the most beautiful bitch in australia

Published on September 14, 2004 By mignuna In Humor

My hubby and I sometimes like to substitute like-sounding words in conversation, and we find it very amusing that nobody ever notices. He spilled a drink on my leg recently, and when I said "you did that on porpoise", my (visiting) mother didn't bat an eyelid.

People for the most part just hear what they expect to hear. When we say "don't be shellfish" people hear "don't be selfish", and if we tell people we live near (what we think is) "the most beautiful bitch (beach) in Australia" they simply smile and nod.

This 'system' also makes it possible to insult people and get away with it by altering common words to give them a new meaning. If we feel the need to inform each other that we think someone is full of crap, we say to them "that's just your opidion".

(The word 'opidion' being a cross between the words 'opinion' and 'idiot'). It gets our message across and they're none the wiser.

I almost died laughing on mothers' day when I heard him say "happy smothers day" to his inquisitive mother, and we almost exploded over the last Easter holidays because we said "happy oyster" (quite undetected) to everyone we saw.

Silliness and giggling are still big parts of our relationship, even at our ages, and I think that helps keep us sane.

Comments

citahellion

on Sep 14, 2004

mig, you need to add "opidion" to your cranky dictionary!

Sally jacobs

on Sep 14, 2004

To laugh with someone is the best thing in the world

mignuna

on Sep 14, 2004

mig, you need to add "opidion" to your cranky dictionary!

i do citahellion, i do ! yay ! i will too

To laugh with someone is the best thing in the world

i absolutely agree, sal !. thankyou, treasure !

vanessa/mig XX

Janders

on Sep 14, 2004

, my husband and I have made up words too, but we often get strange looks.

Like his name for me is "smooty", which he claims to mean a smooth cutie.

The Crusaders

on Sep 14, 2004

That is so funny....you have your own language...I can imagine it would come in handy at times!!!
Sounds like you and your husband have a very strong bond!!

mignuna

on Sep 17, 2004

my husband and I have made up words too, but we often get strange looks.

i enjoy those looks, joey !

Like his name for me is "smooty", which he claims to mean a smooth cutie.

i like smooty. smooty is cute !. my husband calls me marge (but that's more that he's like homer !)

That is so funny....you have your own language...I can imagine it would come in handy at times!!!

it does. it drives my mum nuts, crusaders !

Sounds like you and your husband have a very strong bond!!

we do. i think the love can be found in the little things

mig XX

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