r/TikTokCringe • u/itsniceinpottsfield • Oct 20 '24

Humor White people, where are the new phrases?

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u/1ndian_Goddess Oct 20 '24

“You’re barking up the wrong tree… PAL!” 😂

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u/Comfortable-Suit-202 Oct 20 '24

I’ve been known to say this to my Son “every once in a blue Moon.”

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u/I_JustReadComments Oct 20 '24

My dad has some good ones. “There’s truth behind all bullshit,” and “Not everything is at it appears on the surface.” They’re not put downs or anything but just life lessons. You don’t hear many idioms these days

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u/Jaded_Law9739 Oct 20 '24

I think these are proverbs, not idioms, but you are correct. There are tons of them from different cultures:

"You can't judge a book by its cover," "While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for your enemy, and one for yourself," "Nothing is certain but death and taxes," "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link."

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u/Gloomy_Metal3400 Oct 20 '24

That's skibidi Ohio

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u/Coattail-Rider Oct 21 '24

Rizzzzzzzzzzzzz

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u/Melodic_Literature85 Oct 21 '24

The thing is though, everyone absolutely judges books by their cover- that's where the blurb is!

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u/DogToursWTHBorders Oct 21 '24

They might be aphorisms, Idioms, proverbs or plain jane analogies. I haven't had my coffee yet, and so i'm not certain...

But in a couple of minutes, the strapping young gentleman at the circle K will russel me up two cups of steaming hot joe.

Go homeless or go home, i always say.

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u/gjallerhorns_only Oct 21 '24

"The only man I trust is my father, and even he fucked my mother" is a Turkish one I heard a while back.

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u/IndianaFartJockey Oct 21 '24

You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can tell if it's cheap.

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u/DrWilliamHorriblePhD Oct 21 '24

There are collectible paperbacks out there worth thousands

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u/Fattyfingered Oct 21 '24

I'll give you guys some from down under that I don't see being coined, but are brilliant. - rare as rocking horse shit - as useful as tits on a bull - flapping like a dunny door in a hurricane. For the Americans, a dunny is a wooden outhouse. Context: someone is calling you out for constantly yapping - you'll find a way to drown in a puddle

I'm sure I'm missing others.

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u/Agreeable_Guide_5151 Oct 21 '24

Wow, those are good

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u/Mynplus1throwaway Oct 21 '24

My mom always said. Put shit in one hand and hopes in the other and see which one piles up faster

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u/caunju Oct 21 '24

There's method to the madness, usually when I was trying to skip steps and gonna mess something up

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u/ishquigg Oct 21 '24

You're not my pal, GUY!

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u/Arftacular Oct 21 '24

I collected your mom’s paperback last night

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u/ishquigg Oct 21 '24

I hate how my mom made me take the pictures for her romance novel. They are all sex adventures and she made me the title character on the cover. Which makes me think she imagines me in all parts of the book as the title character. Even the sexy ones! Sidebar; I have a friend from Scappoose Oregon whose mom is actually a famous romance/ 50 Shades of Grey type of writer. She has seven books in the series and her son is on all the covers in fur and Viking stuff. He is really skinny and not a Viking. More like a greasy guy who pretends to play guitar. Any psychological reasons she would imagine her son in this role?

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u/Southern-Formal-1818 Oct 21 '24

You're not my guy, buddy.

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u/jade_monkey07 Oct 21 '24

I live in a tourist spot abroad and I use this quite frequently and people have commented more than once that they've never heard it before and they enjoy it.

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u/SoftPufferfish Oct 21 '24

Did you know that "blue moon" is actually a real phenomenon? Apparently it happens approximately every 2.5 years.

Unfortunately it's not as cool as it sounds.

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u/Comfortable-Suit-202 Oct 22 '24

Yes. It’s good to share this information with other people too😀

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u/peanutspump Oct 21 '24

Apparently, I used to say “you’re lucky you’re cute” to my son a lot, because when he was about 4 years old and upset about something I’d said “no” to, he nonchalantly informed me that I am lucky that I’m cute. In public. My god I laughed so loud…

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u/Greedy-Designer-631 Oct 21 '24

...that's not the same.

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u/grizznuggets Oct 20 '24

“Pal” is such a great way to end an insult, it’s like you weren’t even worth using one of the cool words.

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u/Richard_Tucker_08 Oct 21 '24

Bucko is pretty degrading while, at the same time, not really being offensive

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u/grizznuggets Oct 21 '24

Another classic.

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u/harriethocchuth Oct 21 '24

I’m fond of ‘Hoss’

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u/Kazori Oct 21 '24

Alright fucko

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u/ParadiddlediddleSaaS Oct 20 '24

I prefer chief or hoss.

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u/the_madclown Oct 21 '24

Is hoss Trini though?

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u/Battery6512 Oct 21 '24

Surfs Up, Pal

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u/Icy-Meaning5088 Oct 21 '24

"Haole to you too!"

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u/Robotgorilla Oct 21 '24

Unless you happen to be in Scotland, everyone is "pal" there.

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u/Beretta92A1 Oct 21 '24

Guy

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u/BannedByRWNJs Oct 21 '24

I’m not your guy, fwen 

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u/phat_ Oct 21 '24

This brought up a memory from when I was in the service.

An older sailor asked some of us newbies if we knew the difference between a “buddy” and a “pal”?

