More linguistic questions

[chicken]

So I thought of another typical word my mother loved to use a lot -- skedaddle. I now realize that not everyone has heard this word, and some people laugh at me when I say it.

The other thing I like about it is that it goes nicely with that word made so famous by Oz in BtVS, namely, "mosey". (For a fascinating article about the contradictory meanings of this, see the "Slow down faster" section of this article.)

Mosey! Skedaddle!

I just love words.

So do other people use "skedaddle"?

And what about vamoose? That was another of her favorites.

Comments

[superplin.livejournal.com]

All familiar, but I don't really use any of them, except maybe "mosey."

One from my parents that I do use is "sweetie patootie." Heh. Also, I claim responsibility for "sweetie patootie" usage among a select group of Italians.

The fanspeak thing can be a problem for me, too. Once, at a conference my school holds every year, during the Q&A after someone's presentation I used the term "Mary Sue." Several people asked me for clarification, while the only other person who knew what it meant (and where it was from) snickered.

Oh, and I discovered in a panel presentation that the term "sockpuppet" (as in fake identity) is not universally known even to the Internet-savvy. Who knew?

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Is 'sweetie patootie' the same as 'cutie patootie'?

I've had that problem with 'Mary Sue' and 'sock puppet' as well. I am also surprised that 'sock puppet' isn't more univerally understood.