Hattie Dictionary for 15 Commonly Used Words/Phrases

1. COOL ~~ classic word to express ones a liking of what was just said or done

2. LOL ~~ a filler when you don't know what else to say in a text or instant message

3. CUSSING ~~ an immature and disrespectful to God way of expressing your anger or displeasure about a person, place or thing because you can't verbalize your thoughts using any of the countless vocabulary words available to you

4. WHATCHAMACALLIT ~~ a generic word used by women (and understood by other women, their offspring & highly evolved men) to describe something when the actual word has slipped out of their brain through their ear canal

5.THINGAMABOB~~ cousin to #4, a generic word used by women (and understood by mechanics) to describe the part of the car that is making that awful noise

6. SCANTILY DRESSED~~ how a protective dad will view the bulky turtleneck, loose fitting jeans & long coat his beautiful daughter is wearing out on her first date.

7. NI ~~ something knights in the deep forrest will say until you give them a beautiful shrubbery

8. WICKED GOOD~~ in Maine a way of expressing that a person, place of thing is more than good, it is fabulously, incredibly or fantastically good (or an oxymoron for the other 49 states)

9. BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL~~ a phrase to express the immense frustration you have over someone not willing to listen to your incredibly wise advice. (although I don't suggest actually performing this act as you will need half a bottle of aleve, a long nap and some sheetrock to repair the damage. not worth it)

10. CHOCOLATE ~~ a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored; candy often made from said preperation or put more simply: HEAVEN.

11. BRISK OUTSIDE~~ in Maine it's 35 degrees with 20 mph winds; you might want to put pants on but a sweater is optional (in Florida you are covered from head to toe in layers of warm clothing & refer to this day in years to come as "The Big Freeze of 09'")

12. UP THE ROAD A PIECE~~ this depends on what mode of transportation you have; if in a car, you'll listen to half of of your favorite cd & then should see it coming up on your right, after the big white house with the broken shutters but before old man johnson's farm. if walking, here's hoping you had a big wheaties fueled breakfast.

13. COOL CAT~~ a phrase from the 50's meaning a guy who ooozed coolness (or in my case when you pull a prank on your Mom by putting the cat in the fridge so you can scare her half to death when she opens it but she doesn't go to the kitchen as quickly as you thought and you sorta forget about fluffy)

14. BLOGGING~~ giving the whole world permission to read online what use to be written in a pink book with lock and key and stuffed under your mattress and when your brother found it, read it, made copies & handed it out to everyone at school, he was then grounded for a month and couldn't take his girlfriend to the prom so she broke up with him and went with someone else thereby ruining his life.

15. SODER~~ this is a bostonian's way of saying sorry to the letter R for removing it from all those words, so we add it back in hopes it will forgive us.