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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:33 AM Original message |
What do you call it when you take a U-Turn? |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. A louie is a left turn. A uey is a u-turn. |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Ah thanks - it was making me crazy because the author uses |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, hangin' a louie is just turning left (but potentially a U-turn). As opposed to hangin' a reggie. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. A reggie? I always thought a right was a "ralph". |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. as others said, a "louie" is merely a left turn. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. Personally, I call it a huey |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. + 1 |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. U-turn (nt) |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. well, there is huey, dewey, and louie, aren't there? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. And then there's the "Michigan left" , which is a kind of Uey... |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. my sister in arizona calls it "flipping a bitch" |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Is your sister named penny by any chance? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. we used to call it "busting a bitch" |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. I call it that, and I'm from AZ. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Depends on who's in the car. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. Huey, Louie and Ralph |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. For your information: |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. never heard that |
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Eyerish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Same here... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I thought whipping shitties was what other people call doing doughnuts |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. u-turn |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Flipping a bitch |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. another Arizonan for flipping a bitch |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I asked my husband and he said hanging a louie is spitting. |
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mikeiddy (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I thought the term for that was "hocking a loogie" (nt) |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. I always called it "pulling a uey." |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Uey. FYI for west coasters, Flip a Bitch is derogatory. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I thought it might be derogatory because |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I've also heard that it's a reference to prostitutes |
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