This is technically a relatively recent story, but it covers a whole history of a particular sibling, and it was dang hilarious. Back when Carrie and I lived in Jersey with Naomi, and Chanda and Morgan lived in VA, we went down to visit them for a little bit. Carrie and Naomi actually stayed for the week, and I dropped them off and then picked them up at the end of the week.
I don't remember if it was the first night or the last, but on one of those, when Naomi and Maeve were sleeping, we growed-ups were hanging out in the living room telling stories. Somehow we got started talking about Andy's kissing promiscuity, and Chanda blurts out, "He's a lip hussie!"
We all laughed hysterically and took twice as long as normally necessary to get a sentence out because we were all short of breath. Chanda kept calling Andy a lip hussie, and we all cried when we thought of the term. Chanda suddenly wanted to prank call Andy and just yell "Lip Hussie!!!" but no one answered the phone, so she left the message instead. Carrie previously thought of Chanda as relatively mature and serious, but this set the record straight. Turns out, Chanda is a Ruggles, too; she just represses it sometimes. I think Morgan came to know our family a bit better that night as well.
I have never in my life used the term "Hussie" except in relation to this story, but I used it a lot that night. It was hilarious.
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Good, random times.
I remember that night...and it still brings tears to my eyes.
Chanda comes up with some brilliant terms. Most of them in relation to Andy. For example, earlier this year we were visiting Texas and Chanda made the observation that Andy was wearing "broken pants." And sure enough, he was.
what does "broken pants" refer to?
Shorts that should be pants because of the style and fabric.
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