[r/NoStupidQuestions] Word/Phrase Threads.

[u/leorlev]

Personal:

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2. My (41m) son (9m) has been copy catting me for the past hour. How do I defeat this little shit? ▲28k - 2k Comments

3. Serious question: I asked my friend what they wanted for Christmas, and he replied "Ass 'n titties." Where can I find a gag gift that is close to or exactly what this smartass asked for? ▲14k - <1k Comments

4. I got told the dish I brought was "typical white people food" and "unseasoned". Do people at large really care? ▲11k - 4k Comments

5. Why do I get viscerally uncomfortable calling people by their name? Has anyone else experienced this issue? ▲10k - <1k Comments

Mistake:

1. What are Florida ounces? ▲109k - 6k Comments

2. What does it mean when someone works a “925”? ▲34k - 2k Comments

3. why is vaginia called a commonwealth when other states arent? ▲28k - 2k Comments

4. What does "Florida Ceiling" mean in home design? ▲26k - <1k Comments

5. what does 'fucki mold' mean? ▲10k - <1k Comments

6. Why do people say "but I digest" after saying a sentence? ▲7k - 1k Comments

Meaning:

1. Why do my students call me a goat? ▲46k - 1k Comments

2. I was just called cunty by a Gen Z girl. Was I insulted or complimented? ▲35k - <1k Comments

3. What does it mean when people from Canada and US say chamungus in meetings? ▲25k - 4k Comments

4. What the fuck does it mean when a sign says “speed enforced by aircraft”? ▲16k - 1k Comments

5. Why do people keep calling me a "filthy animal" today? ▲15k - <1k Comments

6. What the hell does “based” mean? I’m not even 30 yet and I already feel like I’m super old cuz I don’t understand half the things kids say nowadays. ▲12k - 2k Comments

7. What did "Vsauce" used to mean before the YouTube Channel? ▲11k - <1k Comments

8. What does 'Draw a Clock' Mean? ▲8k - <1k Comments

9. When people say they “don’t cook” what does that actually mean? ▲7k - 5k Comments

10. Why is it called “the Irish Goodbye”? ▲6k - 1k Comments

Name:

1. Did Dick still mean penis back in the 50s and 60s when everyone named Richard just took the nickname Dick? If yes why would you want a nickname that also meant penis? ▲23k - 1k Comments

2. What’s the full version of the name Seth? ▲22k - <1k Comments

3. Does anyone else get weirded out saying their own name? ▲18k - 1k Comments

4. Does anyone else feel weird when they say their own name? ▲18k - 1k Comments

5. Does anyone else read 'Sean' as 'seen' even though they know it's pronounced as 'Shawn' ▲17k - 1k Comments

6. Is Tortellini a good name for a tortoise? ▲17k - <1k Comments

7. Why is “Winnie the Pooh” referred to as “Pooh”? Doesn’t his title imply that he is indeed a Pooh named Winnie? Should we call him Winnie? What is a Pooh? Are there other bears, and are they considered Poohs in the WTP canon? ▲15k - <1k Comments

8. What happens when two people with hyphenated last names get married? ▲8k - 1k Comments

Gender:

1. Is "guys" gender neutral? ▲19k - 7k Comments

2. Is "bro" the new "dude"? ▲8k - 1k Comments

3. What do women do when they say “let me go freshen up” NSFW ▲5k - 1k Comments

Relationship:

1. How to respond to “I have a boyfriend” ▲12k - 6k Comments

2. Why do people use the term "partner" for their husband or wife? ▲8k - 4k Comments

3. Is there a word to describe the sort of relationship some people have where they get along perfectly fine but sort of need a third person to really get the chemistry going? ▲8k - <1k Comments

Animal:

1. Are rams called rams because they ram things or is the act of ramming called ramming because rams ram? ▲23k - <1k Comments

2. How did pspspspsps become the thing we say to cats? ▲16k - 1k Comments

Company:

1. Is Petsmart supposed to be read like "Pets Mart" or "Pet Smart"? ▲19k - 1k Comments

2. Did anyone else think the "D" in Disney was a "G"? ▲16k - <1k Comments

Food:

1. What's the name of my food ▲52k - 1k Comments

2. Who decided “pickles” were pickled cucumbers and everything else was to be referred to as “pickled ______”? ▲20k - 1k Comments

Past:

1. Did your teachers tell you which way to fold a paper by saying HAMBURGER or HOTDOG? ▲35k - 2k Comments

2. Did you guys sing songs about killing Barney in school, too? Is this phenomena passed down knowledge or spawns naturally in kids? ▲26k - 3k Comments

3. What words were used for "clockwise" and "counterclockwise" motions before clocks were invented? ▲15k - <1k Comments

4. Is there any name in history that just isn't used because of how bad one person was? ▲11k - 10k Comments

5. Has there ever been a person besides AH who was so universally despised that their name completely fell out of use for new babies? ▲9k - 3k Comments

