I have to admit, I like mixing up my own ridiculous phrases and terminologies (I realize the very word "terminologies" in this context is probably yet another huge faux pas), but I do so for my own amusement.
If others think it's amusing along the way (family and friends, but hey, they tolerate me out of love, right?
), great! If people just think I'm stupid, well, I don't really mind if I've made someone (friend or family) smile, even at my own expense.
My latest "adopted" term is "cacti", which is a very incorrect plural form of "cactus", but hey. "Look, it's a herd/flock/gather/murder of cacti!" The people who know me just shake their heads at me. But they've been doing that a LLLOOONNNGGG time.
In a way, it's my own form of rebellion against political correctness (I'm sure there has to be a group of activists out there lobbying for cac-ti-cal rights--the rights of cactuses/cacti and their correct terminology--after all, there's a group for everything else), extreme Christianese, and overall overly done prim-and-properness.