1.Well, on here at least, my fear of airplanes and escalators. I'm sure I have other tell-tale isms. It might be easier for others to point out our -isms.

2.No. I started to type more, but I'm trying to do better about TMI on here. But, no.

@SpecialFlowers said:

1.Well, on here at least, my fear of airplanes and escalators. I'm sure I have other tell-tale isms. It might be easier for others to point out our -isms.

2.No. I started to type more, but I'm trying to do better about TMI on here. But, no.

Add to that your love of Brian May

@znexyish said:

@SpecialFlowers said:

1.Well, on here at least, my fear of airplanes and escalators. I'm sure I have other tell-tale isms. It might be easier for others to point out our -isms.

2.No. I started to type more, but I'm trying to do better about TMI on here. But, no.

Add to that your love of Brian May

Indeed 💛

@CalabrianQueen said:

You ever notice how people have certain "isms" , things they say and phrases they use that would immediately give them away in an anonymous chatroom?

Sheldon has a few, using the term "Coitus" is one and "scheduled Coitus " would certainly give him away. Sanitize, algorithm, and sarcasm are other dead Sheldon giveaways.

Trump is another big "ism" guy. He always speaks in absolutes, everything is the best he's seen or done, or he's the biggest proponent of xyx.

Everything is "tremendous" and people he talks about are either "liars" or " a really good guy". He also alliterates a lot and repeats the same phrases in reverse for emphasis, emphasizing them in reverse with unessasary extra words that are extra.

Typical Trump sentence:

" China's been tremendous, we got those trade deals done faster than any deal I've ever done before, and I've done a lot of deals. Don't listen to liars who tell you I haven't. I like their president, he's tremendous, a really good guy."

1) What "isms " do you have?

My dad says I have a lot of "isms" . I always tell my roomate " No shyt Sherlock" when she asks an obvious question . And she responds " Whatever Watson". That's just something we do now.

When I'm mad she tells me "Erica, settle your tea kettle". That's an "ism."

2) Does scheduled Coitus become the norm when you start a family and are busy 24/7?

I know it's the norm when you're trying to get pregnant, which I'm not....yet . ; )

I just know you gotta try to have kids while your eggs are sunny side up and not scrambled.

Spot on about Trump.

1) I don't know if I have" isms" but I do know certain idiomatic expressions are frequently part of my lexicion." Time is money" is my personal slogan.

2) No. And that's nothing you should worry about. You will make time for each other no matter what. Me and Mrs. Fox had two kids and nothing changed from our pre-kid days.

@CalabrianQueen said:

You ever notice how people have certain "isms" , things they say and phrases they use that would immediately give them away in an anonymous chatroom?

Sheldon has a few, using the term "Coitus" is one and "scheduled Coitus " would certainly give him away. Sanitize, algorithm, and sarcasm are other dead Sheldon giveaways.

Trump is another big "ism" guy. He always speaks in absolutes, everything is the best he's seen or done, or he's the biggest proponent of xyx.

Everything is "tremendous" and people he talks about are either "liars" or " a really good guy". He also alliterates a lot and repeats the same phrases in reverse for emphasis, emphasizing them in reverse with unessasary extra words that are extra.

Typical Trump sentence:

" China's been tremendous, we got those trade deals done faster than any deal I've ever done before, and I've done a lot of deals. Don't listen to liars who tell you I haven't. I like their president, he's tremendous, a really good guy."

1) What "isms " do you have?

My dad says I have a lot of "isms" . I always tell my roomate " No shyt Sherlock" when she asks an obvious question . And she responds " Whatever Watson". That's just something we do now.

When I'm mad she tells me "Erica, settle your tea kettle". That's an "ism."

2) Does scheduled Coitus become the norm when you start a family and are busy 24/7?

I know it's the norm when you're trying to get pregnant, which I'm not....yet . ; )

I just know you gotta try to have kids while your eggs are sunny side up and not scrambled.

A few of my “Boardisms”…

Don't (almost never) use a personal pronoun at the beginning of a sentence, or after a semi-colon.

