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The Figure of Speech That You Dislike The Most

"Tits up".

(I have to laugh as I write this, Harrison.)

I despise the word "tits" as much as many people hate the C-word. Just sayin'.

Oh, and I hate "Just sayin'," too! :D
 
OK, could someone explain this to me? "Quality is a table stake." Um...I have no idea what this means, and that means I don't like it.
 
Flinty said:
OK, could someone explain this to me? "Quality is a table stake." Um...I have no idea what this means, and that means I don't like it.
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Table stakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Table stake - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Focus on Steaks on Tables, not Table Stakes - DROdio = "table stakes also refers to the minimum entry requirement for a market or business arrangement. It can refer to pricing, cost models, technology, or other capability that represents a minimum requirement to have a credible competitive starting position in a market or other business arrangement."
 
Flinty said:
OK, could someone explain this to me? "Quality is a table stake." Um...I have no idea what this means, and that means I don't like it.
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It could also be interpreted as related to 'table stakes' in gambling where table stakes are the absolute minimum amount that you have to have to have to play at that particular poker table.

So if the stakes are for example $1,000.00 dollars to play poker at that table, then it would mean that Quality is an absolute minimum requirement to be part of a game or a market or a business.
 
Mia said:
It could also be interpreted as related to 'table stakes' in gambling where table stakes are the absolute minimum amount that you have to have to have to play at that particular poker table.

So if the stakes are for example $1,000.00 dollars to play poker at that table, then it would mean that Quality is an absolute minimum requirement to be part of a game or a market or a business.
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Yeah.
That's in the links.
 
I have a few I dislike.

Elbows over teakettle - really, you are carrying a teakettle and it's above your elbows?

Calling a friend "china" - Yes I know it's Cockney rhyming slang. (China means a plate and, plate rhymes with mate. Took me years to learn Cocky slang and I still don't like it but, this one is the worst to me.

There are a lot of them I hear on the CB radio when traveling, I know what they mean now, but if you don't most of the following will make no sense at all.

Bear in the air - means a police helicopter or airplane, not an actual animal in the sky.
Chicken Coop - means a weigh station for semi trucks, not a place you keep chickens.
Plain wrapper - means an unmarked law enforcement vehicle, not anything wrapped in anything or, any kind of wrapper at all.
Rolling road block - means a slow moving vehicle in the travel lane, not an actual road blockade on wheels.
Rodger Ramjet - means a vehicle moving too fast, not a person named Rodger.
Lot Lizard - means a prostitute working at a truck stop, not a Gecko or something that live in a lot of some kind.
Commercial - means a person selling their body, male or female, not an advertisement.
Chicken Loose On Scales Extremely Dangerous - means that the weigh station is closed, they used the letters in the word CLOSED to invent the acronym.
Local Yocal - means a city police officer.
Comedian - means the median in the center of the highway, not a comedic performer.

Those are highly annoying because I have to stop and think what they really mean and, apparently it's not something most CB radio users have to think about.
 
"man up"...... mainly because it's what my father repeated over and over when i was growing up anytime i did anything un manly (ie: showed emotion.... yeah, like it's not tough enough to show emotions. it was drilled in my head not to. then when i didn't show the correct emotion at the same time i was scolded for it)

i can generally figure out most sayings given the syntax before/after said saying........ but "man up" was all i got
 
Yes Chris, I hear that a lot around here, I finally asked and it means the same as "grow a pair," "Get some balls" it means to become strong and brave and deal with whatever it is you are told to "man up" about or, to take responsibility for your actions and reaction and, not act like a child would in that situation but, to act like an adult, preferably an NT adult.
 
which makes acceptable sense for somebody in their late teens or older.... in my case.. it was used any time i was upset about anything at any age. whether it was when i broke my ankle around age 10 (i had to walk home pushing my bike.. with a broken ankle.. because i wasn't showing enough pain for my father to believe i was really hurt. but apparently i was complaining enough to be told "man up" and walk about 2 miles back home) when it was already stuck in me from much younger years where i would be upset (even cry when i was very young.. just greatly dislike it when i was a little older..... i didn't like sand in my shoes, it felt terrible. even when i stopped crying i would keep brushing sand out of my shoes if i couldn't take them off all together. i also didn't like being barefoot with sand but it was a tolerable lesser of 2 evils when i was dragged to the beach. not so much physically, but my grandfather liked the pizza there and they had an icecream shop and i liked both of those. but my father would make me play on the beach whereas grandpa was fine just walking along the boardwalk)
 
Beverly said:
I have a few I dislike.

Elbows over teakettle - really, you are carrying a teakettle and it's above your elbows?

Calling a friend "china" - Yes I know it's Cockney rhyming slang. (China means a plate and, plate rhymes with mate. Took me years to learn Cocky slang and I still don't like it but, this one is the worst to me.

There are a lot of them I hear on the CB radio when traveling, I know what they mean now, but if you don't most of the following will make no sense at all.

