I wish certain words and phrases would just go away. These are banal, insulting, trite words like:
Baby Mama 24/7
Have a good one Sperm Donor
Bitch Whatever Closure Literally
Baby Bump
Uber Hypocrite
Other words and phrases should be said more often. These are happy, smiley, shiny words like:
Thank you I love you
Marshmallow
Sorry You're welcome
Lemur Can I help you?
Serendipity conundrum
But some of my most favorite words are the ones I grew up with. These are cultural, made up, mispronounced words like:
Snudik A piece of string. Used as a term of endearment and for talking about a piece of string.
Sentence: Excuse me, sir, but there is a snudik on your pants.
Bacowsa A word I thought was Sicilian for bathroom, but was really my grandfather's thickly accented English. He was saying "Back of the House", which meant the outhouse behind the house. That was what he would say to indicate the bathroom, so I guess it's not too far off.
Sentence: Excuse me, sir, but can you point me to the bacowsa?
Prutt This is an actual Swedish word. It means fart. Take THAT you disbelievers.
Sentence: Excuse me, sir, but did you just prutt?
There are so many more, but I will leave you with this last one:
Schatzi Treasure. Used in our family as a term of endearment, and most often my Aunt Sophie.
Her Sentence: Eat, schatzi, eat.
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