Ok so I don't know.. maybe this should be on the aspie board.. but if so tell me that.

I do things sometimes from habit but this is something that I know is kinda weird. Wondering if any of you do this. I latch onto stupid things, not only tangible objects that I carry as security blankets - like my android phone. I feel so out of control if it's not in my hand or in my pocket. stuff like that. but it doesn't stop there.

I latch onto words. I use certain words I like the sound of or the meaning of or just because they are not the norm or not used widely. I will use them all the time and sometimes I am sure it gets irritating, or I assume so. It's not just habitual language use, it's that they are odd words. I know everyone does this to an extent but what are your words that you like? Mind you I know many of yours anyway - yes I catch those silly little details about people - like someone here (you know who you are, likes the word diatribe and btw I've caught that word bug after finding out the meaning of it) hehe... yes this is all in fun so don't take me seriously I'm just chuckling here like a kid with an inside joke in the quiet classroom. o.O

Lately it's been "Troll" I've been calling everyone that bothers me a farking troll. Online and off haha. Called this coworker I don't know but hate anyway that's particularly nosy about what I'm doing at my desk everyday a "troll like creature" in my email to a friend haha. I have others but I'll leave it at that.

Ignore this post if it's stupid. Sorry for my idiocy.

[Ultra Darkness]

I like "verisimilitude" and "cadaverous" myself.
I don't think this post is stupid. Merely "idiosyncratic".

Originally Posted by Ultra Darkness

I like "verisimilitude" and "cadaverous" myself.
I don't think this post is stupid. Merely "idiosyncratic".

You calling me an idiot? no wait, that's not the same thing ::: runs to look up that unused word :::

LOL.....I always have two or three harder words I latch on to and use too much. Don't worry....they're eventually replaced by others as they come about.

loquacious - very talkative
lackadaisical - a good one to use with your kids...very lazy
hypothetical - it seems all "situations" are hypothetical
redundant...let say it again and be redundant
obsolete - an 8-track player is completely obsolete (I can hear some of our younger readers saying "huh, what's that??"
To name just a few I've latched on to in the past.

I have NO IDEA if this is a BPD or Aspie trait, but I've always done it.

[Ultra Darkness]

Originally Posted by s4ndm4n2006

You calling me an idiot? no wait, that's not the same thing ::: runs to look up that unused word :::

Does anyone need me to translate my word choices?

Originally Posted by Ultra Darkness

Does anyone need me to translate my word choices?

yes please. Here, I have a cookie if you do. XP

"Vestibule" is a cool word only I don't know how to use the frakker. so poor thing gets neglected.. oh and my smiley: o.O <--- yeah I pretty much should add that as my signature I use it so much.

Originally Posted by s4ndm4n2006

yes please. Here, I have a cookie if you do. XP

"Vestibule" is a cool word only I don't know how to use the frakker..

"Meet me in the vestibule." It's like a large hallway in a big building.

hehe. ok

Oh and Nonsensical. Used that a quite a number of times. usually in the same paragraph where I say a conversation is nothing but "mindless drivel"

[Ultra Darkness]

Ok.
Verisimilitude means believabilty.
Cadaverous, I believe, means corpse-like (and yes, I know that's morbid).
Idiosyncratic means strange or unusual.

Originally Posted by Ultra Darkness

Ok.
Verisimilitude means believabilty.
Cadaverous, I believe, means corpse-like (and yes, I know that's morbid).
Idiosyncratic means strange or unusual.

yeah of all those of coruse I understood cadaverous hahahahaha. I knew kind of what idiosyncratic meant but wasn't sure. Keeps making me think of the Police and their song "idiosynchronicity" wait no that's not it. o.O

[Ultra Darkness]

"Paranoimia" is fun, but I think that one was just made up for a song title...Same with "Elementum".
Hmmm.

Originally Posted by Ultra Darkness

Ok.
Verisimilitude means believabilty.
Cadaverous, I believe, means corpse-like (and yes, I know that's morbid).
Idiosyncratic means strange or unusual.

"cadaverous" is usually used to describe someone who's morbidly skinny, hence all of their bones are visible. Sorry....the English teacher in me needs to come out now and then.

Originally Posted by Ultra Darkness

"Paranoimia" is fun, but I think that one was just made up for a song title...Same with "Elementum".
Hmmm.

"Elementum" is a radioactive element way, way up on the periodic table. Connection, perhaps?

