I learned "far out" from Cheech and Chong albums.  I think a worse scenario is when people use slang when they aren't excited, but are speaking of mundane things. For example, my brother says he is going to "bounce the laundry." So I am supposed to infer the verb? It's like how the Smurfs have one word for all verbs and adjectives. You smurfing mother smurfer! I try to not use the verb "do" too much. So I say "wash laundry" rather than "do laundry." How do you "do" laundry? We are seeing a dumbing down of society. Or a bouncing smurf of smurf.

I was with a friend who was talking to a guy about work. He said someone did a certain job and "made jack." My friend misheard him and said, "oh, he doesn't make jack?" The guy corrected him and said, "No, he makes jack." 

So to summarize: Making jack = earning a lot of money. Not making jack = not earning much money. Who decided that this is what those nonsensical combination of words would mean? The same person who decided inflammable means flammable?

On 2022-03-12 at 7:28 PM, Brony Number 42 said:

My friend misheard him and said, "oh, he doesn't make jack?" The guy corrected him and said, "No, he makes jack." 

LOL. 

On 2022-03-12 at 7:28 PM, Brony Number 42 said:

Making jack = earning a lot of money. Not making jack = not earning much money.

Wait, wait, wait a minute... really?  I thought those meant the same thing!  Y'know, like fat chance and slim chance!  What a world.

On 2022-03-12 at 7:28 PM, Brony Number 42 said:

We are seeing a dumbing down of society. Or a bouncing smurf of smurf.

Lol.  Don't move to the planet Squanch!