Offshoot from offshoot.

[papal]

So... does anyone have 'code' words for certain things/places/stores?
In our house, dh and I are total dorks and we purposely say stuff like:
1. LiBERRY for Library
2. AlbertSCUMS for Albertsons
3. Blood Bath and Beyond for Bed Bath and Beyond
4. Gee-ant (french-ish pronounciation) instead of Giant
5. Targey (french-ish) instead of Target
6. Homely Despot instead of Home Depot
7. King Stupids instead of King Soopers

and many many more.
Please tell me we are not the only dorks who do this.

[mamicka]

We say GS for grocery store, Wal-fart for Walmart, Butts & Noses for Barnes & Noble. I know there are more I just can't think of them now. I'll have to ask DH.

We are definitely dorks, and proud.

[brigmaman]

Um...no we do this, too. Only we have similar ones to yours.
1. Home Despot for Home Depot
2. Targey for Target
3. Farmer John's for local Italian/pizza place LaParmiagana
I know there are more...

[papal]

Just told dh about Wal-fart and he is ROTFLOL. hooohooo!

[deborah_r]

We alternate "Taco Hell" and Taco Smell" in place of Taco Bell. Can't think of any others...

[bonbon98]

We called it "Toxic Hell" in college...

Bonny
Mom to Evan & Emma 5/7/02

[Melanie]

Sometimes "Tarjay", Wally World and Dh likes Fart & Smile (Smart & Final).

ETA b/c I recall also Mickey D's but unless Dh is going on the sly, we're not eating there. LOL.

[DDowning]

1. Homeless Depot (Home Depot)
2. Pick-Up Chicks (Pik-up-Stix)
3. We too use Tarjay for Target

Those are off the top of my head that I can think of now....

ETA: Just thought of another one - Sav-non (Savon Drugs)

[JenCA]

Tarjay (instead of Target)
Crackway (instead of Safeway--long story)
Whole Paycheck (instead of Whole Foods)

ETA--I like Fart and Smile. I'm an admitted fan of potty humor. :)

[brubeck]

We use Toxic Hell. Also:

Booger Fling for Burger King
Crap in a Box for Jack in the Box
Get Me Out for In N Out Burger

Although we don't use these so much now that we have 2 kids learning words in the house!

This will date me: we used to call Luke Perry (from 90210) Puke Larry.

Oh and for you Torontonians, we used to call the Lime Rickey's restaurant chain Slime Ickey's.

[aguinn]

in massachusetts we say bread & checkbook for bread & circus (it's like a whole foods)
when i lived in virginia, we said food kitty for food lion (grocery)

amy :)

[peanut4us]

Home Despot,
Wallyworld or SchmuckMart,
Blechbuster,
wanda's (wendys),
mac do (long o),
taco smell,
sham's club,
booger king (yeah, we're mature),
hebbie for our local grocery called H.E.B. or sometimes itchy butt (HEB stands for H.E. Butt--the name of the guy who founded it)

that's all i can think of at the moment

[cdlamis]

I have to say that "Fart and Smile" made me laugh out loud!!
Now that it's in my head- the hard part will be not saying it in public someday. :)

Daniella
Mom to Julia 6-13-02
http://www.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=67b0de21b35d0802848f *December pictures

[papal]

LOLing at Booger King!

[mamicka]

What is Smart & Final?

[hobey]

>2. Pick-Up Chicks (Pik-up-Stix)

We call it Pick Up Chicks too but just because a friend of mine has picked up at least 4 women there. LOL

Another one who uses Targey, Wal-Fart, Home Despot, and Toxic Hell.


Raquel
Nathan's Mom 12/19/03

[amp]

Taco Smell or Taco Hell
Walfart or Wally World
Home Repot (Depot)
Backyard Chicken (Backyard Burger, where I got chicken fingers every other day during pregnancy!!)
Tarjay

[MartiesMom2B]

- Poopy Johns for Papa Johns
- Gigante for Giant


Sonia
Proud Mommy to Martie 4/6/03

[C99]

Whole Foods Markup :)

We also say "Home Despot" and occasionally use "Tar-jay." Oh, and one more: "Jack in the Crack" or "Crack in the Box" for Jack in the Box.

