Figure of speech?

tiamaria

In my neck of the woods they say "!!!!ed on his fireworks" , slight variation lol

Torry_Quine

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Unless Torry Quine has her OH bugged when he leaves the house I refuse to believe that most men don't express themselves in very different language in exclusively male company compared to when it's mixed. Same goes for the ladies, too.

The phrase I'm more acquainted with is "p!ssed on my corn-flakes". It is quite vulgar but I am not of such delicate sensbilities that I'd be offended by such language or would pretend to be.

No I don't have him bugged. :rotfl: :rotfl:That said he doesn't go out on exclusively male nights out. Maybe he's not one of the most men you mention.

jellyhead

Last year a friend came to visit us while we were on a caravan holiday - he lived nearby, so my husband was going to go out for a few drinks but they ended up staying in. After I'd gone to bed I heard my husband talking to his mate a lot differently than he talks to me, using words he'd never utter in front of a lady!

System

Its not a term i am familar with but i think its vulgar and disrespectful.

Last year a friend came to visit us while we were on a caravan holiday - he lived nearby, so my husband was going to go out for a few drinks but they ended up staying in. After I'd gone to bed I heard my husband talking to his mate a lot differently than he talks to me, using words he'd never utter in front of a lady!

I mustnt be a lady then cause i hear it from my other half all the time. Very often i ask him if he is trying to win the contest.... 'HOW MANY FOUR LETTER WORDS YOU CAN FIT IN A SENTENCE'.

Spendless

DKLS wrote: »

You may find a print title useful, I believe its called Roger Mellies Profanisaurus,qv)..

That fetched back memories. Sis in law was so adamant that neice couldn't do x, y and z all the time, I waited till she was an adult living away from home and then bought her a profanisaurus. Neice loved it. Husband was miffed I didn't buy him a copy though. Yes, I've heard the phrase used by the OP, that's what working in male dominated industries, such as mechanics, forestry workers and currently lorry drivers does for you.

apesxx

Torry_Quine wrote: »

DKLS I stopped reading after the first line as those terms are disgusting and I can honestly say hand on hear that my husband would never use such words and I doubt he even knows them! :eek:

Don't judge all men by your standards, the men I have contact with don't use crude language whatever the context.

sorry but i know a woman at work who can be quite crude and vulgar sometimes but around her husband she speaks the queens english lol. She even admits that she dont speak like that around hubby

heard quite a lot of these phrases that have been posted, especially p!!!!d on my chips lol. wouldnt be offended by it at all, im from northwest though and its fairly common round here i would guess.

Torry_Quine

apesxx wrote: »

sorry but i know a woman at work who can be quite crude and vulgar sometimes but around her husband she speaks the queens english lol. She even admits that she dont speak like that around hubby

heard quite a lot of these phrases that have been posted, especially p!!!!d on my chips lol. wouldnt be offended by it at all, im from northwest though and its fairly common round here i would guess.

I know that sadly some women can be crude and vulgar but thankfully none that I know and yes I would be offended. those phrases would never have been acceptable in any working environment I've been in.:eek:

3v3

Torry_Quine wrote: »

The full saying is 'cut your cloth according to your means' ie don't spend what you haven't got.

I thought it was: "Cut your coat according to your cloth"

vegasvisitor

I'm thinking about this from a slightly different angle maybe. I think I would be a bit offended, not so much because of the phrase itself, but the fact I was being blamed when it was actually the brother in law or whatever that had suggested the meal and changed the guy's plans. So it wasn't really OP who had !!!!!! on the chips at all :rotfl:

I did like the one about being nuttier than a squirrell's fart though. :rotfl:

Tiddlywinks

I've got a different (and more serious) take on this...

The OP is offended by something her OH said about her - they are planning a wedding... so planning to live 'happily ever after'.

Perhaps now is a good time to sit and have a good old think about what the OP wants from her OH. Does she want him to be something he is not? Does she see him through rose tinted specs? Is this 'vulgarity' frequent or just something she happened to overhear that was not meant for her ears?

We all have different personas in different situations... having lived / worked in a uniformed environment and now working in another operational role, I can absolutely tell you that language does change depending on the audience.

The issue here is simple: the OH is what he is, the OP can spend a very unhappy time trying to make him more 'refined' but isn't life just a bit short for that?

Accept his vocabulary or ask him to change - either way, if the OP found this phrase so upsetting then is marriage the best way forward right now?