Will make up a word if one of the kazillions already available does not meet my needs.

Often (quite often—too often) use “…” as a lead in to whatever point(s) I’m trying to make.

No doubt there are others; will have to wait and see what else pops.

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

A few of my “Boardisms”…

Don't (almost never) use a personal pronoun at the beginning of a sentence, or after a semi-colon.

Will make up a word if one of the kazillions already available does not meet my needs.

Often (quite often—too often) use“…” as a lead in to whatever point(s) I’m trying to make.

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No doubt there are others; will have to wait and see what else pops.

When you quote people, you often bold the portion of the quote you're responding to. (My pointing that out is not poking fun, by the way. I've always thought it was a good idea, and considered copying that technique more than once. But it's your -ism so I didn't. )

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@CalabrianQueen said:

You ever notice how people have certain "isms" , things they say and phrases they use that would immediately give them away in an anonymous chatroom?

Sheldon has a few, using the term "Coitus" is one and "scheduled Coitus " would certainly give him away. Sanitize, algorithm, and sarcasm are other dead Sheldon giveaways.

Trump is another big "ism" guy. He always speaks in absolutes, everything is the best he's seen or done, or he's the biggest proponent of xyx.

Everything is "tremendous" and people he talks about are either "liars" or " a really good guy". He also alliterates a lot and repeats the same phrases in reverse for emphasis, emphasizing them in reverse with unessasary extra words that are extra.

Typical Trump sentence:

" China's been tremendous, we got those trade deals done faster than any deal I've ever done before, and I've done a lot of deals. Don't listen to liars who tell you I haven't. I like their president, he's tremendous, a really good guy."

1) What "isms " do you have?

My dad says I have a lot of "isms" . I always tell my roomate " No shyt Sherlock" when she asks an obvious question . And she responds " Whatever Watson". That's just something we do now.

When I'm mad she tells me "Erica, settle your tea kettle". That's an "ism."

2) Does scheduled Coitus become the norm when you start a family and are busy 24/7?

I know it's the norm when you're trying to get pregnant, which I'm not....yet . ; )

I just know you gotta try to have kids while your eggs are sunny side up and not scrambled.

A few of my “Boardisms”…

Don't (almost never) use a personal pronoun at the beginning of a sentence, or after a semi-colon.

Will make up a word if one of the kazillions already available does not meet my needs.

Often (quite often—too often) use“…” as a lead in to whatever point(s) I’m trying to make.

---

No doubt there are others; will have to wait and see what else pops.

FKA I make up my own words too.

@CalabrianQueen said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@CalabrianQueen said:

You ever notice how people have certain "isms" , things they say and phrases they use that would immediately give them away in an anonymous chatroom?

Sheldon has a few, using the term "Coitus" is one and "scheduled Coitus " would certainly give him away. Sanitize, algorithm, and sarcasm are other dead Sheldon giveaways.

Trump is another big "ism" guy. He always speaks in absolutes, everything is the best he's seen or done, or he's the biggest proponent of xyx.

Everything is "tremendous" and people he talks about are either "liars" or " a really good guy". He also alliterates a lot and repeats the same phrases in reverse for emphasis, emphasizing them in reverse with unessasary extra words that are extra.

Typical Trump sentence:

" China's been tremendous, we got those trade deals done faster than any deal I've ever done before, and I've done a lot of deals. Don't listen to liars who tell you I haven't. I like their president, he's tremendous, a really good guy."

1) What "isms " do you have?

My dad says I have a lot of "isms" . I always tell my roomate " No shyt Sherlock" when she asks an obvious question . And she responds " Whatever Watson". That's just something we do now.

When I'm mad she tells me "Erica, settle your tea kettle". That's an "ism."

2) Does scheduled Coitus become the norm when you start a family and are busy 24/7?

I know it's the norm when you're trying to get pregnant, which I'm not....yet . ; )

I just know you gotta try to have kids while your eggs are sunny side up and not scrambled.

A few of my “Boardisms”…

Don't (almost never) use a personal pronoun at the beginning of a sentence, or after a semi-colon.