[MelissaTC]

LOL...You are not the only ones that do this!

1. Target - Tarjay...it's French, baby!
2. Food Lion - Food Tiger
3. Kroger - Kreepy Kroger
4. Harris Teeter - The Teeter
5. Taco Bell - Taco Hell
6. Golden Corral - The Golden Crapper...because that is where you spend your time after eating there...


I am sure there are more...we just can't remember now! LOL...

[Marisa6826]

1. DEFINITELY Tarjaaaay - Target
2. Needless Markup - Neiman Marcus
3. McChow - Mc Donald's
4. Sprawlmart - Walmart (straight from the Simpsons)
5. TG McSwigaf*ckers - any of those chain restaurants (Houlihans, Bennigans, TGI Fridays, etc.). Jonathan can never remember what they're called
6. Burger Thing - Burger King
7. Chickie- any variety of chicken
8. Porkies - porkchops
9. Salamani - Salami (was having a bad MS day and couldn't pronounce it. It stuck)
10. Shrimpies - Shrimp


and the list just keeps growing ;)

-m

[deborah_r]

Hmm, it's hard to describe. it's like a very small Sam's Club where there is mostly bulk size stuff - geared towards supplies for businesses, i think. And they have very annoying commercials with this little kid who looks like he's in college who says "Get smart...Smart & Final" I have to mimic him every time I see it, can't help it.

[pritchettzoo]

When we were moving into our first home (a lovely duplex that smelled like popcorn and feet), DH kept saying, "It's another Italian box." I finally said, "What the heck (censored) are you talking about?" He pointed to the box and said, "Fra-jee-lay--it's Italian!" to one of the boxes marked FRAGILE. So now everytime we see something marked fragile, it's Italian.

That's the only thing I can think of at the moment other than Wally World, Tar-jay, etc...

Anna
Mama to Gracie (9/16/03)

[Meatball Mommie]

OMG, I can't believe someone else says Frag-ee-lay!!! My DH and his brother say that one :) Too funny! The two of them do this all the time. Here are a couple of theirs:

Pizza Slut = Pizza Hut
Hair Steel-est = Hair Stylist (don't ask!)
col-ume = column (someone they know actually says it this way seriously)
moooo-lding = moulding (like on a house - they're builders)
Butt-weiser = Budweiser

They also say a bunch of those already mentioned. There are more, but I can't think of them right now.

[22tango]

1. Mickey-D's for McDonalds
2. Antee-cues for Antiques
3. Perfeck for Perfect (cockney pronounciation)
4. Lub instead of Love as in "Lub you!"
And, of course, Tarjay!! :D

[Imperia]

>When we were moving into our first home (a lovely duplex that
>smelled like popcorn and feet), DH kept saying, "It's another
>Italian box." I finally said, "What the heck (censored) are
>you talking about?" He pointed to the box and said,
>"Fra-jee-lay--it's Italian!" to one of the boxes marked
>FRAGILE. So now everytime we see something marked fragile,
>it's Italian.
>
>That's the only thing I can think of at the moment other than
>Wally World, Tar-jay, etc...
>
>Anna
>Mama to Gracie (9/16/03)


Does your DH happen to like a movie called " A Christmas Story"? I DO! I DO! In fact it's the only Christmas movei I really like. The father in that movie gets a package (an UGLY lamp shaped like a woman's leg!) and says the same thing, hehehe.

Imperia

[Imperia]

I have a friend who always calls it Tarjay, I thought that was hysterical.

When I was in college, I had a friend who worked at "Safeway" supermarkets. He actually changed his nametags to read things like:

"Spaceway"
and
"Slaveway"

Needless to say, the management didn't like that much.

This is sort of related...

when I was a kid my mother always used to talk about going to "the candy machine". And I was thinking, "oh yeah, gimmie some candy!" until I realized she meant the ATM, biy was I disappointed!