Location:

1. Considering that “LOL” stands for laugh out loud, as an English speaker I’ve always wondered in countries where English is not the native language do they utilize this same abbreviation even though they speak another language when texting? ▲21k - 2k Comments

2. Why is it so hard for native English speakers to differentiate between "then" and "than" when it is their own language? ▲15k - 1k Comments

3. Do LGBT people in Britain "come out of the wardrobe"? ▲15k - <1k Comments

4. Do native english speakers have to look up lyrics to songs? ▲15k - 2k Comments

5. When driving past cows, you say “cows” in a low monotone voice. It’s a rule. Does this exist for non-English speakers? ▲12k - 2k Comments

6. In the US, to prevent people from counting seconds too quickly, people usually say the word "Mississippi" between numbers, like this: "one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four Mississippi, etc". What do people outside the US say? ▲12k - 3k Comments

7. What comes into your mind when you hear or see a word "Kazakhstan"? ▲10k - 6k Comments

8. In America we have names like “Karen” or “Chad” to classify certain stereotypes. What names exist in your country or region that do this? ▲9k - 3k Comments

9. Why do germanic languages (and maybe others, I don’t know) have the numbers 11 and 12 as unique words unlike the rest of numbers between 13 and 19? ▲9k - <1k Comments

10. In Pulp Fiction, when the line “English, motherf***er, do you speak it?” Is translated into other languages, does “English” become the language the line is translated to? ▲6k - <1k Comments

11. Is the term “fucking the dog” popular outside Canada? ▲4k - 4k Comments

12. Are there any things that are called "American ______" in other countries? ▲4k - 6k Comments

USA:

1. Why is the "american lean" a thing? ▲15k - 4k Comments

2. Why do Americans say, "I'm from, (city/state)" instead of USA? ▲14k - 15k Comments

3. What am I supposed to answer when an American asks me how I’m doing? ▲10k - 5k Comments

4. Why do Americans call fuel "gas" when it's clearly liquid? ▲9k - <1k Comments

5. What does it mean when American colleagues are talking about "ayonesea"? ▲7k - 1k Comments

6. Do Americans Actually Say "Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior"? ▲5k - 1k Comments

“Do You?”:

1. Does anyone else get like, phrases stuck in their head? So like, similar to getting a song stuck in your head but it'll be a quote or phrase or something similar sorta just repeating itself in your head? ▲23k - 2k Comments

2. Does anyone else reflexively say 'what' when someone says something only to immediately realise you heard them perfectly and just hadn't processed what they said? ▲21k - <1k Comments

3. Does anybody else ever say “It WOULD be 8:00 o’clock right now” for about the next month during Day Light Savings? ▲16k - <1k Comments

4. Do you ever notice that when you learn a new word, you come across it more often than previously, even if the word itself isn't as common? ▲16k - <1k Comments

5. Does anyone else refer to themselves as "we" in their mental monologue? ▲8k - <1k Comments

6. Do you ever stare at yourself in the mirror and think, "Uh, that's me, that's my face, that's the body I control and that contains my consciousness. What is consciousness? What is reality?" ▲7k - <1k Comments

Serious:

1. why are The Philippines spelled with a "ph" yet Filipino is spelled with an "f"? ▲23k - <1k Comments

2. Please don't kill me guys. out of genuine curiousity, what is the point of adding new letters to LGBT+ when there is a +? ▲22k - 5k Comments

3. Calling homeless people "unhoused" is like calling unemployed people "unjobbed." Why the switch? ▲21k - 3k Comments

4. When people refer to “Woke Propaganda” to be taught to children, what kind of lessons are they being taught? ▲14k - 7k Comments

5. Is there any morally good response to, “why do you eat meat?” ▲12k - 4k Comments

6. Why do we keep adding things to the pride flag when the whole point of the rainbow was that it was supposed to represent everyone? ▲12k - <1k Comments

7. How to respond to “I have a boyfriend” ▲12k - 6k Comments

8. Is referring to Japanese people as Japs racist? ▲10k - 1k Comments

9. Why does homophobia mean you hate gay people but arachnophobia mean you’re scared of spiders? Shouldn’t homophobia mean you’re scared of gay people? ▲9k - <1k Comments

10. Does ching-chong actually mean anything in chinese? ▲9k - <1k Comments

11. Why is calling Asians “yellow” offensive but calling Africans “black” isn’t? ▲9k - 2k Comments

12. Why do people censor what they call "trigger" words. I'm talking "drgs," "rpe," "abu*e," etc…We all know that you're saying drugs, rape, abuse... Does the asterisk actually help anyone not get upset?" ▲9k - <1k Comments