Bear in the air - means a police helicopter or airplane, not an actual animal in the sky.
Chicken Coop - means a weigh station for semi trucks, not a place you keep chickens.
Plain wrapper - means an unmarked law enforcement vehicle, not anything wrapped in anything or, any kind of wrapper at all.
Rolling road block - means a slow moving vehicle in the travel lane, not an actual road blockade on wheels.
Rodger Ramjet - means a vehicle moving too fast, not a person named Rodger.
Lot Lizard - means a prostitute working at a truck stop, not a Gecko or something that live in a lot of some kind.
Commercial - means a person selling their body, male or female, not an advertisement.
Chicken Loose On Scales Extremely Dangerous - means that the weigh station is closed, they used the letters in the word CLOSED to invent the acronym.
Local Yocal - means a city police officer.
Comedian - means the median in the center of the highway, not a comedic performer.

Those are highly annoying because I have to stop and think what they really mean and, apparently it's not something most CB radio users have to think about.
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Hammer lane-the left lane,not the one for hammers,the lane where you can put the pedal to the metal
Big hammer-powerful engine,not a large tool...makes a big difference climbing a hill or for using the hammer lane and going all in...if the hammer is too big,refer to your next destination listed below
Pickle park-rest area,not a park for pickles
Nice seat cover-pretty girl,not an actual seat cover
Cage driver-person driving a car,not a cage
Hauling homicide-carrying a round object sideways on a trailer,not a recent murder victim
Hauling suicide-carrying a round object the same direction as the tractor,not moving a person who is about to make a poor decision
Smoky has a customer-a highway patrolman has a driver pulled over,not an animal selling something
Alligator-blown tire on the roadway,not a reptile
Headache rack-cab protector,not a rack to get a headache on
At the 85 yardstick-the 85th mile marker,not the number of a measuring stick
Portable parking lot-car carrier,not a place to park that is movable
Dragging a pup-hauling a short single axle trailer,not pulling a small dog :p
 
Yes, I know Nitro, I travel often and, I married a truck driver. It is annoying but, it also part of my daily vocabulary along with 10-4 (I agree, I will do that.) keep the shiny side up (don't have an accident, Stay safe until you get back home.) Jake Brake (Jacob's Engine Brake - equipment found on semi trucks.) Johnny Bar (a handle that looks like the gear shifter of an automatic car but, activates the trailer brakes and not the tractor brakes on a semi.) refer (refrigerated semi trailer.) garbage hauler/garbage truck (that's a diver or truck hauling produce, not actual garbage.) eighteen wheeler (Semi truck, regardless of the actual number of wheels.) six wheeler (a straight truck such as a large U Haul or Penske truck, the cab and cargo compartments cannot be separated.) four wheeler, (any car or pick up having four wheels.) crotch rocket (motorcycle, usually Japanese made. Buster Brown (a UPS truck) Corn Flakes (Consolidated Freightways truck.) Pumpkin Wagon (Schneider truck, they are orange.) Arkansas Bullfrog (Arakansas Best Freight truck.) and host of other seemingly silly terms that make perfect sense to truck drivers and frequent road travelers who use CB radios.

I've learned a few of the jokes that truck drivers tell as well, some are funny once you understand them, other are simply crude.
 
Psych: "Do you hear voices?"
Me: "Yes, I hear yours right now."

Other saying I hate have to do with scientific inaccuracy and probably aren't even considered figures of speech by most people. For example: I find that the majority of the time people use the word "chemical" in such a way that they clearly do not understand what a chemical is. They will say, "I don't eat food with chemicals in it.", or, "I don't want to be exposed to chemicals.", when both scenarios would lead to the individuals swift death. And yet when I correct people and explain that all matter, including oxygen and proteins and carbohydrates that comprise food, are chemicals they take it upon themselves to correct me. It's not that I don't understand what they mean, just that the manner in which they express themselves indicates a scientific ignorance that must be remedied.
 
to that level (the "chemical" thing) many things will bother me. i do know what the people mean, but i hear it literally and not figuratively so my first instinct is to blurt out "boo hydrogen!" or something to that effect. i've gotten better at not blurting things like that out (unless i want to... or i'm tired.. or stressed... or basically anything to cause the small filter i've been able to make to stop that thing, to fail) but just because i don't say it outloud doesn't mean it doesn't bother me

i have noticed i'm starting to get a "stewie griffin" (from "family guy) type of head tilt with things like that. that whole look of "are you serious? you can't be serious.. i must have misheard what you said. or maybe i heard you right?" which will just get more defined as time goes on unless i can replace it with something else
 
It's painful and difficult to be an Aspie when NTs, the ones who are considered correct, are so often just plain wrong! Please be precise!!!!!!
Oh!!!! I just had a sudden understanding of myself. I have very little appreciation of poetry that doesn't have rhyme and rhythm and I strongly prefer clear, concise prose. Say what you mean, damn it!
 
My husband's dispatcher annoyed me for months before I got used to two things she says. "Cool beans" and, instead of saying goodbye when she calls on the phone, she says "Bicycle" It's been years and now, my husbands says Cool beans and Biicycle on the phone too - UGH! LOL
 
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