Imperia

[MartiesMom2B]

OMG!! So funny. I have to say "Fra-jee-lay" too when I see something marked "Fragile" b/c of the Christmas story.

Sonia
Proud Mommy to Martie 4/6/03

[lrucci]

Another money machine story...

When my brother was little, he thought that the money machine actually made the money. Wouldn't that be nice!


Lisa
Mom to Kyleigh Elizabeth 7/19/03

[Marisa6826]

Ooooh. I forgot that one!

It was especially funny in our sleep deprived delirium when packing the early morning hours to beat the movers!


-m

[lisaE]

Circuit City- We call Circum-cissy
Home Depot- My lesbian friends call it Homo Depot

[pritchettzoo]

I totally forgot that was where it was from! I don't think I had seen the movie yet--I know, deprived childhood. Oh well, DH still cracks me up, even if he's not always original. :)

Anna
Mama to Gracie (9/16/03)

[tippy]

We have a mall near us called the Galleria which we fondly refer to as the Gohnorea!

[AngelaS]

LOL These are great.

We call the Salvation Army the Salvation Armani.

Also, Iowa has a chain of convenience stores called (I am NOT makin' this up!) Kum n Go. Our personal favorite take off of that name (of which there are MILLIONS) is Ejaculate and Evaporate. :D

[papal]

Teva.. you don't mean Tysons by any chance do you?

[tippy]

Nope, The Galleria. What is Tyson's? Tyson's chicken?

[papal]

Tysons Galleria.. it is a mall in the DC suburbs. Just thought you might mean that one.

[sweetbasil]

>hebbie for our local grocery called H.E.B. or sometimes itchy
>butt (HEB stands for H.E. Butt--the name of the guy who
>founded it)

Oh my gosh, Joey...itchy butt is hysterical. We've said/heard HE Butt, but run the letters together, and they do sound like itchy. You guys are so funny!

I've gotta keep reading through the thread (but had to pause here first to reply), so maybe these have been said:

Jack in the Crack (Jack in the Box)
Taco Schmell (Taco Bell)
Snobby Lobby (for Hobby Lobby)
Texas Roadkill Cafe (Texas Roadhouse Cafe)
Feces Pizza (CiCi's Pizza)..that one's so tacky, but fuuuuunny :D

[ktdid74]

maybe it's the glass of wine I just had but that totally cracked me up!! Pretty risque for Iowa :)

[StaceyKim]

1. Tarjay=Target
2. Fatkins=Atkins (never been on Atkins, but I love my carbs, so when ever I eat a lot of bread I say "I'm on Fatkins")
3. No Tell Motel=any cheesy motel. There is one in Tucson, Arizona
4. Tuck Son=Tucson
5. Ver Sayce=Versace
6. Starbuckles=Starbucks
7. Fe Leans=Filenes


I know I have more....

[AvasMama]

Depending on how bad my most recent experience there was... Plastics R Us or Evil R Us for BRU. I hate that store but it is a necessary evil :)

Robyn & Ava

[tippy]

No Rashmi,

This one is in White Plains, NY (westchester county). :-)

[papal]

Hey Hey.. i have been to that one too.. my sister used to live in white plains. :)

[sntm]

Rashmi, we do this to the point that I have on several occasions worried that Jack's verbal skills will be skewed by it.

We constantly mispronounce words "'cuz it's funny" like Target (Tarjey), Kroger (like Roger), fragile (we are Christmas Story fans also), Mexi-can, la-sag-na (like it is spelled), etc. etc. I can't even think of them, because they are so ingrained in our vocabulary now.

Our nicknames for local stores:
Whole Foods - Whole Paycheck (this one must be common, it was in the NYT article)
Foods of All Nations -- Foods of Great Inflation
In St. Louis, we had Suburb Schnuck's, Scary Schnuck's, and Drive-By Schnuck's. We also refer to Home Despot. Sam's is Samb's (college friend's nickname.)

