<p>Pictures??</p>
<p>Yiddish is a very earthy language - no fooling around - says it straight. AK, which is a term used to refer to older men, usually by other guys, who may be of the same or a different age, sometimes in an affectionate way, other times not so affectionately, stands for Alter Kacker. "Alter" means old, and Kack means sh****t. That's right, curmudge, an old shooter or something of similar pronunciation.</p>
<p>dadofsam,Gives a whole new meaning to an AK47, doesn't it?</p>
<p>tsdad, I laughed. Again. It has become your trademark.</p>
<p>As to Curmudgeonese, as it's being discussed, after a thousand posts I would have assumed everybody would have it down by now. It's really very simple. It's like common English except sentence fragments, run-on sentences and dangling participles are not just O.K. but preferred. Commas, and all other punctuation, are like Italian spices. Just throw them in there till it tastes about right.Then call it done. And leave out all the big scary words. That's all there is to the basic version. Next time we will discuss "joining-words" for no apparent reason, and creative analogies that make no sense but sound like a country-raised person would say them. </p>
<p>For a basic primer on languages of this type I can recommend "Conrack", starring The Father of Angelina Jolie as my ranch is only slighty more isolated than the Gullahs' island home.</p>
<p>Famolares-I swore I would wear only them the rest of my life, then I couldn't find them anymore. </p>
<p>I remember thinking I would be in Heaven if I could visit the Bonne Bell store in Lakewood OH-it wasn't heaven.</p>
<p>Lamom: I can't imagine anyone ever thinking ANYTHING in Lakewood would be Heaven (both of my parents were born there and lived there until shortly after I was born). It's a nice place (but not on the heaven level!), and the original location of the Bonne Bell store was not even in the nicest area of Lakewood. My brush with celebrity when I was younger was that my uncle dated Bonne Bell for awhile; when I was in middle school, this was quite a claim to fame. Better than admitting that I used 10-0-6 on a regular basis because of my acne...!</p>
<p>Tsdad,
I agree with Mudge. Your trademark is funny. Im now using it as a signpost to read the preceding posts more carefully for the visual imagery. Good eye!</p>
<p>The following quotes are from an earlier discussion in Sinners Alley. I liked Taramoms and Citygirlsmoms ideas, but I wasnt clever enough or quick enough to contribute. Ive had plenty of time now, so Im going to try to contribute. This could be one of the great advantages of cyber-conversations. You can pretend that you didn't read it, so you're just now responding. Of course, I've already blown my cover, so consider this to be the equivalent of Moose (30 minutes after the joke) saying, "Hey! That's FUNNY!" :o</p>
<p>BTW, if you havent read the parental sex education stories early in this thread, take the time. They are hilarious. </p>
<p>From Taramom #13
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gross of condoms makes a rather interesting collective noun--like a habitat of nuns and a murder of crows.
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<p>Citygirlsmoms contributions #18:</p>
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a giggle of girls
a bravado of boys
a nag of moms
a clueless of dads
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<p>Heres mine:</p>
<p>A couple of parents</p>
<p>This may be biologically correct, but it is often incorrect sociologically and mathematically, so:</p>
<p>An individual of parent
A trio of parents
A foursome of parents
Well, you get the idea, but on CC we might be considered:
A pack of parents</p>
<p>Consortium of colleges has been done, but how about,
An abundance of LACs (punnish?)
