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Well, I like, you know, LIKE to say "frig" instead of "refrigerator". I don't see the big tragedy in that.

What do you mean by people getting up your butt about VIN at Ford? What did they think it meant?
Yeah but you pronounce it "fridge", no? Im saying that "frig" is from like the expression, "no friggin' way!" Hard G. So i prefer people to spell it fridge.

Re at Ford. People would CORRECT you that VIN already contained "number" in it, so you were being redundant if you said "vin number". Usually to embarrass or humiliate you, because it really didnt matter.
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Yeah but you pronounce it "fridge", no? Im saying that "frig" is from like the expression, "no friggin' way!" Hard G. So i prefer people to spell it fridge.

Re at Ford. People would CORRECT you that VIN already contained "number" in it, so you were being redundant if you said "vin number". Usually to embarrass or humiliate you, because it really didnt matter.
Yeah, I pronounce it "fridge". Okay, so I spelled it wrong. Meant to write FRIDGE. Rough morning, many distractions like loud remodeling noise in the unit above me. I never heard "frig" as in "no friggin way" but then I'm not around people enough to possible hear these things. Being that "frig" is also a word, spell check didn't catch it. It doesn't catch syntax anyway.

True that it doesn't matter if someone says VIN number. It's petty to say that to someone.

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Yeah but you pronounce it "fridge", no? Im saying that "frig" is from like the expression, "no friggin' way!" Hard G. So i prefer people to spell it fridge.

Re at Ford. People would CORRECT you that VIN already contained "number" in it, so you were being redundant if you said "vin number". Usually to embarrass or humiliate you, because it really didnt matter.
it'll be like PIN number then

like when a bank card is being used

PIN number means Personal Identification Number, so having the word number on the end of it, means your saying personal identification number number

not that i personally ever correct anyone about that
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it'll be like PIN number then

like when a bank card is being used

PIN number means Personal Identification Number, so having the word number on the end of it, means your saying personal identification number number

not that i personally ever correct anyone about that
Yeah I sometimes hear that, but usually they just say PIN.

Or "hot water heater". It's water heater. If it's hot, it doesn't need to be heated.

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Yeah I sometimes hear that, but usually they just say PIN.

Or "hot water heater". It's water heater. If it's hot, it doesn't need to be heated.
I admit I'm guilty of saying PIN number
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I admit I'm guilty of saying PIN number
Me too, all the time.

Im better with SSN (social security number) - Maybe because it has 3 spoken syllables? We say pin number to make it 3 syllables. Hmm!
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Me too, all the time.

Im better with SSN (social security number) - Maybe because it has 3 spoken syllables? We say pin number to make it 3 syllables. Hmm!
VIN Number. 3 syllables.

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Two words that are too, like, commonly used?? Like a word that you keep hearing that, like, means NOTHING???

LIKE! And a tie between "awesome" and "soc". I haven't heard anyone my age use the word "like" in a meaningless way in a sentence, just younger people: "It was, like, you know just so hot, that we,like, just cranked up the a/c and, like, stayed inside all day."

And everything is "awesome". "Soc" can be either short for social security number (That IS a mouthful) or "social" as in your social life or your social media activity..."And what's your soc?" In what context? And it's pronounced "sosh" rhyming with "soap", with the "-sh" sound.

Sidenote, "narc" to me has always been short for narcotics or an undercover narcotics cop; I don't know when it started being used as short for narcissistic but it bothers me.


This is technically a phrase and not just separate words, Beth, but I also hate "you know". NO, I don't know unless you tell me. "It was just too much trouble, you know?" No, I don't. Explain.


I'm there with you on all - except that I'm working on "like." I do believe it's a speech habit that is a result of having grown up in Calif. "I'm just, like, not really sure..." or "So, do you want to go to lunch, or, like...should we just meet later in the afternoon?"

I'm also working on using the word "awesome" unless something truly IS awesome (breathtaking, stunning, astounding).

"Soc" (sosh) - please, no. I cringe when I hear that term. I remember the first time I heard it; I was 14. I cringed then.

My mom used to discourage me from saying "go." As in, "She said we had a fun time. So I go I didn't really think it was all that great."

Not "go." Said. Commented. Replied. Disagreed.

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Wait. Hang on. "Frig." Where and when I was growing up "frig" (hard "g") or "frigging" was a term for masturbating. As in, "Dude was late to class again! Maaan, he must be busy friggin' himself every day!"

I've never said "friggin'" - I say "freakin'."

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Wait. Hang on. "Frig." Where and when I was growing up "frig" (hard "g") or "frigging" was a term for masturbating. As in, "Dude was late to class again! Maaan, he must be busy friggin' himself every day!"

I've never said "friggin'" - I say "freakin'."
i always thought friggin was someone trying not to say f---ing ?
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i always thought friggin was someone trying not to say f---ing ?

Apparently, sometimes it is. ?? For me that's where I use "freakin'."

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I admit I'm guilty of saying PIN number
Me too Willow.
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Beth, thats what i am saying. Frig is NOT the shortened version of refrigerator. Fridge is. But non-boomers use frig, not fridge, online. And im sorry but i cant get used to it. "Okay, boomer!"

Eta - its the same problem with using narc for narcissist. Hard c in the abbr, soft c in the whole word.

I think thats what happens when people dont talk? Like its because of texting.
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I'm there with you on all - except that I'm working on "like." I do believe it's a speech habit that is a result of having grown up in Calif. "I'm just, like, not really sure..." or "So, do you want to go to lunch, or, like...should we just meet later in the afternoon?"

