My kids call McDonald’s “Old McDonald’s”.
“Can we go to Old McDonald’s pleeeease?! 🥹” 🥰❤️
Obligatory: we rarely go if ever, generally just on road trips when we don’t want to stop, and even less since they declared war on their traditional lower to middle class base by raising their profits insanely over the last few years, conceded they were doing so, and the CEO basically said “the little people can eat a dick, we’re bougie now.”
But the kids sure are cute 🥰
Old timer’s disease
Specific/Pacific.
You have to be Pacific.
You mean specific?
Yeah, that’s what I said: Pacific.
In my family we now call it the Specific Ocean.
I thought specific was what I heard on TV as a child, until I came across the spelling somewhere.
My coworker says pacifically where she means specifically.
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pedant doesn’t understand what a living language is
Language is the only thing in the universe that has meaning.
This might not be exactly what you’re asking, but my daughter calls marshmallows “marsh pillows.” And they will now forever be marsh pillows to me.
My Diabetus Pillow
I will also call them that now.
During a cycling workout, the instructor said “our destination is breathless” as a motivator to really push hard. I thought she said “our destination is breakfast” and honestly, I prefer my version.
I’m a Briton living in the Netherlands; I’ve lost count.
“Very unique”
“My work” when referencing a place of business.
These less make my laugh than cry though.
Demo is used as an abbreviation for both demonstration and demolition. Usually it’s pretty obvious which one is intended, but every time I hear someone say “demo” I try to imagine what kind of chaos would result if the wrong usage was assumed.
“We’re having a demo in the break room in five minutes people!”
5 min later
Boom!
“OMG why are there so many dead bodies? I told everyone to stay clear of the break room!”
Now lets go to the staff meeting (bring your own staff).
Nip it in the butt.
It’s nip it in the bud, bud.
The other day, I heard “Embrace yourself!”. Instead of “brace yourself”. I think I prefer that version
Plenty of compassion there, I like it.
These are usually eggcorns
Anyway, there was once a joke on Friends, where - to massively paraphrase - Joey said ‘the point is moo … not even the cows care about it’. I sometimes use ‘moo’ instead of ‘moot’ just 'cos it amuses me.
My wife and I will sometimes tell each other “your point is moo” when we disagree on something, and if they insist we just start mooing at each other.
“It’s like, a cow’s opinion. It’s moo!”
‘Cause it a-moooses you?
Had a coworker whose first language was not English. His English was good, but some coloquialisms went over his head. At one point, I had to explain the difference between a “butt dial” and a “booty call.”
Down pack instead of down pat. I got it all down pack.
“Ah yes, sorry for call you so late yesterday, was just booty call, no worry”
I had a boss one time that would say “feast or fathom” instead of “feast or famine”.
I find that cute!
You would till it’s overtime you don’t want to put in.
Yeah in that context, I have to agree.
It’s a doggy dog world.
