Stephen King-isms You Use On A Regular Basis

[ZMeister]

So, does anyone have any particular lines from Stephen King books or movies that they use regularly?

One of my favorites is when I want something a friend/family member isn't going to eat. I use the Brooks Hatlen [from the Shawshank movie]inflection and say, "Are you going..to eat that?" from when he wanted Andy's leftovers for his bird, Jake.

I also regularly use "happy crappy," "mayhap I will and mayhap I wont."

So many used over the years, too many to count.

One I have yet to justify the usage of, but which I dearly want to use: "Sounds Hawaiian, doesn't it?" :smile:

[LongTallSally]

SSDD

I used to say 'F*** me, Freddie' a lot until I ended up with a doctor with the same first name. I went cold turkey off FMF because I didn't want to make a slip-up in the office... EVER.

[kingricefan]

SSDD- all the time.

[nate_watkins]

SSDD

Okay... I don't use it regularly, but it fits. (Does that even count as a SKism?)

[GNTLGNT]

....Oy!...

[Patricia A]

I use a lot of SKisms. So many in fact, half of the time I don't even realize I'm doing it. Sometimes I wonder, after getting funny looks if I should even bother to talk to people who don't read Stephen King.
I particularly like "Yer Bugger" as a stand-in for a cuss. I use the word "trig" and often call people "pert" and suggest that they "strap one on when appropriate". "SSDD" is a good one, there are just so many. I am a vernacular sponge and can't help but to absorb local sayings, accents and literary references from books I read, sometimes I don't even know where the stuff I say comes from.
Let me wrap this up by saying you can use, "Sounds Hawaiian, doesn't it?" when someone says something that you don't understand, or it just sounds weird. I do and it seems to get the point across. Either that or you can wait until you hear someone playing a saw.
(Not to imply that Hawaiians say weird things that don't make sense, no Hawaiians were harmed in the making of that statement. I am one full quarter Hawaiian so I have the authority to say so.... Sound's Hawaiian don't it?)

[ZMeister]

Let me wrap this up by saying you can use, "Sounds Hawaiian, doesn't it?" when someone says something that you don't understand, or it just sounds weird. I do and it seems to get the point across. Either that or you can wait until you hear someone playing a saw.
(Not to imply that Hawaiians say weird things that don't make sense, no Hawaiians were harmed in the making of that statement. I am one full quarter Hawaiian so I have the authority to say so.... Sound's Hawaiian don't it?)

:rofl:

Yeah...been up all night so everything splits my side...or chaps my hide!
Guess I better get busy using that SKism cuz I orn't gonna live forever and I know of no one who plays a saw in my neck of the woods.

In other news: repple-depple.
That is all.

[polishmehappy]

"Dickering" is probably my favorite. I use it without even thinking about it.

[Lily Sawyer]

"Jesus Christ bananas". It cracks me up because I can hear Jason Lee saying it in my head - and he has some really great vocal inflections when he's indignant or freaked out.

[arista]

No bounce no play.

[blunthead]

Sometimes I get an urge for a tooterfish popkin but they always hang up on me when I try to order it.

[JordyVerrill]

I say "Mayhap" a lot. I make my 6 year old daughter crack up by just randomly singing "We got chickens in the barn, who's barn, what barn, my barn". I used "They have forgotten then faces of their Fathers" to my wife describe some characters in a movie we were watching. She had no idea what I was talking about.

[JordyVerrill]

Oh and of course I like to saw "Holey Ol' Jesus!" and "I'll be dipped in **** if that ain't a (whatever it is I'm talking about)".

[ZMeister]

Sometimes I get an urge for a tooterfish popkin but they always hang up on me when I try to order it.

Prolly think you're messin' with their heads! xD Are you? heheh. >:-}

[Paula Reid]

SSDD for sure!

