The Wide, Wide World Of Slang

[queequeg]

Ooh, I know this one. Donner kebabs are made with 'donner meat', which is a big block of lamb that's cooked on a vertical rotisserie. (I think 'donner' means something like 'twirling' in Turkish)

[batmom]

Quote:tinny and stubby - can of beer and bottle of bear

I've been living out of the country for a while now, but have Canadians really started drinking bear?

Duh, yeah. That's why we have that extra fridge in the basement - to store the bear. Remind me to pop open a bottle of grizzly for you the next time you're in town.

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"Donner" also mean human meat, if you're from the Western U.S. just kidding...see, the Donner Party...never mind

Batmom, can you make it a Grizzly Light? I'm trying to watch my weight.

[jennipoo]

Yeah and I don't drink polar bear. White foods are bad, y'all.

[monsterzero]

Okay, I've had it: what is up with 'sammich?' Isn't it supposed to be 'sandwich?'

[topher]

what is up with 'sammich?'

Frickin' Rachel Ray, she may not have started it but she probably got it out there in the public. FYI, she is a cook on the Food Network's 30 Minute Meals who constantly says "sammich". Drives me ape shit.

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I hate "sammich" too. It sounds like cutesy baby talk.

A friend and I were talking about all the slang ways to talk about drinking alcohol:

Slamming one down
Belting down a few
Getting hammered
Getting wasted
Getting shit-faced
Knocking one back

There were quite a few more we came up with, and they were all violent! Why is it so many slang expressions for drinking sound violent?

[InchoateDetails]

what is up with 'sammich?'

Frickin' Rachel Ray, she may not have started it but she probably got it out there in the public.

Actually, sammich has been around in the African American community for years. On the TV show "Martin" there was a character who was always asking for a "sammich". It's right up there with people who say "fif" instead of fifth. I dunno if it's so much slang as mispronounciation.

[batmom]

Grizzly Light - tastes great; less filling.
And don't worry, I carry nothing but low-carb Polar Bear.

Sammich drives me mental but it still runs a close second to samwidge. The first one I can attribute to laziness; the second is just stupid.

More drunk slang:

Tight as a tick.
Loaded.
Off his/her tits.

[InchoateDetails]

Another entry for slang for being drunk: In his cups.

My co-worker uses this to describe her neighbor all the time. As in, " We went to the party but as usual before long, John was in his cups".