MoseySusan Posted December 4, 2022 Share #1 Posted December 4, 2022 catawampus In my home while growing up, we used the Spanish chueco. mr. says wackadoo, which is closer to “crazy” than askew. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted December 4, 2022 Share #2 Posted December 4, 2022 Catawampus is part of my vocabulary; but apparently not Apple’s since it is underlined in red and “no replacements found.” 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted December 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Allen said: Catawampus is part of my vocabulary; but apparently not Apple’s since it is underlined in red and “no replacements found.” That surprises me… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted December 4, 2022 Share #4 Posted December 4, 2022 Often but I don’t know who I learned the word from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted December 4, 2022 Share #5 Posted December 4, 2022 never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted December 4, 2022 Share #6 Posted December 4, 2022 Seldom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted December 4, 2022 Share #7 Posted December 4, 2022 My vocabulary just increased by one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted December 4, 2022 Share #8 Posted December 4, 2022 29 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: That surprises me… The Allen part or the Apple part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted December 4, 2022 Share #9 Posted December 4, 2022 I sometimes tell my secretary not to go in my office because it is catawampus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted December 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Zephyr said: My vocabulary just increased by one Which one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted December 4, 2022 Share #11 Posted December 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, MoseySusan said: Which one? Catawampus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted December 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, Airehead said: The Allen part or the Apple part? The Apple part… catawampus and cattywampus are used interchangeably. I’d think Apple would be on it. Maybe they had to drop a few words to make space in their list for gaslighting… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted December 4, 2022 Share #13 Posted December 4, 2022 Never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted December 4, 2022 Share #14 Posted December 4, 2022 Callywampus 1 hour ago, Allen said: Catawampus is part of my vocabulary; but apparently not Apple’s since it is underlined in red and “no replacements found.” The definition of cattywampus, often spelled catawampus, is not lined up or not arranged correctly, or diagonally. An example of something cattywampus are the positions of the items on the top of a coffee table after a two year old has been playing with them and moving them around. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted December 4, 2022 Share #15 Posted December 4, 2022 Never heard of the word before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted December 4, 2022 Share #16 Posted December 4, 2022 Cotton Druthers Unction All of the above are basically synonyms in Southern vernacular: want; desire; preference. I don’t really cotton pumpkin pie, my druthers is sweet potato, but I have the unction for pecan (pronounced: PEA-can). 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted December 4, 2022 Share #17 Posted December 4, 2022 I don’t use it, but I enjoy it when other people use it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share #18 Posted December 4, 2022 34 minutes ago, Allen said: Cotton Druthers Unction All of the above are basically synonyms in Southern vernacular: want; desire; preference. I don’t really cotton pumpkin pie, my druthers is sweet potato, but I have the unction for pecan (pronounced: PEA-can). I’ve used druthers. It’s a useful portmanteau of I’d rather with a slight Southern drawl for local color. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted December 4, 2022 Share #19 Posted December 4, 2022 A bit, actually. But more so the wampus cat... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted December 4, 2022 Share #20 Posted December 4, 2022 1 hour ago, BuffJim said: I don’t use it, but I enjoy it when other people use it. This. My grandma always used it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted December 4, 2022 Share #21 Posted December 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, groupw said: My grandma always used it. I remember my grandmother using the word too. It had to be in the 60s or 70s. Me... I don't use the word. Maybe I should start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted December 4, 2022 Share #22 Posted December 4, 2022 Not as often as I should because it's a wonderful word. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted December 4, 2022 Share #23 Posted December 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: I remember my grandmother using the word too. It had to be in the 60s or 70s. Me... I don't use the word. Maybe I should start. Yes, you should. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted December 4, 2022 Share #24 Posted December 4, 2022 I never use it. It's not a common word in the local lingo. I usually just say "diagonally" - a Harry Potter did when he was supposed to say "Diagon Alley" when traveling by flue powder and ended up in the wrong place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share #25 Posted December 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Zealot said: But more so the wampus cat... A cat that is a little crooked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 5, 2022 Share #26 Posted December 5, 2022 14 hours ago, Kzoo said: Seldom Same. I usually just say it, but if I had to write it it would be cattywhompus. Otto does snot agree though. He wants to make it computations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted December 5, 2022 Share #27 Posted December 5, 2022 5 hours ago, MoseySusan said: A cat that is a little crooked? And they all lived together in a little crooked house. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted December 5, 2022 Share #28 Posted December 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Philander Seabury said: Same. I usually just say it, but if I had to write it it would be cattywhompus. Otto does snot agree though. He wants to make it computations. I use it a lot in the cattywhompus version. I also use druthers a lot. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted December 5, 2022 Share #29 Posted December 5, 2022 19 hours ago, Longjohn said: Callywampus The definition of cattywampus, often spelled catawampus, is not lined up or not arranged correctly, or diagonally. An example of something cattywampus are the positions of the items on the top of a coffee table after a two year old has been playing with them and moving them around. Almost every day. But I say cattywampus. True story I almost named my pontoon boat cattywampus. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted December 5, 2022 Share #30 Posted December 5, 2022 Not very often. My go-to synonym(-ish) is FUBAR. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted December 5, 2022 Share #31 Posted December 5, 2022 3 hours ago, 2Far said: Not very often. My go-to synonym(-ish) is FUBAR. FUBAR is way beyond cattywampus. Cattywampus means it's just off a little, it's not quite right.... Kinda like (insert forum member name here) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted December 5, 2022 Share #32 Posted December 5, 2022 I use cattywampus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 5, 2022 Share #33 Posted December 5, 2022 5 hours ago, 2Far said: Not very often. My go-to synonym(-ish) is FUBAR. I alternate between FUBAR and SNAFU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share #34 Posted December 5, 2022 On 12/4/2022 at 11:21 AM, bikeman564™ said: never Lots of holiday decorations going up; could be that some of them are looking a little catawumpus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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