A Conservatory of Liberal Arts Colleges
A Constriction of Universities (courtesy of USN&WR)</p>
<p>I just read this entire thread again. What a classic. What a talented group of people you all are. I thank you. Anyone who hasn't read the whole thing is missing a treat.</p>
<p>Here's another story - in the endearing category. </p>
<p>I have a mole on my chin. About two years ago, my S, then 13, told me he had thought for all his life until then that all women had moles on their chins, that it was essentially a gender-required characteristic. Doesn't that define love? That they can think our flaws aren't flaws but necessary to qualify to be a woman?</p>
<p>Sigh.</p>
<p>Alumother,
That is a lovely story.</p>
<p>a confusion of parents
a posse of parents (you know when we get together to fight the SYSTEM)
a bank of parents (you'll get it)</p>
<p>an expense of daughters
a frenzy of two year olds
a ramble of boys</p>
<p>Alumother,
I agree that is a lovely story, but Im confused. Do you mean when Doddsmom notes my flaws that shes actually telling me that she loves me? She must love me a lot! And I believed Ali McGraw about the meaning of love all this time
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<p>C-mudge,
"Conrack" with Jon Voigt as the white teacher with the black students on the island. Didn't he win an Oscar for that role? Or only a nomination? Was that the name of the film, or what the students called him? </p>
<p>I'm making progress with Curmudgeonese. At this point, I can understand much more than I can speak/write. It is the subtleties in the language that intrigue me the most. Wait, let me rephrase that: If you cant say it plain, then its probably not worth listening to no, thats not it,... Theres more meat on those bones than you think...thats a lot closer, maybe too obvious Ive got it! If youre going fishing and you dont dig, youre likely to miss most of the best worms. :D</p>
<p>a swagger of teens
a meandor of seniors
a glory of graduates
a stress of applicants</p>
<p>CGMom,
You are the master!</p>
<p>CGM, funny stuff. My personal fave: a swagger of teens.:cool:</p>
<p>doddsdad - If doddsmom believes that no one is a real man unless he has your flaws, then yes, she is behaving like my S.</p>
<p>How about a cuddle of toddlers?</p>
<p>Hey, guys...I'll have a gin tonic with a lime twist. And, would one of you do me a favor and pick up my eyeballs if you see them rolling around on the ground somewhere? Thanks, I'd appreciate it!</p>
<p>I need sleep. A whole night's worth. One night of blissful, uninterrupted sleep. Dh and I are outnumbered and outgunned. And, we're OLD. In the last week, we've been invaded by college students whose biological alarm clocks go off around 11 p.m. The one senior-to-be, high school student in the house got a summer job, and he's been working until Midnight. This, apparently, is the bewitching hour for all of them to congregate in the hallway right outside of our bedroom door. Like vampire bats, they hang together sensing their nocturnal prey while we lie there in REM-deprived, zombie-like states of dormancy. </p>
<p>After two nights of asking them nicely to take their yapitudeness elsewhere, we no longer cared what state of dress or undress we happened to be in when we dragged our sorry a**es out of bed. They got a good look at how a 47 y/o woman's bosoms morph into her abdomen in the middle of the night. Not a pretty sight. I guess, I've got that much going for me. </p>
<p>My poor husband looks like something the cat barfed up every night when he comes home from work. </p>
<p>Things will get better next week when we take one of the college students back to college for a double summer session. Yay. Once she goes back, the boyfriend should go back to his parents' house and start his full-time summer job. And, the other one, I'll just have to scare off.</p>
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If doddsmom believes that no one is a real man unless he has your flaws, then yes, she is behaving like my S.</p>
<p>How about a cuddle of toddlers?
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<p>I like a cuddle of toddlers, especially after they were a flop of toddlers</p>
<p>Alumom, I'm sure that's what doddsmom believes, really...:rolleyes:</p>
<p>sluggbugg - omgod that was hysterical! Yaptitude?</p>
<p>Sluggbugg--I'll have to stand in for tsdad.....</p>
<p>Pictures??</p>
<p>I have never seen cat barf, because the dogs eat it. I have seen dog baqrf though, as the cat won't eat that, heaven forbid.</p>
<p>A grouch of parents!!!!!!</p>
<p>A jerk of ex-boyfriends</p>
<p>A slither of ________
A scury of _________</p>
<p>And have you ever asked your pre-teen or young teen what "going out" is...I ask where they go, and the glares I get</p>
<p>A glare of teen girls</p>