ETA:
We do quesedil-la too.
Sam-ich for sandwich
Sigh.
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shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03
mama to Jack 6/6/03

[papal]

OMG! We say LA-SAG-NA too!! heehee. And on the theme of food.. we say
for Gnochhi - G-NOCK-EE.
for Spaghetti we say Pas-ghetti (throwback to dh's lisp days)
for Salmon we say Salmonious

there are tons more but those are the only ones coming to mind right now. :)

[jupster75]

Here are some of my "code" words

1. Tarjay - Target
2. Taco H*ll - Taco Bell
3, Booger King - Burger King
4. Charby's - Arby's
5. Greasy Cheesy - mainly Pizza Hut, but can be any pizza if greasy enough
6. Umpy Chums - Lucky Charms
7. GoGoSluts - Coconut's (local nightclub)
8. Ghetto Wal Mart - the "not so nice" Wal-Mart in my town

Jennifer, mom to Audrey 11/3/03

[octmom]

Shannon-- Unless there is more than one Foods of All Nation, we live in the same town! Are you a C-villean??? :)

My contribution: Harris Teeter= hairless peeter.


Jerilyn

octmom
DS, October 2003

[sbjf]

FUNNY STUFF!!!

Ok, what about this one, anyone remember or say...

Cham-pa-gna instead of champagne?

Thanks to Billy Crystal on SNL.

[sbjf]

It's so funny that you said that that duplex smelled like feet and popcorn because one time I was on a first (and last) date and we were sitting in his car looking out the moonroof and I slipped off my shoes and I noticed that I had on my 'stinky' shoes. Everytime I wore them they made my feet smell like POPCORN! So I quietly ask my date if he smells popcorn and he says 'yeah, I do', and I say, 'hehe, it's my FEET!'....yeah definitely last date!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!

[pritchettzoo]

I just snorted water out of my nose. That statement reminds me of my best friend from HS! Thanks for the laugh! :)

Anna

[papal]

heehee... we do! we do!! proud cham-pag-na drinkers here!!! wooohooo!

[sntm]

Yup! I'm at UVA hospital. There's quite a couple of C-ville types around here, both current (Lucy) and former (Paula and Liza). I'm leaving someone out, too (can't remember!)
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shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03
mama to Jack 6/6/03

[sntm]

Hmmm, is that the same as the Christopher Walken "The Continental"?

'Cuz that's another one for us.

We need to get a life. :+
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shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03
mama to Jack 6/6/03

[babymama]

This thread is so hilarious. I'm laughing so hard at my desk that people with offices way down the hall are coming to check on me.

Here's my contribution: When the word "duh" started becoming popular with my friends (middle school), a friend's older brother (very dorky) thought we were saying yo-duh (like yoda from Star Wars). He went around saying yo-duh for the longest time. So now, when I do something really, really goofy, I say yo-duh. yo-duh is like beyond duh...only reserved for the really big screwups.

"somepin" instead of something (from Grapes of Wrath).

Graco (like the stroller, pnp, and swing) - Dh says Graaaco instead of Grayco

Mama to Santiago, born 11/16/03

[tippy]

After having had the pleasure of shoping at K-Mart for the first time today I now have two more to add to my list......

K-fart and
Krap-Mart

[tippy]

GUFAW!!!!

[Melanie]

I've heard people actually say LIBERRY as a mispronunciation...it's grating to me so I wouldn't say it. LOL.



edited b/c I'm a dork and already responded to this!

[sbjf]

That just cracked me up right now, thank for the lol :-)

[tippy]

My pleasure! :-)

PS I should have written...Krap Mart

[starrynight]

Growing up my dad always called Taco Bell, Taco hell so I still do it!

Walmart is Hell-mart
I sometimes say Targey instead of Target
La-sag-na, brings back childhood memories :D another one of dad's funnies!
I call chef-boy-ardee or whatver it's called 'crap in a can' and hamburger helper 'sh&* in a box' LOL. Running joke for when I'm too lazy to cook.
Dh often does the fragile thing ;)

And just to irritate me DH often mispronounces words like cockroach is cock-a-roach, pork chops are pork-a-chops, there is a restaurant called Steak and Ale and has to call it Steak and Ali (like Mohammad!) I wouldn't care so much but I'm a pronunciation snob and I don't want my kids talking like idiots.