[Patricia A]

I say "Mayhap" a lot. I make my 6 year old daughter crack up by just randomly singing "We got chickens in the barn, who's barn, what barn, my barn". I used "They have forgotten then faces of their Fathers" to my wife describe some characters in a movie we were watching. She had no idea what I was talking about.
I was upset with someone once for being a jerk to me, and I told him that he had forgotten the face of his father. That stopped the argument we were having because he left me alone and went home. Later, when he called to apologize, he said telling him that made him stop and think about how he'd been acting lately. He had never felt more ashamed because it was true. He was not being the better man he had always hoped to be. He said I was profound.....
I said, well yes I am but Stephen King wrote that so....

[ZMeister]

I was upset with someone once for being a jerk to me, and I told him that he had forgotten the face of his father. That stopped the argument we were having because he left me alone and went home. Later, when he called to apologize, he said telling him that made him stop and think about how he'd been acting lately. He had never felt more ashamed because it was true. He was not being the better man he had always hoped to be. He said I was profound.....
I said, well yes I am but Stephen King wrote that so....

That's awesome. The pen truly is mightier than the sword! ^_^

[ZMeister]

Oh yeah! Another one I use: When I'm absolutely laid to waste after the end of some major ordeal I say, "I have ronked my last ronk!"

[Todash]

I use a lot of SKisms. So many in fact, half of the time I don't even realize I'm doing it. Sometimes I wonder, after getting funny looks if I should even bother to talk to people who don't read Stephen King.
I particularly like "Yer Bugger" as a stand-in for a cuss. I use the word "trig" and often call people "pert" and suggest that they "strap one on when appropriate". "SSDD" is a good one, there are just so many. I am a vernacular sponge and can't help but to absorb local sayings, accents and literary references from books I read, sometimes I don't even know where the stuff I say comes from.
Same here. I use, with varying degrees of regularity, "tooter popkin," "that one had a lump in it," and many more. Some unconsciously. If I do something I feel icky about, I say to myself (in my head), "You ain't no nice guy."

[GNTLGNT]

...not that I'm proud of it, but I have on more than one occasion at work-employed the terminology "Dump Bitc*!"....

[Sundrop]

I've been racking my brain trying to think of just one little SKism that I use......and I can't come up with one. Maybe I'm damaged :saddd:

[GNTLGNT]

Maybe I'm damaged

...nah honey-yer just "roont".....:tongue2::tongue2::tongue2:

[Todash]

I forgot one of my super-common ones (until I just used it in a thread): I say "Can you believe that happy crappy?" ALL THE TIME. I dunno why I quote The Kid 'cause I kinda hate him, but I do.

[ZMeister]

I forgot one of my super-common ones (until I just used it in a thread): I say "Can you believe that happy crappy?" ALL THE TIME. I dunno why I quote The Kid 'cause I kinda hate him, but I do.

I hear that! I hated The Kid too, but I sure love the Happy Crappy SKism! Another one I love is from Library Policeman, I think. Don't remember the character's name, but he loved "Slim ****in' Slim Jims. That's chow! That's chowdy dow!" xDDD

[hipmamajen]

M-O-O-N, that spells ________

[do1you9love?]

I forgot one of my super-common ones (until I just used it in a thread): I say "Can you believe that happy crappy?" ALL THE TIME. I dunno why I quote The Kid 'cause I kinda hate him, but I do.

If it makes you feel any better about it, I just finished a re-read of The Dark Half and the officer that finds Homer's pick up truck in the McDonald's parking lot says "Ask Mamma if she believes this happy crappy!" among other funny 'isms.

[Patricia A]

Another good one is to crook and wiggle your index finger in front of your face and say (in a froggy voice), "Danny doesn't live here anymore Mrs.Torrance" You can do this when you don't want to hear something someone is saying to you. Sort of like, "talk to the hand," just way creepier.
If the person knows the scene from the Shining, they will probably laugh and get the point. Those who don't recognize it will most likely move along and let you be. O_O

[kingricefan]

Another good one is to crook and wiggle your index finger in front of your face and say (in a froggy voice), "Danny doesn't live here anymore Mrs.Torrance" You can do this when you don't want to hear something someone is saying to you. Sort of like, "talk to the hand," just way creepier.
If the person knows the scene from the Shining, they will probably laugh and get the point. Those who don't recognize it will most likely move along and let you be. O_O

Ooo, I forgot all about this one, I do that finger thing too! Seeing as how my name is Dan, I get to use it alot!!