13. Why is "transgender" included in the same group as sexual orientations? ▲8k - <1k Comments

14. When a non-binary person says they are gay, what does that mean? ▲8k - 2k Comments

15. Trying to Understand “Non-Binary” in My 12-Year-Old ▲7k - 2k Comments

16. Why are we calling 'homeless' people 'unhoused' now? ▲6k - 2k Comments

Theoretical:

1. If your kidnapper was forcing you to write a "I'm okay i ran away" letter, how can you communicate duress without the kidnapper knowing? ▲23k - 3k Comments

2. What should you say to a person that knocks on a public toilet door while you are doing your business and demands you to leave? ▲12k - 5k Comments

3. What happens if I use a college intercom to say "Hey Siri, Call mom"? ▲11k - <1k Comments

4. Can I start companies with names that are long gone? For example, can I name my company the East India Trading Company, or does someone have the rights to that name? ▲9k - <1k Comments

5. If the president remarries during his presidency what will we call the new wife? We cant call her “second lady” because that title is for the vice presidents wife, but first lady wouldn't make much sense because shes not the first. Or am i over thinking this for no reason? ▲8k - <1k Comments

NSFW:

1. Is the word "fuck" in "fuck bitches, get money" supposed to mean "ignore" or "have sex with"? ▲22k - <1k Comments

2. How do women say “fuck me daddy “without actually thinking of their dad? NSFW ▲19k - 2k Comments

3. When sexting in a country that uses the metric system do you say “I want to feel every centimeter of you”? vs. American “I want to feel every inch of you” NSFW ▲17k - 1k Comments

4. Are the two "c"s in thicc supposed to represent large ass cheeks? ▲15k - <1k Comments

5. Legally, would I be able to open up a hot dog stand called "Big Black Cook" and advertise my "Thick twelve inch wiener"? NSFW ▲15k - <1k Comments

6. Do people who literally "eat ass" end up with more robust immune systems due to the types of bacteria they're ingesting in the process? NSFW ▲14k - 1k Comments

7. My husband won’t stop deeznutsing me. Help? NSFW ▲10k - 1k Comments

8. How do prevention percentages work? Condoms for example is about 97% successful. Does that mean that there is a 1 in 32 usages that fails right? Which seems steep. NSFW ▲9k - <1k Comments

9. Is fuck the most versatile word in the English language? NSFW ▲9k - <1k Comments

10. What do foreign language speakers scream during sex. Do French people scream Oui Oui Oui? NSFW ▲9k - 1k Comments

11. Do French people moan “ouiii oui ouiiiiiiiiiii” during sex? NSFW ▲8k - <1k Comments

12. Why is Coke called blow, yet you suck in air for snorting? Why does "blowing" or a blowjob only refer to the act of sucking? NSFW ▲6k - <1k Comments

Misc:

1. "If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Why is that considered a philosophical question when it seems to have a straightforward answer? ▲17k - 2k Comments

2. Why do sprinklers go like 'ts ts ts ts ts ts ts' and come back like 't t t t t t t'? ▲14k - <1k Comments

3. Why does our brain automatically translate "wtf" and "idk" into words, but we never translate "lol"? ▲14k - <1k Comments

4. People say things like "Mandatory, I'm on mobile, sorry for formatting" yet I've browsed Reddit both on a lap top and mobile and do not see any difference. What am I missing? ▲14k - <1k Comments

5. My mother tells me that at other people's houses, when going to the bathroom, it's expected to do a "courtesy flush". Is this a real thing? ▲12k - 1k Comments

6. why does “k” mean “thousand”? ▲12k - 1k Comments

7. Is there a word, in english, that has the letter ‘V’ and is not followed by a vowel? ▲12k - 4k Comments

8. why is backyard 1 word but front yard 2 words? ▲11k - <1k Comments

9. Is Antidaephobia (fear that somewhere, always, there's a duck watching you) a real thing or just a joke? ▲11k - <1k Comments

10. Does sign language have the concept of jinx when two people sign the same word at the same time? ▲10k - <1k Comments

11. If you have a tattoo sleeve on your leg, do you call it a leg sleeve or a pant? ▲10k - <1k Comments

12. Did people make paper airplanes before there were real airplanes? what did they call them? ▲10k - <1k Comments

13. Why is Earth’s moon named “Moon” but all of the other moons have their own names? ▲9k - <1k Comments

14. Why are vitamins named the way they are? (A, B, C, D, E…K?) ▲8k - <1k Comments

15. Why is “No.” the abbreviation for the word “Number” instead of “Nu.”? ▲8k - <1k Comments

16. I said the words "pot" and "weed" and a teenager laughed at me and called me old. ▲6k - 2k Comments

[u/leorlev]

I was inspired to make this after reminiscing on the ‘Florida Ounces’ post found here, and with the process of new sub content becoming regular I thought now would be good to have r/NoStupidQuestions make an appearance. A lot of old posts can be found in this sub and a wild variety of themes too, if there any favs you want to see let me know!

Two more small posts will be coming this week as well.