Words & Phrases DSP Has Invented or Misuses - DSP'isms that make you say "HUUUHN?!?"

[Massively Strong Greed]

Apparently back in the day Phil listed his channel as an "Improv comedy" channel rather than a gaming channel

Oh God, the Game Grumps flashbacks...

 

[PutridElephant]

He pronounced Xavier Wood's name as Javier.

 

[tzgnilki]

He pronounced Xavier Wood's name as Javier.

professor Javier, leader of the J-men

 

[Abe Vigoda]

Phil's shirts could be a "collectible", if he released a design for a limited time only, but as far as I know, he hasn't updated the stock in years so it's the same it's always been and any idiot could go buy one, the exact opposite of collectible,

 

[FormerPro]

There's something that really unsettles me about Phil's use of the word custom to descrbe food. Is that a normal turn of phrase to describe a 'custom' sauce?

Of all the things he's done this is the one that's irritated me enough into making an account here to vent.

 

[actually]

There's something that really unsettles me about Phil's use of the word custom to descrbe food. Is that a normal turn of phrase to describe a 'custom' sauce?

Of all the things he's done this is the one that's irritated me enough into making an account here to vent.

He's using it to exaggerate the food and make it sound fancier than it is to maintain his "mature adult" persona in front of his speds. A "custom" sauce would be one you actually make yourself, not mix peanut butter and cool whip together. TBH, his sweet tomato sauce is closer to an actual "custom" sauce than anything else he's described as such.

 

[FormerPro]

He's using it to exaggerate the food and make it sound fancier than it is to maintain his "mature adult" persona in front of his speds. A "custom" sauce would be one you actually make yourself, not mix peanut butter and cool whip together. TBH, his sweet tomato sauce is closer to an actual "custom" sauce than anything else he's described as such.

Is that the way you'd say it in the US though? I'd expect to hear Homemade or Signature or Own recipe, something along those lines. I guess if she's just stirring 5 tablespoons of sugar into a store bought jar of sauce custom is probably a more apt way to describe it.

 

[actually]

Is that the way you'd say it in the US though? I'd expect to hear Homemade or Signature or Own recipe, something along those lines. I guess if she's just stirring 5 tablespoons of sugar into a store bought jar of sauce custom is probably a more apt way to describe it.

There are probably a number of opinions, but I use "custom" to mean that I've made my own changes to something like a recipe, usually because you don't like a certain ingredient or can't get it or because you prefer a certain flavor. I guess being generous you could say that taking a jarred sauce and adding your own ingredients is custom as well, though that's stretching it a bit.

Part of the problem with "signature" and "homemade" is that they're big marketing terms, so bulk manufactured sauces will have "SIGNATURE RECIPE" or "HOMEMADE" emblazoned across them--even though they're a mass-market tested sauce that's been adjusted to appeal to the broadest demographic possible while also keeping production costs as low as possible.

 

[Haunter]

I meant to post this one a long time ago... and then I forgot. And then I was reintroduced to Phil's use of this word by @Comma's recent post:

"Adjourn".

Used by him in an example sentence: "Alright, well, this is a good time to save up, and basically adjourn." Phil "adjourns" his stream.

I've only ever heard this word used in a courtroom setting, like the phrase "Court is adjourned". It's something a governing body declares to dismiss a formal gathering, not... a stream of the Final Fantasy 7 remake...

 

[Abe Vigoda]

I meant to post this one a long time ago... and then I forgot. And then I was reintroduced to Phil's use of this word by @Comma's recent post:

"Adjourn".

Used by him in an example sentence: "Alright, well, this is a good time to save up, and basically adjourn." Phil "adjourns" his stream.

I've only ever heard this word used in a courtroom setting, like the phrase "Court is adjourned". It's something a governing body declares to dismiss a formal gathering, not... a stream of the Final Fantasy 7 remake...

"I move to adjourn this stream. Do I have a second?... Derrick seconds. Have a good night, Derrick, see you later."

 

[Prince Lotor]

There's something that really unsettles me about Phil's use of the word custom to descrbe food. Is that a normal turn of phrase to describe a 'custom' sauce?

Of all the things he's done this is the one that's irritated me enough into making an account here to vent.

Here was a use I found particularly egregious. He says of these Jack-in-the-Box sandwiches "it seems like they're actually importing, y'know, custom ingredients [SNORT] for these sandwiches!" He's literally referring to some cucumber slices and some diced bell peppers
Timestamped @ 2m05s

 

[PutridElephant]

ASEXUAL

"I'm married. How can I be asexual?"

 

[SkippyLongbottom]

From his recent bitching about how he has to take long ass breaks.

Sedentary.

He pronounces it seh-dentry.

 

[PutridElephant]

He always seems to put the emPHASis on THE wrong sylLABLE on cerTAIN words.

 

[millais]

He says it like "suh DEN tery" instead of the more standard pronunciation of "SEH den tery"

 

[Iron Hamster]

Here was a use I found particularly egregious. He says of these Jack-in-the-Box sandwiches "it seems like they're actually importing, y'know, custom ingredients [SNORT] for these sandwiches!" He's literally referring to some cucumber slices and some diced bell peppers
Timestamped @ 2m05s

Holy fuck! Wow. Really? A steak sandwich looks different than a chicken sandwich?! HE'S CRACKED THE CODE!

 

[PutridElephant]

"Stab me in the back"

Not making any yesterday will stab me in the back.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

Just today he used the phrase "laying horizontally"

As opposed to what? Laying vertically? That's called standing.

 

[millais]

Just today he used the phrase "laying horizontally"

As opposed to what? Laying vertically? That's called standing.

He probably meant to say "laying on [his] side", but "horizontally" is a multi-syllable big boy valedictorian word, so it's obviously a superior choice of word and phrasing.

 

[Meerkat Ink]

He probably meant to say "laying on [his] side", but "horizontally" is a multi-syllable big boy valedictorian word, so it's obviously a superior choice of word and phrasing.

This is 'worldwide pandemic' man we're talking about after all.