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Almost everyone coins or uses expressions that make sense to only a few people. What word or phrase do you use most often that you have to explain the meaning of to others?

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[info]s2pid12 Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
when i get mad, stressed, or when i'm under pressure i tend to use my british  accent  and only my bffs get what i'm saying

 
Lets make Love!
[info]ssprklngdiamond Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
Whatever floats your boat. 

Perhaps more people use the expression within my age range, but usually I receive a bewildered stare whenever I use it, leading to an explanation.

'Whatever floa
 
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[info]beegirl96 Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
monkey glue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (it is a long long long long story believe me you dont want to know)
 
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[info]damn_iloveyou Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
    Wow. Where to begin. Where to begin. My sisters and I have so many sayings that don't make sense to anyone but us. Usually it's something that I've said that is really fucking ran
 
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[info]catchmefallen Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand

SHINY.

People who've seen firefly/serenity get it. its a word used to mean you're feeling good. But i think it sounds better saying "I'm shiney" than "I'm okay" or "I'm good&qu
 
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[info]xtheillusionist You Wouldn't Understand
Drawlings.

Yeah.  Post if you get it.  I can only think of four people who know what that means.

 
Sydney Losstarot
[info]kaliraja Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
Godot.  Especially as an interjection or the replacement of a movie/book/song title.  And yes, as in Waiting for Godot.  It came about from me yelling at another driver who was taking e
 
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[info]sharie_g Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
   Well, I've had a few expressions like this throughout my life. I tend to form associations that stick in my head long after the original meaning has passed. For instance, I watched an epi
 
POTO - This is sex.
[info]eriksangel15 Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand


The word is "confuddled". I don't use it much anymore, but it came about in college. I meant to say that something was confusing me or befuddling me, but it came out mish-mashed as "confuddled".
 
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[info]anomoly_fetish Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
I use Alot of wierd expressions. Mostly I say "crowbar" for the express purpose of pissing my friend off. Or just scaring the hell out of her. And "clown" and "purple". haha. I'm evil, I know. Mine i
 
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[info]fluxation Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
Poopsock.  I don't know where exactly it originated, but it's a reference to World of Warcraft.  Examples:

"I almost took a shower this month, but then I decided to just head back to the
 
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[info]hukuzo Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
"Crazy buttsex".  It means 'beyond cool' or something like that.  Only a few others are familiar with it.

 
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[info]laurawrsaurus Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
I have a tendancy to repeat things that Shaant Hacikyan has said/wrote/sung.

I usually find myself having to explain different parts of the song lyrical lies to people.

It's like that with There's A Cla

 
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[info]hiddenvixen22 Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
LOL! Well, I had to explain what FTW (For the Win) means to my mom a few months ago. She thought it stood for "Fuck the World", which, in some cases could potentially be true, but not u
 
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[info]purplerose5000 Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
Go jump in a hole. Me and my friend Mal came up with it. Its basically a more children-present appropriate way to say fuck off.
 
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[info]vanhelsingsgirl Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
"That's an incident report that I don't want to be part of!"  We usually say that at work when something funny happens, but the circumstances are more than likely going to get you made
 
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[info]luv_mickey Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand
I've just moved back down South after me and J were living in Leeds for a while and I've picked up a few words and phrases there. For instance, no-one here knows what a "ginnel" is (it's a n
 

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