"A sweet shooter". Don't intend to get it anywhere near my mouth to taste it, sort of like the old LE expression, " he ate his gun" which you never want to hear.
How true, fellow squid-American. I was in my thirties before I discovered what "nationality" meant (on some PI government forms). Couldn't for the life of me figure out how it was different from citizenship.
"I heard that", with the emphasis on "that". A local favorite among the knuckle-drag crew when they can't think any other way to say they agree with something.
The word Community as it refers to poor people/ or not so poor but smart politicians of certain ethnicity and allows blanket coverage of all wrong doing.
As a cop I heard about a million times when asking perps what they were arrested for, " Well, they said I " ( any insert imaginable or not ) but it was'nt me.
On the gun forums, "DA trigger break as smooth as butter"
Vulgar and obscene ones:
"Built like a brick ----house"
"T--- on a bull"
"I feel like ----"
Others:
"Let's do lunch"
"I want your input"
"I want your feedback"
Some of my biggest pet peeves with regard to language are from "cop talk". We've all seen the "police spokesman" say in a press conference...."the gentlman." What a gross and vulgar misuse of the language. The guy was not a "gentleman"! Wake up! Find something better to call him!.....like ass clown, perp, scum bag, etc.