Also?

[cyrano]

It makes me just a little bitey-crazy when they use the phrase "if you know what I mean" in porn stories. Because, inevitably, there's no subtlety and no chance you'd miss the innuendo even if it weren't porn and were instead a report to Congress on agricultural trends and sorghum production.
"I very much wanted to have the sex with her, if you know what I mean."
Yes. Yes, I think I do.

Comments

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Good to know that someone else is being exactly as productive this morning as I am. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I can only hope that we're being productive in the same fashion.
Um. If you know what I mean.

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

I think I would classify that as a form of "single entendre". Kinda like saying "touche" when you've been attacked but not countered.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

The thing is, they're convinced that they're being so *amazingly* clever, in the style of F.Scott and Zelda, or Oscar Wilde. But they're afraid that they've been *too* clever and so they helpfully point out where they've been clever so that folks don't blithely wander past their creative genius.

[amanda_lodden.livejournal.com]

Have you ever watched "Whose Line Is It Anyway"? The "If You Know What I Mean" game was lame enough that they didn't do it very often, but when they did, it got... silly.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

If not, I can inflict in on you, Cyrano. It will also demonstrate how truly awful Stephen Fry is at singing (and rapping).

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

And in return I'll have you listen to Tony Hawk singing "Girlfriend in a Coma" to the tune of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips".

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever seen that particular sketch, no, but I find it hard to imagine any of the Whose Line crew becoming silly.