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This poll blog is for if people have heard or used a phrase/saying/idiom/word/pronunciation before!

If you’d like it would be nice to include what the phrase means. If you don’t, I will try to find what it means, but that may not be accurate to what you are wanting to know.

If you want to do a single word, you must include what it means in the dialect. For example, if you want to use buggy, that could mean many things. You need to do “Buggy to mean shopping cart.”

This is a trial: For pronunciations, you’re welcome to use the phonic alphabet or sound it out with words that have more uniform pronunciation. For example, you could ask if people have heard aunt pronounced to sound like the insect. I will use more discretion in this category for if something is too common to put on here. For example, unless you have a really out there way to say crayon, that word would not be suitable for this setting.

Please do only one word or phrase per submission. It makes it more difficult to keep track of what I’ve done if there’s multiple in one ask.

I do have submit posts on, so if you want to use the submissions instead of asks, go for it! Just please use the outline of the other posts. I won’t be super particular about phrasing of the poll or answers though.

I have a feeling that most of these will be in English, but all languages are welcome :)

Currently running on a queue of one post every 2 hours. If I get more submissions, that will increase in frequency.

This post is likely to be more fleshed out as I go, but that’s all I’ve got so far.

Side note: I get sick (especially with head aches and migraines) fairly often. If I haven’t posted in a bit, don’t worry I haven’t abandoned this blog. I just have to save the energy.

I also run this solely off mobile, and I use quick reblog. I reblog things to this account frequently on accident.

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Have you heard the phrase “walk a mile in someone’s shoes”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 15, 2024

It means try to empathize with someone or try to look at things from their perspective. The phrasing on this one doesn’t need to be exact as it often changes a bit to fit the sentence.

Hello everyone! I just want to make sure you know you can submit phrases you think are common too! There were ones I was convinced were common that are not. Even if you know they’re common, it’s still fun to see them! Maybe there’s a handful of people who haven’t heard it or who don’t know what it means.

#not a poll

Have you heard the phrase “cross your t’s and dot your i’s”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 15, 2024

It means to be very thorough/pay attention to every detail/make sure something is fully completed.

#phrases

Have you heard the phrase “[person] would kick a sick chicken into the creek”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 11, 2024

Asker said there are variations on how the chicken is described. The phrase means someone is cruel.

#phrases

Have you heard the word “aunt” pronounced to rhyme with paint?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 4, 2024

Asker noted that it is only said like Aint Linda, so when aunt is said as a title. When talking about the relative it would be said like ant or ahnt.

#pronunciations

Can we send in weird pronunciations of common words?

I don’t see why not! I think it would be interesting.

#asks #not polls

Have you heard the phrase “You have hair growing out of your ass, and so do I”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

It is meant to say we are both humans, we are equal.

#phrases #repost #i published this before with growing mistyped as frowning

Have you heard the phrase “it’ll make hair grow on your chest”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

It means it’ll toughen you up.

#phrases

Have you heard the phrase “touching cotton”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

It means you need to poop really bad.

#phrases

Have you heard the phrase “my dogs are barking”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

It means “my feet hurt a lot.”.

It’s often from being on one’s feet all day.

#phrases

Have you heard the word “dogs” to mean “feet”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

The asker said they have only seen the word in cross word puzzles. I will add I have only heard it in the phrase “my dogs are barking” to say “my feet hurt a lot”.

#words

Have you heard the phrase “Pissy shitties”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

It is a fictional American concoction where soda (usually pepsi) is pored over the popcorn bucket to make the popcorn soggy. Because of another ask, I believe the asker wanted to know if it has entered anyone’s regular/unironic vocabulary.

#phrases

Have you heard the phrase “Colder than a witch’s tit in a brass bra”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

It means it’s really cold out. The brass bra part is not always present.

#phrases

Have you heard the phrase “Couldn’t hit their own ass with a bass fiddle”?

Yes, and I use it

Yes, but I don’t use it

No