyboard. You’re supposed to use the SHIFT key, dude.
For some reason I thought Kelly spoke a version of Canadian Valley Girl, but LJ pointed out that the guy who does her is American and she is an American teenager. I blame Comcast for my misunderstanding.
You, too, can blame Comcast for anything and everything.
I am so proud to be your original Clutch Dawg. And thanks for not shortening that to OCD. That would be… odd. I agree that we need to use it more. It’s such a useful phrase!
I’m totally down with blaming Comcast, although I’ve never had anything but stellar service from them. I think it’s because Comcast seems to be a conglomeration of franchises, not one big empire. It makes sense since Comcast and Cox both sucked up all sorts of baby cable companies on their quest to make the US theirs. But I still like the idea of blaming a huge corporation for all of my little woes. I’m having a bad hair day! Blame Comcast. Yesss.
Comcast is a big old corporate machine that dominates and usually dominates silently, but every so often they leave tire tracks on my backside.
Effers.
(Side note, before I even start … again) I think up until today my boys were convinced that ‘dup was a word meaning totally awesome or pinnacle of awesomeness! I have thrown the real context their direction today. I had typed a 3 paragraph response to this post, when MS’s appeal for a cup of ice could be ignored no longer. When I returned with his ice, I discovered that YS had exited from the computer for me (he’s been listening to his father too much, with all those lectures about turning off lights as soon as you’re done, etc. ad nauseum). I shouted – “NO – that’s so ‘DUP!”
I’ll try to duplicate it:
Loved, loved, loved this post. I could second Liz’s comment entirely. My favorite thing in the world is to hang here in the VIP lounge – even on days when I’m silent and sullen, I still feel warm and welcome.
Perhaps one of the reasons I have come to love you and your blog is because like you I’m as cheap as a monkey. I’m thrilled to be considered one of your clutch dawgs. I’m also thrilled to be cruisin’ with you on the NaNoWriMo boat (same time next year??).
Thanks also for the explanations. All this time I have heard you saying jinjah and now I know you are pronouncing it Gingah (with a gutteral german g – guten tag, SIR!).
That reminds me of that wonderful brief moment in time when we could actually hear each other speaking in the VIP lounge (why did that voice experiment only make a brief appearance – still glad we were able to hear each other’s voices … now I must imagine your voice and I’m sure the quality is somewhat diminished, not unlike Roger Ebert’s new mechanical voice!)
Your mentions of the Canadian readers, reminds me of something else ‘dup which I must complain about. I am learning firsthand to put perimeters on a blog giveaway. I made this mistake on Saturday when I offered my second giveaway and failed to limit it to USA participants. I suppose it couldn’t be too much more to ship a book to a Canuckian shetbag, but I only have five comments so far and it really sucks donkey that one of them lives in the Netherlands. At this point, I stand a 20% chance of having to pay shipping all the way to northern Europe! I blame Comcast, but I’m still going to have to grease the pig if she wins the random drawing. I guess if I weren’t cheap as a monkey, this wouldn’t be a pig!
You’re pickin on us Canadian’s too?? What’s the dealio? If it weren’t for your Canadian readers – you’d probably have 4 less commenters right?
Obviously I’m steamin’ for a fight this morning. Don’t take any of this personally.
Canadians are all cool with me. I even like Europeans a lot, too. I just don’t really want to have to pay shipping to send a book that far away. I mean the reader could probably purchase it for way less than I’ll be putting out if she wins the contest. However, the whole point of the contest is that it is a free item being offered.
My first giveaway was a cancer awareness pin and would not have cost more than a dollar more to send it to any location in the world.
We shall see what happens. Thanks for entering the giveaway. You have lowered the chance that my Netherlands reader will win (hee-hee!).
@Wendy You are a joy to visit with her in the Lounge. But I absolutely love when two or more clutch dawgs have a conversation in here without me. And what’s even better is when I run into my dawgs at another person’s blog. I love that!
Really? You thought gingah was pronounced jinjah? I need to research that voice recorder again. If I can find it, it will be added immediately with great fanfare.
I know I shipped a book to Canada courtesy of my only giveaway and it wasn’t bad. I think it was $5 but I don’t remember where in Canada he lived.
@LJ Ooh-wee LJ’s on the warpath! I have to say, I always forget you’re from Canada. I feel like you’re there at Starbuck’s in Seattle with Tracy, but I know that’s not true.
Why don’t you use eh more often in your comments? My grandparents came from Canada to Detroit so my father said eh all the time, which means I say eh all the time.
I like to consider myself an honourary Canadian — and that’s honourary with a U cause it’s cool and Canadian. Just like you.
i like jinjah – that’s the way i’ve been saying it in my head
It sounds so refined — like a chap from England would say it that way. It’s actually sort of growing on me.
But mostly I’m surprised that there’s quite a large faction in here who thought it was pronounced that way.
I guess that’s what happens when you’re not inside my head.
I take umbrage to you comment! I’m a canuck (and darn proud of our 14 gold medals) but I seriously question you on your assumption of the way we speak English. You will find that (much like the states) different areas of the country have different accents accordingly.
