To all the Americans out there?

Question

I would like to know the meaning of some Americanisms and some other American things i've heard mentioned, but not sure of.

1: Cooties

2: 1st base, 2nd base etc. How many bases are there? And what are they? [in terms of how far you get with a woman/man, you dont have to answer this if you dont feel comfortable]

3: Martha Stewart. Who is this woman? What does she do?

4: Ma Barker? [No idea about that one]

5: Carrot Top. Some sort of comedien? Am i right?

Theres more, but i cant think of them all at the moment. I'll add them when i remember.

Much obliged!

Ah ha! 6: Erkel! A kids tv show?

Answer 1

1: Cooties = bugs. It's a word used by children usually or adults goofing around (ie. little boys accuse little girls of having cooties, and vice versa!)

2: 1st base, 2nd base etc. How many bases are there? And what are they? [in terms of how far you get with a woman/man, you dont have to answer this if you dont feel comfortable] = well, let's just say a homerun is intercourse LOL

3: Martha Stewart. Who is this woman? What does she do? she was the 'ideal' craftswoman/homemaker (and lots of people hated her because she was so perfect but lots of people LOVED her for the same reason !) but got jailed last year for insider trading (stock market). Just type her name into GOOGLE for a lot lot LOT more information.


4: Ma Barker? [No idea about that one] - she and her sons were gangsters/bank robbers back in the 30's in the USA.

5: Carrot Top. Some sort of comedien? Am i right? - yes, a really retarded red-haired commedian.

6. Steve Erkle was a really nerdy black kid on a TV show about 15 years ago called "Family Matters." You can see his picture and read about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Urkel

This was FUN! Hope I've helped you out.

By the way, www.wikipedia.org is a great resource. You can find out almost anything you want to know there.

Answer 2

(1) When we're little and in elementary school, we have nothing else better to do than say that the opposite gender has cooties. It's just a little disease that kids make up.

(2) The base thing is sort of self explanatory and I'm not even sure if I know what they all are.

(3) Martha Stewart is a famous cook who also has a little K-Mart brand named after her. She fixed the stock market so she could get more money or something, and she ended up in jail for 5 months and then she got out and went on a 5 month probation in one of her huge houses. She then got a TV show which copied Donald Trump's Apprentice. She is a very nasty person. Try watching her Lifetime movie.

(4) Ma Barker? Don't know.

(5) You are right on Carrot Top.


I hope I helped. That was fun. :-P

Answer 3

lol at cooties, this is just what little boys and girls say each other has because little boys and girls don't like each other yet at that young age, 1st base 2nd base and 3rd base, I can't really remember exactly as these are also terms by much younger people, early teens and pre teens for the most part would use that sort of teminology, anyways I think first base is a kiss second base is feeling up one another and third base is going all the way, if I am not mistaken, like I said it has been a while since I was that age, Marth Stewart I guess would be considered an entrapenuer and she dables in a little bit of everything from cooking to homes and gardens and home improvement, I am quite sure she probably has her own clothing line and perfume, and it is Ma Baker not Barker, she was a famous 1930's outlaw that many many stories and songs have been written about, and yes Carrot Top is a comedian/actor

Answer 4

1) Cooties, childish expression, means that someone is disgusting, as if they had head lice.
2) Bases: childish or at least adolescent, views sex as a battle.
3) Martha Stewart can be googled. She had a home decorating 'empire' then went to jail for a little bit for some nonsense.
4) Ma Barker? Wasn't she a criminal back in the 1930's?
5) Carrot Top, any person with bright red hair, and yes, a comedian.

Answer 5

1) An imaginary buglike infestation caused by the opposite sex - this exists only for kids too young to be interested in the opposite sex, but for some reason this is quite a problem at the time.

2) See the other answers for a breakdown - there are some regional, generational and situational disputes as to the actual base-numbers; the system is based on American baseball, with the fourth (Home Plate) designating actual coitus.

3) Martha Stewart writes a series of books and articles regarding home-decorating and entertaining; she has parlayed this (and her former-fashion-model television appeal) into a publishing and television empire. She was jailed a couple of years back for violating the laws regarding "insider" her stock-trading, but emerged from prison nearly as popular as ever.

4) Ma Barker led the Barker Gang, a Depression-era crime group composed largely of her own adult children. Ma herself was gunned down by agents of the newly-formed F.B.I.

5) Carrot Top is a prop-comedian (think Gallagher without the goofy charm) who later made an unwatchable film ("Chairman Of The Board") and a series of long-distance dialing commercials. His name is taken from his unruly mop of curly red hair. Carrot Top is sort of grating and offensive, but the effect is mellowing a bit in recent years as a) we've gotten used to him, and b) he's no longer falling-down drunk every minute of every day.

Ask away; happy to oblige !

Answer 6

1. Cooties are fictional bugs that boys & girls (ages 5-7) accuse each other having - "Ew you have cooties!" It's just a weird way of interacting at that age.

2. Based on the game of baseball - 1st base - French kissing. 2nd base - involving breasts. 3rd base - involving below the belt. Home run - intercourse.

3. She is a businesswoman, very successful. She gives tips on cooking, crafts, gardening, mostly domestic/home activities. She recently served jailtime for insider trading, but she's still worth millions.

4. Ma Barker was the mother of a bunch of gangsters - she was kind of thought of as a criminal mastermind of all these robberies & such - but that's up for argument. She was famous around the same time as Bonnie & Clyde, Dillinger, & such.

5. Carrot top is a comedian that has crazy red hair and makes jokes out of these props that he creates himself. He's pretty funny.

Answer 7

Nits how far you get with some one Martha stewart is a cooking woman Was Carrot top is a red head Ma Baker was of the show Beverly hill billys

Answer 8

"Cooties" a ridiculous kids name for a boy being touched by a girl and getting her so-called Cooties as result, of which is a non existent female disease, also a board game by Parker Bros.

1st base: kissing, hugging, holding hands...
2nd base: French kissing, passionate petting and fondling..
3rd base: bra removal, booby and butt squeezing while making out passionately...
Home Run: Passionate Fornicating Under Consent of the King;)

Martha Stewart is self made millionaire that supplies K-mart and a few select other retail outlets with household goods, clothing, and make-up made in China.

Ma Barker: A notorious outlaw that led her family gang of robbers and murderers during the early 20th century era mostly throughout the mid-west of the USA.

Carrot Top: A very ugly stupid irritating failure of a comedian:(

Answer 9

Cooties!!! LOL!!!

First, cooties is what gradeschool kids claim other gradeschool kids have when they think they are icky.

Second, Cooties is also a game that's played by little kids. It's along the same lines as Mr. Potato Head. You roll dice and get bug parts. You need a head, a torso, some legs, and antennae and the first person to build their Cootie bug wins.

I'll leave the rest to some other answerers.

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