Shit I have to deal with from the Import*.

[synnoveaevael]

I receive an email from her, in it I mention that Hugh Jackman = nom.

The following thread occurs.

Import:

uhmm, sorry, Import here. nom?

Me:

NOM!!! the act of nomming.

nom - v. (1) to eat, consume, or thoroughly enjoy something with your mouth. (2) to refer to something that makes your mouth water. (tenses include: nomming, nomz, nommed) - n. the scarfing sound one makes when eating something delicious.

"that cake was so good, i had to nom it!"

"did you see that boy? NOMNOM!"

images applicable:

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/funny-pictures-prairie-dog-thanks-ceiling-cat-for-his-carrot.jpg

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-eats-an-ear-of-corn-with-typewriter-sound-effects.jpg

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-eats-baseball-players.jpg

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/funny-pictures-kitten-flosses-as-per-instructions-of-dentist.jpg

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/funny-pictures-cat-toy-has-a-first-name.jpg

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/funny-pictures-balogna-first-name-nom.jpg

http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/funny-pictures-orange-cat-nom-cake.jpg

http://content.pyzam.com/funnypics/7/pyzamnomnom.jpg

etc.

Import:

OOOHHhhhhhhhh. funny, i make that sound almost all the time (rohan [her nephew], cheeks. nuff said)

Michelle (her friend, The Blonde) thought the fact that I had images to accompany my explanation was perfect. I told her I am nothing but thorough. ;-)

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*Import = Rajni, my formerly upstairs roommate from when I lived in Little India Parsippany. She was born in India, raised in Queens and moved to Parsippany. Understandably, her vernacular is shite. Although, she is terribly intelligent. Just not with the slang.

Comments

[gothhippiegrrl.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha!

That is SO adorable. :-)

[golden-lotus.livejournal.com]

it happens everywhere...

there's a common greeting in chinese that people understand to just mean, like, 'hi' or 'good morning,' but it literally means 'have you eaten?'
also, to say that you like to eat tofu can mean that you like to grope women against their will...
and the same words that are politely used for 'miss' can also mean hooker...

so, yeah, slang can be totally disorienting!