gwalchmai Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 A shibboleth, per Wikipedia (yeah, I know) is a "custom or tradition, usually a choice of phrasing or even a single word, that distinguishes one group of people from another. Shibboleths have been used throughout history in many societies as passwords, simple ways of self-identification, signaling loyalty and affinity, maintaining traditional segregation, or protecting from real or perceived threats." We use many shibboleths monthly, if not daily, to distinguish "us" vs "them". The gun culture uses "clips vs magazines", "cases vs casings", "bullets vs cartridges" to get an immediate feel about strangers. What other shibboleths do you encounter? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Jagoff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricordo Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Dem/Democrat. Today that line is fantastically blurred. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Home cooked or homemade. As apposed to just cooked. Serious cooks just say cooked or cooking. Some people think opening a can or box and warming it at home is home cooked. I can’t have a discussion about food with people like that. Foodie is another. A Foodie or someone who says Foodie is someone who can’t cook to save their life but will criticize the hell out of other peoples cooking. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 In the firearm world I avoid anyone saying Shotty, Bang Switch, Scattergun, High-Cap, Loadout etc. There are a few others that I judge how they are used in context. Like younger veterans who say Eye-Pro or Ear-Pro as apposed to young guys saying that to sound like vets. And it’s not just the words but how they say it. Working at a gun range, I see a lot of obnoxious posers. They are usually the ones who will be unsafe on the range. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 Here in the South, when yankees say "y'all" a light bulb goes off over their heads... Kinda like if I went to Boston and said "wicked brutal". Also, one cannot properly ask "How bout them dawgs" unless one was weaned on Coke in a baby bottle. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Fuhgeddaboudit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Those that pronounce the name of a famous German automobile manufacturer as 'porsh' rather than 'porsh-ah' indicate that they are either from California and just don't know any better or they are not from California and just don't know any better. The same ilk refer to the product of another famous German automobile manufacturer as a 'beemer.' Said individuals should be restricted in their ability to purchase an automobile to a used Yugo. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 18, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 18, 2022 Soda or Pop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Then say "Shibboleth," and he said "Sibboleth" for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell. -- Judges 12:6 It's a matter of life or death if you are an enemy illegal alien sneaking across the border with the wrong accent. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Eric said: Soda or Pop. It's all coke. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 19, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 19, 2022 Just now, Silentpoet said: It's all coke. No, it’s called Blow. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Just now, Eric said: No, it’s called Blow. Did you say blow? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Eric said: Soda or Pop. Yes. No. Mebbe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 19, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, Silentpoet said: Did you say blow? You know what the FBI found when they raided her appartment? A wad of Bill's in her jeans. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 19 minutes ago, Silentpoet said: It's all coke. It is in Texas. "You want a coke?" "Sure." "What kind?" 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 56 minutes ago, Eric said: No, it’s called Blow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 57 minutes ago, Eric said: No, it’s called Blow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Eric said: No, it’s called Blow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 19, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: Great flick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Eric said: No, it’s called Blow. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Huaco Kid said: It is in Texas. "You want a coke?" "Sure." "What kind?" With peanuts. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Freedom Units. I have no time for anyone who militantly will not use or even speak metric. Nothing wrong with knowing both systems. And Kelvin is not a communist unit of heat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 19, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 19, 2022 This thread is now about unnusual units of measurement. Definition of megadeath one million deaths —usually used as a unit in reference to nuclear warfare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 19, 2022 Administrators Share Posted August 19, 2022 Micromort: A micromort (from micro- and mortality) is a unit of risk defined as a one-in-a-million chance of death. Micromorts can be used to measure the riskiness of various day-to-day activities. A microprobability is a one-in-a million chance of some event; thus, a micromort is the microprobability of death. The micromort concept was introduced by Ronald A. Howard who pioneered the modern practice of decision analysis. Micromorts for future activities can only be rough assessments, as specific circumstances will always have an impact. However, past historical rates of events can be used to provide a ball park, average figure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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