“So Done” vs. “Are You Done Yet?” For an unassuming four letter word, “done” sure has a lot of different connotations. I count at least eight (below), including two meanings — one good, one bad — popular in residential real estate. One. To perfection. Example: “That house is done. It’s not staged like a spec...Read More
“Come on” has eleven (!) different meanings? “Come on!,” I can hear you say. Actually, that’s definition #1 (see below); the other ten follow: One. “I don’t believe you”; incredulous. “She never went to class, and aced the final? Come on . . .” Two. “Hurry up”; admonishing. “The Uber will be here in 5...Read More
Deciphering Teen-Speak OK, so this post just might have something to do with having multiple teenagers under my roof. But, as they say, “write what you know.” In that vein, no one is more familiar than me with all the nuances and shadings of that timeless phrase, “Shut up.” Here’s my lexicon: One. “I don’t...Read More
Deciphering Teen-Speak OK, so this post just might have something to do with having three teenagers under my roof. But, as they say, “write what you know.” In that vein, no one is more familiar than me with all the nuances and shadings of that timeless phrase, “Shut up.” Here’s my lexicon: One. “I don’t...Read More
Not in Kansas Fargo Anymore I can’t honestly say whether “You betcha!” died a natural death, or succumbed to self-conscious disuse in the wake of relentless satire in/from movies like “Fargo” (by native sons the Coen brothers, no less). Regardless, you don’t hear the expression very often in the Twin Cities anymore (if you ever did)....Read More
