Terms that gnaw on my nerves

[quneur]

Side effect may include...sudden, horrific and painful death
Ammunition magazine...someone stuffed Teen Beat into their 'assault rifle'?
Jon, watercloset, head?
Jeep is a brand not a car.

And I like watching Megyn Kelly. I said watch not listen.

Edit: I like to listen also but always wondered how many arguments her husband has won.

 

[Alpo]

Jag-war is a spotted cat from Mexico.

Jag-u-war is a car from England.

Jag-u-war is NOT a mispronounce term. It is a word in a foreign language. Just like they have a shed-ule to keep, instead of a sked-ule.

 

[NZshooter]

I have a question.

Why is it that when I see someone write about their Remmie or their Mossy or their Springer or their Deagle, I want to reach through the monitor, grab them by the throat and strangle them.

Yet I own several Huskies. I own Remingtons, not Remmies, Winchesters, not Winnies, Springfields, not Springers. But I own Huskies.

Why is that?

I hear you. Can't stand it on another forum people discussing their Annie ... it's Anschutz not some old lady

I hate most incorrect gun "lingo"
clip
shotty
run
ran
running

one that really annoys me lately is "pipe"

 

[Comrad]

"Boots on the ground" is starting to frost my behind.

 

[federali]

More Under-educated News People

Whether they're talking about an historic event, an execution or a suicide, the talking heads refer to someone being "hung." Forgetting for the moment that "hung" is sometimes used to describe certain male anatomical features, picture frames, paintings, curtains, draperies, etc are hung. People are HANGED
as in "hanged by the neck until dead."

I sometimes wonder if the current crop of news people have a coin-slot or wind-up key concealed below their jacket or blouse.

 

[skrazo]

When I was a "young lad", my Grandad would jump up and turn off the TV (B&W, no remote) if something appeared on the screen he did not like. It did not matter if there was a room full of family watching it.

Now I'm old and "crotchedy", but do not go that far!

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

You beat me to that one. It's harASSment. (hope that one doesn't get me another ding).

Missus Fan was talking about the ottomans in our living room yesterday and kept calling them Autobahns. I said "Doll, that's a highway in Germany".

I still love her though.
Yes, she's a blonde.
Jim

You have Ottomans in your house Where do they go when the Turks come over.

 

[kaaskop49]

attn federali et al

What is unfortunate is not that these verbal gaffes happen, rather the easy, effortless way that they happen. One person misspeaks, and the faux pas is immediately incorporated into the language and accepted as normal and correct.

federali: Many thanks for your 'likes' of my posts.

Kaaskop49
Shield # 5103

 

[wbraswell]

Jag-u-war isn't a car, it's a motor. The whole thing, not just the engine, which is under the bonnet.

 

[Comrad]

Jag-u-war isn't a car, it's a motor. The whole thing, not just the engine, which is under the bonnet.

Aye, laddie and put your spanners in the boot.

 

[bgrafsr]

Don't even get me started that that "reporter" - NAH, whatever. He changes sides from demonkrat to republican each year or so and all of his "takes" are at least a half bubble off of plumb!!!

The man is weird....................

Heh, heh. Speaking of weird, how about geraldo rivera? I refuse to capitalize the idiot's name.

 

[bgrafsr]

I hear you. Can't stand it on another forum people discussing their Annie ... it's Anschutz not some old lady

I hate most incorrect gun "lingo"
clip
shotty
run
ran
running

one that really annoys me lately is "pipe"

I can't stand "boolits" either.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

What? What do you mean, you don't drive boats?
I've seen plenty of boat drivers.







Of course, the towing bills are pretty steep.

Driving a boat is a fairly recent term and is usually used in the context of sailboat racing and refers to being the one at the helm. It can't be accurately called sailing the boat in the true sense because on the hotshot racers you have the helmsman who drives the boat, the tactician who monitors the instruments and calls windshifts and tactical decisions between boats and the navigator who , well he navigates. Collectively they are referred to as the "afterguard" Add to that the owner of the boat who is some rich guy that doesn't know squat about sailing a vessel but has enough money to but a very expensive boat made out of carbon fiber that cost north of half a million and can be expected to last about three seasons before it is deemed obsolete and then pays for a professional crew to actually sail the thing whilst he stands all the way in the back and tries to stay out of everyone's way.
This is why I don't race sailboats anymore. When I grew up it was a bunch of guys on someone's dad's boat with a lot of beer and testosterone flowing and the object was who could get from Gulfport to Pensacola the fastest. When the race was over, the boat has enough amenities below that you could cruise down to Destin and enjoy a few weeks . And this was back when we did it using a compass, tide tables chronometers and paper charts. I actually saw a guy one time sitting on the rail with a freeking lap top for cryin' out loud!!!!!!!!!

 

[roarindan]

One of my pet peeves is when police find a "DEAD BODY". not simply a "body". They never report finding a "live felon".

 

[BobC357]

These comments nicely confirm that our getting the idiot boxes out of the house about 10 years ago was the correct decision. We don't even have access to this noise since we expunged the TVs from our lives. Life is good.

 

[federali]

More Idiocy!

How many times have you heard the talking heads as well as our lawmakers refer to convicted felons? If the person in question hadn't been convicted, he wouldn't be a felon!

Is there such a thing as an unconvicted felon?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Is there such a thing as an unconvicted felon?

Well now that you mention it there is. One can be a felon from a long ago conviction but not yet convicted on the new offenxe. Thus an unconvicted felon is a guy with a record of at least one felony conviction that just hasn't been convicted yet of the latest thing for which he is charged.

ready to slap the snot out of me yet??

 

[Alpo]

Seems to me that you are a felon once you have committed a felony. You become a convicted felon after you were found guilty in court.

 

[FIA44]

I remember one talking head reporting something about Montevideo, Uruguay. Montevideo is pronounced Monti-v-day-oh.
The talking head referred to it as "Monty-video, as in video game.

Then, there's the matter of train and boat drivers. You don't drive either. Trains are run or operated by motormen or engineers.
You may sail or pilot a boat. Don't try driving one.

Yeah, well, Guns don't RUN either, but many on this board think they do.

 

[FIA44]

How many times have you heard the talking heads as well as our lawmakers refer to convicted felons? If the person in question hadn't been convicted, he wouldn't be a felon!

Is there such a thing as an unconvicted felon?

If someone commits a Felony, but doesn't get caught, are they a Felon?