Will make up a word if one of the kazillions already available does not meet my needs.

Often (quite often—too often) use“…” as a lead in to whatever point(s) I’m trying to make.

---

No doubt there are others; will have to wait and see what else pops.

FKA I make up my own words too.

"Scheduled coitus" planned as such may be a Sheldon thing, but it's surprising how many couples just fall into a pattern of such in practice without the planning.

@BobPeters61 said:

"Scheduled coitus" planned as such may be a Sheldon thing, but it's surprising how many couples just fall into a pattern of such in practice without the planning.

When you both work and have kids and have to balance work/ parenting with your TLC I could see how sex could become unintentionally scheduled.

I think the solution is , have friends who can watch the kids occasionally.

@BobPeters61 said:

"Scheduled coitus" planned as such may be a Sheldon thing, but it's surprising how many couples just fall into a pattern of such in practice without the planning.

That's .

You'd have to be "Nick--eyes everywhere, ears everywhere else--Fury"-like to know how many couples are falling into what pattern.

Yeah. I know I'm overthinking, over-analyzing; but still, the wording just struck me as humorous.

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@BobPeters61 said:

"Scheduled coitus" planned as such may be a Sheldon thing, but it's surprising how many couples just fall into a pattern of such in practice without the planning.

That's .

You'd have to be "Nick--eyes everywhere, ears everywhere else--Fury"-like to know how many couples are falling into what pattern.

---

Yeah. I know I'm overthinking, over-analyzing; but still, the wording just struck me as humorous.

People talk about stuff. Exact numbers and percentages aren't needed to be surprised by a volume of anecdotes.

I would not say that it becomes "scheduled", but over the years, for a variety of reasons, certain times of day become more conducive to such things.

@SpecialFlowers said:

I would not say that it becomes "scheduled", but over the years, for a variety of reasons, certain times of day become more conducive to such things.

I think that's what they meant by "unintentionally scheduled" etc.

@CalabrianQueen said:

You ever notice how people have certain "isms" , things they say and phrases they use that would immediately give them away in an anonymous chatroom?

Sheldon has a few, using the term "Coitus" is one and "scheduled Coitus " would certainly give him away. Sanitize, algorithm, and sarcasm are other dead Sheldon giveaways.

Trump is another big "ism" guy. He always speaks in absolutes, everything is the best he's seen or done, or he's the biggest proponent of xyx.

Everything is "tremendous" and people he talks about are either "liars" or " a really good guy". He also alliterates a lot and repeats the same phrases in reverse for emphasis, emphasizing them in reverse with unessasary extra words that are extra.

Typical Trump sentence:

" China's been tremendous, we got those trade deals done faster than any deal I've ever done before, and I've done a lot of deals. Don't listen to liars who tell you I haven't. I like their president, he's tremendous, a really good guy."

1) What "isms " do you have?

My dad says I have a lot of "isms" . I always tell my roomate " No shyt Sherlock" when she asks an obvious question . And she responds " Whatever Watson". That's just something we do now.

When I'm mad she tells me "Erica, settle your tea kettle". That's an "ism."

2) Does scheduled Coitus become the norm when you start a family and are busy 24/7?

I know it's the norm when you're trying to get pregnant, which I'm not....yet . ; )

I just know you gotta try to have kids while your eggs are sunny side up and not scrambled.

Don't really know if this qualifies as an "ism"; but...

Read that in their investigation surrounding the person who sent the recent spate of pipe bombs by mail, one of the things that helped was that the misspellings on the envelopes were the same as the ones on the alleged perpetrator's social media account(s).

Couldn’t help but think about this “ism” Thread. (Also, couldn’t help but think that, considering how diligently the Grammar Police monitor these Message Boards, it’s too bad he didn’t post here—he would have been outted in a day. )

Of course, considering how much DNA residue was left behind, he may as well have the envelopes--so, I guess his "ism" (spelling something the way it sounds(?)--instead of how it's actually spelled) wasn't really of any consequence.

Still; just struck me; that's all....