CommonFreddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."
My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.
What stuff do you think is common?
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chthonic, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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BugsIn my town, a woodlice is called a 'cheesybug'. As far as i am aware, it is only in my town and local area this name is used. Only posh people say woodlice.
Top 3 commonisms:
1. The Bog = The water closet or lavatory.
2. A Fag = A cigarette
3. A Dump = To excreate faeces.
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I call themslateybacks
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Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 23:14,
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My Welsh friend calls themgranny greys
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I call themarmadilloes.
Possibly due to a previous qotw answer... I've done it for a long time now, the origin is lost in the mists of time.
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warmfuzzies Isn't here, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 1:49,
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in my townwe call them 'cheeselogs' and according to wikipedia is only local to my area too!
woop!
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A woodlouseWoodlice is the plural.
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They're called cheesybugs!!Everyone else thinks I'm insane. Glad its not just me.
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woodlice / woodlouseare called Chuckypegs where i hail from...
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