[Big Mama]

That dosn't make you weird. It makes you aspie. My son have a love for a ball, it brings him security. He used to carry a football made from tire tread everywhere he went. Now he is down to a bouncy ball in his pocket so it is discrete. A friend of his has a piece of twine in his pocket, he keeps adding feed bag strings together and keeping them. He lost it at our house one time I thought he was gonna have a total melt down. We found it. That is not the most terrible thing to have. When it comes to the blanket that is a little tougher. Have you thought about cutting squares of blanket or material that meets your texture needs and sewing in to the necks of your shirt on the inside. It is a simple tactic that kids who need, really need, there blankets use.

As for weird words, none here. Everything I say is weird. Good luck w/ that.

I don't latch onto words per se but I latch onto phrases (or sometimes rhythms or tiny snippets of songs) and they'll go on endless repeat in my head sometimes for days. Almost like an OCD thing but not. I think that's a borderline trait because a memoir written by a borderline author, Loud in the House of Myself, mentions this fairly extensively. I thought it was only me until I read that book.

Originally Posted by s4ndm4n2006

I latch onto words. I use certain words I like the sound of or the meaning of or just because they are not the norm or not used widely. I will use them all the time and sometimes I am sure it gets irritating, or I assume so. It's not just habitual language use, it's that they are odd words. I know everyone does this to an extent but what are your words that you like?

i don't do this, but my husband does. it can get irritating, but he helps me expand my vocabulary, in a way. i actively try not to use the same words in a repetitive manner, especially when i've noticed i've been doing it.

but "awesome" and related are always in my little word bucket.

Originally Posted by DreamAddiction37

i don't do this, but my husband does. it can get irritating, but he helps me expand my vocabulary, in a way. i actively try not to use the same words in a repetitive manner, especially when i've noticed i've been doing it.

but "awesome" and related are always in my little word bucket.

That's Awesome! jk hehe I understand what you mean, if I start to notice I'm doing it too much I do try to refrain but usually fail after a bit.

[AngelWolf3]

I understand what you mean, like I have always had this stuffed dog that I sleep with and when I am sad, that little guy comes right out, no questions asked.

I tend to latch on to certain words too...or if I have seen something really stupid on YouTube (right now it's Mine Turtle, and he says "hello' in this cute little voice and then ...well, to avoid mention of violence, it's in the name...) and so whenever ANYONE says hello, I repeat back hello...in that stupid voice ...even at work...which I am PRAYING the boss doesn't say hello...cause I hear the echo of the little voice LOL.

Yeah. I think this thread is great.

(hope my reply isn't stupid, by the way, lol)

Originally Posted by AngelWolf3

I understand what you mean, like I have always had this stuffed dog that I sleep with and when I am sad, that little guy comes right out, no questions asked.

I tend to latch on to certain words too...or if I have seen something really stupid on YouTube (right now it's Mine Turtle, and he says "hello' in this cute little voice and then ...well, to avoid mention of violence, it's in the name...) and so whenever ANYONE says hello, I repeat back hello...in that stupid voice ...even at work...which I am PRAYING the boss doesn't say hello...cause I hear the echo of the little voice LOL.

Yeah. I think this thread is great.

(hope my reply isn't stupid, by the way, lol)

Silly. your reply isn't stupid! That's exactly what I mean... I don't necessarily verbalize words as much... but use certain words in chat and online a lot.

My aspie son does randomly repeat things he likes the sounds of though -- out of the blue. I can't think of them right now. Oh wait one thing he liked to say not long ago - instead of ravioli he would say gravioli. o.O My step son used to say Thingers instead of fingers but now we're talking about something completely different

[avlady]

Funny people make up their words, but i wonder sometimes, like the guy on the tv show the King of Queens, i think that was a very funny show and it was because of the language

[AngelWolf3]

Originally Posted by s4ndm4n2006

Silly. your reply isn't stupid! That's exactly what I mean... I don't necessarily verbalize words as much... but use certain words in chat and online a lot.

My aspie son does randomly repeat things he likes the sounds of though -- out of the blue. I can't think of them right now. Oh wait one thing he liked to say not long ago - instead of ravioli he would say gravioli. o.O My step son used to say Thingers instead of fingers but now we're talking about something completely different

I use "heehee" and "awesome" a lot in my chats/messages (In fact, I almost started this reply out with heehee....)

I like gravioli that's awesome...
(i did not put that word there on purpose...)

[AngelWolf3]

Originally Posted by avlady

Funny people make up their words, but i wonder sometimes, like the guy on the tv show the King of Queens, i think that was a very funny show and it was because of the language

I love Kevin James, he is awesome !

double post

Originally Posted by AngelWolf3

I use "heehee" and "awesome" a lot in my chats/messages (In fact, I almost started this reply out with heehee....)

I like gravioli that's awesome...
(i did not put that word there on purpose...)

Originally Posted by AngelWolf3

I love Kevin James, he is awesome !

What Awesome posts! LMAO!