[AchtungBaby]

I also do the finger one sometimes! Haha!

Anything that came out of Annie Wilkes's mouth, I love - "oogy", "you dirty-birdy!", etc. "Long days and pleasant nights." is another one I use when ending a conversation with a good friend for whatever reason - most of the time he or she has no clue why I'm saying that. Ah, well!

"Happy crappy" is another good one... "SSDD", of course... And my very favorite - the Calla Bryn Sturgis dialect!

[Shoesalesman]

Sometimes dead is better... I use this one LOTS at work.

Beep Beep, Richie ... whenever the kids are in the way or walking too slow.

[blunthead]

I use "Thankee" a lot when messaging other CRs.

[nate_watkins]

I use "Thankee" a lot when messaging other CRs.

Maybe the thanks button could be changed to thankee? :cool2:

[Sundrop]

I use "Thankee" a lot when messaging other CRs.

I would probably use this one except.....
My dad used to say thankyee a lot when I was growing up....He did it to make people think he was a stupid backward hillbilly, usually after asking for help with an item in a store or after making a minor complaint in a restaurant....in hopes that they would feel sorry for him and give him a discount on purchases, or maybe a free meal.
Even though I know that is not how the word was used in the Dark Tower series, I just can't get around the memory of my dad's use of it and how it embarassed my brother and me. Every time I hear or read it, I hear my dad's voice.
It's funny how sometimes one simple word can bring back such vivid memories....

[GNTLGNT]

...if it worked for him, fill me in...coz I AM a backward bill-hilly and ain't nobody take me serious!...:wink2:

[not_nadine]

I do use Thankee, and Thankya.

Thankya seems to be more accepted. But I like thankee better.

Nice story, Sunny.

[Sundrop]

...if it worked for him, fill me in...coz I AM a backward bill-hilly and ain't nobody take me serious!...:wink2:

I think that the main difference might possibly be that you're NOT stupid.....=D ♥

[Todash]

Actually, as I keep reading this thread, it's become clear to me that my idea that I consciously control what comes out of my mouth is nothing but the most delusional thinking. Hmm.

[ZMeister]

Maybe the thanks button could be changed to thankee? :cool2:

Yes! Yes! I second that! :-D

[dregj]

PREEEVERTSS

[ZMeister]

PREEEVERTSS

Who? Who? *looks around* And why? XD

[Melima]

It's funny how often I actually use SK phrases. I use Thankee-sai and Palaver a lot. I also like to say "Beep-Beep" occasionally. Although, sometimes I get weird looks from non-SK readers which is really funny.

[dregj]

Who? Who? *looks around* And why? XD salems lot ,danny glick and his understating of preeverts

[Patricia A]

I had someone say "Thankee Sai" to me today when I showed him to the Horror section of the store. I lit up like a Christmas tree, but I choked and said... live long and... no... twice the number... no, you're welcome if it does ya!
We both laughed and I loaded the fella up with a stack of SKs and a 15% off magic word coupon. I made up the magic word coupon but it still worked. :y:

[Lily Sawyer]

I cracked my mother up once when I answered her with "yar" in lieu of "yes". She'll never guess it's a Skimbo-ism.

[if-so-Grrl]

I use Thankee and thankya a lot as well as aiyah. Oh, sometimes palavar too.

[if-so-Grrl]

I also had this absolute dirtbag of a debriefer a couple of times...his last name is Moon. Which led to me saying quite a lot "M-O-O-N, that spells a-hole!"

[Tiny]

My favorite saying comes from Dinky Earnshaw:
Kiss my A$$ and go to heaven !

love it !

[HevyMinik]

I often say "Kommala kom kom", when I ask junior to hurry up. It's the Danish translation for "Commala come come" (If it's spelled that way? I've only read Wind Through the Keyhole in English, all else Dark Tower in Danish) from the Dark Tower...