Doesn't make me crazy anymore... kinda miss it since Oma and Opa passed away.
But they had a phrase they were always saying in their language that basically can be translated to 'Kiss the cat and laugh at it' and I have no idea to this day what it means. Even when I asked them "What you mean?" they would just laugh at me as I was apparently missing something obvious.
There's actually a lot of English ones that though I'm used to hearing now, confuse me as a kid because I took a lot of things literally with English not being the first language of anyone in my house, they just... did not make sense. Like "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" which is, it's not possible. I even tried it as a kid just to prove it was impossible. It means something like, "You have to work hard to make it" or something like that, but no mater how hard you work trying to 'pull yourself up with your shoelaces' it's not going to fukin happen. So why are we taking a scenario that is impossible to achieve on your own to be a symbol of personal achievement? I don't understand??? I still don't understand this one?????
"Alright time for a group pow-wow" When used to referring to 'a meeting at work' I just... that word does not mean what you think it means????
"Otaku" call me that and I'm going to fuking punch you. It's insulting. I don't care of the culture is different here just do fuking NOT.
"Blasian" I know I mentioned this in another thread regarding words I hate but I just REALLY REALLY REALLY hate this one to the point it needs to be mentioned again.
"Happy wife = happy life!" Usually said by people at a store when I'm buying a gift for my boyfriend or ask for help cause I got no idea what to get them. They just assume I'm getting it for a girl when I say 'significant other', I'm sorry he likes cute things ok, also gay people exist. Even outside of my situation personally I still think it's a dumb saying. Just, pretty sure both people in the relationship need to be happy to have a happy life???
"My sin babies." "My gay bois" "These boys are the reason I'm going to hell." When referring to a gay couple. Honestly, you're probably not going to run into these ones unless you talk to a BL fans. It's just.... fukin stop, it's not even amusing as a joke, it's not cute either. Thanks for treating gay men (even if they are fictional but honestly aren't all the time since they say this stuff about real people too like k-pop members) like a sin / child / the reason YOU are going to hell. Just... fuk. you.