Slang Terms That Just Confuse You

[Premmy]

'snot my faggot, might be yo' faggot.

[Jagos]

I could swear fags were cigarettes.

[katiuska]

That too, but we almost never call them that in the U.S.

[Nikose Tyris]

I enjoy the random adding of slang to sentences, and renaming different acts. At the moment, "Torrenting" is referred to as "Baby-Punching" in my circle of friends, since it's a frowned-upon discussion topic for them while studying game design at Humber.

[DFM]

I read a series once from a UK based author and the second book on had a little disclaimer at the start that said smoking a fag was not the horrible practice Americans might think at first.

[Azisien]

I dunno though, smoking fags has always left a yucky taste in my mouth.

[Nikose Tyris]

Originally Posted by Azisien

I dunno though, smoking fags has always left a yucky taste in my mouth.

It's funny because this works both ways!

[Funka Genocide]

The term fag means cigarette because motherfucking John Constantine said so. (the real one, not Keanu Reeves.)

[Eldezar]

When I used to frequent Northern West Virginia (as in that little slip that splits Ohio and Pennsylvania which nobody really refers to as WV cuz their just like OH and PA) there are people that like to substitute the word ignorant for anything relating to obnoxious, wierd, stupid, ridiculous and whatever else the term might not fit in but use it there anyways.

Also, in Southwestern Ohio, people call bell peppers mangos.

bell peppers


mangos


And there is no reason for it. The slang is even acknowledged in Wikipedia, but no origin for the term is given anywhere. I asked my grandmother who always used the word, she said just cause that's what people called them. It doesn't make any sense.

EDIT: Ok, apparently the reasoning for the term has been clarified on wiki, but it wasn't there before, and my gramma still didn't know why she called them that. Although, why the hell mango means pickles fruits is still beyond me.

[TDK]

Originally Posted by Eldezar

When I used to frequent Northern West Virginia (as in that little slip that splits Ohio and Pennsylvania which nobody really refers to as WV cuz their just like OH and PA) there are people that like to substitute the word ignorant for anything relating to obnoxious, wierd, stupid, ridiculous and whatever else the term might not fit in but use it there anyways.

This pretty much happens all over the south. Its commonly used by both 'gangstas' AND 'rednecks' which seems like kind of a weird crossover, but yeah, if you insult someone it is pretty common to be told 'don't be ignorant*'.

Once in this situation I commented upon the actual meaning of ignorant and I was told "Oh don't start with that shit"...So apparently she actually knew the real meaning of the word and kept using it incorrectly anyway...>_<

*Actual pronunciation is usually something like "ig-nant" not "ig-nore-ant".