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Greyisms (like Buseyisms)

15 March 2009 3 Comments

It’s been a little while since I talked about Celebrity Rehab, but I have been meaning to write about Gary Busey’s “Buseyisms” (by the way, I highly recommend that you watch this — it’s less than two minutes long).  Buseyisms are really just made-up acronyms.  Backward acronyms, I guess, but you start with the acronym and come up with the meaning to match the letters.

I’m sure you’ve heard these before… like FINE – Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional.  Now, look at a few of Gary’s…

Doubt - Debating On Understanding Bewildering Thoughts
Romance – Relying On Magnificent And Necessary Compatible Energy
Fear – False Evidence Appearing Real
Fun - Finally Understanding Nothing
Sober – Son Of a Bitch! Everything’s Real
Fraud – Finding Relevant Answers Under Deception
Faith – Fantastic Adventures In Trusting Him

So, I thought that I would create some of my own, relating to eating disorder treatment.  Personally I don’t think they’re useful — I just think that they are amusing.  However, since it took me 2+ hours to come up with these couple of Greyisms, I think that they are a little less fun.  Anyway, here’s what I’ve come up with:

  • Cope – Changing Overwhelmingly Problematic Experiences
  • Shame – Sense of Hurt And Malicious Embarrassment
  • Fear – Flee Emotions Around Reality
  • Want – Wish About Needing Things
  • Denial – Dismiss Every Notion Implying Anything Less
  • Therapy – Telling Her Everything Rough About Previous Years
  • Support – Someone Understanding Pretty Painful and Overwhelmingly Rejecting Thoughts
  • Know – Kinda Not an Original Word

So there you go — those are my best Greyisms.  If you come up with better ones (which you will surely do), definitely post them!

3 Comments »

  • Standing in the Rain said:

    oooh i like the “therapy” one.

    cute.

    i remember gary saying some of those and i was like, “wow, that’s some serious crap he’s spewing. if i were there i’d be tempted to kick him in the balls.”

  • Jenn said:

    I like that! I was introduced to my group with the FINE acronym, however the F stood for “F*cked up” which, to my twisted humor, I enjoyed.
    Have a great day!

  • greythinking said:

    Standing in the Rain – I felt the same way while watching the show! I was thinking, “As if motivational quotes and affirmations in treatment weren’t enough!” But then… I just had to try and create a couple myself.

    Jenn – You know, that is actually how I was taught the phrase, too. A couple of days ago I heard someone use “frustrated” instead of “f-ed up” and decided that it was probably a better choice for the blog. :-)

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