Greyisms (like Buseyisms)
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!









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.”
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!
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.