There are some words like that. I know they're common words; I don't think anything of it when anyone else says them, but when I try to say them myself, I just can't. I don't know if it's my upbringing, or maybe it's just that I'm not cool enough, and I realize that if I were to come out with "tramp" instead of "trampoline," everyone would point their fingers and laugh at me as an imposter in their world of cool slang.
For example:
- I have to say policeman, not "cop."
- Dollar, not "buck." "Hey, this shirt is only two bucks!" Nope, never said it. Unable to.
- Trampoline, not "tramp."
- "Sweet." (In the sense of, "Whoa, that skateboard trick was 'sweet'." See, I can't even do it hypothetically! I sound like an idiot!)
- "Sucks." I just can't. Instead I have to say something totally awkward, like, "He took your credit cards? Man, that . . . is . . . horrible!")
- Some others I have trouble with are phrases like "Bring it on," "Get it on," "Down with that," etc.
4 comments:
That sucks. I bet you two bucks that a cop will come arrest you for doing sweet tricks on your tramp. Bring it on, I say. Bring it.
Actually, my problem is that I say a lot of words that I don't realize sound bad until I hear other people. Crap is one of those words. I don't think about it, and then my grandma says "crap." and I think, "oooh, that's an ugly word."
"Let's put that on the down low (or the DL)"
I cured myself of "crap" a couple of years ago as a New Years resolution. I was saying it too much, and I decided I want to only use words that refer to fecal material if I 100% absolutely intend to do so.
see, I say some of these things too much. Like I just heard myself on some family videos saying "SWEET!!" like several times in a row. And I sounded like some old wasted surfer dude or something.
Yikes.
But there are some other things I have a really hard time saying. But of course I can't think of any right now.
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