Comments | sleestak: You say fromage...I say cheez whiz

sleestak

You say fromage...I say cheez whiz

Nov 05, 2005 13:47

So I'm watching CSI: Old School on Thursday when the on-screen discussion turned to the sexual act of frottage, which the OED defines as "rubbin' all up on some hoochie as a means of getting off". The explicitness of the prime time TV conversation isn't what shocked me. No, it was the fact that I've been pronouncing the word "frottage" ( Read more... )

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zooby November 5 2005, 22:16:35 UTC

Of course, CSI is not the first series to be so bold. It was an issue on SVU in its first season when Dean Winters' rookie detective was on the witness stand and pronounced it fromage instead of frottage.

zooby November 5 2005, 22:17:33 UTC

Oh yeah, and Catherine is growing up sooooo fast! She looks so much older in that bottom shot with her teefs!

sleestak November 6 2005, 02:51:30 UTC

I went back and found my first entry with pics of the kids. The one of Brady was already a few months old, but Catherine has changed a ton since then!

Every police procedural should have a "very special episode" about luridly rubbing yourself against other people.

pastahero November 5 2005, 22:25:02 UTC

Funny, this morning I watched A Dirty Shame and Patty Hearst said it as "FROT-ij," which is also how I thought it was pronounced. And John Waters would know. I doubt anyone uses the "proper" pronunciation.

sleestak November 7 2005, 05:15:23 UTC

Waters could definitely teach a master class in perversion, so I'd go with his pronunciation. Plus, this is 'merica and we don't need to talk like them there cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

gannet_guts November 5 2005, 23:07:50 UTC

Awww she's wearing all pink! Mazda 3! My sister's car (how is it fair that my little sister has a car before I do?) is a Mazda 3!

sleestak November 7 2005, 05:19:21 UTC

My sister's car (how is it fair that my little sister has a car before I do?) is a Mazda 3!

I traded in a '96 Saturn, so I think that pretty much demonstrates that I always buy cars intended for young women.

Catherine is all about the pink. She apparently gets her girly-girl sensibilities from both of her parents!

kaytethinks November 6 2005, 00:12:55 UTC

Frottage is a French word, hence your pronounciation problem - you were just saying it the English way. :) It's fun to say. Frottage. Frottage. Frot... never mind.

Yay for new cars! And all she wants for Christmas are two of her front teeth! Cute, cute, cute.

sleestak November 7 2005, 05:22:48 UTC

Fun to say, MORE fun to do at the grocery store! Who would have thought the French could be so dirrty?

rockgeisha November 6 2005, 00:17:33 UTC

I don't bother with the fancy words--I find "Stop rubbing up against me, you jackass!" works better.

The wee ones are adorable!

sleestak November 7 2005, 05:25:11 UTC

Thanks for saying so! It'll only be a matter of time before Catherine becomes a depressed Goth and Brady a disaffected jock, so I'm trying to enjoy the cuteness while I can. (Kidding...hopefully.)