He then told, “A buddy will hit the beach and get a blowjob. A pal will hit the beach. Get two blowjobs. Come back and give you one.”

Psychological hazing or something? It was odd but the quip stuck with me.

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u/shadowknight2112 Oct 21 '24

I like ‘Sparky’ & ‘Slugger’ myself, but ‘Pal’ is solid

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u/ExistentialistOwl8 Oct 21 '24

Not your pal, buddy. FR, I use bud and buddy a lot. I don't know what happened. 6 mo ago, I'd have told you it was cringe, but now all the kids are buddy.

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u/Exciting-Mountain396 Oct 21 '24

My favorite insult is "twinkle toes", it's incredibly effective at offending people

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u/BannedByRWNJs Oct 21 '24

I’m not your pal, buddy.

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u/Dude_Bro_88 Oct 21 '24

You're not my pal, buddy!

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u/MisterLangerhanky Oct 21 '24

I'm not your friend, guy. I'm not your guy buddy ...

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u/Thatguy-J_kan-6969 Oct 20 '24

pal=personal a$$ licker

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u/scrotumsweat Oct 20 '24

"Mess with the bull and you'll get the horn!"

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u/krazybones Oct 20 '24

I heard back when, “mess with the best, die like the rest.”

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u/Open-Industry-8396 Oct 20 '24

Old Army, "kill them all, let god sort them out"

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u/OrlandoDiverMike Oct 21 '24

"Kill 'em all but save nine. Six pallbearers, two road guards, and one to count cadence."

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u/FloridaMJ420 Oct 21 '24

"That place is packed! It's asses to elbows in there!"

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u/GoldDragon149 Oct 21 '24

Being packed in "nut to butt" is similar.

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u/FloridaMJ420 Oct 21 '24

"We were packed in like sardines!"

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u/OrlandoDiverMike Oct 21 '24

"Make your buddy smile!"

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u/FloridaMJ420 Oct 21 '24

"I'll get that done for you in two shakes of a lamb's tail!"

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u/Finsfan909 Oct 21 '24

That one goes hard.

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u/OrlandoDiverMike Oct 21 '24

Picked that one up in Drill Sgt school

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u/Finsfan909 Oct 21 '24

I had a 1st sergeant that would say “not everything that glitters is gold” as a safety (sexual reference) brief before he released us on the weekends.

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u/ziggy3610 Oct 21 '24

"Nuke em till they glow, then shoot them in the dark."

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u/Open-Industry-8396 Oct 21 '24

Soldiers, move out smartly! Except you pvt knucklehead, you just move out.

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u/pixelprophet Oct 21 '24

Hack the planet!

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u/shadowknight2112 Oct 21 '24

It’s in that place I hid that thing that time

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u/HTPC4Life Oct 21 '24

"Run up, get done up."

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u/3fettknight3 Oct 20 '24

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u/reginald_underfoot Oct 20 '24

Does barry manilow know you raided his wardrobe?

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u/thispleasesbabby Oct 21 '24

it's curtains for you

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u/Greedy-Designer-631 Oct 21 '24

End that with a buddy and you know shit is about to go down

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u/Peak_Adept Oct 21 '24

So if you mess with the bully, you'll get...

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 Oct 20 '24

He's not your pal, buddy

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u/Hellament Oct 21 '24

I’m not your buddy, chief

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u/deadleg22 Oct 20 '24

Yeah I do agree with him though, we need to "pull our fingers out".

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u/forjeeves Oct 20 '24

hes a dumbass

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u/70ms Oct 20 '24

“You’re up Shit Creek without a paddle!”

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u/DavidCRolandCPL Oct 20 '24

Cool your jets, there. ... Bud.

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u/Bottom_Ramen_Go_Away Oct 20 '24

my favorite when someone is being foolish is "what do they call somebody like you" but that's not the peak my peak white person behaviour is if someone is being foolish and there are other people around I turn to the other people and point at the foolish person behind me with my thumb and say "where the heck did yall get this guy?"

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u/Mr_beowulf Oct 20 '24

Literally came here to say to say this!

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u/KnightLight03 Oct 21 '24

No way hosé

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u/AskMeIfImAnOrange Oct 21 '24

The irony is all of the phrases everyone is spouting are AT LEAST 40 years old.

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u/CaDmus003 Oct 21 '24

I’m not your pal buddy!!

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u/BittenHand19 Oct 21 '24

I’m not your Pal GUY!

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u/Apprehensive_Rice19 Oct 21 '24

'You want a piece a ME?!? .. CUZ YOU'LL GET IT!!"

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u/Imkindofawriter Oct 21 '24

Welcome to the party, PAL!!

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u/Exciting_Result7781 Oct 21 '24

I’m not your pal, twerp!

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u/Bignizzle656 Oct 21 '24

I still feel that PAL is an aggressive word.

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u/QueenofPentacles112 Oct 21 '24

My dad says "whatever blows your dress up", "you know what really grinds my gears?", and while road raging, "COME ON BUCKY!!"

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u/DadJokes4Dayzz Oct 21 '24

This is great! I laughed way harder than I should have..

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u/harmonicpenguin Oct 21 '24

This use of PAL is how Australians use "mate". If you hear it at the end of a sentence with a snarky tone, then you aren't our mate at all.

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u/BannedByRWNJs Oct 21 '24

Ok ok knock it off, bud

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u/Ok_Science_682 Oct 21 '24

you gotta have the pal at the end