AND – you referenced Liam Sullivan back to his Wiki page and if you’ll note – it says that his charater “Kelly” is an “American Girl”, and that Liam himself is an American.
What gives?? Why you pick on us today?
Ok, so I’m zeroing in on one minor point of the grand scheme of an entry (a funny one I might add), but why you gotta pick on me b-ee-ah-t-ch?
(I still love you).
Yay-yeah! A kerfuffle in the Lounge with LJ, no less!
I have to admit you have a rock solid argument LJ. I don’t know why I thought Kelly was Canadian, but I did. I also would have said Liam Sullivan was Canadian even though I quickly scanned the Wiki article.
I blame Comcast. They are always jacking my gray matter around.
I love too, shet bag. And that’s the good shet bag; the one I use with Les and Elle. Now you’re in the cool group.
Right on, LJ ~!~ Enough with the Canuck stereotyping, eh? While we’re on the topic, we don’t all wear touques (sorry, stocking caps) and eat back bacon while drinking beer. At least not all of the time. Some of the time we spend building igloos and playing hockey.
But most of us drink Tim Hortons coffee. And it’s roll up the rim time again, Gingah! And because of that, I’m on a boat!
Mmmm Tim Horton’s! Or as my Bostonian friend refers to it, Timmy Ho’s. They have the best iced cappuccinos, IMHO. NOM.
@Tim I love the fact that there are now two Canucks in the Lounge. I did question touque, however, since I have never in my life heard that term. Thanks for the immediate explanation.
Hey is that what Canadian bacon is — bacon from the back of the pig? (shudders)
Wait, I thought every Canadian baby left the hospital with a pair of snow shoes.
@blue I, too, love the iced cap at Timmy Ho’s and had never heard of that name (Timmy Ho) until you mentioned it a while ago.
Now that’s how I refer to them, although I do like the sound of T-Ho. I might have to go with that from now on.
I am almost completely unfamiliar with that entire thread of conversation.
No knowledge of the Canucks, Liz? It might be more prevalent for me since I love a short distance from Windsor. I’m close enough to get some of their radio stations.
OK. I just want to know why your life expectancy is only to Age 70 and which context of Sweep The Leg I am to interpret on your tombstone.
Snaps on your observational powers, Bumbles. I think 70 is quite enough; my youngest daughter will be 33 and I’ll be ready to throw in the towel.
Regarding the interpretation, I hadn’t considered it but now that I am I’m not sure which it would be. I think it’s perfect, however, because it can be whatever the viewer wants it to be.
1. Sweep the Leg, she finally kicked off.
2. Sweep the Leg! There was more life in that chick, I’m sure of it.
3. Sweep the Leg! She made it to 70.
i hope you live forever!
Hmmm. I would have been distraught if my mother died when I was 33 so I think you need to hang in there until at least 80 – as in option #2.
@V (swipes her paw) Pffft.
@Bumbles I do like the idea of my kids being distraught no matter how old they are, but 80 is sorta old. I’ll consider it though :)
Oh man, my friends and I totally use “betch” as a term of endearment — mostly when one of us does something silly like accidentally spill beer on someone, or something like that. If Betsy spills beer on me, I always say, “Watch it, betch”. (She insists on spelling it “batch”, but she’s wrong, it’s totally “betch”.)
It’s because of that video that my Xbox Live name is “ohmigodshoes”
Knowing you are ohmigodshoes on Xbox Live has made my day, Erin. Stellar!
Betch *is* awesome among friends but is most definitely not spelled with an a. Get with the program Betsy.
Also? If you haven’t seen this (God, I hope I didn’t discover this on your blog, becuase then I feel like a moron), I think you would enjoy it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZOm2YhOI4c
I love that commercial. There is another one out there too, that the last clip he’s actually riding the horse backwards. Too funny.
@Erin I have not seen that one before. I saw the other snippet that LJ’s talking about where he’s riding backwards on a horse. Are these real commercials on TV? I did enjoy how he made us look there, here, there, now here.
@LJ He has to have some incredible abs (well he does) but extra incredible so he can balance while riding a horse backwards. I was really surprised the first time I saw that.
Epic post!
Is the thing on the side new or am I just reaaaaaally slow? Just noticed it now and it is awesome.
I always pronounced Gingah as “jinjah”, so I did learn something new. Nice.
Zeus
Many thanks Zeus!
The thing on the side is brand-spankin’ new. In fact I just took it out of the box. Wendy Prime reminded me that I had it quite a while ago (back in December 2007, if you can believe that) and it was so much fun hearing my clutch dawgs’ voices.
[...] I’ve been talking about making a Cardiogirl slang post forever, but I’ve done nothing with it. Until today, gingah. [...]
Wait. “gingah” is pronounced “GIN-gah” (G as in “go” for both syllables?) I thought it was “jin-jah” like the way an English person would say “ginger.” And since “ginger” is a term for redheads.. I thought.. well, I didn’t know what I thought.
Anyway! Thanks for namechecking me! Glad to put the name to the Empire!
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Lmao! I read all of your posts, but this is by far one of my favorites from lately. I giggled so much throughout it. <3
Sweet! Thanks Jessi.