I think it's interesting how language changes over time. What something used to mean, it no longer means. Take these for example...
Tea Party: If your little girl says she's going to have a tea party, do you now assume that she's starting a racist political movement?
Taking the piss: Something to do with R.Kelly?
Mission Accomplished: You pretty much sound like a dumbass saying this now, thanks to dubya.
Go to pot: Go to California?
Shell Shocked: Someone after a hunting trip with Dick Cheney.
Stiff Upper Lip: This is probably a procedure you can have done now.
LOL
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a few winters ago. I was over a friends house, the conversation when like this:
ReplyDeleteFriend: "Its cold in here, lets build a fire" (starts to go outside.)
Father: "You're not building a fire."
Friend enters the house holding some twigs.
Father: (shouting)"GET THAT FAGGOT OUT OF HERE!"
Mother: (irate tone)"Don't say things like that, that is very derogatory."
Father: (grinning) "Honey, I think you better get the dictionary."
I am still laughing when the mother returns with a very confused look on her face and reads out loud; "faggot, a bundle of sticks or twigs tied with a string."