[ritacheetah]

Oh, this is too funny. I need to use some of these. DH is going to think I'm nuts when I say "Fart and Smile."

We say "Stuff Mart" for any type of WalMart, KMart or Tarjay type store. (anyone seen Veggie Tales?) ALL WE NEED IS LOTS MORE STUFF...

Definitely Taco Hell for Taco Bell

Fra-gee-lay - that is so funny I love that movie. We quote it constantly: "Every family has a kid who won't eat..."
"Randy lay there like a slug - it was his only defense."
"SONS OF B(unintelligible), BUMPASSES!!!" - use that one my neighbor's 4 Chihuahuas and 1 Dachshund.
"YOU USED UP ALL THE GLUE ON PURPOSE!!"

In fact I wish I could erase all memory of having seen that movie so I could see it again for the first time. I laughed SOOOO hard.... But I digress.

One thing we do not store related (just a dumb inside joke) - years ago there was a cup of coffee sitting on the counter. DH told me don't forget my coffee. I said it's not mine it's yours. We got into this big argument over who poured the coffee. To this day if one of us does something stupid we say "you/I poured the coffee."

Tracy
Mom to Victoria
12-20-03

[jd11365]

Ba-lahg-na - bologna
Ca-lahg-na - cologne
Cham-pahg-na - champagne
Birfday - birthday (strange DH humor)
Ques-a-dillah - Quesadilla (sounding out the lls instead of making it sound spanish)

We have one for Winn Dixie (grocery store), but it's a bit crude...I'll leave it to your imagination.

Another dorky household here...


Jamie
Mommy to Kayla
May '03

[proggoddess]

Ours are all pretty risque. No matter how sensible and demure we all try to be, we're really potty mouths and toilet humor people down deep. :)

Here are a few to add to the list:
Young Meow's for Young Chow's Chinese
Crotch-fester for Rochester (aka Roch-cha-cha)
Babbies R Us
Ellicrotch for Ellicott (a dorm hall in college)
Wedgies for Wegmans supermarket
JC Pennay (French, like Tarjay!)
Incompetent USA for CompUSA
Circuit Sh*tty

[tippy]

Incompetent USA for CompUSA
Circuit Sh*tty


LMAO!

[Sarah1]

>We have one for Winn Dixie (grocery store), but it's a bit
>crude...I'll leave it to your imagination.
>
Hee hee!!!

And I just have to add how *gross* I think Winn Dixies are!! Granted, I have become a grocery store snob...and I don't even live near one anymore...but ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!! I'm a Publix girl. Even though I don't even live anywhere NEAR a Publix!!!!!! :)

[khakismom]

Barnes & Chernobyl = Barnes & Noble
Wally World = WalMart
Spamazon = Amazon
Tarjay = Target

Kathleen calls Mickey D's Old MacDonald's and Taco Bell Tinkerbell, so those have stuck now too.

[lynettefrancois]

LOL! I'm so glad it's not just us! There are some great ones here, our list is a bit smaller:
Tarjay: Target in french
The Golden Arches: McDonalds
Chick-A-Fils: Chickfila (my aunt pronounced it that way once)
Vol-Mart-ay: Walmart in french (my mother's invention)
Itchy Butt: Ichiban's Japanese restaurant
Taco Smell: well, you know

DH's old nickname is Francois Pan Pan (pronounced pa pa) so everything else is named similarly:
Home DD: Home Depot
BB's: Arby's
Oink Oink: local bbq place that has pictures of pigs everywhere
I KNOW there are more! :)

[DeborahM]

I'm dying! These are hysterical!

We regularly use Needless Markup and Tar-jay. The only unique one I can contribute is from my moisturizer. I use Philosphy brand products, which my DH likes to call "Crap in a Jar" instead of Hope in a Jar.

Deborah
Mom to Thomas and soon-to-arrive baby girl
(12 days left to go....)