Family Catchphrases

[starrylizard]

Okay, here's a meme I totally felt like doing! I've only done a few, because my mind went blank, but it's fun! :D

Totally gakked from omglawdork. Every family has funny catchphrases; here are a few of ours, with origins and usages. I'd love to hear what you use - feel free to leave in comments, or make your own post! :)


Fanannywacker - Defined as: a driver who unnecessarily slows down a long way before a red light, in the hope that the light will change and they won't have to come to a complete stop, thereby preventing cars behind them from turning left (in Australia. I suppose that'd be right in America.). I have no idea of the origins of this word, but my father used to yell it at drivers. eg. "You bloody Fanannywacker! Get off the road." My sister and I thought it was a real word until a few years after my sister got her license and she happened to yell at a driver while she had friends in the car... needless to say she got some very confused looks.

Get a life! - This is generally when my dad and I (or another family member) are slinging insults (or insulting puns) at each other in jest. When someone is down and can no longer think of a comeback, they'll throw out "[insert person's name] Get a Life!" and they'll pretty much win by default. It originates from when I was a little kid and Dad got on a roll with punning on something or other and I yelled from my bedroom "Dad, get a life!" I don't remember what the puns were about anymore, but somehow it fit the general theme and cracked him up and it's just been ever since.

I'm not bovvered! - What can I say, I made my family watch the Catherine Tate Show on DVD and it's a family institution now! Mostly when things are getting heated and someone is obviously annoyed, out come the "I'm not bovvered, are you bovvered?" and it always makes us laugh. :)

Comments

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, fun! I'll have to think of what some of ours are so I can do this meme. :D

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

hee! I shall have to read it then! :D

[lark_ascends]

:-D

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

^_^

[billy-red-ocean.livejournal.com]

hihi, that is fun! Have to think about it.

And you probably knew that already but CATHERINE TATE IS ♥!!!

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes she is!!!!! :D
ANd by god, did the DW season final show us so much more than I'd seen before and I already thought she was made of awesome! *tears up*

[billy-red-ocean.livejournal.com]

Best damn finale they ever had! And the worst damn finale they ever had! (considering my mental state afterwards) I still start crying over it, it's so not fair! I want my DONNA!!!

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I know!! I was babbling to Hay1ock over msn, just cos I had too. That was an emotional rollercoaster!! Awesome, but... *wibble*

[billy-red-ocean.livejournal.com]

I had a friend visiting over the weekend and she had to watch it with me although she had never seen DW before and afterwards called another friend who I hooked on DW, squealing and crying and laughing for an hour, I was so exhausted whe I finally went to bed. lol

[yokiem.livejournal.com]

You have a bovvered icon!! So, can you tell I'm just going through all your entries in one go. I can't believe I havent had time to go through my flist this week. Or maybe that should be, bothered to go to my brother's place after I get home from work :P

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Hehee! I do that a lot! I love my bovvered icon! :)