stevedore

Funny, AZ! Well, maybe you said jinx juuuust so, making it sound all dirty-like. ;-)

Actually, I say "curse like a longshoreman" fairly often too, mostly because I like the word longshoreman and not because I curse a lot, or even know whether said longshoremen do. How often am I around them, after all? Or stevedores, for that matter.

funny how some people will get offended even not knowing a term. I remember when I was little my Dad got pissed at me and my sister for saying jinx.

That's awesome, uselessness.

I use this word rather frequently: "I curse like a stevedore." I have had to stop saying it because people stare at me, I suspect because they don't know what it means rather than the admission that I use bad words. It's akin to "curse like a sailor," "curse like a longshoreman." One person even got offended. Not that I swear, but that I said stevedore. Weird.

My dad's name is Steve. This word reminds me of his neverending lectures.

I'm always mistakenly thinking it refers to a large machine, like a tractor. Lovely word, though.