Loose = Not Tight

[Denyce]

I find some words to be just laziness. Prolly is one of them. I detest prolly. I have heard people use it when speaking. Another is "slippy". I heard that horrid word by a newscaster when she was discussing the condition of a parking lot. She said it was SLIPPY. I about choked on my drink.

Denyce

[Killearn Kitties]

I'm not sure that I have ever posted on one of these threads before (although there are a few posting habits that make me grind my teeth) but I had to comment on "slippy". What's wrong with it? I have always said slippy. That has been a perfectly reasonable word to use my whole life. Is it new to you, Denyce? Do you think os it as an abbreviation of slippery?

[Edwina's Secretary]

I'm not sure that I have ever posted on one of these threads before (although there are a few posting habits that make me grind my teeth) but I had to comment on "slippy". What's wrong with it? I have always said slippy. That has been a perfectly reasonable word to use my whole life. Is it new to you, Denyce? Do you think os it as an abbreviation of slippery?

Two countries separated by a common language....

This is the first time in my life I have ever seen (or heard) the word "slippy"!

Does it mean the same as "slippery"?

[JenBKR]

Funny Karen, I always thought that 'slippy' was native to western Pennsylvania. You hear it quite a bit around here. And to those who have never heard it before, it does mean slippery

[Killearn Kitties]

Funny Karen, I always thought that 'slippy' was native to western Pennsylvania.

Perhaps that explains it, since so many Scots settled in Pennsylvania.

[JenBKR]

Perhaps that explains it, since so many Scots settled in Pennsylvania.

I bet you're right - I have a lot of Scotish blood in me. And, there are still lots of other decendants of Scots here too. Funny how something like that would carry over and stick, several hundred years later!

[Denyce]

That is what I had assumed it to be is a lazy version of slippery. I had never heard it until I moved to PA. The same with prolly. They just bother me..*shrug* How much more difficult is it to say slippery or probably.

But then I had never thought it to be a slang from another country but then again it is still english therefore it is still just a lazy slang.

It also bugs me that a friend of mine can't seem to use our whole names. I am Den and my husband is Bri.

But...when all is said or done in the long run...who cares...it is all pretty unimportant. I just wouldn't ever say it myself.