I'm also working on using the word "awesome" unless something truly IS awesome (breathtaking, stunning, astounding).

"Soc" (sosh) - please, no. I cringe when I hear that term. I remember the first time I heard it; I was 14. I cringed then.

My mom used to discourage me from saying "go." As in, "She said we had a fun time. So I go I didn't really think it was all that great."

Not "go." Said. Commented. Replied. Disagreed.
My parents relentlessly corrected me on using the right words or grammar, and not using abbreviations or slang. In a way, I get it now but also words change over time. And there's generational differences too. And once texting took off, all those shortcuts came up, like "FOLO". (Fear of missing out!) I have to look up those things.

With everything going on in the world now, I wonder if they'd still think it's so important. I know good communication is important, so I ask if I don't understand a word.


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Apparently, sometimes it is. ?? For me that's where I use "freakin'."
Yeah, I thought so too. But I use freaking for that too. Or f-ing. The meaning is clear either way. I never heard the word "frig" used in any other way.


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Beth, thats what i am saying. Frig is NOT the shortened version of refrigerator. Fridge is. But non-boomers use frig, not fridge, online. And im sorry but i cant get used to it. "Okay, boomer!"

Eta - its the same problem with using narc for narcissist. Hard c in the abbr, soft c in the whole word.

I think thats what happens when people dont talk? Like its because of texting.
It does make sense that "fridge" is the shortened version of refrigerator, in spite of seeing the spelling of the latter. But people do say or pronounce it "fridge" BUT may SPELL it "frig".

What a thread!

It's true that speaking, whether on the phone or in person, is not so common anymore. And that plays a role I bet. Everyone always wants to email or text me. Nobody wants to TALK to me. It's my favorite way of communicating, because when writing, a lot of non-verbal cues don't get through, like tone of voice. Not everyone uses emojis or they use the wrong one for their meaning.

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Im so glad i could finally get that friggin frig off my chest!

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Eta - its the same problem with using narc for narcissist. Hard c in the abbr, soft c in the whole word.

Technically, I'm not a Boomer I'm a "Joneser" and quite close to Gen X. I have one foot in Boomer, the other foot in Gen X, my crotch in "Joneser."

WHAT A MINUTE!!!! "Narc" for "narcissist" is pronouced with a soft "c" ??? As in "nars"?

My entire freakin' world just flipped upside-down. What gives?

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Oh! No, re narc - im just saying thats why its a bad abbr. I know english doesnt follow any rules, but this is ridic!
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Oh! No, re narc - im just saying thats why its a bad abbr. I know english doesnt follow any rules, but this is ridic!

Whew. Suddenly, I thought I had it entirely wrong! Although narc (narsss) would make more sense, considering it comes from "narcisssistic."

I love language. Although how anyone whose first language is not English learns to speak it is beyond me!

At least "toxic" sounds exactly like it's spelled

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Whew. Suddenly, I thought I had it entirely wrong! Although narc (narsss) would make more sense, considering it comes from "narcisssistic."

I love language. Although how anyone whose first language is not English learns to speak it is beyond me!

At least "toxic" sounds exactly like it's spelled
I tried to quote both of your posts but it won't work this time for some reason. So one at a time! And I'm not posting about it in tech support.

Hard C, soft C....I've forgotten all those rules. True "narsss", would sound better since it comes from narcissistic. I see it's "nark", a "hard" C?

I read somewhere English is the hardest language in the world to learn. We have so many words that sound alike but are spelled differently with different meanings. (And there's a word for THAT which eludes me at this moment) "Red" and "read" (past tense of read, which is spelled the same---confusing to someone learning) are pronounced the same. But completely different meaning. "Two, too, to". "See, sea." I "saw" her there. But they bought a new "saw".

I've also wondered how English SOUNDS to people who can't understand a word. But I don't have anyone who can tell me. For example I think Italian and Spanish sound very musical, it goes up and down. Mandarin too. Do we sound like that? I'll never know. I never even took a class on learning English, so in hindsight I don't know how I learned. Must be innate.

Toxic does get pronounced as it looks, thankfully. And it's very accurate to describe a lot of things. Places (like a toxic waste dump) AND PEOPLE (toxic friend).

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Technically, I'm not a Boomer I'm a "Joneser" and quite close to Gen X. I have one foot in Boomer, the other foot in Gen X, my crotch in "Joneser."

WHAT A MINUTE!!!! "Narc" for "narcissist" is pronouced with a soft "c" ??? As in "nars"?

My entire freakin' world just flipped upside-down. What gives?
I thought it was a hard C, until I read this again. I've said it as "nark" if I saw it....I think in the next post it says it IS a hard C? I can't view that part yet.

I never heard of a Joneser. And I've given up on trying to keep up with the different generations: X, Y, Z. Supposedly Y is another term for millennials and the range of birth years isn't black and white. "Boomers" supposedly are born from 1946 to 1964, that boom after WW2. Z is supposedly born in 2000 or 2001 and after.

In my post of yesterday, I meant to write FOMO for Fear of Missing Out. You folks probably already knew that. And I bet there's many more like that out there. I'd need a young person to decipher for me. RUT = ARE you there? Not "rut" as in someone is in a rut! And I hate how they use letters instead of the word. R = Are and U = You. I'm too old for this. Probably cause of my parents being so strict about not abbreviating and spelling out things. They'd hit the ceiling over that "R" thing.


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