IYKYK - phrases you use some won’t understand

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mistyoptic

Vintage
Something @postman said (Nighthawk calling London), in Mundane News, reminded me. I thought of asking this a few weeks ago, after I’d made a Discworld reference.

How many of you regularly introduce phrases into conversation which will only be recognised and appreciated by those “in the know”?

Share your favourites?

“Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast”

“I was just p1ssing by your doorway” as a couple of examples
 

Supersuperleeds

Legendary Member
Something @postman said (Nighthawk calling London), in Mundane News, reminded me. I thought of asking this a few weeks ago, after I’d made a Discworld reference.

How many of you regularly introduce phrases into conversation which will only be recognised and appreciated by those “in the know”?

Share your favourites?

“Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast”

“I was just p1ssing by your doorway” as a couple of examples

Ace
 
All the same classic comedy sources, but we go slightly off-centre…

(The kettle, like…) “the bro is onnnn.” Airplane 2, courtroom jive. Then for a flourish on delivering the associated cuppa, “just dried leaves. Boiled”. HHG

Whenever one is found in the house: “one huge spider. Polite though.” HHG

“Got to have a system, you’ve gotta have a system.” Usually followed by “Pulp, Blur, Oasis, Echobelly!” Mid 90s Harry Hill before he sold out 🤣

As well as the usual cunning plans, 2 spikes being an extravagance, can we come in for a gloat?s from various Blackadders.

There are some more modern ones, often from Taskmaster, but time will tell whether they endure. 😄
 

Reynard

Guru
Great Maker!

You are finite, Zathras is finite, this is wrong tool... (note, replace tool with whatever it is you are rummaging for)

No BOOM today, BOOM tomorrow. There's always a BOOM tomorrow.

The avalanche has started. It's too late for the pebbles to vote.

Why is it always thin air? Why is it never fat air, chubby air, mostly-fit-but-could-stand-to-lose-a-few-pounds air?

Do not thump the Book of G'Quan. It is disrespectful.

There is a hole in your mind...
 
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