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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Purple Sage on November 06, 2013, 09:26:55 AM
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Recursion (31,010 posts)
"Cattywampus" or "catterwampus" (or "kittywampus")?
Last edited Tue Nov 5, 2013, 09:06 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
I have apparently started a flame war on Facebook by asking this, so I turn to the Lounge as the only sober, mature, reflective deliberative body left in the world.
(For people from north of Philly or so: yes, people really say it. It's different from "kitty-corner", which just means diagonally opposite; cattywampus/catterwampus means flopped down in the middle of the floor, possibly drunkenly.)
"Kittywampus" is wrong, but I'm including it anyways to weed out the bad answers.
20 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Cattywampus
9 (45%)
Catterwampus
0 (0%)
Kittywampus
9 (45%)
Caddywampus
1 (5%)
Catawampus
1 (5%)
A poll without a correct answer?
frogmarch (7,584 posts)
2. I've never used any of them, but
here in western Nebraska I've always heard it said "kittywampus."
Oh, and I've always heard "catty-corner" more often than "kitty-corner."
Speaking of cats, I say "catsup" instead of "ketchup," but I don't recall who else around these here parts do.
3. I generally use "flopped down in the middle of the floor, possibly drunkenly"
Never heard of cattywampus or its variations. Grew up in northern NJ.
Alternate term: wasted
Response to Recursion (Original post)Tue Nov 5, 2013, 08:24 PM
Star Member rug (52,601 posts)
4. Grew up in NYC, never heard it.
We just said shit-faced.
Response to Recursion (Original post)Tue Nov 5, 2013, 09:10 PM
Throd (3,968 posts)
5. Scaddywampus
My dad is a Hoosier and my mom is from SoCal. I learned it as "Scaddywampus"
Response to Recursion (Original post)Tue Nov 5, 2013, 09:42 PM
Star Member nolabear (16,615 posts)
6. Caddywampas, absolutely.
"His eyes stared off all caddywampas."
Response to Recursion (Original post)Tue Nov 5, 2013, 09:47 PM
Star Member Gidney N Cloyd (11,156 posts)
7. Caddywampus or Cattywampus
But I thought it just meant 'out of alignment'
Are these drunken wampus cats referring to "caddiwampas"?
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Oh my.
The primitive who weighs a quarter of a ton, and hates men because of it.
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Link?
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I couldn't help but wonder if the post was made by the two idiot primitives that live a few doors down from me. My neighborhood refers to them as the "Wampus Cats." After they see nolabear's post, they will probably now be dubbed the "Scatological Wampus Cats."
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Link?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018511213
Sorry. I forgot it.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018511213
Sorry. I forgot it.
No problem, easy newbie mistake. :cheersmate:
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018511213
A poll without a correct answer?
Are these drunken wampus cats referring to "caddiwampas"?
What is the correct answer to 1+1?
A) 7
B) GREEN
C) POTATO
D) NUMBERS ARE RACIST
E) GOVERNMENT
F) ALL OF THE ABOVE
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Are these drunken wampus cats referring to "caddiwampas"?
No.
(http://images.picturesdepot.com/photo/c/caddyshack_poster-7424.jpg)
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What is the correct answer to 1+1?
A) 7
B) GREEN
C) POTATO
D) NUMBERS ARE RACIST
E) GOVERNMENT
F) ALL OF THE ABOVE
Trick question, the real answer is, 1+1= whatever you think it is because we don't want to hurt your feelings, here's your diploma have someone read it to make sure we spelled your name right.