MoseySusan Posted September 27, 2020 Share #1 Posted September 27, 2020 When using the idiom “They’ve got a wild hair...”, is that where you stop? Or, do you include the prepositional phrase indicating the location of the wild hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted September 27, 2020 Share #2 Posted September 27, 2020 Without the "up the ass" part it might be a fashion critique. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted September 27, 2020 Share #3 Posted September 27, 2020 I don't think we use that expression here in NY. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 27, 2020 Share #4 Posted September 27, 2020 Based on usage in the service, the latter part of the phrase is understood well enough to be super flurious. You've said it even if your haven't said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted September 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Based on usage in the service, the latter part of the phrase is understood well enough to be super flurious. You've said it even if your haven't said it. That’s how I see it. Let the vulgar part be an understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 27, 2020 Share #6 Posted September 27, 2020 1 minute ago, roadsue said: That’s how I see it. Let the vulgar part be an understanding. I certainly understood that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted September 27, 2020 Share #7 Posted September 27, 2020 “... in their mole.”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 27, 2020 Share #8 Posted September 27, 2020 I thought it was a wild hare? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted September 27, 2020 Share #9 Posted September 27, 2020 I have never heard the phrase before.... and still not sure what it is supposed to mean or what the end of the phrase is..., and am a little afraid to google it on my work phone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted September 27, 2020 Share #10 Posted September 27, 2020 1 hour ago, roadsue said: That’s how I see it. Let the vulgar part be an understanding. ...doesn't this predispose us toward assuming vulgarity when something is omitted in any other slang vernacular phrase like this ? I'm thinking of how I always use, "...and the horse you rode in on, " as a handy substitute for "Fuck you." If we were not predisposed toward assuming vulgarity, it might imply, "I have great respect for you, and the horse you rode in on." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted September 27, 2020 Share #11 Posted September 27, 2020 8 hours ago, roadsue said: When using the idiom “They’ve got a wild hair...”, is that where you stop? Nope. I am not saying it as a matter of fact. I am saying it to force the impression. Hence the vulgar part. You could just as easily say, "He has a wild hair in his arm pit." It is just as big a pain. Does that express the intent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted September 27, 2020 Share #12 Posted September 27, 2020 11 hours ago, Kirby said: I don't think we use that expression here in NY. Same. I’m not familiar with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted September 27, 2020 11 hours ago, Zephyr said: I have never heard the phrase before.... and still not sure what it is supposed to mean or what the end of the phrase is..., and am a little afraid to google it on my work phone “A wild hair up your arse” describes a sudden and obsessive behavior. For example, someone who decides to empty everything out of the cupboards to clean and sort. On a Friday night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted September 27, 2020 3 hours ago, donkpow said: Nope. I am not saying it as a matter of fact. I am saying it to force the impression. Hence the vulgar part. You could just as easily say, "He has a wild hair in his arm pit." It is just as big a pain. Does that express the intent? Having a wild hair could be taken as a quirk, a little something not quite where it’s usually been, like a curl in the hairstyle that doesn’t lay right. When taken like that, it loses the obsessive part of the idiom. The uncomfortable itch that cannot be scratched. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted September 27, 2020 11 hours ago, Page Turner said: ...doesn't this predispose us toward assuming vulgarity when something is omitted in any other slang vernacular phrase like this ? I'm thinking of how I always use, "...and the horse you rode in on, " as a handy substitute for "Fuck you." If we were not predisposed toward assuming vulgarity, it might imply, "I have great respect for you, and the horse you rode in on." Certainly makes their usage more kid-friendly. What 10 year-old wouldn’t want to ride in on a horse, hairs all wild, carrying a bag full of hammers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted September 27, 2020 Share #16 Posted September 27, 2020 No, but RG does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted September 27, 2020 Share #17 Posted September 27, 2020 3 hours ago, roadsue said: “A wild hair up your arse” describes a sudden and obsessive behavior. For example, someone who decides to empty everything out of the cupboards to clean and sort. On a Friday night. Or a dog with a wild hair up its ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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